As a current university student, I thank the British government for loaning me their money… That they'll probably never get back

@Yasmin-mj2rc

8 жыл бұрын

#RobthisEngland

@Lucy-xw6oe

8 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh they'll get it back... No matter which way *cracks whip*

@Lucy-xw6oe

8 жыл бұрын

LaytonChronicles OMG NOOOO NOT A RACE JOKE I SWEAR IM SOOO SORRY ARGHHH WHAT HAVE I DONE

@LaytonObserves

8 жыл бұрын

Lucy Allsop Ahaha, Somehow, without knowing what you look like, I imagined your reaction It's all good :')

@Lucy-xw6oe

8 жыл бұрын

LaytonChronicles my head was on the table.

Lucy u r so cute and smart smart smart smart

@livsxx7413

8 жыл бұрын

luuuuuuuucy moooooooon

@lucymoon

8 жыл бұрын

+doddleoddle Dodie I described you as "the taylor swift of youtube" earlier

@Hannah-qi7hr

8 жыл бұрын

Is it bad I ship it

@whoretuary

8 жыл бұрын

No offense but dodie and Lucy would be cute together ❤️

@evan

8 жыл бұрын

+doddleoddle RIGHT!

I'm British. I just don't understand the American system. I thought the point of higher education was to go to university/college and specialise in a specific subject and get a degree. How can you specialise in something if you have to do English, history, maths, the history of art?!

@sirbenjamaicad.6472

7 жыл бұрын

Its specialization in your last 2 years. Because US high schools have so many varieties, each University has to make sure each student has the ability and knowledge to specify, as some kids will and some wont upon entrance.

@LovewayKid

7 жыл бұрын

Not everyone knows what they want to do when entering university. It's nice to have the opportunity to learn about numerous things before having to commit. Thats the reasoning behind elective, plus they're a way to expand your mind passed just the field you want to go into. Taking art at a Biomedical Sciences major was really relaxing and a good way to balance with my natural science courses.

@afrikanologyxo

7 жыл бұрын

The American Higher Education system is just for coin TBH. A waste of 2 of 4 years.

@gloriaholly2927

7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Mitchell me too, where I'm fron you have 8 years of middle and highschool where you're forved to take ~ 14-19 subjebts (depending on the school's curriculum) and don't get to chose anything apart from the 3rd or 4th language you'll learn in year 5(of the 8), so by the end of highschool, you have the best general knowledge you could possibly have, uni is for specification, why continue general knowledge, you gotta specify at some point

@sarahmotteram4244

7 жыл бұрын

the american education system is a year behind us so their first year of uni is like our last year of a level. Kids in america start school at age 6/7 where as here we start at 5/6. My friend has a conditional scholarship to UCLA and only has to get ABB to miss the first year of american uni

Hearing all this detailed shit about college and university, as a junior in highschool, makes me want to run away to the woods and become a forest person.

@Scottx125Productions

8 жыл бұрын

+αναℓση It is intimidating but don't worry, people generally want to help you (atleast in the UK) and it is extremely overrated for the money you pay in the UK, all you pay for it guidance and the degree certificate, that's it pretty much.

@mimi5n

8 жыл бұрын

you are me😩😭

@ailish5602

8 жыл бұрын

Go into uni in Ireland its really cheap and fun. Theres sports teams and options some of the tops universities in ireland are University College Dublin, National University of Ireland Galway , University College Cork , University of Limerick , Maynooth University and Dublin City University

@sydney7354

8 жыл бұрын

let's go together

@courtneytaylor7198

8 жыл бұрын

same

Scotland: a plastic bag costs more than your education

@sinnvolltasche2169

5 жыл бұрын

+ Jane Doe Same in Germany.

@venlas

5 жыл бұрын

Same in Finland!!

@islalawson1327

5 жыл бұрын

paranoid android no they didn’t....

@No-ni1lc

5 жыл бұрын

Isla Lawson yes they did, scottish mp’s were under the Labour whip back then, and so they voted with Labour to introduce them in England but not in scotland

@SorchaSublime

5 жыл бұрын

@David Clinging david go fuck yourself.

Wow. I still prefer the UK Uni's because focusing on one subject i s less stressfull.

@IshtarNike

8 жыл бұрын

It depends how many topics you have to take. I think the US system is better because you can tailor your degree to suit your tastes, rather than finding out that you hate it and having to drop out for a year in order to start again at square one (I have multiple friends who ended up doing this). Furthermore it encourages broader education and means that humanities majors can at least dip into college level science and vice versa. Much better overall (if you exclude the price and the clearly extortionate textbook system).

@liamgalvin3742

8 жыл бұрын

we do the one subject in MUCH more detail though, equally stressful tbh

@rabbitgirlie

7 жыл бұрын

you study one subject, but you learn more of that subject. British courses are more in depth basically.

@killadog84

7 жыл бұрын

not only are they more in depth, they're TOO in depth. half the stuff they teach you, you'll never need to use in a professional job.

@sarahmotteram4244

7 жыл бұрын

the thing is though, that most american universities are behind british univerities which is why in the first year american students learn a mixture of things because english students learnt it the year before. My friend has a conditional scholarship to ucla and he only has to achieve ABB to miss the first year of university in america

In Denmark university is free. From you are 18 you get paid by the governtment to go to school (High school and university). It's not very much in high school, but in university it's 900 dollars each month. We don't have dorms so you have to rent a place yourself.

@amandaegebjerg-mller7222

8 жыл бұрын

Also we can drink from what age we want. We just can't buy alcohol until we are 16. (16: Light alcohol and 18: strong alcohol.)

