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Ra's al Ghul wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:The American University in Cairo is our option in Egypt, although we are always chopping and changing our options in the Middle East due to the occasional disturbances. I think we had to remove our option in Jordan because of that.

I hear there are some exceptional individuals at that university.

I imagine they will probably be gone by the time I can attend, though.   

The Zlatan wrote:UCL is probably your best option with your circumstances, Glen. It's a top 10 university and you can do 1 semester.

The cost of living in London, though. I wonder if I could get university-sponsored housing and just pay the standard fee, not that that's any cheaper with their exorbitant rates.   

The Zlatan wrote:

Ra's al Ghul wrote:

I hear there are some exceptional individuals at that university.

  Crump was right about your boasting, BG.

 

Do you have any options in Holland?

Keyser Söze wrote:Do you have any options in Holland?

Surprisingly not.  Perhaps my university's conservative roots would be compromised by an arrangement with such a hedonistic nation.

We have options in Denmark and Belgium, even Hungary, but not the Netherlands.

What about Turkey?

Koc University + one of our own satellite campuses.

Nice   

What's the main determining factor for getting into University in America? Money or grades?

For example, in the UK pretty much everyone gets funding so it basically a matter of what you get in your A Levels. And even then a lot of people get As or A* in shitty subjects so again it's determined by what 3/4 A Levels you pick. Is that like the same in the US?

I miss this forum being active. Back in the day you'd already have 50 replies to Palace leading at the Emirates.

Keyser Söze wrote:Nice   

What's the main determining factor for getting into University in America? Money or grades?

For example, in the UK pretty much everyone gets funding so it basically a matter of what you get in your A Levels. And even then a lot of people get As or A* in shitty subjects so again it's determined by what 3/4 A Levels you pick. Is that like the same in the US?

I would say it is a bit of both, with emphasis also placed on "extracurriculars" and "character," as they employ a "holistic" analysis of you and your résumé.  It also helps to go to private school instead of a public high/secondary school-they aren't supposed to take that into account, but private school students are over-represented in private universities, presumably because it hints at wealthy & less need to hand out scholarships to the student.  I imagine the same is true of schools in the UK.

Dagbon wrote:I miss this forum being active. Back in the day you'd already have 50 replies to Palace leading at the Emirates.

This forum isn't any less active, our users are just too old and mature to engage in petty trolling now.  

Dagbon wrote:I miss this forum being active. Back in the day you'd already have 50 replies to Palace leading at the Emirates.

Chill gramps.

crump wrote:I'm not going Uni, going to go into the Army for 4 years, sort of similar I guess.

  

Keyser Söze wrote:

crump wrote:I'm not going Uni, going to go into the Army for 4 years, sort of similar I guess.

  

  Oh my word.

Keyser Söze wrote:

crump wrote:I'm not going Uni, going to go into the Army for 4 years, sort of similar I guess.

  

hhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnggg

The army sounds like aids compared to uni.

Keyser Söze wrote:

crump wrote:I'm not going Uni, going to go into the Army for 4 years, sort of similar I guess.

  

 

Zzonked wrote:The army sounds like aids compared to uni.

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I'm still in like level 12 on GTA online.

You kinda have to play with other people to get the most out of it, and I have like zero friends to play with and playing with strangers online is about as fun as a root canal.

Kinda hate that GTA online is probably the reason we haven't had any GTA V story dlc yet too. Loved the GT IV dlc.

Woah people are back here now?  

Sean wrote:Woah people are back here now?  

Sean, how moderately happy I am to see you.  

Glen Miller wrote:

Sean wrote:Woah people are back here now?  

Sean, how moderately happy I am to see you.  

Haha, I'll take moderately happy!

How are you mf?

Doing well, mf, just getting ready to return to university in two days. How have you been?  Are you going into your third year now?

Glen Miller wrote:Doing well, mf, just getting ready to return to university in two days. How have you been?  Are you going into your third year now?

How has your college experience been?

Yep, Im actually doing my third year in Germany so I'm looking forward to that

Sean wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:Doing well, mf, just getting ready to return to university in two days. How have you been?  Are you going into your third year now?

How has your college experience been?

Yep, Im actually doing my third year in Germany so I'm looking forward to that

I had a decent first year, got most of my general education requirements out of the way, although my roommate was a drunk.

Whereabouts in Germany?  Is it a German-speaking program?

Glen Miller wrote:

Sean wrote:

How has your college experience been?

Yep, Im actually doing my third year in Germany so I'm looking forward to that

I had a decent first year, got most of my general education requirements out of the way, although my roommate was a drunk.

Whereabouts in Germany?  Is it a German-speaking program?

The original odd couple

Heidelberg its called, nah it's taught in English. What university are you at and what are you studying?

Sean wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:
I had a decent first year, got most of my general education requirements out of the way, although my roommate was a drunk.

Whereabouts in Germany?  Is it a German-speaking program?

The original odd couple

Heidelberg its called, nah it's taught in English. What university are you at and what are you studying?

Agreed, he lied through his teeth on the roommate search survey.  

I went there a decade ago, beautiful place.  If you do speak a bit of German, you are probably better off in the West as well, none of the listening exercises prepare you for the jarring experience of hearing an East German accent.

I am at Georgetown, but I haven't decided my major yet.  I have until March and will probably wait until the deadline, I'll probably choose something that I will hate and immediately regret.

Glen Miller wrote:

Sean wrote:

The original odd couple

Heidelberg its called, nah it's taught in English. What university are you at and what are you studying?

Agreed, he lied through his teeth on the roommate search survey.  

I went there a decade ago, beautiful place.  If you do speak a bit of German, you are probably better off in the West as well, none of the listening exercises prepare you for the jarring experience of hearing an East German accent.

I am at Georgetown, but I haven't decided my major yet.  I have until March and will probably wait until the deadline, I'll probably choose something that I will hate and immediately regret.

Oh cool do you speak German?

Hopefully you aren't massacred Glen.

Sean wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:
Agreed, he lied through his teeth on the roommate search survey.  

I went there a decade ago, beautiful place.  If you do speak a bit of German, you are probably better off in the West as well, none of the listening exercises prepare you for the jarring experience of hearing an East German accent.

I am at Georgetown, but I haven't decided my major yet.  I have until March and will probably wait until the deadline, I'll probably choose something that I will hate and immediately regret.

Oh cool do you speak German?

Hopefully you aren't massacred Glen.

I do, although I might not continue.  I've taken it for 5 years in school + 2 semesters, and I've gotten to the point where I can only improve by expanding my vocab.  I suspect that's best served by studying there, and I'm not overly keen on that.

It would be just typical of the Catholics to slaughter a young Protestant lad in his sleep.