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?
It depends a lot on the university and the carrer
I'm studying law at the largest university in the country (UBA) and it's divided into 2 stages (I'm simplifying FTR)
-CPC, 19 mandatory subjects, common to any specialty
-CPO, the specialty (different branches of law) which has some subjects shared between all specialties, some mandatory for you specialty and some elective courses
I know the system is simmilar for other carrers at UBA like psychology, and that in smaller carrers in private universities there are only mandatory subjects, nbit my knowledge is quite limited with regards to most carrers and colleges
