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What's the difference between "College" and "University"? (feddit.cl)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Until recently I assume they were synonymous 😅, Here you go to Uni immediatly after finishing HS.

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[–] substill@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But in the US, colloquially every 4 year school is a college. People say “I’m going to college.” People don’t say “I’m going to university.”

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've never referred to my university as a college.

I attended a two year community college, which I always referred to as college, and a four year state university that I always referred to as university. Otherwise, I referred to them by their acronyms, or more loosely as school.

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[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 2 points 1 year ago

Sometimes it's not just us Europeans who forget that the USA is a fucking huge place ;)