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i have applied to five universities, and toured them all, in my opinion they all have a down side....i cant say that any of them are the best...at least not for me..i dont believe that their is one best university in canada, it all depends on the individual.
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heatherblair wrote:i have applied to five universities, and toured them all, in my opinion they all have a down side....i cant say that any of them are the best...at least not for me..i dont believe that their is one best university in canada, it all depends on the individual. I agree, there's a lot of good schools and they have their pros and cons... what were the 5 universities? What did/didn't you like about them?
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It obviously depends on how you define best but I'd say that U of S is pretty good from what I've heard. It seems like class sizes are relatively small but there are still the same advantages of the big universities. The only major downside is that it's in Saskatchewan (no offense to anyone that lives there but you have to admit the winter weather isn't the best).
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missvuitton wrote:Probs McGill... Queens???... Ottawa U
mostly schools back east
EXCEPT
UBC and SFU. why do you not like UBC and SFU? and aren't they on the west coast?
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Ryerson all the way!
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The University of Lethbridge is supposed to be awesome for those taking Education. I'm one of those people... lol... but a lot of decent teachers come from the U of L.
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U of T's bell curving method is horrible.
Therefore it's overrated
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So far I've been accpeted to two universities and U of O is looking the best.
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University of Toronto for sure!
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i would say guelph it was ranked #1 in canada in macleans 2007 magazine.
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indian_girl wrote:missvuitton wrote:Probs McGill... Queens???... Ottawa U
mostly schools back east
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UBC and SFU. why do you not like UBC and SFU? and aren't they on the west coast? i think she was saying that most schools that are pretty good are back east, except for ubc and sfu (who are on the west coast and good). i personally don't know if i'd agree with that (alberta has some very good universities)
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Kind of a random question: So where do most of the university-bound kids from the northern territories tend to go? ie nunavut, the yukon, Northwest territories...
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tmhlee wrote:Kind of a random question: So where do most of the university-bound kids from the northern territories tend to go? ie nunavut, the yukon, Northwest territories... First off, going to school anywhere is far (I think there are *some* programs allowing you to start a degree up north? or maybe it's just college level stuff). So while I would expect people to be more likely to study in cities accessible directly from Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Iqaluit, etc., while at the same time, while you've already had to fly, connecting to somewhere else isn't that big of a deal either.. Canadian North flies to Ottawa, Edmonton, and Calgary in the south from various locations in Nunavut and NWT; Air Canada flies to Vancouver from Whitehorse and Calgary and Edmonton from Yellowknife. It is possible to drive from Yellowknife or Whitehorse to places like U. Alberta or UNBC. But that's about 20 hours according to Google maps (Ottawa to Wolfville NS was about 15). And I suspect it's not a drive you'd want to do in winter. Iqaluit and most other Northern communities, well, you aren't driving anywhere, not even the next town.
 
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Diehard wrote:Ryerson all the way! Haha. i love Ryerson though tons of people dont give it the credit it deserves. give it 10 more years and it will be up there!! Personally i wanted to do my Masters at Western. Their business school is considered an ivey league school and its hard to get into.
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honey_b032 wrote:Diehard wrote:Ryerson all the way! Haha. i love Ryerson though tons of people dont give it the credit it deserves. give it 10 more years and it will be up there!! Personally i wanted to do my Masters at Western. Their business school is considered an ivey league school and its hard to get into. UWO's business school is not considered an Ivey League school. The Ivey League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. Their business school is just called the Richard Ivey School of Business. BTW, I think that Waterloo is the best. It is just 51 years old and it's already doing so well. I think that in about 15-25 years it will be on top.
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Waterloo has always been that somewhat hard and good school that only the whiz math and science kids went to at my school. That says something too.
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Waterloo with its Co-Op!!! Bill Gates comes once in a while to pick up the top students in Engineering, Math, Computer Science to Microsoft. He clearly mentioned that he would only come to Waterloo because of its talent and extensive Co-Op program!! 
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It seems like this thread has become a "what school do you attend or plan on attending?" thread, which I suppose makes sense: people tend to want to go to the university that they think is the best.
I personally think it is a dilemma: there is no one correct answer that everyone can be satisfied with, hence why this thread will never reach a consensus. Most of the universities stated thus far have benefits and drawbacks over all the other ones mentioned, which is how this thread started out. You really have to ask yourself why do I think so and so university is the best? Why aren't other ones better? If I think that university truly is the best, how come not everyone agrees?
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mynameismattgotmlgo wrote:It seems like this thread has become a "what school do you attend or plan on attending?" thread, which I suppose makes sense: people tend to want to go to the university that they think is the best.
I personally think it is a dilemma: there is no one correct answer that everyone can be satisfied with, hence why this thread will never reach a consensus. Most of the universities stated thus far have benefits and drawbacks over all the other ones mentioned, which is how this thread started out. You really have to ask yourself why do I think so and so university is the best? Why aren't other ones better? If I think that university truly is the best, how come not everyone agrees? Haha, You're totally right. But the intention of this thread wasn't to come down to one school and come to a consensus. Different schools are known to be good at different things and I wanted to see what people here thought about that and what their personal opinions were and why. Hmm. Maybe I'll do a little tally.
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Kaylya wrote:tmhlee wrote:Kind of a random question: So where do most of the university-bound kids from the northern territories tend to go? ie nunavut, the yukon, Northwest territories... First off, going to school anywhere is far (I think there are *some* programs allowing you to start a degree up north? or maybe it's just college level stuff). So while I would expect people to be more likely to study in cities accessible directly from Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Iqaluit, etc., while at the same time, while you've already had to fly, connecting to somewhere else isn't that big of a deal either.. Canadian North flies to Ottawa, Edmonton, and Calgary in the south from various locations in Nunavut and NWT; Air Canada flies to Vancouver from Whitehorse and Calgary and Edmonton from Yellowknife. It is possible to drive from Yellowknife or Whitehorse to places like U. Alberta or UNBC. But that's about 20 hours according to Google maps (Ottawa to Wolfville NS was about 15). And I suspect it's not a drive you'd want to do in winter. Iqaluit and most other Northern communities, well, you aren't driving anywhere, not even the next town. Kaylya you are the most informative person ever. Lol. Thanks.
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