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I have a friend at Guelph and she loves it. The residence space is SHIT though. I've been there myself and your room is extrememly small. I guess that's to be expected with most residences though...unless you come to Wilfrid Laurier in Brantford where the residences are like bachelor pads. *plug* But then you'd have to study Contemporary Studies or want to take some kind of teaching program.
I dunno...I would say to take some time out and drive around to the places you're interested in. Sometimes actually seeing the facilities really makes a difference.
I dunno...I would say to take some time out and drive around to the places you're interested in. Sometimes actually seeing the facilities really makes a difference.
Hey, there is nothing wrong with hands-on schools. You get more experience that way and actually learn things you can apply instead of just filling your head with facts. Then again, I graduated from Mohawk College with a General Arts and Sciences diploma. And now I'm in university. Hoo-ha! My market value will be through the roof! Probably not, but one can hope.
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Ry Hi is a good school based one what program ur gonna take really, the campus is really small though.
I attend Ryerson University (going into second year) for ITM and I think it is a decent place. It WAS a college about ten years ago but no longer. However, I have to say that some classes are for retards; their material are so easy that if anyone takes their time to read will be able to ace (or close to) their exams. Or are all University material like this? This is the only University I've taken so I can't compare. Give it a try.
Trust me, if you CAN get into a good University, don't bother going to a college. Having some college listed in your resume doesn't make a difference. In fact, it might actually look worse.neptunes said:yeah, I was also planning to attend both college and university in hopes that it would increase my market value(as alucard would say)
theory + practical = WIN
beerbelly, I think that's most universities. Seriously, post-secondary education is not designed for people to fail. It's to give them the credentials they need so they can fit into society and hop aboard the capitalist train. As long as you do your readings and keep on top of your homework, as well as put in a bit of actual effort into your assignments, then there is no reason for your marks to dip below that magical 80%. Of course, there are classes which ARE actually rather difficult and totally frustrate you to no end, and those are the ones where you should be focusing the majority of your efforts. For me, that class was intro to psychology. My God, it was more biology than anything else and I could care less about what every part of my inner ear is called.
Winged Creature
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Ry Hi is a nick name that students there give it, cause its so small they make fun of it and say its like a high school thus u have Ry Hi, this is what my friend told me, i dont go there i go to York U
nomoment said:
Whaaaa? No way man. College is like the stepping stone into university if you play your cards right. And while you might argue that it might not look "good" on a resume, I can honestly say that I learned a lot of useful things during my 2 years in college and actually evolved in the way I look at the world and attack various problems. With that in my background I totally felt like I was a step-up on everyone else in university.
neptunes said:
Contemporary Studies. It's kind of like a multi-discipline course. I'm going for my honours and am then going to try to attend a place that offers a masters program in it. Basically, I'm taking a lot of courses that look at the various aspects of modern society. Things such as religion in the media, popular culture, various politics courses, and even some history are all incorporated into it. I'm still not quite sure what I'm going to do with my degree and how I can apply it, but I'm pretty sure that if I do get my masters then I can just go back to college and become an instructor.
My real plan is to finish university and then travel abroad to Japan where I can teach English for a year or so. It sounds good in my head, but I'll see what actually happens.
I don't disagree. Some people might prefer using to college to 'step into' University, but some many prefer to take on the University experience immediately. But, most colleges are much like High School II. Most people who want to take the next logical step in their education careers most likely won't want to do the whole high school thing again... the challenge of entering University directly is a unique experience in itself -- I definitely had a lot to learn (and learn it quickly) during my freshman year of University -- that's something a college student would never get to experience, wouldn't you agree?Alucard said:
The 'direct-to-University' experience will help you, once you graduate. Because in the real-world, there aren't many 'stepping-stones.'
nomoment said:
While I definitely agree that going to college right after high school feels more natural than jumping into university, I still think you're not giving college enough credit.
The courses I took in first year university were practically at the exact same difficulty as those I took in my first year of college, sometimes even easier. Sociology doesn't change no matter where you attend. Psychology is also quite similar, although far more technical at the university level. I think that both are a challenge but if I was someone who wasn't quite sure if I was ready for university, then college would become a viable option. Is it high school part 2? Well, yes and no. Yes, there are still dumbasses and even cliques that form between classmates. But so much of the material is new and so much of what you learn you can actually APPLY to real life and the way you look at things. Don't get me wrong, I love university, but the 2 years I spent in college were not wasted ones. If you're ready for university right out of high school then more power to you. I had the grades to do it but I just didn't think I was ready for that road yet. Actually, I failed my first year of computer sciences, but that's another story altogether. Anyways, this post is getting too long so I'll stop right here.
I wish I could tell more in regards to how University of Guelph is and on exactly how Ryerson is (I go to UToronto), but I have a fairly good friend (and his brother) go to Ryerson, and from what they have told me, it is a fairly good place depending on which program to you into. Just in regards to their compsci program as that is the one part that I know most about, it is definetly quite good (as they have a very good mixture of both theory and practical work {plus their coop program is great}).
