Our 'Education' quest continues. In one or two years' time my smart and hard-working secondary school students will go on to university education.
This time I've got some questions about both school and college education in the USA that I hope my American friends can answer.
Quest.1 is about exams. It seems your school is much more relaxed and less exam-oriented than ours. What surprised me is that there are fees for SAT, which is one of the usual admission requirements. Are there any compulsory exams for high-school students, or do they only get 'during term assessment' (there must be a technical term for it - sorry, I forget)?
Quest.2 is about college costs. Can they actually prevent the less fortunate from getting a higher education, even if they have high academic ability?
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I'm not sure about question 1, because I don't go to public school, of course. But as for question 2.... Well, pretty much anyone (unless your family is very rich) would have trouble paying for any college other than state or community colleges right now. Costs are extremely high. But the colleges do usually have large endowments, and can offer some financial aid according to need. Also, there is a small amount of Federal financial aid available. Besides this, there are thousands of scholarships available for anyone who is willing to try for them. Many go unclaimed each year because students do not even try to compete for them. College can be expensive, but almost anyone of good academic ability can go if they work hard enough.
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