College in Europe

College Search & Selection
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<p>Is it worth pretending to be someone you are not just to get into a prestigious college? Is it worth spending $40,000 per capita to attend a college that will get you an education similar to that of a college that will cost you about half as much? Is it worth spending so much on school when employers care more about on the job experience?</p>

<p>I ask because I am getting really tired of pushing myself to the limit with school. I have a life to live, too. I'm not a stupid person, and I could probably get into a high up school, but I'm not sure if it's something I want to do. I am considering attending college in Germany. I have lived here for two years now, and will live here for another year and a half, as I finish high school. I have the unique opportunity to attend either a German Uni, or a German international university.</p>

<p>I feel comfortable in Germany, and probably would not feel right living in the United States, as I have not lived there in about four and a half years now. I do not miss the United States, either. The schools in the region of Germany that I am looking at are not the most prestigious schools out there, but they are good schools, none the less. Would I be sacrificing something by attending a university outside of the United States, and would it affect the probability of getting a good job in the US (One likely to send me overseas)?</p>

<p>This does not mean that I want to start slacking off. I enjoy the challenging course load that I have this year. It's just that I don't like stressing over things such as the SAT, or AP scores just so I can get an edge on other people trying to get into these expensive schools that may or may not actually be much better than competing schools.</p>

<p>Here are two of the schools I am looking at:</p>

<p>[URL="<a href="http://www.i-u.de/nav-main/home.html%22%5DInternational"&gt;http://www.i-u.de/nav-main/home.html"]International&lt;/a> University in Germany<a href="Classes%20taught%20in%20English">/URL</a> International School
[URL="<a href="http://www.uni-mannheim.de/english/index.html%22%5DUniversity"&gt;www.uni-mannheim.de/english/index.html"]University&lt;/a> of Mannheim<a href="Classes%20taught%20in%20German">/URL</a> German School</p>

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<p>To be clear on my post above. I work very hard in order to do well in my AP classes, and in order to do well on the SAT.</p>

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<p>I fully support your decision to attend a university outside of the US. I understand your worry about getting a job later, as I am also applying outside of the US, but I have been assured that as long as you get a good education and that your schools have good reputations and are somewhat international, then that should not be a problem.</p>