Well... everything but York. But here... I'm in St. George ^_^
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Carleton University:
There's a 95% chance you know absolutely no one at Carleton, and if you do,
they're probably your brother's best friend's girlfriend's cousin who you
don't really care about anyway. I bet all you've ever been told about
Carleton is "Don't go there!" Carleton is in Ottawa (you were thinking
Hamilton am i right?) and so its campus social life consists of dull keg
parties (they exist!) and AA meetings. For them Toronto is intimidating and
Quebec exponentially cooler, so they get their jollies by flouting their
Ottawness in front of all other Canadians. But being from Carleton ain't
all that bad. Sure they'll never wear their Univ sweater in front of
Waterloo kids, and yes sadly enough their most famous alumni is nobody's
favorite and strangely
regarded-as-unsuccessful-though-he-technically-is-succesful-actor/washed-up-comedian
Dan Acroyd. But hey Carleton kids get higher GPA's than those who go to
actual universitys. What's that mean? That means these bums will get your
seats in all the grad schools!
Lakehead University:
Quick fact: 99% of the general populus assumes that Lakehead must be in
somewhere called Lakehead. WRONG! It's in Thunder Bay. Go figure. It's new,
it's widely advertised on the TTC and its name is the model for meaningless
unappealing university names. But hey at least its not York! Lakehead is
the college of universities. It shouldn't even be on this list because
everyone who goes to Lakehead is really just planning on transferring once
they get their ass in gear and pull those marks up. Not much is known of
this particular location and so we shall refrain from mocking it too much
due to insufficient research. Well that and apathy which btw there is a lot
of on campus. However this much shall be said. Lakehead can be a place for
new beginnings and strangely enough this is one campus where the people
actually get along.
Laurentian University:
Farmers. The whole lot of you! Anyone who claims that Sudbury is the place
to be is in need of professional help. If you're not studying the wide
world of mining you really should not go here. And i mean REALLY. You
people are the definition of small town folk. But i'll bet ya two sheep and
a bushel of hay that ya'll are friendly as hell and we all know that people
skills account for 45% of moving up that corporate ladder. Or in your case,
someday those skills will get Betty Sue to hold on to that shaky wooden
ladder for ya when you're trying to keep those dang blasted pigeons from
nesting in your barn.
McMaster University:
Located in Dullsville aka Hamilton, you people have absolutely no social
life outside of your campus. Your world consists of shades of grey (much
like UTSC) yet you have a reputation for being the select few who can mix
academic and creative intelligence (much like York - gasp- i've actually
said something good about York!). You pretend to be part of Toronto when in
reality you weep every night because Torontonians regard you as lesser (and
so snub you) while the rest of Canada regards you as Torontonian (and so
hates you). Your grad schools have a great reputation and you can hold your
heads high in the company of people from all sorts of universities simply
because your system is so different that no one can really prove that
underlying suspicion that secretly you guys are getting away with having
easier courses.
Ryerson University:
If you know someone who goes to Ryerson you've probably heard the phrase
"But it IS a real university!" one too many times. Ok Ok we get it. Its a
university not a college. Give it a rest already! These people have a knack
for complaining. Well who can blame them when one in every three
Ryersonites you know is probably some sort of engineer or accountant. Those
guys actually do have a reason to b!tch. The rest of you should just admit
that in all other respects its still a college! You guys are St. George's
little brother. You look up to them and want to be as cool as them but you
know you never will be. What you suckers don't know is that your courses
actually are on par with those of St. George. Ryerson is the true scammer
of all the universities. How so? When you apply to Ryerson your odds of
acceptance are pretty damn high. But in second year your drop out rate is
phenomenal. Class sizes are usually reduced by more than 60%. This
university is smart. They get your money and then boot your ass out of
there. You guys get the workload of the 'real' universities but the
reputation of a college. Hmm on second thought maybe your whining is
actually well deserved venting for the many frustrations caused by your
sucky sucky situation.
Queens University:
Snobs. All of you. Nasty nasty snobs! Your snobbishness is solely a result
of the fact that you know your school is known on the international scale,
you know that people respect the name of Queens and that you must be a
pretty good all rounder to have gotten in. Hell even Anne of Green Gables
wanted to go here! Lets face it you guys are mostly rich, white kids. Not
that there's anything wrong with that. Even if you're not white, your
individual style is soon assimilated into the mass market style of
gino's/gina's. Right now Von Dutch is big and so are those trucker hats and
farmer plaid shirts. You have all them don't you? You do know how to party
it up. we must admit and for the most part you guys are ignorant of the
fact that the rest of us consider you snobs simply because we're so envious
of the fact that you actually get to go to Queens! Oh yeh and once you get
out of there the rest of us will STILL not want to talk to you!
Brock university
(The following is the original that was too good to be messed with):
Brock students cannot only walk and talk, they can grow beer guts too. your
friend will have seemed to have jacked their level of tolerance, where
their metabolism has slowed signifigantly. They talk in "jock lingo" and
seem to have contracted several STD's. They will compensate for not having
a football team by talking about their sensational rowing team whoo freakin
hoo.They may have contracted a third eye also from living in residences
bulit on top of a garbage dump.
