In the UK, we understand that University College at Oxford is part of the Oxford system. Same holds true for both Jesus and Trinity Colleges. The university s

In the UK, we understand that University College at Oxford is part of the Oxford system. Same holds true for both Jesus and Trinity Colleges. The university system, founded well before you Yanks got your footing in the world of academia, was designed to incorporate several colleges under a university system (thus the term "university" and not just "college"). Same holds true for our friends at Cambridge, consisting of several university colleges within the university system of Cambridge (check for yourself). By indicting the U of M University College as sub-par, one would assume you are assailing the reputation of the entire University of Maryland as a whole. At least that's the way we view it from our perspective on academics here in the UK. Does the quality of education in the American collegiate system really degrade so dramatically from one school to the next? I thought Americans pride themselves in the quality of college-level academics... Thoughts?