Students in Americas
From AP classes and the MCAT in the United States to provincial exams in Canada and CSEC and CAPE in the Caribbean, students across the Americas study from long English-language textbooks. Type to Study turns them into lessons, flashcards and graded mock exams.
Countries
- United StatesFrom AP classes to medical boards, American students face exams built on thick textbooks. Type to Study turns those textbooks into courses you can finish.
- CanadaCanadian university courses move fast. Type to Study keeps up: upload the course pack, pick the chapters on the midterm, and study them in order.
- JamaicaJamaican students sit CSEC at the end of secondary school and CAPE in sixth form, both set by the Caribbean Examinations Council. Type to Study turns your textbooks and past-paper notes into lessons and practice questions.
- Trinidad and TobagoStudents in Trinidad and Tobago move from the SEA to CSEC and then CAPE, with CXC setting the last two. Type to Study helps you turn your course books and notes into lessons you can finish.
Cities
- New York, United StatesNew York City has an Ivy League university in Columbia, one of the largest private universities in the country in NYU, and CUNY, a public system with campuses in all five boroughs. Many students commute by subway between classes, work part-time and study in short blocks.
- Boston, United StatesBoston packs a large number of universities and teaching hospitals into one compact city, and across the river in Cambridge sit Harvard and MIT. The Longwood Medical Area alone brings together several medical and health sciences schools.
- Los Angeles, United StatesLos Angeles is home to UCLA, a major public research university, and USC, a large private one, as well as a wide mix of state, community and arts colleges. The city is spread out, so many students spend a lot of time commuting.
- Chicago, United StatesThe University of Chicago is known for its Core curriculum and its economics and law programmes. University of Illinois Chicago runs one of the largest medical schools in the country by enrolment, and DePaul and Loyola serve a large commuter student population.
- San Francisco, United StatesUCSF is a health sciences university that teaches graduate and professional students only, with schools of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing. The city sits at the centre of the Bay Area technology industry, which shapes what many students study and where they want to work.
- Philadelphia, United StatesPhiladelphia has several medical schools in one city, including those at Penn, Jefferson, Temple and Drexel. Drexel is known for its co-op programme, and Penn is one of the eight Ivy League universities.
- Washington, DC, United StatesWashington, DC is a city of policy, law and international affairs, and its universities reflect that. Georgetown, George Washington, American, Howard and Catholic all run law schools, and many students intern with government agencies, think tanks and embassies.
- Atlanta, United StatesAtlanta is home to Georgia Tech, known for engineering and computing, and Emory, known for medicine and public health. Spelman, Morehouse and Clark Atlanta are historically Black institutions that belong to the Atlanta University Center.
- Houston, United StatesHouston is home to the Texas Medical Center, one of the largest medical complexes in the world, and to Rice University, known for engineering and the sciences. The University of Houston is one of the largest public universities in Texas.
- Seattle, United StatesThe University of Washington is the main research university in Seattle, with large programmes in medicine, computer science and engineering. The city's technology and life sciences industries shape what many students study.
- Toronto, CanadaThe University of Toronto is Canada's largest university by enrolment, with three campuses, and York and Toronto Metropolitan University add tens of thousands more students. The city has a large international student population.
- Vancouver, CanadaUBC's main Vancouver campus is a large research university with strong programmes in forestry, medicine, sciences and applied science. Vancouver also draws many international students to its colleges and language schools.
- Montreal, CanadaMontreal has both English-language and French-language universities, including McGill and Concordia in English and the Université de Montréal and UQAM in French. Quebec students also attend CEGEP, a pre-university college stage, before university.
- Ottawa, CanadaOttawa is Canada's capital, and its universities have close links to government and public policy. The University of Ottawa teaches in both English and French, and Carleton is known for public affairs, journalism and engineering.
- Calgary, CanadaThe University of Calgary is a large research university with strong engineering and health sciences, and SAIT trains many of Alberta's technicians and tradespeople. Calgary's energy industry shapes many students' career plans.