College US vs. Europe?

Question

I'm in 9th grade right now, and I've been curious about this subject for a while. I am a dual citizen of the US and Ireland, but I currently live in the US. However, colleges here in the US are SO expensive! This made me wonder if I would be better off studying in a EU country? I am not sure what I will...

Answer 1

One thing you need to know about European universities is that they don't operate on the 'liberal education' system that US universities have - so there's really no such thing as a 'major'. So for example if you wanted to study Economics, you need to already have decided on that before you apply to a university and apply directly for an Economics degree, you would then study Economics and related subjects from day 1.

An advantage to this is for example with law - there's no such thing as 'law school'. You apply to study law from year 1 in your university and graduate 4 or 5 years later with your law degree. There's no spending a few years beforehand studying totally unrelated stuff before you make up your mind what you want to do - you just get straight to it at age 18.

And yes of course each country recognises degrees from other countries - but you should always do some research in to universities which excel in the subject you want to study

Answer 2

You're "learning the language"? That's not going to be good enough for the very high level of comprehension needed for college, is it? England or Ireland might be better prospects.

Answer 3

You think colleges here are high? You go out of state it is double the price. You go out of the county it is probably triple or quadruple