UofT Erindale:
What the hell? Oh you mean the sauga campus? You have the reputation of
prestigious UofT, in a beautiful scenic setting and you get to avoid the
crazy commutes of downtowners and the ghetto styles of UTSC. Oh yeh and a
lot of you are brown. Power to you! This campus is friendly, academically
focused and respected. You guys are the 'nice friend' that no one really
wants to pick on yet no one really bothers getting to know too well. You're
not too funny or interesting either. You do your thing and thats that.
Carry on Sauga peeps carry on.
UofT Scarborough:
It's not a university. It's highschool in disguise. With an emphasis on the
crazy and exciting dating scene. (Sorry to rub it in Ryerson but hey things
will pick up for you guys eventually). Except maybe uglier. Strange but
true fact: The architectural style of UTSC is Brutalist Industrialist.
Translation? Its brutally ugly. The garden sculptures look like torture
devices, and the school resembles a converted prison. You can tell that U
of T gave this place the leftovers of the other campuses. Hell in some
spots you guys have cubicles in former closets! UTSC is notorious for its
ghetto reputation but is a school that truly has flavour. Its populus is
perhaps the single most multicultural campus of them all (although once
again lots of brown ppl here too). And for the most part they all get along
regardless of ethnicities. This may be the one university where
assimilation is virtually unheard of. The down side? Highschool
cliquishness thrives here and after a while seeing ENYCE and SEAN JOHN
every two seconds starts to wear a little thin.For gods sake ppl your 21
pull up your damn pants! Oh yeh and those cubicles seem to sustain a secret
graffiti dialogue culture that really should be studied. What the hell does
'Syndicate' mean anyway?? Stating the obvious: UTSC's secret insecurities
arise from the fact that academically they are NOTHING when compared to St.
George and they know it!
UofT St.George:
The REAL Uof T (and it IS U of T not UFT) These guys are the definition of
annoying smart asses. St. George's reputation for snobbishness rivals that
of Queens. Their class sizes have ballooned to the 1000's. At St. George
you're not a number, you're a decimal! This may be THE hardest campus of
them all and the most respected. Where UTSC bells marks up, St. George
consistently bells down. Why? Everyone here emerged from the womb with a
straight A report card in hand, a testament to the fact that they
were/are/will always be in the '90th percentile' of the general populus.
Now these suckers are pitted against eachother in a bloody fight to the
finish. Welcome to the real world smart asses, you ain't all perfect and
somebody has to get that 60! These guys are miserable (if they're passing),
especially if they're the severely isolated and chronically lonely, verging
on depression commuters. Commerce is full of Chinese kids who primarily
only talk in Mandarin/Cantonese and almost every other field is dominated
by white kids. And EVERYONE is seriously over caffeinated. Oh yeh, it's
also COMPETITIVE. Friendliness is interpreted as a sly method to get
someone's notes/syphon off their intelligence. And that irritating dwntwn
chique is alive and well, so don't be surprised to see some non-asian chick
in a kimono chatting about the plus side of communism with her friend in a
puffy pink formal organza dress (with heels of course). At heart
downtowners are embracers of all things and all people, but in order to see
that you'll have to get them to slow down and talk to you for two seconds
and lets face it, if they want to graduate from St. George they don't have
the time to do anything else but study!
University of Guelph:
Is it just me but doesn't guelph sound liek it should be a verb for
vomiting? Maybe its just me ... anyway you guys originally planned to be
vets but got screwed over when those bastards from Brock and Laurentian got
your seats because they had an easier time getting that high GPA. You have
great personalities. If you know what I mean. There's nothing to do in
guelph so rampant alcoholism is the norm. Guelph is the Bermuda Triangle of
universities. Most of you are here for reasons that you can't really
explain. None of you REALLY wanted to go here but then again none of you
really didn't either. The vast majority of you will graduate into fields
you never really wanted to go into to but end up doing jobs that you don't
altogether hate. If you had acquired the skills to make a single REAL
decision in your lifetime you probably wouldn't be here!
University of Ottawa:
(Original version says it all)
Your friend will stick up for their school where possible but secretly tell
you that they only came to Ottawa after they were rejected by their first,
second, third and fourth choices. Your
friend will visit Parliament Hill and protest whatever is being protested
because 'its fun' and because 'there's nothing better to do'. Weird side
trend: They either are French or speak French or plan on becoming/speaking
French.
University of Waterloo:
Waterlosers. Being the top school in Canada, Waterloo students are smug and
arrogant believing that they are the best around! Damn you all for being
right. Waterloosers have absolutely nothing to do all day but study. Well
that and booze it up. The transit system sucks as does the night life.
These guys come back to T.O. as often as possible to party it up. Oh yeh
and they are even snobbier than Queens and St. George! This campus is ruled
by Chinese peeps(in all things business) and by all those kids who you
never really thought were THAT smart in school b/c they were so damn quiet.
