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I will be a new University Student and i was wondering what your thoughts were on what is important to have in a new Univesity/College?
Extra curricular activities? Sports, commitees, etc.
Places to eat? Coffee shops, actual restaurants, fast food, veagan/vegetarian/allergy friendly places?
Library size?
Environment? Friendly-easygoing-layed back-oreiented, loud-party-oriented, Quite-serious-Study-oriented etc.
Religious? place to worship, religious study groups, no religous affairs what do ever...etc.
Race/Age/Gender restrictions?
Size of classrooms?
Experience of Proff.s?
Tuition costs and residence living costs (availibitly, location, appearance)
Sororities, Fraternities?
Internet Access/Phone Access?
Parking?
School Spirit?
What is important to YOU?
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I don't know that you can choose just one aspect of post-secondary as most important. The programs themselves are critical... access to faculty... extra-curricular opportunities... it all matters. Personally... haha... I like the idea of having access to high-speed... I've been doing essays and projects for four years with dial-up... and it makes things incredibly difficult. </3
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It's important to have good study skills, as well as the ability to ask for help when you need it. I'm also going to be a first year and I feel that this year I am cracking down on myself with studying and assignments, and if I don't completely understand I ask someone and it makes it a lot easier on yourself. Also, when your involved in activities it helps you meet people, it gives you social skills, and allows you to meet a variety of different ethnic backgrounds. As well, you want to have small class sizes for more one on one time, the smaller the better I always say. Good luck next year 
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All universities are pretty similar in these regards, which is the reason I think you'll like wherever you go. Obviously, the larger universities are going to have more ECs to choose from, but you'll be able to find something that suits your interests wherever you go. Library size isn't very important. Religious groups/places you can find practically anywhere. You can expect smaller class sizes at smaller universities, but then again you can also expect fewer classes to choose from at smaller universities. Which do you prefer? Profs are, for the most part, hired as researchers, not lecturers. How good they are as researchers I'm sure is very loosely correlated with how good they are as lecturers. And I don't think you can say one school is able to recruit better lecturers than any other. Tuition is pretty much the same, so you can't really base your decision on that ground (although if you have a light wallet, you may not want to go somewhere like Acadia). School spirit you will find anywhere.
What I'd say is most important is the program, not the school. Does it suit your interests? Will you be able to take a lot of the courses that interest you? Are there other programs that interest you that you might end up having a greater interest in? Stuff like that...
Honours BMSc Double Major in Physiology and Medical Science UWO '09
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Raquel wrote:I will be a new University Student and i was wondering what your thoughts were on what is important to have in a new Univesity/College?
What is important to YOU? Good student space (both socializing and studying) is near the top of my list. Small class sizes also important to me, and accessibility of management/Deans, etc. I want to know that I will be heard if I have a concern.
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I want the school i go to to be well recognized so that any degrees i obtain will be useful.
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Moving on into an atmosphere that i feel is comfortable and exciting is important to me. I'm ready to start my life doing something i enjoy rather than something i am being forced to do.
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Moving on into an atmosphere that i feel is comfortable and exciting is important to me. I'm ready to start my life doing something i enjoy rather than something i am being forced to do.
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I'm ready for the next chapter in my life, I am graduating in 79 days and I am ready to move on to what comes next. I am looking forward to making new friends and getting closer to my dream of having my own chain of Book store Cafe's across Canada. I'm looking forward to getting out of this small town I live in and move into a large city. 
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Friends are so important. Meet as many people as you can!
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Being someone going into my last year of college in the fall, I think that the most important thing is probably balancing your life well. You will meet lots of new friends and be learning lots of new stuff (some interesting, some not so interesting!) and you'll be in a new environment, so the best thing is being able to balance all aspects of your life so you can keep growing and learning who YOU are.
You'll have lots of fun!
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Class sizes are definitely the most important to me. Having a personable experience is very comforting especially if you are new to post-secondary education. I have been at institutions with relatively small class sizes throughout my education when a lot of my friends were taking first year courses with a hundred other people in their classes. I definitely appreciate being able to ask questions and feeling like my professors are actually considering what I have to say when they're marking my work. I like to be known as a person, not just another number.
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The most important thing to our parents are so much different than the most important things to us. I personally like to check out the dorms first because that's probably where I'd spend most of my time. The food that I'd be able to get is important too! (I like food. ) I like small class sizes and more caring teachers (not like the U of T kind of settings of a few hundred people per class) The extra-curricular stuff doesn't bother me that much because every school has very similar stuff (and I can always make my own clubs if I can't find what I like at school  )
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Setting me up to get a high paying job afterwards.
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Uschi
Queen's '10
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Comfortable and easy environment, good onsite residence living, close enough to civilization when you need a grocery store, but far enough that theres no chaos, and of course good programs with good class sizes Well credited always helps The cafeteria food is going to suck... but there are kitchens to make and store your own food so it's all good. Should be some interesting experiences and friendships!
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