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Here in Italy (Rome exactly) we pay around 1000-2000€ a year of tuition, but that's really what it's worth it. The education is good, but the structures are awf
by FanaHOVA 12y ago
Here in Italy (Rome exactly) we pay around 1000-2000€ a year of tuition, but that's really what it's worth it. The education is good, but the structures are awful, from labs to classes and lecture halls. I've visited Caltech, Stanford, NYU and Columbia while travelling and they're light years ahead.
If I was born in the US I'd never move to Europe to study anything tech related, being in a major university like Stanford or MiT just gives you so many connections and makes you able to experiment beyond your regular coursework. Just like someone said on a post here a while ago, the difference between you and your friend who studied at Duke is that Tim Cook is just a phone call away because they walked to class together every morning.
- Kephael 12y agoThe issue with this analogy is that schools like Stanford and MIT aren't very large at the undergraduate level and have admissions rates lower than any school in Europe let alone Italy when looking at undergraduate admissions rates. The undergraduate admission process at these schools is much less academic focused than a European university as well.
- FanaHOVA 12y agoHere in Italy there's not even an admission process. You just sign up basically. This leads to a definite decrease in the quality level of teaching, around 80% of my class failed discrete mathematics and calculus and that's with a very short curriculum and fairly easy exams. Professors then have to slow down because no one is following and it just gets worse.
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- yodsanklai 12y agoYou can't compare a random Italian university with Stanford and MIT. There are extremely selective schools in Europe too. In Italy, if I'm not mistaken, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa is quite reputable.