@kate_6436

8 жыл бұрын

Okay that's awesome

@emma122002

8 жыл бұрын

Mum, we're moving to Denmark!

@caitiehouston

8 жыл бұрын

It's free in Scotland too and if you stay on in school for 5th and 6th year (being 16-18) and your parents don't make a certain amount of money then you get paid every week and same for college...not sure about uni though

@sofiamalin8519

7 жыл бұрын

Amanda Egebjerg-Møller Im moving

I'm absolutely blown away by how much you guys have to pay! I go to a Finnish uni, we don't have any fees and mostly can get the books from our library (which also means it's always a bit of a hunt to get them on time..). There is a mandatory fee for the students union (100€/year) and small fees for subject associations (10-50€/year). And we don't have dorms so have to rent, but the city has cheaper housing for students. And EVERY student gets financial support from the state. I get about 200€/month, still living at home. If you're renting and don't earn much, the amount is about double. To get this money you have to get enough study points per year, but that's not too much really. I feel incredibly lucky, writing this all out... Okay so basically guys, come to study in Finland 😅

@Msfinable

8 жыл бұрын

And that money I mentioned you get to keep. Student loans are available as well on top of that

@desertrose0601

8 жыл бұрын

Wow!! That's amazing. I wish the US would value education like that. It's so depressing to leave school with tens of thousands of dollars in debt. People who go on to study to be a doctor, for example, have more years of schooling even and can end up with hundreds of thousands in debt. Such a bad influence on the nation's economy.

@melissacook1152

8 жыл бұрын

In scotland, you don't need to pay any university or college fees if you are a Scottish resident :)

@Msfinable

8 жыл бұрын

Melissa Cook good for Scots!

@JDlovescats979

7 жыл бұрын

It's so frustrating the amount you have to pay to go to college in the US. I go to a public/state university so I have what is considered a LOW total cost of $20,000 a year. Most private universities (like the Ivy Leagues) cost upwards of $60,000 a year.

Just to clarify the part about Masters degrees being 6 years in the US - the Masters program itself is only 2 years, the 6 years includes getting your 4 year bachelors degree first, which you have to have in order to get the Masters. I hope that makes sense to whoever is reading this!

@keepXonXrockin

8 жыл бұрын

+bellapalmera that's good to know, I was pretty shocked at the MA programme being 6 whole years xD Here (Germany) it's roughly the same, 3 years BA, 2 years MA.

@dazzlechampion

8 жыл бұрын

+keeponrockin A decent amount of masters degrees are also one year if taken full time.

@keepXonXrockin

8 жыл бұрын

what would full time mean in that case? because German MA degrees that last 2 years are also mean to be full-time, just like a BA taking 3 years is a full-time course of studies.

@dazzlechampion

8 жыл бұрын

+keeponrockin Full time BA in the US with no prior units carrying over from highschool is typically 4 years. a masters can be anywhere from one year to anywhere really. there's two types of masters: Taught and Research. Taught is the typical classroom and exam format, which means it has a scheduled beginning an end like regular school. Research is done when you finish the topic you are researching which then typically requires a thesis. The thesis is a rather large paper and can be a pretty hefty project. Even after you've done the research, typically you still must have the paper topic approved by a scholastic board of professors at W/e university your studying at. If they don't approve, you'll have to step back and to a certain extent start over. Depending on how bold you are in your choice of research, it can can take years in itself. Aldo when I say paper, I really mean a book. some thesis can be in the 100s of pages

@keepXonXrockin

8 жыл бұрын

King George That's interesting. I Germany, I guess all Masters degrees are taught, but you won't get around doing your own research. I have to take exams and also write research papers, just like I had to for my BA. Lectures usually end with a written exam, while seminars usually require you two write 15 - 20 pages. My final BA thesis only had to be 30 pages/75.000 letters, my MA thesis is required to be 80 pages long.

Loving these UK vs American videos

@ellarowley9956

8 жыл бұрын

Love name and icon ;)

@cheerykira

8 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

@DeviantBetgee

8 жыл бұрын

Kira Howlter Thank you.

@harrison6775

8 жыл бұрын

+Beth Philosaur you're on every video i see I'm scared

@DeviantBetgee

8 жыл бұрын

+Harrison Fletcher-Brooke I'm just youtube trash. I like commenting on youtuber's video.

This is more to do with English Universities. In Scotland our degrees are 4-5 years long depending on the degree, and they are completely funded. There are also several bursaries available so if you're paying rent with your student loan you can still afford to live comfortably. Most people also choose three subjects in first year (including their main degree), continue two of them in second year and then focus on their main degree or a joint degree in their honours years. Also, the ancient universities tend to be more spread out around their cities than campus based; for example, Edinburgh University owns over 700 buildings around the city.

@CraftyWitch1990

3 жыл бұрын

@hufflepuff harry potter lover scotland is in britain so your comment is completely redundant. Wales didn't even get a bloody mention!

You guys are assuming that someone with a PhD is a good teacher. Teaching is a skill that is entirely different. I have multiple degrees(5) and some of the best instruction came from people with Masters Degrees. Some of my absolute worst classes were from idiots with a Doctorate. They were very knowledgeable in their field but had no clue how to disseminate the information and make it interesting. I had a calculus professor that was a genius and could do any math problem or scenario, however he could not teach what he knew to the class. We all just looked at each other and said we are screwed. He should have never been allowed to interact with students.

