Depends what college you're looking for. Community? University? National? communities are open for anyone, and are pretty cheap underclassman courses and offers some associate degrees and certificates that take less than 2 years to get. Universities are quite expensive and are mostly upperclassman classes, but not all of them. Some high schoolers go straight to a University for 4 years and get their BA degree. Universities aren't open to accepting just anyone. You have to have certain qualifications to prove you can handle its level of education. National, or just some major colleges, like law schools, or medical schools, or Yale, or whatever, have major standards and are picky about who gets in their schools. I don't know what else you want to know...
2006-11-06 16:38:35
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answered by Anonymous
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I know a lot of languages translate college incorrectly. So to be sure I'm getting it right I'm going to do it on both terms that have been used.
High School is the final 4 years of school we complete before moving on to a college or university. We basically start classes at eight in the morning. Each lasting approximately one hour each. We study all of the basic courses, english, science, math, and history. We also study a variety of other courses called electives. For example: home economics, agriculture, accounting, or art. There are many others, but there are too many to name. We take approximately 7 classes a day, so you attend class from 8 in the morning until 3 in the evening with a one hour lunch break at 12. Some schools will study in "block" format, where they will do certain classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and other classes on Tuesday and Thursday. Most schools just do the same 7 classes every day though.
College is a two or four year school we attend after high school. The four year schools are also sometimes referred to as universities. Here we earn degrees toward a chosen profession. Classes are studied in the "block" format mentioned above, with usually three to five classes taken per semester (August through December and January through May). We are required to take certain "core" classes, which are basically just the standard english, math, science, and history classes. But then we also have classes that are focused on a particular profession. Each class you complete successfully, you earn credit hours towards your degree. Most degrees require approximately 128 hours to be completed.
As far as the arrangement of both of these type schools, most are set up where you have different buildings and classes are usually held in these buildings by type. In high school, buildings will be grouped by grade level (year in school) usually. In college/university, buildings are usually grouped by class type. For example, you will have the business classes in one building and the math and science classes in another.
I hope this answers your question. I know it does not cover everything. But if you have any additional questions, you can easily email schools here in the US, and some will send you information about their school in the mail.
2006-11-06 16:59:44
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answered by Laura 5
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