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bimmer35 wrote:I'm at Victoria for Commerce.
Looking forward to meeting new people! Yay! Another vic person =D
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Hey, I don't live in Canada so I'll be in residence for sure. I'm trying to chose between Life Sci at McMaster and Life Sci at U of T. I got accepted into Trinity. You guys seem to love U of T. Would anyone mind telling me why you'd choose U of T over McMaster? People say that if you're planning for MedSchool you might as well forget your social life, but I'd like to hang on to it for a while..  Is it more fun at either University? And would anyone happen to know which school gives you a better shot at MedSchool later? Thanks
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Justin9892 wrote:innis computer science! cya guys there CHYEA for Computer Science! ;) Are you in for rez, Justin?
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headstrong wrote:bimmer35 wrote:I'm at Victoria for Commerce.
Looking forward to meeting new people! Yay! Another vic person =D anuther vic here, goin for commerce !!
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Dove wrote:Justin9892 wrote:alright that sounds good, any of you guys staying in residence? im doing residence! i find out in 2-3 weeks if i got woodsworth..its the one i really want. how about the rest of you? headstrong: mmm yeh  half of my grade is going to york, and the other half is going to waterloo. and im in my corner worshipping UT : P I'm hoping for woodsworth, just filled in my application yesterday! Hope to see you there!! --Ishan
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rose89 wrote:Hey, I don't live in Canada so I'll be in residence for sure. I'm trying to chose between Life Sci at McMaster and Life Sci at U of T. I got accepted into Trinity. You guys seem to love U of T. Would anyone mind telling me why you'd choose U of T over McMaster? People say that if you're planning for MedSchool you might as well forget your social life, but I'd like to hang on to it for a while.. Is it more fun at either University? And would anyone happen to know which school gives you a better shot at MedSchool later? Thanks If you'd like to get into Med school AND have a life, you should go to Mcmaster, no questions asked. Actually, if you want to increase your chanes of getting into med school overall, Mac would be a better choince since it will be easier to get a better GPA (which you so desperately need to med school) than at UT.
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headstrong wrote:rose89 wrote:Hey, I don't live in Canada so I'll be in residence for sure. I'm trying to chose between Life Sci at McMaster and Life Sci at U of T. I got accepted into Trinity. You guys seem to love U of T. Would anyone mind telling me why you'd choose U of T over McMaster? People say that if you're planning for MedSchool you might as well forget your social life, but I'd like to hang on to it for a while.. Is it more fun at either University? And would anyone happen to know which school gives you a better shot at MedSchool later? Thanks If you'd like to get into Med school AND have a life, you should go to Mcmaster, no questions asked. Actually, if you want to increase your chanes of getting into med school overall, Mac would be a better choince since it will be easier to get a better GPA (which you so desperately need to med school) than at UT. I keep hearing that. That its insanely difficult to keep up a good gpa at U of T. Is it really? I mean I was talking to a Mac student and she told me that the courses aren't that different at all. Also I heard that in the end it doesn't really make a difference where you do undergrad as long as you keep your grades up. So say if I DID choose Mac over U of T, I know that U of T is the more prestigious school and its more recognized. So would it make that much of a difference? Does it count for more if you graduate from either school?
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rose89 wrote:
I keep hearing that.
That its insanely difficult to keep up a good gpa at U of T.
Is it really? I mean I was talking to a Mac student and she told me that the courses aren't that different at all.
Also I heard that in the end it doesn't really make a difference where you do undergrad as long as you keep your grades up. So say if I DID choose Mac over U of T, I know that U of T is the more prestigious school and its more recognized. So would it make that much of a difference? Does it count for more if you graduate from either school?
Well I can't tell you from personal experience since I'm still in high school but I've talked to a lot of my friends and my guidance counsellar did some research for me and found out that it is harder to get a stellar GPA at UTSG than it is Mac... like the mark you get in UT for certain amount of effort, you would get a higher mark at mac... that doesn't mean mac is easy, it's just easier. I'm not saying you shouldn't go to UT, it's a great school (since I'm going there  ) but just make sure you know what you're getting into. As for reputation, at the undergrad level it doesn't matter. I mean of course you wanna have back-ups in case med school doesn't work out or if you decide to do something entirely different but both Mac and UofT are prestigious as far as Canada is concerned. Of course, as you go international, UT becomes more recognized than Mac but reputation isn't everything. So, if you wanna go to Mac, don't be afraid to choose it just because of the rep. My friends there say it's a great school and has a definite community feel.
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ishan wrote:Dove wrote:Justin9892 wrote:alright that sounds good, any of you guys staying in residence? im doing residence! i find out in 2-3 weeks if i got woodsworth..its the one i really want. how about the rest of you? headstrong: mmm yeh half of my grade is going to york, and the other half is going to waterloo. and im in my corner worshipping UT : P I'm hoping for woodsworth, just filled in my application yesterday! Hope to see you there!! --Ishan
U of T SG - Computer Science '12 yayy another woodsworth =) im really worried i wont get the residence, how did you manage to finish your application the night they sent it out xD? i sent it in on the 24th. does anyone know what UT's frosh week is like?
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Dove wrote:
yayy another woodsworth =) im really worried i wont get the residence, how did you manage to finish your application the night they sent it out xD? i sent it in on the 24th.
does anyone know what UT's frosh week is like?
From what I've heard from friends, It's not amazing but it's not half-bad. Basically tons of asians running around so If you look from afar it seems like an all-asian school. Try to make as many friends as possible and learn some chinese swear words.
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scarboro wrote:Dove wrote:
yayy another woodsworth =) im really worried i wont get the residence, how did you manage to finish your application the night they sent it out xD? i sent it in on the 24th.
does anyone know what UT's frosh week is like?
From what I've heard from friends, It's not amazing but it's not half-bad. Basically tons of asians running around so If you look from afar it seems like an all-asian school. Try to make as many friends as possible and learn some chinese swear words. I wouldn't necessarily say that. Especially when commerce and arts rolls around, it's a pretty diverse group. I'm not sure what all the Frosh week's are like but engineering is freakin amazing and by far the best on campus... don't worry you'll see us around.. and don't even bother trying to steal the hardhats, we WILL beat you down 
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errr what hard hats T.T???
hey im kinda worried...i accepted my UT acceptance a week ago yesterday and i havent heard anything from them =/ is this bad? (i know this doesnt belong in this topic)
and and! who here is going to the woodsworth college thing this saturday =P and getting your Tcards this monday??????
=DDD. YAY UT!
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headstrong wrote:bimmer35 wrote:I'm at Victoria for Commerce.
Looking forward to meeting new people! Yay! Another vic person =D Wooooo VIC! is anyone going to the orientation thing on Saturday? i'll be coming from out of town... and i'm loving how everyone is fearing the asian populations, but by now i'd have to say i'm over it p.s. i'm the only one i know going to UofT as well, what's the deal with that?!?!
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Dove wrote:errr what hard hats T.T???
hey im kinda worried...i accepted my UT acceptance a week ago yesterday and i havent heard anything from them =/ is this bad? (i know this doesnt belong in this topic)
and and! who here is going to the woodsworth college thing this saturday =P and getting your Tcards this monday??????
=DDD. YAY UT! hard hats are an engineering thing don't worry you'll see enough during F!rosh week!
-University of Toronto Electrical Engineering 1T0!
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