Curious About International Institutions

highland_poppy
Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:59:48 +0000

As b@r!um asked- what do you actually want to study/be after graduating? Or what are you trying to avoid in the USA?

You are allowed to work up to 20 hours during term time in the UK if you’re a student and full time during the holidays/vacations. But the economy here is dreadful. It can be hard to even get a cashier job as a graduate.

My advice would be to attend a community college in the US, transfer to a major state school and do a semester abroad. You pay the same tuition as if you were staying in the USA.

If you have to go abroad, short of joining the French Foreign Legion- have you considered China? Some colleges do 4 year degrees in Chinese as a Foreign Language. Mostly language and writing with a bit of culture. Your classmates will mostly be Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese or Thai depending on where you are. You can live in a Chinese dorm for about $200 a YEAR. But you’ll be sharing with 6 others in bunk beds with Chinese loos which you can smell before you see them… Go for the nicer accomodation… Have a look at [Study in China | China’s University and College Admission System - CUCAS](http://www.cucas.edu.cn/) I did tefl in Shandong province so I’m biased. Nice climate.