College in France?

lesjubilants
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:18:25 +0000

I considered going to college, but ultimately decided not to go after speaking with people who studied abroad there. Apparently, the quality of education is lesser in France than in the United States; it is a lot of lectures, very little student-teacher interaction, and a lot of reading. In addition, you have to think about whether or not you’re academically fluent in French. Could you write an advanced paper in French? Read difficult, theoretical texts? It is one thing to be conversationally fluent, another thing to be at the French speaking, writing, and reading level that college requires.

If you truly want to skip general education, consider Canadian colleges. McGill, for example, is in French-speaking Canada and accepts AP credits. The college, however, is English-speaking. If you take about 8 AP classes and get 4s or 5s on them, you can skip all the introductory courses and complete college in three years. However, I warn against this. A lot of the things that make people interesting are the diversity of classes that they took in college. Launch straight into a career-oriented track and you may be missing a valuable part of your education. You’ll want to be able to have deep and meaningful conversations in the future about literature, history, politics. You don’t have to go straight to a career.

Obviously, that’s just the opinions of some Americans who studied abroad, as well as my own opinions about education. Do what you want! Request information from the French government or from individual higher education institutions in France. Try reading Les Miserables in French to see if you can handle it. Ultimately, it is your choice and you have a lot of time to decide.