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Expert: Cecilia Staunton Date: 2/11/2004 Subject: french and english system similarities
Question Dear advisor,
I am a togolese young boy of 17 years old. I am preparing my BAC II exam (an exam that leads in my country to university) . I would like to continue my studies in Canada or USA because ther aren't well developped structures here for the field I've chosed( computer science). When I visit web sites talking of universties, there are usually school levels such as graduate student, college(freshman, sophomore, junior), high school (freshman, sophomore, junior), Master's/Law(first; second; third year), Ph.D .... I would like to know what those equal to in my country's education structure.
Here in my country Togo ( a french spaeking country ), the primary education lasts 6 years, the secondary education 4 years. then we go attain third degree ( called LYCEE ) for three years at the end of which we get the BAC II diploma.
I would also like to know the difference between college and university in the english system.
Wishing to hear of you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Eric KEDJI
Answer Hi Eric, sorry this has taken me so long to answer but I only received the email today. Apparently you wrote this question a while ago. In case you are still needing an answer I would tell you to contact an American or Canadian college or university (they are basically the same thing, a university is usually larger and consists of several colleges or schools for example a school of humanities, school of arts etc.) You should be able to have your question answered by contacting a large university that accepts many foreign students, like New York University. Write them an email and see what foreign exams they require. Hope this helps. Good luck and I hope you do make it to America or Canada I think it would be a great experience to get your education abroad.
Sincerely,
Cecilia