But if you're here for anything other than biomed, engineering and
accounting you need to get over yourself! It's not THAT good a school!
Trivia: the library was designed by Waterloo students and is currently
sinking into the ground b/c they forgot to account for the weight of the
books in the library. Way to go Waterlosers way to go!
University of Western Ontario:
It should just be called Western. It's not a university. It's Western. An
anomaly. A night club/ resort that somehow got mislabelled as a university.
Western doesn't count. Period. More so than the rest. At the other sucky
universities you're really going to college. Here you're not even going to
college, you're going to a non stop party. Your average intelligence is
actually decreasing. Students here carry backpacks full of beer and those
booze caps with the long straws attached. But hey there is justice in the
world. A degree from Western is worth less than that 2 4 ! Side Note: If
you're in business (post undergrad) the above doesn't apply to you at all.
University of Windsor:
Windsor? God I know absolutely nothing about Windsor. It's ok. I guess ...
maybe not. Located in the definition of Nowhere's ville Windsor has a
reputation for nothing. It may have been bombed to the ground a long time
ago and the rest of us would probably never find out for another 6 or 7
years. Oh yeh everyone knows some (distantly usually) that goes to Windsor.
Wilfred Laurier University:
You hate Waterloo with a passion. And they look down on you from on high
with grinning contempt. You have a fancy name but no solid reputation to
back up that name with. Sorry from this point on the best you guys will
ever be is second best. "Your friend will come back depressed because their
attempts to mingle with Waterloo students were unsuccessful. They may try
to marry a Computer Science or Engineering student from Waterloo because of
their infatuation with the school but will return home empty-handed. They
may consider suicide as a reasonable option. "
York University:
Saving the best for last. Where do we begin? If you can hold a fork you can
go to york. York Shmork. You all know the sayings, you bought the T-shirts.
York is the scapegoat for us all. Even Brock probably makes fun of York
(although you losers really shouldn't). A significant part of the univ
going ppl you know go here. York has a brilliant business program, and is
probably THE BEST university for a career in arts. But no one will ever
take it seriously. Why? Many reasons. Many many reasons. Firstly York
offered every kid at UofT, Waterloo and Mc Master 1000's + a car +human
sacrifices in an attempt to sway their decision. And it STILL didn't work!
At York every single day is fashion friday. The biggest fixture on campus
is not the library, not a cultural center, and no not even the athlethics
center. No the biggest fixture at york is the york pseudo mall. Are you
ferreal?? It's supposed to be a UNIVERSITY. Shop when you get home! Or at
least on the weekend! York's focus isn't on keeping up with academics, its
on keeping up with that latest fashion trend. The girls here are gorgeous,
the bling blinding and if I see another $1000 Louis Vuitton purse in my
face I will SCREAM.York is that kid who always got picked on, by the
cumulative group of every single other university in Canada. Face it
Yorkers, you guys may be alright but the rest of us bond over picking on
your sorry asses. So it ain't gonna stop anytime soon.
Quick Tip:Any insult to one's university can be quickly deflected with the
reply "Hey at least I don't go to YORK!"
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Carleton University:
There's a 95% chance you know absolutely no one at Carleton, and if you do,
they're probably your brother's best friend's girlfriend's cousin who you
don't really care about anyway. I bet all you've ever been told about
Carleton is "Don't go there!" Carleton is in Ottawa (you were thinking
Hamilton am i right?) and so its campus social life consists of dull keg
parties (they exist!) and AA meetings. For them Toronto is intimidating and
Quebec exponentially cooler, so they get their jollies by flouting their
Ottawness in front of all other Canadians. But being from Carleton ain't
all that bad. Sure they'll never wear their Univ sweater in front of
Waterloo kids, and yes sadly enough their most famous alumni is nobody's
favorite and strangely
regarded-as-unsuccessful-though-he-technically-is-succesful-actor/washed-up-comedian
Dan Acroyd. But hey Carleton kids get higher GPA's than those who go to
actual universitys. What's that mean? That means these bums will get your
seats in all the grad schools!
Lakehead University:
Quick fact: 99% of the general populus assumes that Lakehead must be in
somewhere called Lakehead. WRONG! It's in Thunder Bay. Go figure. It's new,
it's widely advertised on the TTC and its name is the model for meaningless
unappealing university names. But hey at least its not York! Lakehead is
the college of universities. It shouldn't even be on this list because
everyone who goes to Lakehead is really just planning on transferring once
they get their ass in gear and pull those marks up. Not much is known of
this particular location and so we shall refrain from mocking it too much
due to insufficient research. Well that and apathy which btw there is a lot
of on campus. However this much shall be said. Lakehead can be a place for
new beginnings and strangely enough this is one campus where the people
actually get along.
