EPT1) when u left to go to university or work away from family how did u feel? how did u cope with this sudden paradigm shift?
2) any TLers living in London? got like 2 or 3 ppl there that i know but im gna b pretty much alone apart from them lol.
Going to Uni in LONDON!
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
1) when u left to go to university or work away from family how did u feel? how did u cope with this sudden paradigm shift? 2) any TLers living in London? got like 2 or 3 ppl there that i know but im gna b pretty much alone apart from them lol. | ||
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illu
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
and u live in france no probs go home on the eurostar EZ when i left home to go to uni i felt the same | ||
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streetclam
Australia92 Posts
Should have done what all awesome people do and study in Australia  | ||
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Vinnesta
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
On September 14 2010 22:30 streetclam wrote: Isn't it like suuper expensive to live in London? Should have done what all awesome people do and study in Australia hahahha my brother is actually going to uni in australia xD not a starcraft fan tho and I'm going to London Metropolitan | ||
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SoLaR[i.C]
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Rev0lution
United States1805 Posts
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shawabawa
United Kingdom417 Posts
On September 14 2010 23:59 Rev0lution wrote: because college means school in every other language. College means school in English too, pity American's don't really know how to speak it :/ | ||
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SoLaR[i.C]
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
In english its pretty much the same thing except in america | ||
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SoLaR[i.C]
United States2969 Posts
 "College (Latin: collegium) is a term most often used today in Ireland and the United States to denote a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution and in other English-speaking countries to refer to a secondary school in private educational systems. More broadly, it can refer to any group of colleagues, such as an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals. The precise usage of the term varies among the English-speaking countries. In the United States and Ireland, for example, the terms "college" and "university" may be regarded as loosely interchangeable, whereas in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries, a "college" is usually an institution between school and university level (although constituent schools within universities are sometimes known as "colleges"). In French, a "collège" refers both to 4 years of middle school and to a general concept of sharing an institution, and in the Commonwealth countries, some older private primary and secondary schools retain this sense of the word (for example, Eton College). Originally, it meant a group of persons living together, under a common set of rules (con- = "together" + leg- = "law" or lego = "I choose"); indeed, some colleges call their members "fellows". Is it the same in Asian countries too? | ||
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule19204 Posts
A college is like a Tier 3 school. A university is a collection of Tier 3 schools (think a ball of Ultras). For instance, I went to the College of Egineering at Drexel University. But there was also the College of Arts, College of Information Sciences, College of Law, and College of Business (and maybe others, but I don't remember). | ||
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Vinnesta
Singapore285 Posts
Or you could be cool like UCL, and call yourself University College London =) | ||
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SoLaR[i.C]
United States2969 Posts
If it's any consolation, here are some threads about TL College Locations & TL User Locations | ||
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25998 Posts
I am not that close to my family. I'm close in the sense that I love them, but not in the sense that if we are apart for awhile I feel sad. So going to university I didn't really feel bad about being apart. They were close enough (2 hours) that I could go home if I wanted. I think everyone has a time where they just get to university and don't know anyone well and they miss the comfortable feeling of being with their family. It'll pass. | ||
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drag_
England425 Posts
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
On September 15 2010 02:52 drag_ wrote: College is usually the last 2 years of high school in the UK, where you do your A levels. Also known as "sixth form" (Currently living in London). I can give you some good tips about where to go if you say what kind of things you're interested in. I'm interested in SC xD i've always wanted to take up kendo, it'd be really awesome if there was a dojo somewhere in London :3 I also like movies, a lot, so a good cinema thats not too expansive wud be nice. For the other things like pubs i guess I have to wait and see where I live and what the area's like. I'm gonna be living in Three Colts Lane for this first year, so if u know the area if u could tell me wat it's like, also advertising that any TLers in the area, i'd love to meet up and maybe do an improptu mini-lan once im settled ^_^ | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
