Canadian universities

[Anonymous]

Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

[Anonymous]

McGill is a very sink-or-swim kind of place. Great for a mature, self-motivated student. But many students get lost in the mix, for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

Hello?
No, this is totally off the wall, crazy eyes, wrong. Many colleges can accommodate their students for the full 4 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With all the colleges in this country, why Canada? Just curious, not being snarky.

Makes it easier to immigrate there.

"emigrate"

No, the kid would emigrate from the U.S. but would immigrate to Canada.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With all the colleges in this country, why Canada? Just curious, not being snarky.

Makes it easier to immigrate there.

"emigrate"

No, the kid would emigrate from the U.S. but would immigrate to Canada.

NP. So either word would work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With all the colleges in this country, why Canada? Just curious, not being snarky.

Makes it easier to immigrate there.

"emigrate"

No, the kid would emigrate from the U.S. but would immigrate to Canada.

NP. So either word would work.

"Emigrate" isn't wrong, but "immigrate" is better because the destination is specified in the sentence and the origin is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

All those extras that have nothing to do with education and training are why college is so expensive in US compared to European countries. I went to college in EU and admitted to highly ranked grad school (Bio PhD) in US. The first year of grad school was more like the US college we see in the movies than my entire college experience in EU. As an outsider, the US college seems more like a resort (gym, activities, boarding, clubs) with a side dish of education…but l understand the appeal. It always seems strange to me when people go “visit the college campus”…it feels to me like you’re checking out a vacation destination….it seems like Canadian Universities are much more like say UK than US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

All those extras that have nothing to do with education and training are why college is so expensive in US compared to European countries. I went to college in EU and admitted to highly ranked grad school (Bio PhD) in US. The first year of grad school was more like the US college we see in the movies than my entire college experience in EU. As an outsider, the US college seems more like a resort (gym, activities, boarding, clubs) with a side dish of education…but l understand the appeal. It always seems strange to me when people go “visit the college campus”…it feels to me like you’re checking out a vacation destination….it seems like Canadian Universities are much more like say UK than US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

All those extras that have nothing to do with education and training are why college is so expensive in US compared to European countries. I went to college in EU and admitted to highly ranked grad school (Bio PhD) in US. The first year of grad school was more like the US college we see in the movies than my entire college experience in EU. As an outsider, the US college seems more like a resort (gym, activities, boarding, clubs) with a side dish of education…but l understand the appeal. It always seems strange to me when people go “visit the college campus”…it feels to me like you’re checking out a vacation destination….it seems like Canadian Universities are much more like say UK than US.

Ive lived in Europe, and you’re right PP. But you’re never going to convince Americans that our system is wrong or needs changing or that we should want otherwise. What is overwhelming and over the top to you is our rite of passage entrenched into our society by every Hollywood movie ever. Living here, you know this. And it’s why 9.5 out of 10 American students would rather go to an American Top 50 than Toronto or McGill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

All those extras that have nothing to do with education and training are why college is so expensive in US compared to European countries. I went to college in EU and admitted to highly ranked grad school (Bio PhD) in US. The first year of grad school was more like the US college we see in the movies than my entire college experience in EU. As an outsider, the US college seems more like a resort (gym, activities, boarding, clubs) with a side dish of education…but l understand the appeal. It always seems strange to me when people go “visit the college campus”…it feels to me like you’re checking out a vacation destination….it seems like Canadian Universities are much more like say UK than US.

Ive lived in Europe, and you’re right PP. But you’re never going to convince Americans that our system is wrong or needs changing or that we should want otherwise. What is overwhelming and over the top to you is our rite of passage entrenched into our society by every Hollywood movie ever. Living here, you know this. And it’s why 9.5 out of 10 American students would rather go to an American Top 50 than Toronto or McGill

Where are you getting your statistics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

All those extras that have nothing to do with education and training are why college is so expensive in US compared to European countries. I went to college in EU and admitted to highly ranked grad school (Bio PhD) in US. The first year of grad school was more like the US college we see in the movies than my entire college experience in EU. As an outsider, the US college seems more like a resort (gym, activities, boarding, clubs) with a side dish of education…but l understand the appeal. It always seems strange to me when people go “visit the college campus”…it feels to me like you’re checking out a vacation destination….it seems like Canadian Universities are much more like say UK than US.

Ive lived in Europe, and you’re right PP. But you’re never going to convince Americans that our system is wrong or needs changing or that we should want otherwise. What is overwhelming and over the top to you is our rite of passage entrenched into our society by every Hollywood movie ever. Living here, you know this. And it’s why 9.5 out of 10 American students would rather go to an American Top 50 than Toronto or McGill

Where are you getting your statistics?

I sent an inquiry via telegram and this is the data that the homing pigeons came back with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

All those extras that have nothing to do with education and training are why college is so expensive in US compared to European countries. I went to college in EU and admitted to highly ranked grad school (Bio PhD) in US. The first year of grad school was more like the US college we see in the movies than my entire college experience in EU. As an outsider, the US college seems more like a resort (gym, activities, boarding, clubs) with a side dish of education…but l understand the appeal. It always seems strange to me when people go “visit the college campus”…it feels to me like you’re checking out a vacation destination….it seems like Canadian Universities are much more like say UK than US.

Ive lived in Europe, and you’re right PP. But you’re never going to convince Americans that our system is wrong or needs changing or that we should want otherwise. What is overwhelming and over the top to you is our rite of passage entrenched into our society by every Hollywood movie ever. Living here, you know this. And it’s why 9.5 out of 10 American students would rather go to an American Top 50 than Toronto or McGill

Where are you getting your statistics?

I sent an inquiry via telegram and this is the data that the homing pigeons came back with.

ah ok and are you still wearing your aluminum foil hat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Canadian universities are huge and offer a very different student experience than US schools. Very little on campus housing, nonexistent school spirit and scarce resources.

All those extras that have nothing to do with education and training are why college is so expensive in US compared to European countries. I went to college in EU and admitted to highly ranked grad school (Bio PhD) in US. The first year of grad school was more like the US college we see in the movies than my entire college experience in EU. As an outsider, the US college seems more like a resort (gym, activities, boarding, clubs) with a side dish of education…but l understand the appeal. It always seems strange to me when people go “visit the college campus”…it feels to me like you’re checking out a vacation destination….it seems like Canadian Universities are much more like say UK than US.

Ive lived in Europe, and you’re right PP. But you’re never going to convince Americans that our system is wrong or needs changing or that we should want otherwise. What is overwhelming and over the top to you is our rite of passage entrenched into our society by every Hollywood movie ever. Living here, you know this. And it’s why 9.5 out of 10 American students would rather go to an American Top 50 than Toronto or McGill

I totally understand the appeal. Heck, l loved my first year of “college campus life” as a grad student ( it got more business-like after that first year when we had classes and on-campus housing). I only wanted to highlight how different the experience is, and how it’s not necessarily worse. Students all over the world become successful professional w/o the US-style college experience. The fact that the application process and costs are different reflects the fact that the experience once admitted is also different. It’s great to have the opportunity to choose.

[Anonymous]

Anyone who went to undergrad care to comment on the experience? My DC has applied to a few. Is it basically like going to a large state school with fewer support services?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huge. Impersonal. Second rate. Including McGill. Google McGill underfunded.

The first two adjectives definitely don't apply to every Canadian school, and I don't know if the second one applies to any school. "Second rate" compared to which universities?

What's your source? I'm not trying to be rude, just wondering.