US universities

Originally Posted by lol_nl

-Important things if you want to study in the US (and you don't live in the US): SAT/TOEFL tests? Extra tests? Scholarships? Things to know?
-Which universities are very good, what are they like (location, teaching style, atmosphere, etc.) and is it very difficult to get into them?

To your first question, there is no set answer. Every university sets its own requirements to get in. You'll certainly have to take a TOEFL, but many universities will wave the standardized test requirement (SAT and ACT are geared toward American learners) depending on what level you're at, where you're coming from, what kind of studies you've already done, etc. You can't say for sure exactly what you'll need until you narrow down several places you want to go.

To the second, that's also very tough to answer. There are thousands of universities and colleges in the United States. Very good? Like, the best? Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton, for example, are all very good and extremely hard to get into. To get an idea of general education rankings, you can look at:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...udoc_brief.php

If you have an idea of what you want to do, you can narrow it down. The Big 4 for computer science, for instance, are Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, and Carnegie-Mellon. For criminology, you're looking at Maryland, SUNY-Albany, or Cincinnati.

The United State is huge, the best colleges are scattered, though mostly in the northeast and California. But you can find great schools all over.

How ya doing, buddy?