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There are a lot of things to consider when making the decision between a university or college program, but when you boil it all down, there are really four main differences between the two:

Time
In general, a university undergraduate degree will take longer to finish than a college program. Most undergraduate degrees take about three to five years to complete, while a college diploma program can range from around nine months to two or three years. If you want to get out of school and into the workforce as quickly as possible, than college is likely the right choice for you.

The structure of The University versus college school day is also something to consider. In many university programs, students have a lot of leeway in creating their own schedules, resulting in days where you might have three or four hours of classes, followed by days with none.

College classes, on the other hand, are often fairly fixed and the school days can be pretty intensive. Similar to high school in some ways, a college schedule might have you at your desk from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. all week. If you’re juggling school and work, this could wreak havoc with your schedule.

Cost
University programs are not only longer than college programs, they’re also more expensive overall. Not only are you paying for an extra year or two of education, but yearly costs at a university can be double what you’d pay for a college course. For example, in the course I took (a four-year joint program between the University of Winnipeg and Red River College) I paid about $2,000 tuition for a year at the college and over $3,500 for a year at the university. Over three or four years, this difference in tuition can definitely add up. Do the math and figure out your finances before beginning a program of study.

Education
This is, perhaps, the most notable difference between university and college. Simply put, a university education tends to be highly academic, even abstract – it teaches you how to think critically about the world around you. On the flip side, a college education focuses more on applied knowledge and hands-on learning – college teaches you how to do something in the world.

This obviously carries over into classroom instruction. In university, you’ll likely sit in a room with 200 other people, listen to a professor talk, and then do some readings and hand in a few highly intellectual essays and assignments. In college, classroom instruction often takes the form of the students learning how to do something and then getting up and actually doing it – taking apart a car engine, designing a magazine advertisement, building a computer.

Both forms of learning have pros and cons – university grads sometimes find themselves unsure exactly what it is they’re trained to do in the "real world", whereas college graduates might find their program was too focused and wish they could have gotten a taste of a broader range of topics.

For the best of both worlds, you might want to consider entering one of the growing number of joint programs being offered through university and college partnerships across the country. In these types of programs, you generally spend a year or two in college to earn a diploma, and then another couple of years taking university courses to earn a bachelor degree. This balanced route might best prepare you for the future by fostering both practical and intellectual skills.

Program Value
Because Universities tend to be bigger institutions, with more course options and longer programs, they’ve come to be seen as the more prestigious post-secondary choice. In fact, in the eyes of some employers a university degree is still seen as being more valuable than a college diploma. Just having it on your résumé might be enough to get you a job, when put up against a college-trained applicant.

There are also plenty of statistics saying university grads make more money in their lifetimes than college grads, although this might have more to do with the initial career choices those grads are making than with where they went to school. After all, a doctor (who went to university) is going to make more than a mechanic (who went to college). On the other hand, a college-trained journalist and a University-trained journalist might still make about the same amount of money in the field.

In the end, it really all comes down to personal preference – which school and program do you feel will give you the best launch-pad for your future? The best way to find this out is to do lots and lots of research – talk to former students to find out if they think they wasted their time taking a certain program, and ask potential employers what kind of an education they’d suggest.

Studies in psychiatric journals in the early 90s showed a link between autism and feminism.

The rise in autism has been attributed to women with masculine minds marrying men with masculine minds, leading to children with hyper masculine minds.

Furthermore a link has been shown to exist between autism and women and the diagnostic criteria for autism.

A study tested 4200 women at The UnivUniversity of New Hampshire. 677 women tested scored highly on the feminist belief scale, or feministic scale.

254 out of 677 women who scored highly on the feministic scale also ranked highly in restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities. Usually their obsession focused around feminist issues whether real or contrived.

107 of the 677 women scored low on the qualitative social interaction scale.

430 out of the 677 women who scored highly on the feministic scale also scored highly on the masculine personality type scale.

Do you know any autistic feminists?
This study was in a 1992 Issue of the Journal of Applied Psychiatric Medicine so you can look it up yourself if you like.

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Anna you are correct, and you can be correct about more males being diagnosed with autism than females but that still does not have any relevance to the high rate of autism among feminists, a subset of women rather than all women, as noted in the study only a minority of the women tested actually scored highly on the feministic scale.
The ‘ Hyper-Masculine Mind’ is a working hypothesis of neurobiology wendy g. Furthermore you appear to have a rather obsessive need to prove yourself right. Perhaps caused by low self esteem, but nevertheless obsessive. Are you a feminist who has been diagnosed with autism by any chance? At the very least I would suggest that any children you have should be submitted for possible diagnosis immediately.

Actually, Wendy G., the " hyper- masculine mind " concept is more than conjecture. It is a working hypothesis of neurobiology.
Not that that has much to do with the rather stretched claims of the questioner.

Instead of "To the Hospital" or "To the University" as we do here in America?

Well, we did invent the English language so maybe we say it like that because it’s the correct way of saying it? Why do people say ‘to the hospital’ and ‘to The University‘ in America?

Dress up for it every single day? Because that’s what I’m pretty sure I’m going to do. It’s my first ever full-time job (I’m 17), and I figure I’m almost an adult so I should be dressing more professionally than I would be at, say, 15 years old.

I think I’m going to suck it up and wear outfits that comprise of cardigans, skirts (all of which go only an inch above the knee), pantyhose, and heels (no shorter than 3-4 inches; either stilettos or pumps). Is that a good idea?

Yes, you’ll look more professional.

It was produced by students from The UnivUniversity of Michigan. It’s a parody of Harry Potter and it stars Darren Criss, Lauren Lopez, Joe Walker, etc.
The one on YouTube right now isn’t the original. They cut out some of the inappropriate stuff.

there is no way to find the original version, because it was removed off youtube, and that was the only place it was

I’m interested in Telecommunications (MSc)

Well, I don’t really think there is a lot of difference between those Universities for that course, looking at various tables and reviews. So perhaps you should pick the one that would suit you best for other reasons such as cost considerations.

Southampton is very good for telecommunications too, here’s a link to them:

For example online degree at University of Phoenix, while living in Canada?
U of Phoenix was just an example, I’m not planning on going there.

Yes you certainly can, in fact one of the best aspects of an online college is that you are not limited by geography in your school selection. My best recommendation would be to contact a number of colleges to find the best fit for you and your needs (tuition, schedule, career opportunities, etc.). Too often people enroll in the first school they find rather than taking the time to find the best school for them. Taking that time now could save you a lot of time, money and frustration if you choose the wrong school.
This site has some good info on regionally accredited online degrees and some colleges that offer them to help expand your search:

http://www.ecollegefinder.org

I think you can enter your info on there for any colleges you are interested in and they will send you more info for free. Good Luck!

What college in New Cross is part of The UnivUniversity of London?

Goldsmiths, University of London

I dont want to go to University or that, I just want to get a really easy Docteray in anything that dosn’t last more than 10 mins to complete.

Become a rapper and name your first album after a illegal narcotic. Then realize you cant rap, and become a "producer" for someone that can and live off his royalties! hope that helped.

Depends what you take. Its a bigger jump from GCSE to A-levels, A LOT bigger.

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