Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 12:19     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can send my children to top flight ranked Canadian universities that cost no more than $10K per year to attend. Compared to top 25 US universities they are easier to get into and much more diverse.



You sound like my annoying Canadian friend who made the exact same comment when visiting me. No one cares about what you think and I am amazed that you are posting here. Don't you have better things to do in Canada?


They really don't have anything better to do between October and May.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 12:15     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Canadians are the redneck cousins of the British.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 12:13     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
You got good maple syrup and decent hockey teams and good health care for all. You are all set sooo why are you on DCUM?
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 12:06     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:I can send my children to top flight ranked Canadian universities that cost no more than $10K per year to attend. Compared to top 25 US universities they are easier to get into and much more diverse.



You sound like my annoying Canadian friend who made the exact same comment when visiting me. No one cares about what you think and I am amazed that you are posting here. Don't you have better things to do in Canada?
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 12:01     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I work at one of the top ranked Canadian universities. We have many American students, mostly children of Canadians.

We previously didn't really consider them 'international students' in terms of programming since culturally they were so similar.

Now we do as the gun violence, school violence, immigration issues (and general Trump culture) means they come with different concerns and questions and cultural contexts than our domestic students. They need different supports and services as well. Many worry about the safety of their friends and family back in the USA.


Your negative stereotypes about American students is insulting. I feel sorry for students who come in contact with you.


I think that post was meant to be insulting.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:54     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You people seem to think college is just some prestige badge, which explains why some parents will cheat lie and commit fraud to get their kid into a "more prestigious" school.

Here is a novel thought: how about thinking of college as a place for your child to become more educated? By that measure, I doubt a Canadian degree is "worthless."

Your values are really twisted.


Canadians care far far less about prestige than Americans do. Canadian schools have fun rivalries but there isn't the same elitism or status attached as there is in the US. Canadian schools are more diverse and inclusive in their philosophical approach to education.

Degrees from Canadian Universities are accepted around the world. Our top schools typically rank in international rankings around the same as UCLA, Northwestern, Duke, UC Berkley, John Hopkins etc. We don't have an equivalent to Harvard / MIT / Standford / or Oxford / Cambridge in the UK - those are pretty equivalent to top US schools


Considering you can't even spell Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, and Stanford, I don't think your opinion on how elite Canadian schools are is very well-informed.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:49     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You people seem to think college is just some prestige badge, which explains why some parents will cheat lie and commit fraud to get their kid into a "more prestigious" school.

Here is a novel thought: how about thinking of college as a place for your child to become more educated? By that measure, I doubt a Canadian degree is "worthless."

Your values are really twisted.


Canadians care far far less about prestige than Americans do. Canadian schools have fun rivalries but there isn't the same elitism or status attached as there is in the US. Canadian schools are more diverse and inclusive in their philosophical approach to education.

Degrees from Canadian Universities are accepted around the world. Our top schools typically rank in international rankings around the same as UCLA, Northwestern, Duke, UC Berkley, John Hopkins etc. We don't have an equivalent to Harvard / MIT / Standford / or Oxford / Cambridge in the UK - those are pretty equivalent to top US schools

So everyone in your Canadian school is doing a PhD?
Because that what the international rankings are for. I laugh at the irony. You criticize rankings yet you also misuse these same rankings in a desperate effort to salvage the dignity of your Canadian schools.
Canadian schools are accepted just like any other random unknown school around the world. It is nothing special.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:41     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:You people seem to think college is just some prestige badge, which explains why some parents will cheat lie and commit fraud to get their kid into a "more prestigious" school.

Here is a novel thought: how about thinking of college as a place for your child to become more educated? By that measure, I doubt a Canadian degree is "worthless."

Your values are really twisted.


Canadians care far far less about prestige than Americans do. Canadian schools have fun rivalries but there isn't the same elitism or status attached as there is in the US. Canadian schools are more diverse and inclusive in their philosophical approach to education.

Degrees from Canadian Universities are accepted around the world. Our top schools typically rank in international rankings around the same as UCLA, Northwestern, Duke, UC Berkley, John Hopkins etc. We don't have an equivalent to Harvard / MIT / Standford / or Oxford / Cambridge in the UK - those are pretty equivalent to top US schools
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:35     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:I work at one of the top ranked Canadian universities. We have many American students, mostly children of Canadians.

We previously didn't really consider them 'international students' in terms of programming since culturally they were so similar.

Now we do as the gun violence, school violence, immigration issues (and general Trump culture) means they come with different concerns and questions and cultural contexts than our domestic students. They need different supports and services as well. Many worry about the safety of their friends and family back in the USA.


Your negative stereotypes about American students is insulting. I feel sorry for students who come in contact with you.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:34     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:I work at one of the top ranked Canadian universities. We have many American students, mostly children of Canadians.

We previously didn't really consider them 'international students' in terms of programming since culturally they were so similar.

Now we do as the gun violence, school violence, immigration issues (and general Trump culture) means they come with different concerns and questions and cultural contexts than our domestic students. They need different supports and services as well. Many worry about the safety of their friends and family back in the USA.




Please. I have several friends who attended Toronto and McGill from the US. The kids who go to the top Canadian Unis are similar to the university bound US population. They are not typically coming from violence-plagued areas, nor are they coming from Trump land. They are typically coming from safe, UMC, very liberal suburbs. Kids from Lincoln, MA and Scarsdale, NY do not need "different supports and services" nor are they worrying about the safety of their families in the USA.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:31     Subject: Re:I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Get a grip.

https://cwur.org/2018-19.php
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:27     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
And....why do you need to rub it in, OP?
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:26     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
You people seem to think college is just some prestige badge, which explains why some parents will cheat lie and commit fraud to get their kid into a "more prestigious" school.

Here is a novel thought: how about thinking of college as a place for your child to become more educated? By that measure, I doubt a Canadian degree is "worthless."

Your values are really twisted.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:26     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
I work at one of the top ranked Canadian universities. We have many American students, mostly children of Canadians.

We previously didn't really consider them 'international students' in terms of programming since culturally they were so similar.

Now we do as the gun violence, school violence, immigration issues (and general Trump culture) means they come with different concerns and questions and cultural contexts than our domestic students. They need different supports and services as well. Many worry about the safety of their friends and family back in the USA.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2019 11:22     Subject: I am so fortunate to be a Canadian citizen
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Toronto is the Harvard, not McGill.

Hah, no.
The only people who would believe that are the Chinese.




My DD was accepted to Toronto, McGill and UBC. Seriously considering Toronto. Toronto is widely know as the top university in Canada. I was chatting with a McGill grad last week and he referred to Toronto as the Harvard of Canada.


Note that no one calls Harvard "The Toronto of the US"

No one calls Toronto "The Harvard of Canada" either because the poster is lying of their ass.
It doesn't matter either way, Canadian schools are not prestigious in the US, so it's effectively a worthless degree unless they want to stay in Canada.