A university, on the other hand, is a school of arts, science, engineering, medicine, law, business, etc. Basically, university >>> college  If someone says he wants to go to college, you are supposed to look at him in odd ways and look down to him :D | ||
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TonyL2
England1953 Posts
Have fun in London, it's an expensive place but so incredibly diverse and multicultural that there are loads of things to do | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
On September 15 2010 05:44 illu wrote: Basically, university >>> college If someone says he wants to go to college, you are supposed to look at him in odd ways and look down to him :DActually it's funny that you say that because when I was in undergrad, it was the people who had this better-than-you mentality that I looked down on because I knew they would grow up to be nobodies. | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6641 Posts
On September 15 2010 05:44 illu wrote: In Canada, a college is a post-secondary school that teaches applied skills. For example the George Brown College has programs in culinary arts (i.e. cooking, etc.), amoungst a variety of things. A university, on the other hand, is a school of arts, science, engineering, medicine, law, business, etc. Basically, university >>> college If someone says he wants to go to college, you are supposed to look at him in odd ways and look down to him :DThat pretty much sums up the whole college/university situation in Scotland as well (and rest of the UK I think). | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
I think Biff the Understudy is also from France and studying in England so you should definitely pm him as he seems to be a pretty cool guy! | ||
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streetclam
Australia92 Posts
On September 14 2010 22:45 PlaGuE_R wrote: hahahha my brother is actually going to uni in australia xD not a starcraft fan tho and I'm going to London Metropolitan Well if he's going to uni in Melbourne. Tell him NOT to stay at the RMIT Village. Worst quality to expense ratio ever. | ||
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
On September 15 2010 16:34 streetclam wrote: Well if he's going to uni in Melbourne. Tell him NOT to stay at the RMIT Village. Worst quality to expense ratio ever. No he's 24 and going to Perth, he's definitely getting his own apartment and not staying at any student/university accomodations | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
It really depends on how busy you will be at univ. I was 17 when I left my family to study and was very excited about it. The problem is that I was studying in maths prep school ("prépa" in France). I had 36 hours of class + around 20 hours of homework and revising per week. That meant I would have really enjoyed to have my mum do laundry, cleaning and cooking, as I didn't have much time to handle this myself. What was nice is that everyone in my residence was in the exact same situation, and that was very helpful because it's almost impossible to work when 80% of people living in your residence are lazy students who party everynight. If you are not studying in a section that requires a lot of class / homework, you're gonna love your newly acquired freedom. You can sleep whenever you want, play as much brood war as you want, eat junk food without your mum reminding you that it's bad for health etc. But don't play too much video games and eat to much fast food. Try to do sports, it's really important. I didn't and I regret. (I think that's more general advice that is given in almost any TL college advice thread lol) Maybe you could have told us more precisely what you will study in London. I love my parents, but I've never feel any problem to live far from them. I think that's very personal though. I went to work in China after I graduated lol. question 2 : I don't live in London but have been there once. And I think Uncle Avi in Snatch describes it very well : "fish, chips, cup 'o tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary fucking Poppins... LONDON." Sorry, not very helpful. gl hf ! | ||
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PlaGuE_R
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
On September 15 2010 02:58 PlaGuE_R wrote: I'm interested in SC xD i've always wanted to take up kendo, it'd be really awesome if there was a dojo somewhere in London :3 I also like movies, a lot, so a good cinema thats not too expansive wud be nice. For the other things like pubs i guess I have to wait and see where I live and what the area's like. I'm gonna be living in Three Colts Lane for this first year, so if u know the area if u could tell me wat it's like, also advertising that any TLers in the area, i'd love to meet up and maybe do an improptu mini-lan once im settled ^_^ There are lots of dojos for kendo in london, most of the big universities have one and you don't need to be a student at the uni to join either. You're probably not going to find a cheap cinema in london, although you might be able to get deals on student cards or from certain mobile phone providers. 1. My uni is 5 minutes bike from my house. 2. Check the UK threads in the TL community forum. | ||
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PlaGuE_R
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Girls you just stumble upon :p u can meet them anywhere ^_^ Edit: It'd be really cool to meet some of you TLers from London maybe I'll get some friends that are passionate about SC for once in my life (I have lived 19 long years of SC loneliness by being the ONLY one in my surroundings interested in SCBW and the proleague T_T) | ||
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