<p>Yes, I entered the SMSU webpage and is affordable. But as you said, it is low ranked. Why I do not want to go to a low ranked college? Simple: Because as i said in a post above, i think i have a good potential in business related topics, and also because i am studying the possibility of working and living in the US for some years, legally, of course.</p>
<p>xrCalico23:</p>
<p>I thought about going to grad school in the future but here in Uruguay, Accounting and Economics carreers last AT LEAST 5,5 years. We have compulsory exams and the difficulty makes most of the student to spend between 6 and 7 years to finish their college studies. The system is totally different from the american one, but, with no offense, the universities here are pretty much advanced than the ones in USA, specially in maths (where we are thaught derivative and integration (sorry my english) in our last year of high school). By that i conclude that i have no idea of what my GPA would be in the american grading system.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be a transfer student as i am not intending to transfer my credits. Here in Uruguay, i can continue with studies from where i left them (for example if i finish 3rd year, i can retake from there even 6 years later, as my scolarship establishes that i have promoted 1st, 2nd and 3rd subjetcs).</p>
<p>I want to study in the US also because of the experience of living there, that is a dream that i’ve been expecting to fulfill since i was a child. On the other hand, the “University of the Republic” is the 25th best university of south america, and among the 500th in the world, so graduating from my university is very well recognized in south america, but i don’t know if it would be in the US. Maybe by going to grad school would open more doors for me.</p>
<p>P.S.: Again sorry for my english, i undestand what i write but i don’t now if you do too :)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, without SAT scores or GPA translations, we are kind of stuck. Have you considered heading over to Comisi</p>
<p>Many students studying economics in top tier universities in the US have taken calculus (integrals and derivatives) in high school. Some have taken multi-variate calculus or differential equations as well. You don’t hear about them because there are many students studying other subjects who do not take that level of math in high school. Here is the list of math courses offered at one of the private high schools in California:</p>
<p>Mathematics
Posted 08/17/2010 01:15PM
“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.”
— Einstein
Classes within the mathematics department are designed to broaden the mathematical knowledge and skills of our students and to prepare them for higher-level mathematics and courses. With offerings from algebra to AP Calculus and beyond, students are taught to master the fundamental processes while their problem-solving abilities are challenged with increasingly complex material. Placement is determined by the needs and talents of each individual. Students supplement their information resources with the required use of a graphing calculator and/or a laptop computer. Three years of study are required of all, though students are strongly encouraged to complete a four-year program.</p>
<p>Algebra 1
Algebra 2 & Trigonometry
Honors Algebra 2 & Trigonometry
Geometry
Honors Geometry
Precalculus
Honors Precalculus
Calculus
Advanced Geometry
AP Calculus AB
Honors Calculus C w/ Multivariable
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
Honors Multivariate Calculus*
Honors Linear Algebra*
Honors Differential Equations*
Statistics 1*
Statistics 2*
Discrete Mathematics*
Engineering*
Honors Advanced Topics: Math*
- = semester-long class</p>
<p>In England, you might say you have been to college for a year but you have not yet been to university and you hope to go to university later. A visiting student from England told me this. Wikipedia says “As of August 2008, there were ninety-one universities in England,[1] out of a total of 109 in the United Kingdom. This excludes approximately 133 higher education institutions that have not been given the right to call themselves a “university” by the Privy Council (such as colleges of higher education). The number of universities has since increased.” Maybe the students who went to a college and not a university are not considered university transfer students. I wonder.</p>
<p>The high school students we knew from Mexico City went to school called a Universidad, but they were not university students.</p>
<p>I was just wondering whether maybe students who have attended the OP’s college were not considered to be college students by U.S. standards. It wouldn’t make sense for some to apply to u.s. schools as transfers and some as freshmen, but if everyone always applies to u.s. schools as freshmen - and includes information about what they have been doing at this school - maybe this school doesn’t count?</p>
<p>Just trying to figure it out. I don’t know at all how this works.</p>
<p>cforteza, which colleges do you have in mind right now? Exactly how good are you in comparison to other students in your country? A large, well known university might have had admitted students from Uruguary in the past, and therefore may be able to tell you more about how grades are converted if you call/email its admissions office.</p>
<p>The universities that I have in mind right now are:
University of North Texas
University of Texas at San Antonio
Florida International University
Florida Atlantic University
University of Washington</p>
<p>I’m a student who promotes the subjects studying less than other people. But i do have a great great great facility for economics. I don’t know why or how, but i am very good a it. Last year, even the most intelligent classmates asked me for help when studying for economics, and i found it difficult to believe that they had much more difficulty in economics than in maths, for example.
I’ll take your recommendation, and will mail some universities with uruguayan students</p>
<p>cforteza, do you think that a staff member at the Uruguayan American School in Montevideo could answer your questions about how your transcript would be interpreted by American universities?</p>
<p>gadad,</p>
<p>I contacted them yesterday by email, I’m waiting for an answer. Thanks for the idea!</p>