Laurentian University:
Farmers. The whole lot of you! Anyone who claims that Sudbury is the place
to be is in need of professional help. If you're not studying the wide
world of mining you really should not go here. And i mean REALLY. You
people are the definition of small town folk. But i'll bet ya two sheep and
a bushel of hay that ya'll are friendly as hell and we all know that people
skills account for 45% of moving up that corporate ladder. Or in your case,
someday those skills will get Betty Sue to hold on to that shaky wooden
ladder for ya when you're trying to keep those dang blasted pigeons from
nesting in your barn.
McMaster University:
Located in Dullsville aka Hamilton, you people have absolutely no social
life outside of your campus. Your world consists of shades of grey (much
like UTSC) yet you have a reputation for being the select few who can mix
academic and creative intelligence (much like York - gasp- i've actually
said something good about York!). You pretend to be part of Toronto when in
reality you weep every night because Torontonians regard you as lesser (and
so snub you) while the rest of Canada regards you as Torontonian (and so
hates you). Your grad schools have a great reputation and you can hold your
heads high in the company of people from all sorts of universities simply
because your system is so different that no one can really prove that
underlying suspicion that secretly you guys are getting away with having
easier courses.
Ryerson University:
If you know someone who goes to Ryerson you've probably heard the phrase
"But it IS a real university!" one too many times. Ok Ok we get it. Its a
university not a college. Give it a rest already! These people have a knack
for complaining. Well who can blame them when one in every three
Ryersonites you know is probably some sort of engineer or accountant. Those
guys actually do have a reason to b!tch. The rest of you should just admit
that in all other respects its still a college! You guys are St. George's
little brother. You look up to them and want to be as cool as them but you
know you never will be. What you suckers don't know is that your courses
actually are on par with those of St. George. Ryerson is the true scammer
of all the universities. How so? When you apply to Ryerson your odds of
acceptance are pretty damn high. But in second year your drop out rate is
phenomenal. Class sizes are usually reduced by more than 60%. This
university is smart. They get your money and then boot your ass out of
there. You guys get the workload of the 'real' universities but the
reputation of a college. Hmm on second thought maybe your whining is
actually well deserved venting for the many frustrations caused by your
sucky sucky situation.
Queens University:
Snobs. All of you. Nasty nasty snobs! Your snobbishness is solely a result
of the fact that you know your school is known on the international scale,
you know that people respect the name of Queens and that you must be a
pretty good all rounder to have gotten in. Hell even Anne of Green Gables
wanted to go here! Lets face it you guys are mostly rich, white kids. Not
that there's anything wrong with that. Even if you're not white, your
individual style is soon assimilated into the mass market style of
gino's/gina's. Right now Von Dutch is big and so are those trucker hats and
farmer plaid shirts. You have all them don't you? You do know how to party
it up. we must admit and for the most part you guys are ignorant of the
fact that the rest of us consider you snobs simply because we're so envious
of the fact that you actually get to go to Queens! Oh yeh and once you get
out of there the rest of us will STILL not want to talk to you!
Brock university
(The following is the original that was too good to be messed with):
Brock students cannot only walk and talk, they can grow beer guts too. your
friend will have seemed to have jacked their level of tolerance, where
their metabolism has slowed signifigantly. They talk in "jock lingo" and
seem to have contracted several STD's. They will compensate for not having
a football team by talking about their sensational rowing team whoo freakin
hoo.They may have contracted a third eye also from living in residences
bulit on top of a garbage dump.
UofT Erindale:
What the hell? Oh you mean the sauga campus? You have the reputation of
prestigious UofT, in a beautiful scenic setting and you get to avoid the
crazy commutes of downtowners and the ghetto styles of UTSC. Oh yeh and a
lot of you are brown. Power to you! This campus is friendly, academically
focused and respected. You guys are the 'nice friend' that no one really
wants to pick on yet no one really bothers getting to know too well. You're
not too funny or interesting either. You do your thing and thats that.
Carry on Sauga peeps carry on.
UofT Scarborough:
It's not a university. It's highschool in disguise. With an emphasis on the
crazy and exciting dating scene. (Sorry to rub it in Ryerson but hey things
will pick up for you guys eventually). Except maybe uglier. Strange but
true fact: The architectural style of UTSC is Brutalist Industrialist.
Translation? Its brutally ugly. The garden sculptures look like torture
devices, and the school resembles a converted prison. You can tell that U
of T gave this place the leftovers of the other campuses. Hell in some
spots you guys have cubicles in former closets! UTSC is notorious for its
ghetto reputation but is a school that truly has flavour. Its populus is
perhaps the single most multicultural campus of them all (although once
again lots of brown ppl here too). And for the most part they all get along
regardless of ethnicities. This may be the one university where
assimilation is virtually unheard of. The down side? Highschool
cliquishness thrives here and after a while seeing ENYCE and SEAN JOHN
every two seconds starts to wear a little thin.For gods sake ppl your 21
pull up your damn pants! Oh yeh and those cubicles seem to sustain a secret
graffiti dialogue culture that really should be studied. What the hell does
'Syndicate' mean anyway?? Stating the obvious: UTSC's secret insecurities
arise from the fact that academically they are NOTHING when compared to St.
George and they know it!