"Pretty much every uni in the UK is 9 grand a year. And some are like 6 grand a year." Except, you know, Scotland. 😎

@gonexgirl9372

7 жыл бұрын

Kerry Peterson isn't that only if u live in Scotland, because if i went to a uni in Scotland I would have to pay 9k

@orlathorburn297

6 жыл бұрын

yeah if you live in scotland it's free although sometime you'd have to pay up to £2,000 depending on accomodation etc

@hdoingherbestt

5 жыл бұрын

Also SAAS! Oh my god! Love it! They give you like £500 minimum every year! I mean, £8000 a year Loan, £500 is a bursary!

@faithlesshound5621

3 жыл бұрын

Tuition fees at all British universities used to be paid (since WWII) by the students' local authorities as long as they qualified for a grant (for housing and expenses): which depended on their parents' income the previous year. Fees were abolished in 1976, but reintroduced in 1998 at £1000/yr by Tony Blair, supposedly a Labour prime minister, for England and Wales. The Scottish government introduced them for English students, since Scots have to pay if they study in England. Grants were replaced by student loans. The amount universities are allowed to charge has gone up: all of them ask for the maximum permitted. Overseas students pay very much more. Many courses are only commercially viable if there are enough overseas students.

In Scotland, we pay taxes so that every child can go to uni, not how rich your parents are. Most universities in Scotland, you have your degree subject and you do a bunch of other topics with it and we don't pay our loans back until we earn a certain amount. They way students are treated in the rest of the U.K. is awful!

@amymclaughlin3063

8 жыл бұрын

agreeeee 1000% ridiculous having to pay

@Tailsbeth

8 жыл бұрын

+Kirsty Campbell Thank you for saying how Scotland's different, literally feel like I have to comment every time with these UK vs USA videos. When it comes to education the UK can't be represented as one :P

@klcpesan

8 жыл бұрын

+Tailsbeth yeeeeees!

@izaakwedgwood9153

8 жыл бұрын

+Kirsty Campbell the way you pay isn't any different

@klcpesan

8 жыл бұрын

***** yay! But it had to be closed :( at least the new bridge is on schedule and under budget!

Evan looks like a blonde, American Phil in this video XD (He even has the same T-shirt)!

@strawberrykylie8118

8 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy I'm not the only one to notice XD

@kat-fk1vo

8 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who thought that omg

@krispynoodle1142

8 жыл бұрын

my mind was just blown

@kalena1985

8 жыл бұрын

As soon as the video started, I paused to look for these comments lol

@serenovington7208

8 жыл бұрын

I think we all thought this tbh

“In England we all just make friends” What? No. In England we all avoid each other like the plague.

@MrSpruce

4 жыл бұрын

A well-aged comment.

@matewhatthefuck6516

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha indeed we do!

@poppyk8848

4 жыл бұрын

I think that everyone now

@Liggliluff

3 жыл бұрын

Could people please do that with the current plague-like disease.

I would like to see you react to British sitcoms, because, not bragging, but we did make some of the best sitcoms ever.

@PhoebeS

8 жыл бұрын

so true brit sitcoms are the best

@rorysullivan8293

8 жыл бұрын

OUTNUMBERED

@MiriamFrance

8 жыл бұрын

Miranda 👌

@PhoebeS

8 жыл бұрын

+Miriam France MIRANDA IS THE BEST THING EVER I WISH IT HADNT ENDED

@MiriamFrance

8 жыл бұрын

Phoebe Storch Or Gavin and Stacy!

In Germany you barely have to pay tuition fees (like 2.000 euros a year which is fine (but it depends on the thing you study)) and the uni system is like the English one; overall I think our universities are quite good, except for the difference that we don't have campuses here. I'd imagine that to be so cool sigh

@evan

8 жыл бұрын

+Mandy Stahr Campuses are my fave part!

@IIMwieMandyII

8 жыл бұрын

Evan Edinger exactly lol but then it's like "do i stay in germany without campuses and also no fees or do i go to england where i can live on a campus and pay a shit ton of money" well i'm sorry england

@emeraldibis7510

8 жыл бұрын

+Mandy Stahr Not all universities here in the UK have campuses either. Some do, some don't. So if you do come, make sure you check it out first!

@eichenmaliatate

8 жыл бұрын

+Mandy Stahr We have a campus at my uni and i'm studying in Germany...

@IIMwieMandyII

8 жыл бұрын

Alice Tamara really?! i've never heard or seen that ever before here

Here's me just being like..... Scotland's education is free for Scottish students....

@andymcl92

6 жыл бұрын

Sky Lark Also for EU students, but not for fellow Brits :p

@GuessWho195

6 жыл бұрын

I was also thinking that when she said that basically all Universities in the UK cost 9 grand xd. *high five*

@TheGleeksrock

5 жыл бұрын

If you’re not from Scotland and you go there to study, the fees you pay are the ones you would pay at home. In Ireland it’s technically free because there isn’t tuition but here is a €3000 registration fee but in Scotland that isn’t counted so it’s free for Irish people in Scotland.

@hyabg4795

5 жыл бұрын

here is me being like, WHAT? WHY? NO?

@sophiejohnston9659

5 жыл бұрын

Sky Lark it annoys me Scotland is completely different and much better and then that go call it the uk and Britain yeah we are part of it to I wish we weren’t tho I fucking hate England

US universities are much more easy than UK unis. I had a Geography teacher for A level and he told us a story how he went for a year to study in the US for his degree and he was allowed to give lectures because the level of geography that he had learnt at age 17/18 for A levels was higher than the level for the US degree. Apparently the US students were doing multiple choice questions as well and the teachers were amazed that he could write essays.

