College applications

[RFayette]

We don't have college applications here

Is it open-enrollment or do you guys just take a test to see where you can get in?

[RFayette]

We don't have college applications here

Is it open-enrollment or do you guys just take a test to see where you can get in?

open enrollment

Interesting.  So is money the only obstacle toward going to any Argentine universities?  And do y'all have the freedom to choose majors (or your preferred concentration, be it engineering, CS, etc.) like in the states?

[RFayette]

We don't have college applications here

Is it open-enrollment or do you guys just take a test to see where you can get in?

open enrollment

Interesting.  So is money the only obstacle toward going to any Argentine universities?  And do y'all have the freedom to choose majors (or your preferred concentration, be it engineering, CS, etc.) like in the states?

Majors and minors are  a foreign concept to the region, you just enroll in any carrer you wish to

I see.  So do you guys have elective classes (i.e. outside of your career field/concentration) or are all of your classes already decided based on your career choice?  One interesting aspect of US universities is that only around 50-60% of your courses are related to your specialty (a little more for engineering majors, somewhat less for non-engineering majors), and the rest are "electives" or requirements to fulfill general education requirements (writing, social sciences, diversity classes, etc.).  Is it the same for Argentina, or is it more rigid?

[RFayette]

Ugh that's annoying. I took the maximum courses in my field that the university allowed and it was still only ~60%

I suppose I might be exaggerating a little bit, as I'm counting a lot of foundational classes (like linear algebra, differential equations, and multivariable calculus, for me), which I am counting as part of the "field" (my major is a math/computer science hybrid, though I intend to also get a master's in CS). 

[RFayette]

Ugh that's annoying. I took the maximum courses in my field that the university allowed and it was still only ~60%

I suppose I might be exaggerating a little bit, as I'm counting a lot of foundational classes (like linear algebra, differential equations, and multivariable calculus, for me), which I am counting as part of the "field" (my major is a math/computer science hybrid, though I intend to also get a master's in CS).  

The general education part of college is such a ing waste of time. I learned very little about business and accounting in nearly two years of college. One thing I'm really paranoid of is being just 3 semesters away from graduation and getting into harder classes and suddenly finding out that I'm not  good at this, after blowing tons of money just to take two glorified years of high school.

Thank God I did my first two years at community college and not at some big state school I'd have to take out loans for. We really need to drop the first whole year of college. I feel pretty bad for students who took out huge loans only to find out they weren't college ready.

I think it also depends on your school/major.  I'd hardly describe my first year (so far) as glorified years of high school....I've already gone through multivariable calculus, linear algebra, two fairly intense programming classes, and up next am going to take ordinary differential equations and C programming, among other classes.  It certainly doesn't feel like high school V2 to me!

/endrant (just had 3 final exams yesterday)

[RFayette]

^Very nice.  Sounds very similar to my reasoning as well - a lot of jobs in the area, my school is well-known for CS, and I am pretty good with math/computers.  Just hoping it'll all work out.