College or a university

Parents Forum
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<p>Will you choose a college over a university? </p>

<p>My concern is 3 years at a university vs 4 years in a Liberal art college that means one additional year to support S for the fee. The fee is a killer. Also I feel a university will always have a better reputation in a job scenerio than a small college.</p>

<p>Am I looking at only one side of the picture? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>most universities OR colleges are 4 years. community college is less.</p>

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<p>Let me be more specific. I am told by a friend, Mcgill Economics is 3 years. </p>

<p>Is this correct?</p>

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<p>are you canadian? things may have changed since i went to hs in canada but way back then…you could go to “college” with grade 12 but had to have grade 13 for university. there was a difference between the 2. with colleges being 2-3 year programs and universities being 4 years. here in the usa a “college” is basically the same as a university unless you are talking about community college. </p>

<p>I am unsure of the time frame for a canadian at McGill, but in general most programs there are 4 years…but admit i only checked out the science programs there not economics.</p>

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<p>there is something in here about a 3 year option:
<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/files/desautels/AdvisingDayOrientationFall2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.mcgill.ca/files/desautels/AdvisingDayOrientationFall2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[Department</a> of Economics](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/economics/]Department”>http://www.mcgill.ca/economics/)</p>

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<p>In non-US countries,“college” and “university” are two VERY different things. I suspect there may be a bit of cultural/linguistic confusion here.</p>

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<p>I thought the major difference between a college and a university was that colleges only have undergraduate degrees, and universities have master’s and Ph.D. programs.</p>

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<li><p>McGill, like many universities, offers advanced standing (and thus the possibility of getting a BA in three years) to students with lots of APs, etc. It looks like its business school also offers a three-year option that would not depend on advanced standing, and is not a BA or BS degree. </p></li>
<li><p>In the US, there is no definite advantage for a “university” over a “college”. People love to debate which is better for which type of student, and reasonable people can differ. But it’s all relative weighting – it would not be reasonable to prefer ALL universities to any college, or vice versa.</p></li>
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<p>McGill’s Management faculty is normally a four year program for students from outside Quebec. The three year option is only for Quebec CEGEP graduates and others who have AP credit etc. Actually, this is the general policy for all McGill undergraduate programs.</p>

<p>For residents of Quebec, CEGEP is a mandatory 2 year program between high school and university. Quebec students graduate high school after grade 12. It is a unique system in North America.</p>

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<p>Correction: Quebec students graduate high school after grade 11.</p>

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<p>The college in this hypothetical offers advanced standing for a large amount of APs as well. So, Orangemoon, does your son have AP credits?</p>