2006-10-04 08:47:51 · 14 answers · asked by ♥heartbroken♥ 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Studying Abroad
Good ol' England
2006-10-04 08:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
California
I will admit, I'm not impartial, as this was my choice. I'll outline a few reasons why it merits considerations, then offer some alternatives.
1.) It has top universities, big names, and world-class institutions:
Stanford, Berkeley "Cal", The UC system in general, Claremont Consortia, Santa Clara, USC, Caltech... Whatever your academic interest is, they will have it either in their presitgous private universities or excellent (albeit expensive for out-of-staters) public education.
Top Rank!
2.) Consider the other academic Oppotunities as well!
Silicon Valley! Jump into the middle of the Tech life have the potential to join amazing initiatives and entreprenurial adventures. Santa Clara and Stanford are in the heart of this tech haven, and it makes a huge potential boon for internships (easy as well!)
For Film, there is LA. For Agriculture, the Central Valley, feeding pretty much half of the nation. There's the Pacific for oceanography... it keeps going.
3.) Location!
I was tempted to put this first. Not often do you have a combination of gorgeous beaches and amazing mountains, deserts, valleys, agriculture, urban metropolises all next to one another (pretty much all of that within a four hour drive of one another).
You can easily ski, snowboard, surf, climb, hike, and raft all from a central location. One time (not gonna say it was the easiest though) I went snowboarding then hit the beach, same day.
If you love shopping or roughing it outdoors, you got it all in Cali.
Concerts, shows, Roadtrips?! Heck yes.
4.) Weather. Yah, usually around 300+ days of sun a year. If it drizzles, we pull out umbrella's for the "storm."
You get to enjoy the snow when you choose to visit it. You don't have to live in it, worrying about scraping ice off of everything. Just gorgeous.
5.) Attitude. There are so many California stereotypes you can't keep track. The Beverly Hills Valley girl. The surfer dude. The San Fran Hippies. The valley cowboys. Sure, there are plenty of those which is fun in itself, but in general, people are more relaxed, casual, and overall chill.
6.) You get to say you live in California. (Though you might have to endure some comments about the terminator as govenor). Maybe see a famous person.
7.) Abroad
Yes, England, Germany, Spain, Europe in General, Asia, anywhere foreign would be cool to study. However, unless you are familiar with moving around, cultural experimentation can be hard.
Luckily, universities have study abroad programs!!!
You can spend a semester or year (or more) abroad to see the world. Right now, I'm typing from Spain as I'm studying abroad right now. Get the best of Both Worlds!
8.) We're relatively safe. Never really had a tsunami. No major floodings or droughts or blizzards. Not really in tornado alley. No hurricanes. We'll get an occasional earthquake maybe, but usually they are tiny (kinda fun), and honestly, it's not like we have an "earthquake season"...
9.) California's a diverse place (hopefully that's a good thing for you.
So, you could go abroad and have fun. Like a side, you can always do both, however.
Other areas of the country also have great education or college life or higher education consortiums. There is good weather elsewhere. Other mountains, other metropolisis. I love Cali though because it's all conveniently here. A little more expensive, I'll grant you that, but worth it for me.
Good luck!
2006-10-04 17:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by jarizza 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
England
2006-10-04 15:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by laguna_beach 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atlanta, ga and Spelman College
2006-10-04 15:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by Simple1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cambridge england hands down
2006-10-04 15:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by hideemosquito 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
California UCLA.
2006-10-04 15:50:39 · answer #6 · answered by Kali_girl825 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Berlin!
2006-10-04 16:03:36 · answer #7 · answered by wreck_beach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what kind of life you are looking for, and what kind of atmosphere makes you personally happy.
2006-10-04 20:51:39 · answer #8 · answered by cleverpostgrad_007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BRazil. ypu ll have much fun and learn things u didnt know they existed.
2006-10-04 18:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by jabanael f 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the school that i attend. Northern illinois university. in dekalb illinois
2006-10-04 15:49:47 · answer #10 · answered by carissa t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