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Originally posted by dadudemon
If US colleges were so bad, why do so many foreigners attend them?

Probably because the really good American colleges are really good and the sucky ones are terrible.

Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
one of my friends is in college here after moving from China, and he claims that what he's learning now he learned...in middle school.

Well what classes and what year in school? My freshman year had several compulsory classes that were clearly intended to decided who was completely beyond hope.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Well what classes and what year in school? My freshman year had several compulsory classes that were clearly intended to decided who was completely beyond hope.

I've found that rather than this stuff being dictated by subject/school/anything else, it is more dictated by the prof themselves.

I've had classes in all subjects at all university levels that were so challenging, in a good way, and really expected great things from the students and others at all levels and in all subjects that seem little more than an effort in fill in the blanks.

Also, I might challenge the way Eastern and Western education systems run, in theory. It wouldn't surprise me that they had more specific technical knowledge in engineering fields.

Originally posted by dadudemon
No offense to your friend, but, he must be a dumbass to end up at a college that teaches such a low-level curriculum. Amirite? awesome

If US colleges were so bad, why do so many foreigners attend them?

Subjects matter as well. If you go to CU Boulder for example, of course you can breeze through business school and most of the humanities are fairly straightforward as long as you know how to read and think critically. Sciences and mathematics though...Jesus!!! I mean undergrads build parts for NASA as part of their curriculum and they almost contracted through Los Alamos. CU Denver has some pretty weak programs as well but they also have the third best recording program in the country (5th or 6th in the world I believe), a world class medical school, and a political science and public affairs program that contracts with Peace Corps and Ambassador programs I think anyone who bases all US colleges based on one class at one college is sorely misinformed.