@MrGoflorida

8 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what 4th tier university he went to, at almost every American university essay's are the majority of coursework assigned

@egenifcation3

7 жыл бұрын

Yea for real. Unless it was like a 100 or non major class (which would be mostly freshmen and jrs/srs looking for an easy A to fill credits) And unless he was a TA, masters student, no way was he lecturing doesn't work like that

@JDlovescats979

7 жыл бұрын

Idk what university he went to, but that is far from the norm. As a 1st year college student I have already had to write multiple essays and the only time a course uses multiple choice is when it is a lecture with 600+ students, even then there is often an essay portion of the test.

@Chids1130

7 жыл бұрын

Doug McQuade bruh what school did he got to, I need some easy A classes

@alexandrastamm8452

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard the American version of the Leaving Cert (English is A Levels I think) is multiple choice :o

US university sounds like literal hell

@jones6604

8 жыл бұрын

It is

@mythicalmim

8 жыл бұрын

You're right, it's awful

@burgerfry6565

8 жыл бұрын

The money part of it, but that shouldn't define your whole experience.

@mskelseypeters

8 жыл бұрын

skipped it. Went to a 2 year conservatory (still mad expensive)

@kpredd13

8 жыл бұрын

+chocolatecoatedllama no they are nice, other than being in serious debt for a crazy amount of your life, it is an amazing opportunity and you can really branch out and learn so many different things while still focusing on you major and minors etc.

Wow Evan, that shirt looks phantastic on you

@naomiruth2071

8 жыл бұрын

+mpk0422 Ayyy and plus it's Phil's t-shirt too

@mpk0422

8 жыл бұрын

+Naomi Ruth ;) you know it

@amyfolan5764

8 жыл бұрын

No

@mpk0422

8 жыл бұрын

Phan Army so much yes

@IndiTube

8 жыл бұрын

+Mktrenton the sun if the universe wbu (but you should subscribe- amazingphil)

In the video 2:53 to 2:56 Lucy: (questioning)"Who pays for that?" Evan: (screaming) ME!!!!! Lucy: "Where from?" and "No one has that money" Evan: (screaming) "I DON'T KNOW!!!!"

@theneekofficial8829

5 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else imagine David tennant screaming “I DONT KNOW” from his first full ep

Just Subscribed! You're living my dream as an American in London. Went there couple of years ago and it has stayed with me since! Loved listening to you both talk! Very interesting

@evan

8 жыл бұрын

+HiFelicia thanks!

@chloeblake6847

8 жыл бұрын

I can't stand London...

@emilybarker331

8 жыл бұрын

+Evan Edinger bye felicia

@jeansat7922

8 жыл бұрын

+Chloe Blake HOW 😵

@keiranmarley4052

8 жыл бұрын

Why??

i always forget university is that expensive for the rest of the UK. the welsh government capped it at £3000 and i don't understand why england didn't just do that too?? fuckin clegg. but like whuuuuuut how does anyone in america even afford to exist and learn ANYTHING

@Emma-vn8xf

8 жыл бұрын

+OhItsJustKim It was £3300 until 2012 or so wasn't it? I absolutely hate the government for the amount we have to pay in England. I sort of want devolved powers in England too so they only control things that are essential for the whole country but we'd still end up with Tories in charge so it wouldn't help much.

@Luna-dm2dc

8 жыл бұрын

+OhItsJustKim In the US we can get loans, grants, and/or scholarships. Evan said his community college was free because of scholarships, without those it would have cost him at least $2000 a semester. My first year of community college I had to pay some out of pocket, but grants covered most of it. My second year was free because I got a tuition waiver because my mom got a job at my school, so I only had to pay for books which was covered by my grant. Paying for it is possible, but it can be kinda difficult.

@elvsie

8 жыл бұрын

Waaaales❤️❤️

@kerrypeterson554

8 жыл бұрын

And, you know, in Scotland it's free *cough*

@eleanortaylor4768

8 жыл бұрын

+Emma SAME! urgh god my sister was born in scotland (happpy holiday accident) and she'll get her uni fees for free, it's ridiculous. It shouldn't be so expensive in Britain, it would be helpful if the people in our government actually understood what money means to ordinary people...

Woah! Who's this Lucy girl? She's funny, I'm gonna sub to her.

@elaird

8 жыл бұрын

Her KZread username is MeowItsLucy, I think!

@bentregenna3336

8 жыл бұрын

+Emma Laird I'm pretty sure Chai was joking

@elaird

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Tregenna oh. Well, it's nice to be nice, I guess haha

@janemarie8589

8 жыл бұрын

+MyNamesChai Are you and Lucy going to date?

@mollygreen6386

8 жыл бұрын

Same. LOVE YOU CHAi!

Yeahhhhh British schools don't teach us grammatical terms, and it's always proper awkward when foreign people know them and you don't. I mean, we know the grammar rules, we just don't know the names of them.

@sherrygg6551

4 жыл бұрын

They do teach them now like I'm 22 and my younger brother is 17 and he knows all of these terms that I dont know the name of and I didn an English degree

@marcypan8219

3 жыл бұрын

They don’t teach them in Ireland either. In 1st year (7th grade/year 8) you stop learning grammar and spelling entirely and start learning how to write essays and analyse texts.

@faithlesshound5621

3 жыл бұрын

Traditional grammar used to be taught, but the teaching profession had a change of heart in the 1970's and all of that was junked, at least in state schools. Private schools carried on because the parents wanted it.

