It's College People Not University

[Mr. Pedantic]

Where the heck is that?

Kerikeri. Almost next to the supermarket...

Ah damn...forgive me. I didn't intend to insult the Kiwi National Sculpture...

How about this:

 

[BoomerD]

Almost as dumb as someone who doesn't know what dialect is?

Being Kiwi, shouldn't you refer to it as "being at Varsity?"

bouncing from your link...I find this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English

"A traditional difference between the New Zealand "varsity" and the Australian "uni" (for "university"), has largely disappeared with the adoption of "uni" into the New Zealand vocabulary."

 

[zinfamous]

Kerikeri. Almost next to the supermarket...

it's my local....WHAT??

OMG, I must know...TELL ME! D:

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Being Kiwi, shouldn't you refer to it as "being at Varsity?"

We have that too.

"A traditional difference between the New Zealand "varsity" and the Australian "uni" (for "university"), has largely disappeared with the adoption of "uni" into the New Zealand vocabulary."

You're not Australian.

 

[JS80]

College = high school
University = university

Which I guess puts you in pre-school?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Older people still call it varsity, including my parents. I don't think I have ever heard that word from someone under 45.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Which I guess puts you in pre-school?

 

[JS80]

college = some shitty school usually. or when you're speaking very colloquially. "Are you in high school?" "no I'm in college now"

university = good school, or when you refer to your school i.e. "Oh at my university, blahblah major is impacted"



Q: What school are you at?
A1: San Jose City College (SHIT SCHOOL)
A2: University of California, Berkeley (ding ding ding!)

You mean like Harvard College? Shit school?

 

[alfa147x]

I thought the University was the entire school/campus, and the colleges are the specific schools. College of Engineering, College of Science, College of Math, blablabla....

this^

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

You mean like Harvard College? Shit school?

Google: www.harvard.edu

Harvard University, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in 1986, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.

You can always find exceptions. University of Phoenix? Claremont McKenna College? But i think generalizations are close.

 

[sactoking]

You mean like Harvard College? Shit school?

http://www.harvard.edu/

I think you mean Harvard University.

 

[JS80]

Google: www.harvard.edu



You can always find exceptions. University of Phoenix? Claremont McKenna College? But i think generalizations are close.

Try again, you attend Harvard College, not university.

 

[JS80]

uh oh i smell someone gonna get pwnage time

 

[BoomerD]

http://www.harvard.edu/

I think you mean Harvard University.

From the bottom of the Harvard University webpage:

Copyright © 2010 The President and Fellows of Harvard College

 

[shortylickens]

I agree with the OP, but he sounds like a douche slut whore so I cannot support him.

 

[IronWing]

I matriculated at an institution of higher learning.

 

[IronWing]

Just bumping the pic because I can

 

[tokie]

I use the terms interchangeably because I'm not stuck up, but there is a difference here in Canada.

College is generally associated with stupid people and community colleges.

University is associated with smart people and research institutions.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

College here was where all the remedial kids went, I went to University.

KT

Dougie Daycare! Kwantlen High! And I'm sure there was a nickname for Langara... :biggrin:

(For the uninitiated, those are all colleges in Greater Vancouver, separate and apart from high schools and universities.)

Silly Yanks

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Older people still call it varsity, including my parents. I don't think I have ever heard that word from someone under 45.

"Varsity"? LOL. We use that term, but in the context of university sports teams.

eg) "I play on the varsity basketball team."

 

[Leros]

Hey non-Americans,

From what I'm seeing in this thread, it sounds like college means high school for a lot of non-Americans. Here in the US, a university is made up of colleges. The College of Business, the College of Engineering, etc. Is that the same for you guys?

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Hey non-Americans,

From what I'm seeing in this thread, it sounds like college means high school for a lot of non-Americans. Here in the US, a university is made up of colleges. The College of Business, the College of Engineering, etc. Is that the same for you guys?

Perhaps for the Kiwis, but not in Canada (at least not that I know of in BC, although I know there are some "college" high schools in Ontario).

Here, colleges are above high school, and they grant certificates and diplomas. We also have some university-colleges which are easier to get into than universities, and can grant both certificates and degrees, depending upon the program (e.g. Kwantlen University College)

Universities are the highest institutions, and are made up of Schools (especially for graduate programs e.g. Sauder School of Business, UBC) or Departments (usually undergrad, e.g. Department of Psychology)

 

[KeithTalent]

Dougie Daycare! Kwantlen High! And I'm sure there was a nickname for Langara... :biggrin:

(For the uninitiated, those are all colleges in Greater Vancouver, separate and apart from high schools and universities.)

Silly Yanks

Lol yep, exactly the ones I was thinking of.

KT

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Hey non-Americans,

From what I'm seeing in this thread, it sounds like college means high school for a lot of non-Americans. Here in the US, a university is made up of colleges. The College of Business, the College of Engineering, etc. Is that the same for you guys?

That is the case at my university. We have a college of arts, college of science, college of engineering and probably others I don't know about.

 

[IronWing]

We have Institutes
DeVry Intitute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dallas Institute of Beauty