Sophia Quality... Questionable?

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... If you want to be job-ready with plenty of networking, a high GPA, and be an all-rounder, US unis are perfect. If you want a more theoretical challenge in being taught how to think rather than what to think, with a very specific genre focus, alongside a so-so GPA and a shedload of studying, much of Europe and Oceania will serve. ...

I've lived in both US and Europe, but think this characterization of U.S. higher education isn't quite accurate. The character of the education depends on the school and major. Someone going for a business or other vocational degree in a U.S. school will likely have the experience you describe. Someone attending a liberal arts college or majoring in an academic subject like physics or philosophy probably won't. Maybe the real difference is that, in the U.S., a single university will usually offer both "career-readiness" degrees and more academic ones. They'll have a department of engineering or business *and* a department of anthropology. In the parts of Europe where I lived, there are two entirely different systems in place for studying a vocational subject vs an academic one.