@user-vd2jk7dl3p

3 жыл бұрын

Wow as an American that shocks me. We always assume the U.K people are probably experts at that type of thing.. We have to learn this stuff every year from about 1st grade (age 6) and we have to diagram the sentences.

Hi! I stumbled on your channel while searching for a cool video about the differences between studying in the US and England that I could show my English language students in Indonesia. Cut to three hours later -- it was 2 am and I had binge watched everything from cereal to Cockney accents. What a great vlog you've got going -- thanks and please keep them coming!

I live in Scotland & we don't pay for university here, a thing called SAAS funds for every students university education which is amazing!

@evan

8 жыл бұрын

+Bronwyn Byrne LUCY LED ME ASTRAY

@indiar9721

8 жыл бұрын

+Evan Edinger if you are from England you do have to pay if you go to a university in Scotland

@bronwynbyrne2297

8 жыл бұрын

i know thats why i said in Scotland we dont pay which is amazing

@Lynn_l

5 жыл бұрын

Amazing when I go to unerversity il move to scotland xD

The way you guys talk about this and the background music is so relaxing but then I realize I have to start applying to colleges **starts hyperventilating**

@MightyTiger21

8 жыл бұрын

Aww poor Basking

@BaskingintheAmbiance

8 жыл бұрын

Ayla R AWWW really? Thanks so much! Love you!

@secretrockchick

8 жыл бұрын

Same D:

@djidesoul

8 жыл бұрын

I have an essay due by midnight ;_;

The only thing that doesn't cost any fee or tuition in US college is breathing, at least not yet.

This is one of the only insightful videos about the US university lifestyle.Thank you for making it. Its really helped with my decision to come and study in the US

WAIT WAIT WAIT - the book situation isn't the same for all UK universities. It is in fact a new thing now (starting this year) in some universities to have your core books for free but for many it isn't. Although, our books are rarely that expensive (referring to the physics book).

@emeraldibis7510

8 жыл бұрын

+llinossmiles The difference is, in the UK the lecturer will never say "turn to page 241 in your textbook". They're expected to provide all of the information in their lectures and write assignment questions themselves. So its often useful to own textbooks to help you, but you don't *need* to have them really. And usually the university library will have copies of all the main books so you can just borrow them if you want them to help with an assignment or something. From what Evan said, I get the impression that in the US you literally need the textbook because the lecturer will refer to it directly and if you don't have it you won't know whats going on.

@llinossmiles

8 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I mean I get that, I was just pointing out that not all UK universities are the same

@kpredd13

8 жыл бұрын

+Emerald Ibis Nah, half the time you never even need the book on they syllabus they tell you to get the first two weeks of class in the US. Unless you are in a class where you have to bring to book to class and that part of your grade, you can just borrow them for free from the library. I only purchased and rented a handful of books my entire undergrad life. I used the library and its scanner/photocopier.

@marija

8 жыл бұрын

+Emerald Ibis well it depends on your course and uni still. Eg, I'm doing English lit at a small uni that has a tiny library. We did HAVE to buy £100 worth of textbooks in first year, that we read in class, or we had to have read for the next week because discussions. And yes you can borrow from the library, but with over 300 students doing eng lit, with about 10 copies in the library there's not much you can do but buy them. In addition, we always have 'set texts' that we have to read that aren't at all provided and aren't available in the library. In my 3 modules this semester I've had to buy 10 books on Amazon amounting to about £120 doing it the cheapest way. Without the books I wouldn't be able to do any of the assignments or go to any lectures because you are expected to discuss the texts in length during the lecture/seminar.

@emeraldibis7510

8 жыл бұрын

marija Ah OK, I guess that makes sense for a course like yours. I did a science course, so I hadn't really thought of that!

Love the British vs American videos , but some of them are more English vs American . E.g In Scotland we don't pay to go to University (: Include us Scottish, Welsh and Irish ! 💙🇬🇧

@lucymoon

8 жыл бұрын

+Ellis.A Sorry! This one is probably my fault for being extra english

@ellogs

8 жыл бұрын

+meowitslucy It's okay ahaha, just me being picky 😊

@alexturlais8558

8 жыл бұрын

yeah but wales and n.I have the same as England, its just Scotland demands to be special

@ellogs

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Turlais Ooohhh hell no, you did not just say that to a proud Scottish person >_

@alexturlais8558

8 жыл бұрын

Ellis.A you mean stubborn?

In Sweden we get paid to go to school actually. Like the mandatory nine years and gymnasium you get a certain amount every month and then in Uni you can loan money.

woow in italy it's much harder!! italian uni students do an average of 10 or 12 exams a year, usually during two specific times of the year like during january/february and june/july. classes start usually at semptember and you go to class until you take the exams wich are both written and oral tests and then you start other classes and do other exams and so on.. people never get grades on something they did at home

when will evan run out of British (and Irish *cough*) friends stay tuned to find out

@ellarowley9956

8 жыл бұрын

Icon 😍😍

@cheerykira

8 жыл бұрын

Amazing icon js

@jazzlynjohansen9332

8 жыл бұрын

God I love the phandom

owch, I did two years of my degree at a £6000 a year college/uni which was community college equivalent and I wouldn't call it one of 'the bad ones' at all and I very much wanted to go there. Not about the status of where you go, just what you make of it!

