Hmm, a teacher told me back in the day that the difference between universities and colleges is that universities have professors (and doctors?) who execute research in various subjects, and that there is no other diffence.

How do you manage to pay for college/university in the US, if you don't have a scholarship and/or a good economy to rely on to start with. Loans? What kind of loans?

In Europe (except for Scandinavia, where colleges and universities offer full tuition free of chage), it seems to be harder to get a $100,000 loan (for a 4-5 year period) for education, than a house loan at $400,000. I don't see how a house could be so much more important than an education, that the government and companies will easily sponsor you with 4 times more money than for getting a decent education.

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