Kathiza

I'm talking about graduate and undergraduate. It's the same for both. I think this does not mean that students in one country are "better" or more "intelligent" than others. It's just different views on grading. I've also studied in France where 20/20 is the best you can get. But NOBODY (I'm serious!) gets 20/20. They say one has to be PERFECT to get 20/20 and students can in no case be perfect. So if you deliver a flawless work, you would get 18/20 or 19/20 if you're very lucky. More is simply not possible.

Good to know, thank you. I expected the results at the end of March/beginning of April. But then I found this website and now I'm already starting to be nervous... I hope I'll get some good news in the next weeks. I'll keep you posted

That's so interesting. I'm an international student and I've heard before that in the US they expect you to mainly get As and Bs. Where I come from, it's absolutely NOT the norm to get As. We have a grade-scale from 1 to 5 (1 being like A). And a student only gets 1 (A) if he really really is a lot better than the average. The average is 3 © - which is not bad at all. There are hardly any people who have a GPA of 1.0 (which means all As) - it's really REALLY outstanding if you have one. A GPA of 2.5 (between B and C) would still be considered as good.

I'll be 26 and in my country (Austria) that's considered about normal. Actually, I'm younger than most other doctoral students at my department. But I'm quite curious how the cohort will be at my US-school.

I'm an international student and I don't plan on buying a car. How are the following cities without a car: * Bloomington, IN (one user already said that it's manageable - someone has another opinion?) * Chapel Hill, NC * Columbia, MO Thank you so much!

I applied for grad school at UMiami. I already heard that grad students can't live on campus. Where is the best place to live off campus when you don't have a car (and don't plan to buy one)? Is it very inconvenient to not have a car at UM? I thought since it's a major city it should not be a problem at all... But after reading your postings I'm a little bit sceptic...

I'm thinking about going to Mizzou (if I'm accepted, that is) and I have a question: I'm an international student and I don't have a car and don't plan to buy one (can't afford it and I'll have to leave after graduation so there's not really a point in buying a car for me...). Is it very inconvenient to get around in Columbia without a car?

I'm an international Fulbright grantee. @irreductible: We international (!!! - it's a totally different process for Americans) fulbrighters don't have to wait for both. We usually have been granted the Fulbright Grant and we now just wait for the universities' decisions. But they will be sent to Fulbright and then forwarded to us - so that's why it may take a couple of days longer.

I applied to Columbia IU Bloomington UNC Chapel Hill Mizzou UMiami Haven't heard anything so far...

I've applied. But since I'm an international student with a Fulbright Grant, I won't hear from the directly but they will send my admission/rejection to Fulbright who will then notify me. So for me it's likely to take one or two extra days. Where else did you apply? I applied to UNC, IU Bloomington, UMiami, and Columbia. I've heard nothing from any of these schools.