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2 year and 4 year College Differences


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Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wentworth Institute of Technology Founded in 1904 Wentworth Institute of Technology (Wentworth) offers several full-time 4 and 5 years ABET accredited bachelor’s of science programs in engineering, engineering technology and architecture including: architecture, civil ...

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks The College of Engineering and Mines at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) offers six ABET accredited undergraduate and fourteen graduate degree programs. The faculty has extensive background in teaching ...
Make yourself aware of these differences and prepare accordingly.

Academic
  • Access to distinguished faculty and industry leaders at 4 year Colleges.
  • The minimum GPA standards expected to transfer schools.
  • Academic expectations and standards:
    • different course delivery and standards;
    • larger class sizes and less interaction with instructor;
    • instructors or teachers are called professors;
    • units of transferable credits required to transfer;
    • transfer testing for credit or acceptance.
    Cultural
  • Student populations:
    • vast campuses;
    • larger classroom sizes.
  • Universities are more communal.
  • Universities have more social activities:
    • sororities, fraternities;
    • athletics;
    • public speakers and events.

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    Northern Michigan University
    Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan University (Northern), located in Michigan's spectacular Upper Peninsula, was founded in 1899 as a teacher college. Northern is now a dynamic four-year, public, coeducational university offering 180 degree ...

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