UofT St.George:
The REAL Uof T (and it IS U of T not UFT) These guys are the definition of
annoying smart asses. St. George's reputation for snobbishness rivals that
of Queens. Their class sizes have ballooned to the 1000's. At St. George
you're not a number, you're a decimal! This may be THE hardest campus of
them all and the most respected. Where UTSC bells marks up, St. George
consistently bells down. Why? Everyone here emerged from the womb with a
straight A report card in hand, a testament to the fact that they
were/are/will always be in the '90th percentile' of the general populus.
Now these suckers are pitted against eachother in a bloody fight to the
finish. Welcome to the real world smart asses, you ain't all perfect and
somebody has to get that 60! These guys are miserable (if they're passing),
especially if they're the severely isolated and chronically lonely, verging
on depression commuters. Commerce is full of Chinese kids who primarily
only talk in Mandarin/Cantonese and almost every other field is dominated
by white kids. And EVERYONE is seriously over caffeinated. Oh yeh, it's
also COMPETITIVE. Friendliness is interpreted as a sly method to get
someone's notes/syphon off their intelligence. And that irritating dwntwn
chique is alive and well, so don't be surprised to see some non-asian chick
in a kimono chatting about the plus side of communism with her friend in a
puffy pink formal organza dress (with heels of course). At heart
downtowners are embracers of all things and all people, but in order to see
that you'll have to get them to slow down and talk to you for two seconds
and lets face it, if they want to graduate from St. George they don't have
the time to do anything else but study!
University of Guelph:
Is it just me but doesn't guelph sound liek it should be a verb for
vomiting? Maybe its just me ... anyway you guys originally planned to be
vets but got screwed over when those bastards from Brock and Laurentian got
your seats because they had an easier time getting that high GPA. You have
great personalities. If you know what I mean. There's nothing to do in
guelph so rampant alcoholism is the norm. Guelph is the Bermuda Triangle of
universities. Most of you are here for reasons that you can't really
explain. None of you REALLY wanted to go here but then again none of you
really didn't either. The vast majority of you will graduate into fields
you never really wanted to go into to but end up doing jobs that you don't
altogether hate. If you had acquired the skills to make a single REAL
decision in your lifetime you probably wouldn't be here!
University of Ottawa:
(Original version says it all)
Your friend will stick up for their school where possible but secretly tell
you that they only came to Ottawa after they were rejected by their first,
second, third and fourth choices. Your
friend will visit Parliament Hill and protest whatever is being protested
because 'its fun' and because 'there's nothing better to do'. Weird side
trend: They either are French or speak French or plan on becoming/speaking
French.
University of Waterloo:
Waterlosers. Being the top school in Canada, Waterloo students are smug and
arrogant believing that they are the best around! Damn you all for being
right. Waterloosers have absolutely nothing to do all day but study. Well
that and booze it up. The transit system sucks as does the night life.
These guys come back to T.O. as often as possible to party it up. Oh yeh
and they are even snobbier than Queens and St. George! This campus is ruled
by Chinese peeps(in all things business) and by all those kids who you
never really thought were THAT smart in school b/c they were so damn quiet.
But if you're here for anything other than biomed, engineering and
accounting you need to get over yourself! It's not THAT good a school!
Trivia: the library was designed by Waterloo students and is currently
sinking into the ground b/c they forgot to account for the weight of the
books in the library. Way to go Waterlosers way to go!
University of Western Ontario:
It should just be called Western. It's not a university. It's Western. An
anomaly. A night club/ resort that somehow got mislabelled as a university.
Western doesn't count. Period. More so than the rest. At the other sucky
universities you're really going to college. Here you're not even going to
college, you're going to a non stop party. Your average intelligence is
actually decreasing. Students here carry backpacks full of beer and those
booze caps with the long straws attached. But hey there is justice in the
world. A degree from Western is worth less than that 2 4 ! Side Note: If
you're in business (post undergrad) the above doesn't apply to you at all.
University of Windsor:
Windsor? God I know absolutely nothing about Windsor. It's ok. I guess ...
maybe not. Located in the definition of Nowhere's ville Windsor has a
reputation for nothing. It may have been bombed to the ground a long time
ago and the rest of us would probably never find out for another 6 or 7
years. Oh yeh everyone knows some (distantly usually) that goes to Windsor.
Wilfred Laurier University:
You hate Waterloo with a passion. And they look down on you from on high
with grinning contempt. You have a fancy name but no solid reputation to
back up that name with. Sorry from this point on the best you guys will
ever be is second best. "Your friend will come back depressed because their
attempts to mingle with Waterloo students were unsuccessful. They may try
to marry a Computer Science or Engineering student from Waterloo because of
their infatuation with the school but will return home empty-handed. They
may consider suicide as a reasonable option. "
York University:
Saving the best for last. Where do we begin? If you can hold a fork you can
go to york. York Shmork. You all know the sayings, you bought the T-shirts.
