part of the issue is the lack of funding in earlier education so Americans finish their basic/compulsory education at university. a lot of the rest of the world does the same education but to finish by the time you’re 16.
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Bye@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Essays were always shit. People had others write them, parents, etc.
It should be interviews and fewer people should go in the first place.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
tleb@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Why have essays or interviews? In Canada, my application to university was simply my transcript.
CoderKat@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Same. Maybe higher level degrees are different, but getting into an undergrad program in the one major university my city had was extremely easy. I applied and got accepted. It actually never even crossed my mind that it wouldn’t get accepted and I never applied anywhere else, nor did anyone ever tell me that I should (though that may have been grade dependent).
By contrast, American media usually shows getting into university as some grueling task, where a guidance counselor tells you to apply to all these universities and there’s essays and whatnot.