College in Europe

fevoldj2
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:50:51 +0000

Is it worth pretending to be someone you are not just to get into a prestigious college? Is it worth spending $40,000 per capita to attend a college that will get you an education similar to that of a college that will cost you about half as much? Is it worth spending so much on school when employers care more about on the job experience?

I ask because I am getting really tired of pushing myself to the limit with school. I have a life to live, too. I’m not a stupid person, and I could probably get into a high up school, but I’m not sure if it’s something I want to do. I am considering attending college in Germany. I have lived here for two years now, and will live here for another year and a half, as I finish high school. I have the unique opportunity to attend either a German Uni, or a German international university.

I feel comfortable in Germany, and probably would not feel right living in the United States, as I have not lived there in about four and a half years now. I do not miss the United States, either. The schools in the region of Germany that I am looking at are not the most prestigious schools out there, but they are good schools, none the less. Would I be sacrificing something by attending a university outside of the United States, and would it affect the probability of getting a good job in the US (One likely to send me overseas)?

This does not mean that I want to start slacking off. I enjoy the challenging course load that I have this year. It’s just that I don’t like stressing over things such as the SAT, or AP scores just so I can get an edge on other people trying to get into these expensive schools that may or may not actually be much better than competing schools.

Here are two of the schools I am looking at:

[URL="<a href=“i-u.de]International University in Germany/URL International School
[URL=”www.uni-mannheim.de/english/index.html"]University of Mannheim/URL German School