@elio6037

5 жыл бұрын

I thought this too!! I actually study with the OU, so god knows what she thinks of that.

this shouldn't be called British😂 hahahaha I'm in uni in Scotland there's no tuition fees😂

@jessicagalloway7211

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry, university in Scotland is a bit differant to university in England. I love this video though! :)

@gingerandginger

7 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha I'm Scottish and I was thinking the same thing

I've actually been looking at universities abroad and this really helped! :)

@evan

8 жыл бұрын

+Eve Bennett I genuinely recommend at least studying abroad in America for a semester or 2! It's a good experience! :)

@evebennettx

8 жыл бұрын

Evan Edinger It's on my list of options!!

@bensmith9320

8 жыл бұрын

+Eve Bennett +Evan Edinger I go to University in England but studying in America for a year at the moment, loving it!

@sophierussell3215

8 жыл бұрын

hey eve! love ur channel so much! cant believe evan replied to u!

Actually it's English university's VS American as Scottish university's are FREE

@carlaanderson2293

3 жыл бұрын

@hufflepuff harry potter lover yes it is

@aasrithkammula5004

2 жыл бұрын

@hufflepuff harry potter lover how...... daft can you be?

omg i really love this little british vs american series you're doing evan!! i always wanted to compare the differences and see the reactions of the other of both nationalities :)

Watching videos about higher education in other countries always make me appreciate the Danish system. Both the fact that education is free, that we get S.U and that we, as in the UK, do one specific subject while at university. Also, friday bars ❤️

So usa high schools are so crappy that you have to spend time at university to learn the stuff students from other countries learned when they were actually IN highschool? That must be so annoying...

@toriandtilly

6 жыл бұрын

LenaWolschaap no no we learned that stuff in high school too... they make us re learn it because apparently that makes us more "well rounded". Its bullshit.

@jdreis

6 жыл бұрын

Evan just touches on it! The system is actually broken. For example, an american student can do well in high school and even take advanced courses called AP courses (along with the AP exams) that are suppose to actually clear the student from having to take the course at university, only to find out that the number of universities that actually allow these AP courses are quite small. There are so many ways that american universities force students to take extra courses it is ridiculous. It is always about them making more money.

@craigisaacson7630

4 жыл бұрын

In my school you could go to a community college for free during your last two years of high school so about half my class finished high school with all their generals done which transferred to almost any college in my state

Is it just me or does Evan seem to be developing a British accent?

@stuartcrossland1746

6 жыл бұрын

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omg US university sounds like the shittiest thing

@kate_6436

8 жыл бұрын

They are

@RachelKatWalsh

8 жыл бұрын

Kate H i feel for u

@Bruh-mg5ff

8 жыл бұрын

Nah I wouldn't say that we have really good state school (at least here in Texas aka a state in the U.S)

@musanarutofan

8 жыл бұрын

To be fair he did say that his uni was rated pretty low... prosb not same for all of them :D

@XaverScharwenka

8 жыл бұрын

Still, 12k for the cheapest school, that's daylight robbery.

I actually really appreciate this video as a US college student who is moving to the UK soon, and thus will be continuing the rest of my university education there.

At my university in the UK we have a 24/7 library in term time, pretty much every single book we need is there and so we don't need to buy books. Most research papers are free. There are different types of accommodation, most being flats with 20 people in them over three floors. If we decide to do a second degree we do have to pay for that one. I'm also doing dual honours, so kind of like two degrees as I'm doing two subjects. Hence I'm doing two dissertations, of 5000-10,000 words each!

I realize now that I love Norway...

@cIaimthestars

8 жыл бұрын

+Laura Fossmark We are frikkin lucky over here!

@jpmentertainment8100

8 жыл бұрын

+Laura Fossmark What is it like in Norway? Just out of interest.

@hadrian6709

8 жыл бұрын

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@hadrian6709

8 жыл бұрын

Joe M If we don't include private universities there's a lot. Public education is free, our loans go to housing, food, books and other things we need, thus making our debt remarkably less then yours. Very few people live in dorms, there are more shared flats or tiny student homes. We have no sororities but the student union organise loads of different stuff. This is poorly explained, but if there's anything else, please ask :)

@jpmentertainment8100

8 жыл бұрын

I think it's an American thing to share a room as I am in student halls at the moment. I have my own room but I share a hall between about 10. I see about that student loan part, that would be good. When people argue that the tuition fee's are good in England they always say 'Oh well if we stop paying £9000 a year then the university won't be as good' and I just say '....bollocks mate, look at other countries'.

I found this very interesting! And also really glad that I went to Uni in UK, it sounds so expensive getting a higher education in America.

A plus side for me going to a community college was that the instructors were generally good about making the books/materials affordable. The campus library also carried at least one copy of the textbooks being used that you could check out for two hour blocks of time (you couldn't remove them from the library though). I always appreciated these efforts to make things affordable for the students. Affordability is why one would choose a community college in the first place after all.

This video was really helpful. I am thinking about going to uni in Britain and this has pretty much confirmed that I will probably do that.

@ellacyan8684

8 жыл бұрын

Also I would totally use that "capitalism" thing as my ringtone

@thejuzey

8 жыл бұрын

+Steampunk Llama I've literally just got my university application in (I'm British and am applying to British unis). The application process is stressful (although it sounds much better than the American one), so good luck! What subject do you want to do?

@bunnyfaceperson123

8 жыл бұрын

+Steampunk Llama terrible idea

@bearbee1891

8 жыл бұрын

Secondary school in the UK is v hard, (GCSEs equivalent to SATs at age 14/15/16), college is also hard and university isn't as hard as the above😅

@AnnoyingBritishKid

8 жыл бұрын

+Steampunk Llama if u can afford it then do it. Its the best/worst time of your life.

