Same. Maybe higher level degrees are different, but getting into an undergrad program in the one major university my city had was extremely easy. I applied and got accepted. It actually never even crossed my mind that it wouldn’t get accepted and I never applied anywhere else, nor did anyone ever tell me that I should (though that may have been grade dependent).
By contrast, American media usually shows getting into university as some grueling task, where a guidance counselor tells you to apply to all these universities and there’s essays and whatnot.
part of the issue is the lack of funding in earlier education so Americans finish their basic/compulsory education at university. a lot of the rest of the world does the same education but to finish by the time you’re 16.
Essays were always shit. People had others write them, parents, etc.
It should be interviews and fewer people should go in the first place.
Why have essays or interviews? In Canada, my application to university was simply my transcript.
Same. Maybe higher level degrees are different, but getting into an undergrad program in the one major university my city had was extremely easy. I applied and got accepted. It actually never even crossed my mind that it wouldn’t get accepted and I never applied anywhere else, nor did anyone ever tell me that I should (though that may have been grade dependent).
By contrast, American media usually shows getting into university as some grueling task, where a guidance counselor tells you to apply to all these universities and there’s essays and whatnot.
I think a lot of colleges also do have interviews.
part of the issue is the lack of funding in earlier education so Americans finish their basic/compulsory education at university. a lot of the rest of the world does the same education but to finish by the time you’re 16.