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# I get confused by your usage of college
a college is part of a university. Usually a group of departments that have something in common, like here we have the engineering college and the science college.

Or you can have community college, which usually offers the first two years of uni and some two year degrees
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Sat 8 Nov 2003, 9:01, archived)
# in the uk
a college is like a sixth form but crap.
Mine was anyone. Boo hiss to Wilmorton Tertiary College, Derby, it is just shit.

Although Oxford, Cambridge and Durham Universities are collegiate Uni's that have seperate colleges. Most other UK universities don't
(I helped save b3ta! DrPoppers Touched by his noodly appendage, Sat 8 Nov 2003, 9:04, archived)
# what's sixth form then?
is that where you do your a-levels? I've got the basics of the tests, down I think
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Sat 8 Nov 2003, 9:06, archived)
# As DrPoppers says
our colleges are usually the same as 6th form.

One of the differences here is that 6th form (years 12 & 13 I think) is usually part of the same school, but by then you're 17/18 and having to wear a school uniform at 17/18 is ludicrous and makes it impossible to pull. So lots of us got to college which is basically an external 6th form :)

edit: 6th form or 6th form college is where A-levels are done :)
(I helped save b3ta! Number_6, Sat 8 Nov 2003, 9:07, archived)
# ahhh :)
all makes sense now.

Our system is simpler, but more crap
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Sat 8 Nov 2003, 9:08, archived)