York is the scapegoat for us all. Even Brock probably makes fun of York
(although you losers really shouldn't). A significant part of the univ
going ppl you know go here. York has a brilliant business program, and is
probably THE BEST university for a career in arts. But no one will ever
take it seriously. Why? Many reasons. Many many reasons. Firstly York
offered every kid at UofT, Waterloo and Mc Master 1000's + a car +human
sacrifices in an attempt to sway their decision. And it STILL didn't work!
At York every single day is fashion friday. The biggest fixture on campus
is not the library, not a cultural center, and no not even the athlethics
center. No the biggest fixture at york is the york pseudo mall. Are you
ferreal?? It's supposed to be a UNIVERSITY. Shop when you get home! Or at
least on the weekend! York's focus isn't on keeping up with academics, its
on keeping up with that latest fashion trend. The girls here are gorgeous,
the bling blinding and if I see another $1000 Louis Vuitton purse in my
face I will SCREAM.York is that kid who always got picked on, by the
cumulative group of every single other university in Canada. Face it
Yorkers, you guys may be alright but the rest of us bond over picking on
your sorry asses. So it ain't gonna stop anytime soon.
Quick Tip:Any insult to one's university can be quickly deflected with the
reply "Hey at least I don't go to YORK!"
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Wow, you're at St. George as well, Mugen? Which year and college?
Anyways, in response to that report of yours...I have a very good friend doing life sciences at York and though we do joke about him going there (like the "friends don't let friends go to York" tshirt and whatnot), that place has definetly improved by a lot. My sister went there as well, and she has fared off extremely well from all of it.
Again, I'd have to say it really depends on which program you wish to go into.
PS: If you enter Computer Science at UT St. George, be happy for whatever good looking ladies (and to some extent, guys) you see in your first week there. Because those are the last ones you'll be seeing there for a LONG, LOOONG time
Anyways, in response to that report of yours...I have a very good friend doing life sciences at York and though we do joke about him going there (like the "friends don't let friends go to York" tshirt and whatnot), that place has definetly improved by a lot. My sister went there as well, and she has fared off extremely well from all of it.
Again, I'd have to say it really depends on which program you wish to go into.
PS: If you enter Computer Science at UT St. George, be happy for whatever good looking ladies (and to some extent, guys) you see in your first week there. Because those are the last ones you'll be seeing there for a LONG, LOOONG time
BTMash said:
Sorry bro can't say... lol
BTMash said:PS: If you enter Computer Science at UT St. George, be happy for whatever good looking ladies you see in your first week there. Because those are the last ones you'll be seeing there for a LONG, LOOONG time
well... I'm in CS. And my classes are DESERTED with hot chicks. Well maybe there's 1 or 2 hot ones out of 100 in a lecture class! lol. The best part of my days is when I'm walking to get to my class. Yah, that's where the hot chicks are. Be thankful if you get to see someone decent in your lab/tut or lecture class.
Mugen said:Sorry bro can't say... lol
well... I'm in CS. And my classes are DESERTED with hot chicks. Well maybe there's 1 or 2 hot ones out of 100 in a lecture class! lol. The best part of my days is when I'm walking to get to my class. Yah, that's where the hot chicks are. Be thankful if you get to see someone decent in your lab/tut or lecture class.
you're st.george CS? I'm st.george CS
, at least for the summer.Any University is fine. I have friends that go to Western, Waterloo, UT, UBC, Queens, McMaster, WLU and McGill and they're all doing fine and like it a lot. If you're hardcore career minded then it's probably better to go to a more reputable school. Not because it's necessarily better or that you'll learn more (you probably won't) but because it actually HAS a reputation, and that's all that matters when it comes to getting hired.
Eh.. Guelph is one of the better Canadian Universties. My dad went there, my sister is going there... I went to Niagara College instead :-D
I know nothing of Ryerson... that said I was midly interested in going there back in High School, but my grades weren't good enough (or any University for that matter)
Heh, I'm at Niagara College right now, and after I graduate next year I'll prolly be going to University, my job market will be through the roof too! Considering I'm taking Computer Programming here at Niagara and then probably something at the opposite end of the Spectrum at University.
I know nothing of Ryerson... that said I was midly interested in going there back in High School, but my grades weren't good enough (or any University for that matter)
Heh, I'm at Niagara College right now, and after I graduate next year I'll prolly be going to University, my job market will be through the roof too! Considering I'm taking Computer Programming here at Niagara and then probably something at the opposite end of the Spectrum at University.
St. George, second year Anthropology + whatever minors are convenient for me. I didn't notice any particularly hot girls, but we'll see.
Anyway, most people seem to look down on Ryerson, but to me it sounds like pretty much every university out there, only with more bird courses. I think if you're a capable person it doesn't matter where you graduated from, but it helps to have graduated from a popular school.
Heads-up to St.George people: I'm taking the easiest course I've ever taken in my life, EAS202Y - Japan and the Internet. If you need an extra credit and an easy 3.0+ (provided you have basic university-level writing skills), jot the course code down and register next summer.
Edit: Oh, York U = HOTTEST GIRLS EVER. Goddamn. Can't walk ten feet without spotting a buxom beauty.
