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Okay heres my situation...
If im going to university, I can get into like 2 courses and only 1 of which im intrested in.
If im going to college I can get into 3-4 courses of which im intrested in.

What I initially wanted to do was go to college then university.

Your opinions?

My friend is urging me to play games so ill post more information later lol

EDIT:

I am in Canada
I AM NOT GOING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE...assuming theres a difference between "community colleges" and just normal colleges? (The college im looking at is Algonquin College in Ottawa) lol
The programs im looking at for college are 3-4 years (ill get back to you on that)

If im going to university (for a Computer Sciences course) I think i would be "fighting an uphill battle"

Courses for college im thinking about taking if im going:
Computer Engineering Technology - Computing Science
Computer Programmer
Game Development
and maybe Graphic Design

They're the same thing...

Mr.Ganji wrote:They're the same thing...

A University is a school made up of numerous colleges.

College > University. Big time.

Blurred wrote:

Mr.Ganji wrote:They're the same thing...

A University is a school made up of numerous colleges.

That's what I meant lol. Yeah, you're right. If you go to a college you're basically going to a university too..

Mr.Ganji wrote:

Blurred wrote:

Mr.Ganji wrote:They're the same thing...

A University is a school made up of numerous colleges.

That's what I meant lol. Yeah, you're right. If you go to a college you're basically going to a university too..

there are community colleges you know

Community colleges are two-year, so they can't be universities, but really, unless your GPA is in the toilet and you have low standardized test scores, there really is not point in going to a community college.

Mr.Ganji wrote:Community colleges are two-year, so they can't be universities, but really, unless your GPA is in the toilet and you have low standardized test scores, there really is not point in going to a community college.

There are pros and cons for community colleges. Most people would rather not take out loans. My friend just took out something like $22,000 for his 1st year at Purdue(he was suppose to get a full scholarship but they tricked him badly). He hates it.

In the US, college and university are very similar. However outside of the US they are very different.

Can you give an example?

if I were you, I'd go to a university rather than a college or technical school. University takes more time and costs more, but you get what you put in. 2 years of college won't get you any good paying jobs while people who study 8 years in college to get a masters degree will start off with 70k+

University is more theory, College is practical over here...

like Jstar said:
University is for higher positions, but it doesn't save a country from depleting its own funds

Need country and what you're interested in.

Updated.

StealMySoda wrote:In the US, college and university are very similar. However outside of the US they are very different.

+1. In fact, in the US I don't believe there is a difference, though universities are often considered higher class.

If you can get into more classes you like in a college, just go for college, they tend to be cheaper as well.