[求助]请问有关college的问题

puccamummy

在学校里  有College of William and Mary 和Boston College有名。

但是似乎美国的朋友却不知道。而且他们说college是社区学校，不好。

不知道到底美国人怎么看待college。

因为毕竟辛辛苦苦读出来，不想浪费时间和金钱。

watdahell

In the US, college is a common term applied to universities. You are thinking of "community colleges". That is a different story. (remember, Dartmouth "college" is a member of the ivy league)

Also, most ppl in the US only know of a few "top" schools. Some Americans never even heard of Vanderbilt.

gmatplayer

好像除了BC和DARTMOUTH比较有名外,叫COLLEGE的总体还是没有叫UNIVERSITY的好...

leighyao

以下是引用gmatplayer在2005-12-11 0:38:00的发言：
好像除了BC和DARTMOUTH比较有名外,叫COLLEGE的总体还是没有叫UNIVERSITY的好...

Graduate wise.

For undergraduate, it is completely a different story.

watdahell

Well, colleges are usually pretty small institutions. So for undergraduates, there are a lot of excellent liberal arts colleges around that provide excellent education. As for graudate school, because the emphasis is on research (usually, although not true for business schools), universities have a definite advantage.