Anyway, most people seem to look down on Ryerson, but to me it sounds like pretty much every university out there, only with more bird courses. I think if you're a capable person it doesn't matter where you graduated from, but it helps to have graduated from a popular school.
Heads-up to St.George people: I'm taking the easiest course I've ever taken in my life, EAS202Y - Japan and the Internet. If you need an extra credit and an easy 3.0+ (provided you have basic university-level writing skills), jot the course code down and register next summer.
Edit: Oh, York U = HOTTEST GIRLS EVER. Goddamn. Can't walk ten feet without spotting a buxom beauty.
McLesterolBeast
Member
:lol
But seriously, given that you're in "contemporary studies", i can see why you'd get that impression.
There are retard-centric programs at most universities. If you aren't mentally retarded, then you should stay away from them. A general arts undeclared major degree (for example) is only marginally more valuable than a given diploma from a college. Both are accessible to retards in most universities. Neither will substantially increase in your earning potential. If the demand is out there, though, universities will provide it. There're a variety of reasons why university degrees have a higher demand than the value they add to one's earning potential. The status that a degree affords you (or lack thereof, if you dont have one) is extremely valuable to some. So is the "college experience". So is the fact that many have unrealistically high expectations, so they shoot for the stars, when they'd be far better off learning some trade (which makes pretty good money).
Then you've got the high end bachelor degrees (see rastex's software engineering), which could easily result in upwards of 6 figure income straight out of university. (which is extremely selective and probably not something most people are capable of completing)
Fuck you, I go to U of Windsor. We're known for our Computer Science (not so much since the boom crashed of course) and our Engineering, though the Chemistry and Biochemistry division is increasing a LOT as of recently. And at about $5000 a year for tuition, it's relatively cheap.
And Windsor is known for three things. Automaking, having the most strip clubs per capita in all of Canada, and Casinos. And yes, it's a very boring city, unless you really really like going to bars.
EDIT - didn't realize how old this post was. Sorry.
hmm, I wonder if that bump is acceptable, McLesterolBeast.
Ah well, I'll contribute.
I'm a UofT St. George snob. But I'm a history major, so there's still some humility there. Actually, a lot of humility
My gf goes to Ryerson for Social Work. She's serious about it, but says most of the people in her program are slackers. She says Ryerson definitely has a "High School" atmosphere in a lot of ways though.
Ah well, I'll contribute.
I'm a UofT St. George snob. But I'm a history major, so there's still some humility there. Actually, a lot of humility
My gf goes to Ryerson for Social Work. She's serious about it, but says most of the people in her program are slackers. She says Ryerson definitely has a "High School" atmosphere in a lot of ways though.
In the long run it doesn't really matter which school you go to as long as it offers a good program. I mean, you wouldn't go to Waterloo for arts would you?
I basically chose my university based on program and savings.
Oh and the UoT administration blows.. (and is cheap with scholarships)
I basically chose my university based on program and savings.
Oh and the UoT administration blows.. (and is cheap with scholarships)
No other Western students here ? How dissapointed, haha. I am in the business program here, and am applying to their business school, Ivey.
PS: Our Computer Science department is getting pretty reputable, and we own this SHARK NET thing, which is some sort of intranet among south western Ontario universities. OWNED !
PS: Our Computer Science department is getting pretty reputable, and we own this SHARK NET thing, which is some sort of intranet among south western Ontario universities. OWNED !
Depends on your univ/program I guess because god damn CS at UofT was harsh from the get go. They threw you in the deep end of the pool from the first course (which was easy for those who had programmed before, hell for those who hadn't) and most of the students drowned. And holy hell the work load never let up.
UofT is a great place overall (the name and reputation is great and pretty much deserved) but be warned of
a) Huge class sizes (the suburban campuses of Mississauga and Scarborough avoid this somewhat)
b) Huge slow beaureacracy, understandable but still damn annoying
c) really REALLY focused on post graduate studies. Undergrads get treated like grease for the mill to a large extent.
d) Almost none of the TA's speak comprehensible english. I've had some great ones but most I couldn't even understand.
McLesterolBeast
Member
Shit, i didnt even realize how old it was. I was searching for the "anyoen go to UW or laurier?" thread and i popped into this one, thinking it was on the front page.
I graduated from Ryerson University last year, and it's a good school. It's strong points are in Fashion, CompSci, Business and Journalism, while they are kind of 'okay' in other areas. There are some definite bird courses in the school though, such as a course on Las Vegas, and one for Carribean studies, heh. Overall, I think it's worth going to the school, since they seem to be getting more and more reputable as time goes on.
M3Freak
Banned
Ryerson rocks. I graduated from there in 2001 from AIM. Actually, I was there when the transition to ITM was made.
In any case, the fact that there is a lot of practical work is good - trust me. It will be plainly obvious to the people that are interviewing you when you look for your job.
In any case, the fact that there is a lot of practical work is good - trust me. It will be plainly obvious to the people that are interviewing you when you look for your job.
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