I thought college in America is the exact equiv of university over here?

Is this how it normally is then, you go to highschool to 18, then go to college and then go to university, or is this because LirvA is going back as a mature student he is at a lower level to start with in community college and then will be able to transfer to a full uni degree after two years?

I think you have to be accepted into universities, whereas community colleges will accept anyone, and only offer associates degrees.

Most colleges will accept anyone for like liberal arts degrees. Giz had to try to get accepted into nursing, as did I to get accepted in to arch. Most other programs are "send small check, get accepted", Harvard and the like aside.

I think this is the only accurate part of your post

We have tests and prereqs for Uni. Also community college is in general a lot more cost efficient to go for your core classes. My tuition was like 1/3rd of what it would have been for my first three years (lol had to make up classes I flunked when I was a 19 y/o dumbass who skateboarded until 4am instead of going to class[also being out of school so long I had to do the remedial algebra courses]).

You need two semesters of a foreign language, ACT, and SAT scores for a lot of Unis here. A lot of teenagers just opt to not do that and go to comm. college and get those requirements there and xfer to the uni (you no longer need ACT and SAT scores after you get your AA degree from a comm. college). This is how it is in Florida.

Not to mention cc is way cheaper if you're smart about your class choice so they transfer

If you keep a 3.3 for your associates you'll get into a state university. You might not get into a competitive program like engineering though.

When you start college algebra, send me a PM,. I will ship you my lecture notes.

Does it go associate, bachelor, master and doctorate in order, or can you skip the master and go straight to doctorate from bachelor degree? And do normal universities teach associate and then bachelor degrees or do they skip the associate entirely?

Associates is skipped by virtually everyone. Bachelor is the standard 4 year degree. Masters and doctorates require a bachelors in every single instance I can think of

What are people using to look for new housing? Like zillow? Other apps? CL? Local paper websites/classifieds?

I believe this is dependent in what you majored in. I believe most of the time you need a Master's for a phd, but iirc there are some fields of study you don't need a Master's to get your phd.

Associates degrees is mostly undergrad stuff that is awarded by jr. and comm. colleges.

4 year universities usually skip associates degrees (they have major and minor degrees). You can get into some phd programs with just your 4 year degree, but you'll essentially earn your masters along the way (some grad programs give you a masters while you are in the phd program while some don't).

All of the above. I'd stay away from CL if you're looking to buy and just start grinding the MLS using the interface of your choice. I like Trulia.

I used cl in my housing search, but for renting Ldo.

I must be using this mortgage calculator. It's saying a 20 yr loan on 70k would only be about 550/mo. Is it worth it to rent if you can own for so much cheaper?

Property taxes tho

Lk google rent versus buy calculator New York Times.

if you really failed remedial math (and/or math is in any way hard for you) you should seriously consider something else

Stupid ipad lack of flash

Thank ya for the tips, guys. Never even thought about buying a house before, but rents are so high in denver it would put us pretty close to financial trouble out of the gate due to my large student loans.

Are you planning on putting 50% down? $70k isn't going to be a livable house pretty much anywhere in the US anybody would willingly live.

And absolutely not in Denver.

70k gets you a decent small house here (in before 'willing to live tho')

Looking in the 80-100k range. A surprising amount of decent places in the suburbs around denver.

http://www.trulia.com/home_prices/

Median sales price = swongs. lol Kansas.

That Iowa number is like 30% higher than I would expect.