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Hithran
Canada57 Posts
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s_86
United States191 Posts
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
Also, since I am from UofT, I will tell you to apply for UofT. Afterall, it is the best university in Canada (McMaster doesn't even come close to 'good') in terms of overall strength and finance. It also has a good chemistry program with tons of research opportunities with professors because of superior research fundings. That being said, class sizes does not matter; student life does not matter; since you are going into science, it's important to have research experience during your undergraduate education, regardless if you want to find a job after your Bachelor degree or persueing graduate studies. However, if you just want to 'have fun' in universities, I'd say just toss a coin or spin a wheel - you probably don't give a shit about your education anyways. | ||
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AssuredVacancy
United States1167 Posts
On January 09 2010 11:30 illu wrote: Here's my suggestion. Apply for the best university for a program that has the lowest requirements. Once you get in, make ths switch. Also, since I am from UofT, I will tell you to apply for UofT. Afterall, it is the best university in Canada (McMaster doesn't even come close to 'good') in terms of overall strength and finance. It also has a good chemistry program with tons of research opportunities with professors because of superior research fundings. That being said, class sizes does not matter; student life does not matter; since you are going into science, it's important to have research experience during your undergraduate education, regardless if you want to find a job after your Bachelor degree or persueing graduate studies. However, if you just want to 'have fun' in universities, I'd say just toss a coin or spin a wheel - you probably don't give a shit about your education anyways. Psh McGill>UofT any day. I don't think you have high enough average for McGill, so I can't give you any advice about it. But you can get into some programs that have the cut off average above what you have right now if you do well on their applications. AFAIK, waterloo places a lot of emphasis on the entrance application, perhaps as much as the gr 12 average, where as laurier/UofT care much less about the application. If you're into starcraft and stuff like that, waterloo has a really community and you'll make friends easily. | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On January 09 2010 11:37 AssuredVacancy wrote: Psh McGill>UofT any day. I don't think you have high enough average for McGill, so I can't give you any advice about it. But you can get into some programs that have the cut off average above what you have right now if you do well on their applications. AFAIK, waterloo places a lot of emphasis on the entrance application, perhaps as much as the gr 12 average, where as laurier/UofT care much less about the application. If you're into starcraft and stuff like that, waterloo has a really community and you'll make friends easily. You got to be kidding me. UofT gets almost twice as much money as McGill each year. | ||
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BloodyC0bbler
Canada7876 Posts
I have not been to either one of them as a school but lets go with what I know. Your applying for chemistry, a fairly heavy program in terms of work. Waterloo/Carleton/ottawa/mcmaster .should have fairly decent programs in the field. Waterloo is known to be a fairly good school for the sciences, It may not be the best school for chem, but it would be a decent one, it would also have a benefit of tons of TL members. Carleton I sadly don't know too much about aside from its supposed to be a decent university. McMaster and Ottawa will both have strong programs, Mcmaster I believe may have the stronger chem program of the two and is a fairly good school overall, except for the fact its in hamilton. Those 4 schools should be the only ones you look at, you should spend time researched the 4 of them, and figuring out exactly what you want out of school. Do not apply to laurier as its science programs are not going to be as good as waterloos. You would be better off waiting a year and reapplying than getting a degree from trent. | ||
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AssuredVacancy
United States1167 Posts
On January 09 2010 11:40 illu wrote: You got to be kidding me. UofT gets almost twice as much money as McGill each year. Research funds are not the end all to the quality of education or the studying environment. One factor that UofT receives so much funding is because of how much more kids they have in comparison to everyone else in canada. I considered accepting UofT, but taking premed in UofT seemed like it would kill my GPA, and from what I hear the interpersonal competition was really intense in UofT. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
Well the beauty of Canadian schools is that they are based far more heavily on grades and test scores than american schools. If you make the requirements you have a good shot of getting in. 2) If you attend any of these schools, what is the student life like? How would you rate your overall school experience? How are the residences? Is there lots to do in your spare time? How are the proff's? Class sizes? U of T. I haven't been here too long, but the experiences as far as I can tell are fine. If you like to party, there are parties all the time. The athletic center is nice. 3) Is there a point in applying to honours courses over non-honours courses? Are they MUCH harder to get into? I know they have less enrolment numbers and a higher needed grade average, but will that make a large difference when I am over the admission average by 5-10%? You don't need to apply to honors courses. You don't want to compete against higher GPA students. Picture this: The average entering High School GPA of ECE's at the UofT is a 92, so in order to make their average in University be a 70, all ECE tests are made harder. Do you want to be competing at this level? oh and my ban expired  This is my first post since then. | ||
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
On January 09 2010 11:40 illu wrote: You got to be kidding me. UofT gets almost twice as much money as McGill each year. yeah, but uoft probably has more than 2x the number of students. UofT is fucking huge and even the secondary campuses are bigger than the main campuses of many other unis. why shouldn't it require more money to continue operating? if uoft didn't get at least twice as much total money as everybody else it'd be pretty sad. what you need to look at is the per student funding that a school recieves; this is conviniently located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_universities_by_endowment#Endowments_per_student | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On January 09 2010 12:04 blue_arrow wrote: yeah, but uoft probably has more than 2x the number of students. UofT is fucking huge and even the secondary campuses are bigger than the main campuses of many other unis. why shouldn't it require more money to continue operating? if uoft didn't get at least twice as much total money as everybody else it'd be pretty sad. what you need to look at is the per student funding that a school recieves; this is conviniently located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_universities_by_endowment#Endowments_per_student Endowment per student still makes Toronto above McGill. I don't see the point. | ||
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Kingfisher
Canada144 Posts
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
On January 09 2010 12:35 illu wrote: Endowment per student still makes Toronto above McGill. I don't see the point. the point is you were asserting your point that uoft was better than mcgill cuz "uoft gets almost twice as much money as mcgill each year". i use this to prove your point to be invalid as uoft gets so much more money simply because it's that much bigger. to clarify the purpose behind my post, i have nothing against uoft and nothing on mcgill either, i don't go to either school and i dislike them equally as much. i'm just saying your provided argument on why uoft is better than mcgill is invalid. this is also why i said "what you need to look for" in my previous post and provided you with the correct argument that you could've used lol | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On January 09 2010 16:22 madnessman wrote: why aren't you applying to queens? I was thinking about Queens and UBC but I decided to stick to the US colleges/// What about Tokyo? >__< | ||
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nAi.PrOtOsS
Canada784 Posts
 I am not applying to UBC because I don't think I will get in :o | ||
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s_86
United States191 Posts
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
I've already lived and studied in Japan for 5 out of 17 years. I'll definitely miss Japan when I leave but I don't want to miss the whole US college education experience you know? @nAi.PrOtOsS: I'd think that with your average you'd be able to get in UBC... Right? | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On January 09 2010 17:42 madnessman wrote: I've already lived and studied in Japan for 5 out of 17 years. I'll definitely miss Japan when I leave but I don't want to miss the whole US college education experience you know? @nAi.PrOtOsS: I'd think that with your average you'd be able to get in UBC... Right? If you are referring to graduate school, Canada is not good unless you are a permanent resident of Canada. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On January 09 2010 17:42 madnessman wrote: I've already lived and studied in Japan for 5 out of 17 years. I'll definitely miss Japan when I leave but I don't want to miss the whole US college education experience you know? Wise choice. In general, western colleges are superior to the rest of the world, especially in the US and Britain, and Japanese colleges can be awful if you want analytic teaching (which one of the best parts about college.) | ||
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