<p>I know this sounds weird, but I've been thinking of studying abroad for an undergraduate degree(full degree.) Maybe in Latin America, or Europe.
I'm fluent in Spanish and Italian, and some French
I know many people would KILL to attend an American University, but I just don't like the typical American college experience.
I'm wondering if this would be worth it.
If I decide to stay in the US, I will probably attend the Uni. of Miami.
I know it is not the best school, but I somewhat like it.
Anyways, would this be worth it?
or should I just attend an American school, and transfer, and graduate from a foreign university?</p>
<p>Or better, does anyone know any American universities, top-tier, located in Metropolitan areas, that are more like the schools of Europe and Latin America?</p>
<p>For information on admission to universities in the countries that interest you, you should contact the Education or Culture officer at those countries’ consulates near you. Each country (and sometimes each university) sets its own policies about admission, so be prepared to jump through different hoops for each place.</p>
<p>As to identifying US universities that function more like foreign universities, it would help a lot if you could define specifically what it is that you know about those foreign Us that makes them attractive to you. Chances are that once you define what it is you are looking for, you can find an equivalent in the US.</p>
<p>What you don’t like about the “American college experience”? If you don’t like the residential dorm life, you can choose a Uni. that allow you to live off-campus. If you are willing to compromise physical proximity with campus, it will be easy to find cheap housing in most cities in US.</p>
<p>If you don’t like the open curricula approach, you could just choose a major anteprima, and take most of your courses in the department which offers it. GenEd will not hurt you.</p>
<p>I was born (and now live again) in Europe. As far as I can tell you, resources provided by American universities are far better than European universities. Sure, there are good universities here, especially the elite ones (I’m attending graduate school in one of those), but in US you could usually find far better opportunities if you are willing to take advantage of them.</p>
<p>Admission for most European universities for non European students are most focused in test results. Depending on the country you are considering, you’ll have to travel and take national entrance exams or send SAT’s and language certificates.</p>
<p>Beware that, particularly in Italy and France, there are not so few universities with an extreme-left politic environment, at least 30 years backward, where “construction of real socialism” is discussed not as an historical subject but as an real alternative.</p>
<p>Latin America univs. are defenitively third tier and below. Think carefully before embarking in such adventure of giving up US education for a Colombian, Nicaraguian or Surinamese degree.</p>
<p>There is no “typical” American college experience for you to dislike. Every American college student has their own unique college experience, and with thousands of colleges across the country for you to choose from, I’m not sure why you think there’s one “typical” experience.</p>
<p>Is it a good idea? That depends. You will have to deal not only with living away from your parents and harder work, but the cultural shift from living in the U.S. to living somewhere else. If you go to a Latin American university, you will have to deal with speaking Spanish and taking your classes in Spanish – even when you are fluent, it is still a big change to go from communicating in one language all the time to another. And, it will be very expensive, as you’ll get no European financial aid unless you are an EU citizen. But, it could be very rewarding for you - it just depends on what you want out of the college experience (which you haven’t mentioned, just that you don’t like the “typical” American experience - which in turn does not exist, so I think you are referring to the “stereotypical American college experience”).</p>