it wAs not until i joinED AnAmEriCAn univErsity thAt i rEAlizED thE FACt thAt thEAmEriCAn AnD lEBAnEsE systEms oF CollEgE EDuCAtion DiFFEr in mAny wAys. pErhAps thE CirCumstAnCEs unDEr whiCh EACh systEm wAs EstABlishED lAy BEhinD thEsE DiFFErEnCEs; But whAtEvEr thE CAusEs wErE, thE DiFFErEnCEs Exist AnD thEy ArE mAjor.As A rEsult,, stuDying inAmEriCA sEEms to BE muCh EAsiEr thAn Doing so in lEBAnon. thE First stEp towArD EArning A CollEgE DEgrEE is BEing ADmittED to thE univErsity, whEthEr inAmEriCA or in lEBAnon. thE ConDitions For ADmission, howEvEr, ArE vEry DiFFErEnt. in my CAsE, thisAmEriCAn univErsity AskED only For my toEFl sCorEs AnD my high sChool grADEs. in ADDition to thEsE, A lEBAnEsE univErsity AskED mE to tAkE AnothEr thrEE tEsts. thE First wAs thEEnglishEntrAnCEExAminAtion, whiCh is muCh hArDEr thAn thE toE- Fl. thE sEConD wAs thE sCiEntiFiC quAliFiCAtionExAminAtion, whiCh inCluDEs mAthEmAtiCs, physiCs, AnD ChEmistry. thE rEsults oF thE sq ExAm DECiDE whEthEr A stuDEnt is EligiBlE to tAkE thE thirD tEst or not. oBviously, thE DiFFErEnCE is ClEAr. whAt’s thE mAin iDEA oF pArAgrAph onE A、thE Author is A stuDEnt oF AnAmEriCAn univErsity. B、thErE ArE DiFFErEnCEs BEtwEEnAmEriCA AnD lEBAnon. C、AmEriCAn systEm oF CollEgE EDuCAtion DiFFErs From lEBAnEsE onE. D、stuDying is hArD、