This was fascinating, intriguing and occasionally appalling. The money you guys have to spend!!! Also SO glad I did an art course. I did three essays in the entire of my BA. That said, I have basically zero job prospects relating to my course lmFAO.

@KaraFielding

8 жыл бұрын

His comments about uni in America is very New Jersey and his school specific. For each state regulations and payments for public colleges will be different and within the circle of public colleges within that state, payments and regulations will be different. Nothing is completely standardized anywhere. And schools in different regions of the country will be very different from other regions. It will also highly depend on the major/course you've decided to do. I never had to pay for a $300 book in my whole college career and I wouldn't ever say that the books I had to get for my courses in total ever amounted to $300 per semester. It also helps to know where to get your books from. There are many online websites that look for the cheapest options across all the major academic book websites. My tuition a year was about $7k - 8k unless I had to pay for rooming on campus and I didn't go to a bad college at all. Schools in the Northeast are notoriously more expensive than most of the country, especially with most of the Ivys being up there. So a lot of people go down south for college because even with out of state tuition it's less expensive and a better education than schools up north (at least on the east coast). I find throughout this UK vs US series it's all been only his experience (which is of course what he has to draw from), but you have to take that into account cause the US is huge and for the most part each state is going to be very different for a lot of things and depending on your own financial situation, you're going to view the colleges in very different ways. And that's not even getting into private schools that make their own rules entirely.

and i just learnt how chill Australian uni's are ooft, whole new appreciation

Regarding US college costs: I was going to go to Berklee College of Music as a music therapy major, and the tuition there is $65k a year and rising. Due to medical setbacks, though, I've had to stay home and take online courses through a local community college working towards a 'communication studies' major, and I think my first semester's tuition was maybe $3k-$5k? Bearing in mind that Berklee is one of the best music schools in the country (Think Julliard level greatness or better) and does 4-year bachelor's degrees AND graduate school, and my community college only does 2-year associate's degree programs and I'm taking my classes online to cut down costs further, that's still quite the price difference.

Bloody love Evan and Lucy collabs!

@lucymoon

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Sheldon I love them too!

@izzylee4992

8 жыл бұрын

Where's your pinafore/ dress from? x

@cIaimthestars

8 жыл бұрын

+meowitslucy I'm backing Izzy's question, please tell me where your pinafore and jumper is from? They're GORGEOUS!

I love these difference videos, Savannah. Keep 'em coming.

As a Canadian, it's interesting to really see how we are a mix of both (in my experience)

You started a master's dissertation the night before, allowing for the usual exaggeration, maybe a week before. Wtf were you studying?!

@NotLegato

8 жыл бұрын

i know a guy who wrote his *bachelor's* dissertation for MONTHS.

@joshuamitchell5530

7 жыл бұрын

Not Legato everyone writes their dissertations for months!!

@NotLegato

7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Mitchell oh, several months ago, i knew severly less about university, and how it worked. yes yes, i know.

@PopnRockPlaylists

5 жыл бұрын

Not Legato Our dissertation including the research took the whole final year. We had other modules to do as well. But a month before the deadline we had to have a rough dissertation to get advice on it from our lecturer. So doing it the night before wasn't optional! And 10-12,000 words in one night? No thanks!

Watching to help me feel a little better about applying for university in a couple of months.

Lucy:responsible Adult Evan:responsible adUlt America vs UK

this video was so informative, thanks lucy and evan!

I used to watch this video all the time when I was in high school to get excited about Uni and now I'm leaving in a week. Somehow this video ended up in my recommended today. Life is crazy!

I just graduated (I studied history too!), and some of my friends who are on four-year courses have just started the new year and it's made me really sad and super nostalgic and I really want to be back but instead I have to live up to the prospect of adulthood and jobs and responsibilities agh.

LONG LIVE SCOTTISH FREE UNIVERSITIES

@carbonaracrack9705

8 жыл бұрын

YESSSS

@lukewilson2184

4 жыл бұрын

David Clinging wow dude you must be fun at party’s eh stfu

@mrbayd3069

4 жыл бұрын

@David Clinging wtf

@jmurray1110

4 жыл бұрын

and please bring them to ulster

@matewhatthefuck6516

4 жыл бұрын

EDINBURGH REPRESENT!!!

I love these! Please keep them coming!

Love your American vs British videos. Its really interesting to learn smth new about both countries c: Really hope to see some more 💞

It's literally 4 AM and I'm watching this. I'm gonna be screwed when school starts again with this sleeping pattern.

This is why I love being Scottish and going to Edinburgh uni. No fees yo

@tristanlau1213

7 жыл бұрын

A good uni with no tuition fee......I'm kinda jealous now

This is so helpful for me because I'm going to be an exchange student in England and I'm from Canada (so it's like an in between of Canada and America)

2 years of college down in America and already $20,000 in debt. 'Merica

@autumnlover12358

7 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling.

@syrinacrockett8290

5 жыл бұрын

Unless u get a pell grant and then the government pays for the college or scholarships or u work for the college in exchange for it paying the tuition.

@1seriousgearheadify

4 жыл бұрын

And you will graduate with far less knowledge than if you pursued a trade. I know...it sucks

@laurynhowell3329

4 жыл бұрын

@@syrinacrockett8290 that's only of you're super poor

@syrinacrockett8290

4 жыл бұрын

Lauryn Howell I’m not super poor and I get pell grants. 🤷🏻‍♀️

In Ireland we get grants for uni so if you can't afford it you get your fees paid for and a bit of money each week depending on if you work or not or if your parents work or not

i loooove these British and American comparisons

@evan

8 жыл бұрын

+Chloe F Thanks Chloe! :)

This was incredibly informative and helpful, thank you

In Scotland, my uni experience was a bit different. I took three different subjects in first year (maths classics and philosophy) 3 subjects in second year (maths classics and history) and then in my honours year I continued only with Classics, and that is the degree I will graduate with. I love how Glasgow works, recommend it to everyone

I always forget that uni is super expensive for the rest of the UK! I'm Scottish and our tuition fees are paid for us which is so so lucky, I don't even understand how people manage to pay so much per year?!

