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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica
This is what the official page says:
What would be college level??
Here children go:
Educación primaria: La Educación Primaria comprende seis cursos académicos, desde los seis a los doce años de edad y se organizará en tres ciclos de dos años cada uno.
Educación secundaria:
Cuatro cursos académicos (1º, 2º, 3º y 4º de ESO) que se realizarán ordinariamente entre los 12 y los 16 años de edad.
Bachillerato.
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Hola Exx:
In the U. S. there are generally 12 grades from elementary through high school.
(A child must attend school until the age of 16 regardless of the grade he/she reaches.)
Elementary: ages six to 12, grades 1 through 6.
Junior high school: ages 12 to 14/15, grades 7 & 8 (junior high varies in some ares).
High school: ages 15 to 18, grades 9, 10, 11, 12 (after age 16 attendance is voluntary).
A first year (9th grade) student is called a
freshman, then a
sophomore, then a
junior and in the last year (12th grade), a
senior.
Completion of high school earns a
high school diploma.
Generally, any study after high school is college (university) level.
At the college level one can earn an Associate Degree after two years.
A Bachelor's Degree generally requires four years (or more) of study at the college level and the student is referred to as under-graduate. Degrees are earned based on the number of "credit hours" successfully accrued, not on actual class time.
In years past, as in high school, a first year college student was called a freshman, second year, a sophomore, third year a junior and final year a senior; however, this does work well anymore because many students take much longer (5, 6, 7 or more years to earn a Bachelor's Degree). I mention this because you can still hear the terms mentioned, as in, he's a sophomore (second year) or he's a freshman (first year).
Beyond that studies for advanced degrees (Master's, Doctorate) are called post-graduate studies.
So it appears that in this case the
bachillerato refers to what we would call
a high school education or high school studies.
NOTE: If there are any teachers or professors out there who disagree with me please feel free to correct me. It's been a long time since I attended school!! :-)