Quote:They are called colleges here too. University is a term many of them use in their names, but they are all colleges regardless.

 

It seems weird to me when people say graduation is in May because when my sisters had their commencements in early June. However, most if not all colleges switched from quarters to semesters, so the date has moved up since then.

 

What I mean is, generally speaking, you call it College and we call it University.

 

We leave school at 16 years old (in some cases 15 depending on when in the year you're born). We have College between age 16 & 18 then University thereafter. College isn't obligatory so you can technically leave school and go straight into full-time work/career/apprenticeships. For full-time work you need to be 16, though.

 

Regarding Graduation, I'm sure the date varies anyway.. but I would consider someone a student until they've 'officially' left education. It's a trivial and unimportant thing on the face of it, I'm sure you'll agree.

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