@Melissa-wx4lu

8 жыл бұрын

+charis sandison Rich families But most people (at least in America) use student loans. Which is not always great. My ex-step father went to college in America and now (or at least was last I heard) works at Microsoft.....but he's paying student loans for the next 30 years. 30 years! that's the same as a house loan.

In Scotland it's free sooooooooooo

@zKiiLaZ

8 жыл бұрын

For Scottish citizens and EU, not for the rest of the world though.

@NowhereBeats

8 жыл бұрын

+Lewis james Does that mean English students can all just study in Scotland for free?

@nathanmartin5102

8 жыл бұрын

+Jaw Ji I wish! Nah we still have to pay the £9000 like we would in England.

@rhonacraig1418

8 жыл бұрын

Yaldi

@cbrachel

5 жыл бұрын

David Clinging no it’s isn’t

This video was rlly informative because I'm currently debating weather I should go study abroad in the UK or US. Thank u so much!!

It's so interesting to see these as a Canadian! In my experience, it's a bit of both! 😄

and then we're sitting here in Scotland going to uni for free...

@TheDrumstickEmpire

4 жыл бұрын

Yup and us English pay for it! Fun!

Yeah this is mostly about English universities. Scotland and Northern Ireland have completely different education systems. And Wales has some differences too I think. Student loans are a de facto graduate tax really.

In Sweden university is free. We even get a contribution monthly (in addition to our student loans) which we don't have to pay back. So you can say we got payed for going to the university. We even get this contribution when we are in the Swedish version of high school. People are probably going to say that nothing is free and that we pay for this with taxes, but this is WAY BETTER than the American model were you can't go if you don't have enough money. Also it's still way cheaper for the average person.

Very insightful, thanks Evan and Lucy! :D

He looks like a mixture of Phil Lester and Tyler Oakley xD

I just released how cheap University's are here in South Africa (around R40000-R60000 a year or $2500-$3800 per year however this excludes books and student housing which would double your costs )and that our system is somewhere between the UK and USA.

Lucy introducing her uni was like the beginning of university challenge and I’m living for it

This is so interesting. I am a university student in Sweden (which is also where I am from) and I know that we in many ways are super lucky, but I guess I needed a reminder. - We don't pay anything to apply - We generally don't have to write an application but apply on our acaemic scores only (depends a bit on what you're applying for though) - Tuition is free - Books are not free and can sometimes be super expensive, but at least at my school (medical school) a second hand book is almost always fine - All students can apply for financial aid, and a small part of it is just state funded so our loans won't be as big Of course we have our problems aswell, but geez, I am so happy to live here :P

I really like these UK vs US videos but I feel they are more US vs England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland differ in some subjects because different Governments are in charge of different things.

is it just me or does lucy kinda look like keira knightley?

@omelette4604

6 жыл бұрын

a little bit?

3:43 we have the same problems in Ireland with all books, for primary school and secondary school. You can usually get away with buying second hand books though, because it’s very popular. And usually teachers are sympathetic so if you had different problems or something, the teacher might photocopy the right questions or you just take a photo with your phone.

This was actually really helpful cause I'm trying to decide between the USA anD UK for uni :)

This is more England vs America.. in Scotland all tuition is free, paid for by the government. Nevertheless I love this series :D

5:27 He said a mathS degree! I love this channel already!

Listening to you two just made me appreciate being in the Australian education system more and more. #thankfuck It's so fascinating hearing you guys talk about all these differences! Cheers😊👌

Societies in UK universities are the best thing ever. At York St John University, there is a queuing society in which students go into york and form random queues in the hopes of tourists joining, then leave leaving the random people very confused (This is funded by the university by the way).

evans videos are always quieter than most

@amymclaughlin3063

8 жыл бұрын

also, i love love love the uk vs american series BUT Scotland is often thrown in with the uk facts like "£9000 a year" one when in fact university in scotland is free! gotta be aware of scotland's devolved powers as there is such a difference between education here compared to england

I know no one cares but it's my birthday tomorrow. Also these England vs America videos are so interesting!

@mimiewood

8 жыл бұрын

+Mary - happy birthday for tomorrow xx

@cheerykira

8 жыл бұрын

Happy early birthday!

@bekind2694

8 жыл бұрын

Happy early birthday!😊

@raventrunite6459

8 жыл бұрын

+Mary - as a lame birthday present, as you are a member of the phandom, you now have an excuse to re-watch dan and Phil's 2014 baking vids. Bc Evan is wearing Phil's ghost shirt!!!

It's so weird watching these videos as an Australian. Everything is so different but really similar at the same time

Lucy's experience of university was very different from most mine. In N.Ireland uni is about £3500 per year. Other things seem to be course specific, like I did 'need' to buy my own books, dissertations are only required for specific courses, so I never wrote one studying computing and IT, and many other differences.

A Master's degree is 2 years (sometimes 1) in the U.S...not 6.

@21rosexoxo

8 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he was including the time it took him to get his bachelors because you can't be in a masters program without a bachelors