Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 19:05     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You really think there is less drinking and drugs... yea, ok.

My DH is from the UK. There is drinking, of course, but there is no greek life, so it's a bit different.

We are looking at UK unis. The only reason I wouldn't do it is the distance, and there is literally only one way to get there.. airplane. DC likes the idea that there is no concept of "general education" there.


My niece and nephew both belong to “drinking clubs” at their uni. I would say there is drinking.

Tons of drinking in British culture.

As stated a few times now, there is drinking, of course, but not the greek life, so it's a different type of culture surrounding drinking. And yes, I'm fully aware of the British drinking culture, having a DH who is British and who went to uni there.


Ask the people of Crete and Ibiza about British drinking culture. They have to clean up the puke of lots of sunburned UK students all the time.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 19:03     Subject: Re:Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
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Anonymous wrote:Higher education in the UK is actually much, much better than higher education in the US. Not sure what you mean about football. Soccer and rugby are popular.


Patently false except for Oxbridge. Top to bottom US unis outclass the brits.


Yeah the London School of Economics is such trash. So is the Uof London or Edinburgh. ODU is much better than those
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 19:02     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:higher ed in the uk is heavily specialized. basically grades don't count for the first year. they count a bit more in the second year and a whole lot in the third year. there's a lot of scope to coast in year one.


It depends on the course!
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 18:40     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
higher ed in the uk is heavily specialized. basically grades don't count for the first year. they count a bit more in the second year and a whole lot in the third year. there's a lot of scope to coast in year one.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 18:37     Subject: Re:Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:Higher education in the UK is actually much, much better than higher education in the US. Not sure what you mean about football. Soccer and rugby are popular.


Patently false except for Oxbridge. Top to bottom US unis outclass the brits.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 18:16     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:Is there one poster who keeps mentioning Greek life drinking? I was in a huge SEC sorority. The GDIs drank just as much or more than us. We were just more recognizable as we traveled in groups and would never leave a drunk girl behind or let her go too far. I never once saw a sister or a frat guy have alcohol poisoning. I did see that often in the apartment complex I lived in by GDIs.


For anyone wondering what GDI means, it means god damn independent. This is from urbandictionary.com:

GDI
An insult used by pretentious idiots in Greek organizations to try and make those outside of their membership seem "beneath" them. Pretty much as childish as it gets.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=GDI
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 17:27     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Is there one poster who keeps mentioning Greek life drinking? I was in a huge SEC sorority. The GDIs drank just as much or more than us. We were just more recognizable as we traveled in groups and would never leave a drunk girl behind or let her go too far. I never once saw a sister or a frat guy have alcohol poisoning. I did see that often in the apartment complex I lived in by GDIs.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 17:20     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
I considered it for myself but as others have said after I crunched all the numbers including COL it didn’t actually save money (Germany in my case).
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 17:20     Subject: Re:Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:Higher education in the UK is actually much, much better than higher education in the US. Not sure what you mean about football. Soccer and rugby are popular.


No it isn't. Some schools are and some schools aren't. There's a range. Like here.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 17:19     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You really think there is less drinking and drugs... yea, ok.

My DH is from the UK. There is drinking, of course, but there is no greek life, so it's a bit different.

We are looking at UK unis. The only reason I wouldn't do it is the distance, and there is literally only one way to get there.. airplane. DC likes the idea that there is no concept of "general education" there.


My niece and nephew both belong to “drinking clubs” at their uni. I would say there is drinking.

Tons of drinking in British culture.

As stated a few times now, there is drinking, of course, but not the greek life, so it's a different type of culture surrounding drinking. And yes, I'm fully aware of the British drinking culture, having a DH who is British and who went to uni there.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 17:12     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You really think there is less drinking and drugs... yea, ok.

My DH is from the UK. There is drinking, of course, but there is no greek life, so it's a bit different.

We are looking at UK unis. The only reason I wouldn't do it is the distance, and there is literally only one way to get there.. airplane. DC likes the idea that there is no concept of "general education" there.


My niece and nephew both belong to “drinking clubs” at their uni. I would say there is drinking.

Tons of drinking in British culture.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 17:10     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In Canada the fees are different for Domestic and International students.

For example: in Canadian $

Domestic Students: Fall & Winter term: $7,822
International Students: Fall & Winter term $23,990


Yes. And when you factor in higher living costs in Europe, plus the cost of airfare plus having your child so far away, it’s really not worth it.


We researched this heavily and drew the same conclusion. Lots of extra hidden costs related to travel and cost of living. The tuition and room and board are not that much less expensive. Several of the schools that we were looking at were not covered under the 529 plan, which was another huge factor. Plus, without any family nearby for our DS, it didn't seem like a great setup.


PP here. And the most important thing - our DS didn't want to go so far away!
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 17:09     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In Canada the fees are different for Domestic and International students.

For example: in Canadian $

Domestic Students: Fall & Winter term: $7,822
International Students: Fall & Winter term $23,990


Yes. And when you factor in higher living costs in Europe, plus the cost of airfare plus having your child so far away, it’s really not worth it.


We researched this heavily and drew the same conclusion. Lots of extra hidden costs related to travel and cost of living. The tuition and room and board are not that much less expensive. Several of the schools that we were looking at were not covered under the 529 plan, which was another huge factor. Plus, without any family nearby for our DS, it didn't seem like a great setup.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 16:46     Subject: Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:Might be more drinking in Canada. Legal drinking age is 19 in most provinces, 18 in a few.

I guarantee you that the age limit in the US is not stopping 18/19 yr old college students in the US from drinking.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2020 16:45     Subject: Re:Why do not you send your kids to Canada or UK?
Anonymous wrote:Canada is too cold and the UK is a ridiculously class-conscious society. No thanks.

? My DH is from the UK. I don't find his family or his friends class conscious. I do find many in the DC area to be, though.