I'm from Sydney, Australia and thinking of moving to the states for my undergrad degree. Could someone please recommend some good universities where they rip off the international students, but to a lesser degree than Ivy League universities? Be good if pot is also more readily available and less incriminating in that state, than in this crystal meth/xtc-filled land. Also contemplating going to Universiteit Utrecht, but they have less courses taught in English obviously. I didn't really know where to post this thread... all the other forums seemed as irrelevant as this one, and some posters downright abrasive/too horny. I'm thinking of heading down the path of foreign affairs and diplomacy later on, and hope to go to a university known for its law program, stuck up assholes, and decent student life. Either that or I will apply for McGill in Canada... Anyways, my options are open, I 'suspended' my Pharmacy course 2 weeks ago, can but prefer not to stay here to do my undergrad (caught the travel bug)
I wish I lived in an ecstasy filled land. As for universities, America is huge, have you seen a map, there are good univerisites everywhere you go.
Haha, oh what we would give for what we have not. My gosh yes I have seen a map of America, it is indeed huge, and there are towns everywhere! It's not just barren desert like we have covering 70% of our country. I'm thinking probably the East coast, and a university that's in the top 100 ranked by the Times Higher Education or the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, or at least a university with a name that will ring a bell with employers. One thing though, I would absolutely love to live in New York City. It's an ultimate dream of the average hillbilly girl from Down Under. I do not watch Gossip Girl, or Sex and the City, but I have seen Madagascar, The Day After Tomorrow and read Breakfast at Tiffany's!
New York City is awesome, even to someone who's only a 90min train ride from it, simply not because it's a huge city, but it's one of the global cities, in fact only London can probably come close, but the insanity of how packed everything is is just awesome if you like cities. There's so many ethnic enclaves, I think over a 1/3 of the city is foreign born, the NYC metro runs 24/7, 365 days a year, the city truly never sleeps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan#Cityscape Just look at those views. Also if you're coming to the east coast I advice staying north of the mason-dixon line *edit* Also the middle of our country is kind of empty, Montana, Kansas, the Dakotas, Nebraska, all farming states, but nowhere near as extreme as a literal desert across the whole thing.
Green Mountain College in Vermont! It's right on the NY/VT border so you can go to NYC a lot. Also rated number 22 in the country for 'reefer madness'. If you come to GMC I'll take you on some trips to the city.
Ah Vermont is like a 5 hour drive away from the city. Though if you're looking for wilderness and greenery Vermont is the place to go. Vermont is like the most American state since it sums up both sides, very liberal to the point of electing an independent self described socialist to the senate, yet the only state along with Alaska that allows people to carry handguns without a permit. Though I don't know if Vermont is the place to go for someone who wants a taste of the city.....
Shhhhhhhh...I'm trying to get her to come to my college! Mad is right, though. (Still, check it out and consider! )
Yeah I was totally joking when pretending not to know about the bustling multicultural 24/7ness of New York. Although Sydney city's residents are also something like 45% overseas-born. It would probably very cool living there. Would I be dreaming if I applied to NYU? Is it very competitive entry? I actually prefer peace and quiet compared to the hustle and bustle, but NYC seems to be the quintessential representation of America in my head, so I guess I'd forgo the healthy greenness for endless rows of yellow cabs and apartments with staircases leading to front doors. Montreal seems awesome, especially as it seems to be a truly bilingual city. I imagine moving there will be like getting free French tutoring but being able to speak English when you want to? Also McGill's international rep seems quite good. Checked out admission requirements on their site, but what's admission of international students really like? Do you know?
NYU is competitive, it is a really good school, but it's not ivy league or anything. Even if that fails though there are hundreds of schools in NYC. It's crazy to think that during the weekday with all the people there for work during the day the island of Manhattan has probably almost 2/3 the population of my state.
Harvard! Cornell! Duke! Yale! Also, there's so many smaller colleges. Really, you have to first pick a climate, then narrow it down to a city (do you want culture? jobs? what?), then pick a college with a major you like, and then go check it out.
Considering you want to study foreigh affairs I would recommend looking at schools in Washington DC, Northern Maryland and Northern Virginia. That area has a lot of really good schools, especially law schools (the ones in Maryland and Virginia will be a little cheaper than in DC). It has a large population of people from other countries and other parts of the US as well. Since the DC area is pretty small, you will be able to get around and see a lot of places easily. No car needed. The cities on the east coast are crowded in closer together so New York, Philadelphia, DC and Baltimore are all less that 3 hours away from eachother and offer other endless possibilities for internships, travel, cultural interests etc. Hope this info helps. Good luck
