03-14-2003, 03:51 AM
I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet, many euro countries have separate academic/vocational tracks. That would explain the absence of countries that might be on this list otherwise, like France and Germany. Also, afaik, in NZ and possibly Australia as well, isnt university almost completely paid for by the govt, so a student who gets in doesnt have to take out $100k+ in loans? If college were free in US i think a lot more ppl would go. If college were free i would never leave, personally.
Beyond that, at the risk of offending a great many ppl... I go to school at Cal Berkeley, and there are many foreign students here. Now i take it the foreign students that are here are sort of, cream of crop types and dont reflect the average high school grad from Germany, etc. On the other hand the student pop at Cal isnt the dregs either, ok we're no Harvard in terms of the student body IQ but we're not retards either. And i just have to say, if you compare the academic background of the euro students vs the american ones here, its downright embarrassing.
Beyond that, at the risk of offending a great many ppl... I go to school at Cal Berkeley, and there are many foreign students here. Now i take it the foreign students that are here are sort of, cream of crop types and dont reflect the average high school grad from Germany, etc. On the other hand the student pop at Cal isnt the dregs either, ok we're no Harvard in terms of the student body IQ but we're not retards either. And i just have to say, if you compare the academic background of the euro students vs the american ones here, its downright embarrassing.