College (uni) gives you a lot of free time as a freshman. [/hide] I get confused with the American System. Here in the uk, you finish secondary school (high school) at 16, then can either end school, or go to college for two years(or 6th form). then after those two years go to university. 6th form and secondary school were so much fun looking back on them. At the time it felt so grinding and boring, but oh by god i wish i could have that much of an easy life nowdays. 6th form esepcailly, doing only three subjects, i had so many free periods, life was a breeze. The best part though was that it was free. Uni is so complicated, the fees alone are taking months to sort out, i had less complications in around 14 years of schooling than i have in the 4-6 months of trying to sort out fees for university. For the American System, you graduate high school (usually you're 18) and then you go to college. High school consists of grades 9 through 12 (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior), and you usually sort out your college applications the summer before and going into senior year. To me, the UK system seems confusing, lol. #-o :thumbup: UK is indeed confusing. I live in canada, going into GR 11. There was a girl last year who moved here from the US, but she already was in GR 10, but she took it again? I have no idea why, it's so messed up. In Canada its: gr 1 - 6, elementary 7-9 junior high 10-12 senior high :? I live in canada and that's not how it works, but that's cause I'm in frenchieland. k-6= elementary 7-8=junior high 9-11= senior high then we have two years of cegep, one of which can count for your first year of university, depending on the courses you take.