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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is UK "better" except the cost? [/quote]

Depending on the subject matter, the UK univ. system spends all undergrad years focusing on the major rather than spending a couple of years on GE type courses.  I think that enables the student to study more and deeper into their subject matter, unlike here.

A person I know from the UK told me that he feels like getting a masters here in the US is somewhat equivalent to getting an undergrad in the UK because of the number of years studying the subject matter in the US as an undergrad (only 2, really).[/quote]

I got both my undergrad and first graduate degrees in France and I hold the same opinion.
When I took my (second) graduate degree here, the content was equivalent to the French undergraduate degree. I learned nothing new, except that the education in France was rigorous and cheap. I still completed the degree, so that I had one US degree on my resume.
I am in a technical field.[/quote]

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