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Education system in university (3)

1 Name: mizu : 2015-12-07 01:05 ID:DGv3BPBu [Del]

Hello, I don't know if this is the right category for my thread here. Sorry if I place it wrong.

I need some opinions about educational system of different universities around the world. I just very curious about them. What makes an university good and what not. I entered one of the top universities in my country but I think the way the lecturers teach the students is same with another university. The difference is just the way those lecturers set up the targets (like, they only care about results more than process). Well, this made me curious are the tops universities always like this? I have difficulties to adapt with system like that in truth.

2 Name: Kaori !PZ5E967sao : 2015-12-07 01:17 ID:3vZROkxE [Del]

Actually this isn't surprising. A top school would definitely teach this way, because they have a reputation and a quota to maintain. If you've tried everything you can and even spoken with the professors for help/tutoring, and are continuing to do poorly in most of your classes, thenI think you should consider transferring to a different college. Are you an undergraduate and what country are you from?
For instance, in most American states, undergraduate students should pursue their Bachelors degree in their state of residency. This is because most state universities and colleges have a 'state tuition' which is significantly lower than the 'out of state tuition'. Here are some tips for American university/college students/students to be:

If you're only getting a Bachelors and there are many schools with your degree, you can easily switch to a new one. Keep in mind: time and money you've already spent at your current school, tuition of the other college, ranking of the college in your field, and search for reviews of the college online from both students, parents, and professors. (A university I was looking forward to had a lot of bad student/parent reviews, because the classes were more commercial and not learning oriented, but business oriented. They also apparently worked the students like horses. I decided not to go).

If you're only getting a Bachelors, and the school you go to currently is the only school with your degree, then you're probably stuck.

If you're thinking of pursuing a degree higher than a Bachelors, then you should go to a college in-state for your Bachelors, and then go to a top school for your degree/field when you try for your Masters/Doctorate. This is because the Undergraduate regimen is typically the same all around the country. Getting a Bachelors in Computer Science in California should not be incredibly different from a Bachelors in Computer Science in Alabama, etc. Also it saves money.

Hopefully you'll find your fit soon, and/or you can find a way to adjust to your current school. I wish you the best. o7

3 Name: Neko : 2015-12-07 01:54 ID:uCFt1iT8 [Del]

It mostly depends on how many students are taking that particular subject, I think. The quality of teaching tends to degrade as the number of students increase. I'm taking Japanese in University of Melbourne and we've only got around 40 people in that subject, both classes and the lectures are wonderful because the teachers interact with the students a lot. Also really interesting contents.

But then I took biology, with hundreds of students taking it at the same time, aand the lectures are really standarized and boring. The tutors were no help either since they've got so many people to teach it makes their head spin.

Ok maybe you can't really compare them that much since one of them is language and the other science, but I think that's how it generally is.