College education

Continued musings about obtaining tertiary education in United States a.k.a Studying Abroad...

From all the media exposure about the U.S lifestyle and culture, I have always imagined that studying abroad would be a dream-like experience where:

One would be reading books as thick as the encyclopedia, in Hogwarts-like libraries;

Or doing scientific (images of colorful beakers/test tubes) experiments in huge labs with long glass windows; talking to wise, old, bearded professors, having intelligent conversations with students of diverse backgrounds (where many are diligent part-time students who had to work to pay for tuition), meeting Americans who are always warm and caring, while some Mean-girls drama would happen in the background, and the campus will be as beautiful as an ancient castle-like structure with large gardens/forests surrounding it.

Let's guess which of these are at least half-true. Comments welcomed!

-To be continued