<p>I have all my US schools that I’ve been accepted/waitlisted to sorted/figured out and ranked in terms of program strengths and what appeals to me [comparing them to one another]. </p>
<p>However, I’ve been accepted to all of my Canadian schools as well, and I applied to a lot of them not because I had an unlimited budget because I honest-to-god believed that I would not get anywhere due to my special status. Right now I’ve received pretty good scholarships from some of them, and I am waiting to hear back from the rest. In the end, a lot will depend on how much I receive [compared to packages from my US schools]. Really, what I am trying to get an opinion is people’s experience, or any sort of unique knowledge that they have on these schools in terms of life/research/program experience. Any sort of input is appereciated! (I am looking at biology/biochem(for most)/biomedical/and bio-eng major for one) :)</p>
<p>The list: [U. of Toronto, McGill, McMaster, Queen’s, U. of Waterloo]</p>
<p>It depends on what you want, really.
Are you willing to go to a really large school? If yes,then McGill/UT/Waterloo would be options for you.
If not, I`d say go for Queens. Queens offers the more typical American-campus life.
In terms of programs, if you want biomed, Queens/McGill are great. Waterloo and possibly UT leans more towards engineering.
But UT has the best research facilities (I think)…in terms of prestige, well, UT/Queens/McGill are pretty equal. </p>
<p>Like I said, it depends on what you want out of the next 4 yrs.</p>
<p>it’ll really depend on what deparment you applied to.</p>
<p>waterloo is famous for its applied computer science (yes applied!) because of their relation with microsoft. (the following is taken from a prof) rest of the deparments in waterloo are not so well recognized academically. However waterloo is in no way a bad school.</p>
<p>for engineering, I’d pick UT hands down. western ontario and queens both have awsome bussiness programs (or was it commerce? sry… wasnt an area I looked much into)</p>
<p>mcgill is a pretty good school overall, but i ahve no idea what their strengths are since it wasnt a school I was interested in. however its pretty well recognized as a canadian school (or. thats the general consensus from this board)</p>
<p>McGill is good if your future goals are medicine
Queens is excellent for research (the have something like a 50million dollar new chemistry building)
UT is also good for research but not as well recognized as Queens</p>
<p>PS I am a Canadian citizen and know a little more about the Canadian schools than the US ones!</p>
<p>Just don’t pick McMaster. I still regret just visiting Hamilton… The rest are all good choices, it simply depends on the kind of environment you prefer (big/small university, big/small city, subtropical or tropical climate ;), civilized or not civilized legal drinking age/bar closing time)…</p>
<p>haha Hamilton aka. metal city. I hated it too (we had to spent the night at it’s … ehem ghettos), but for some reason Mc’ appealed to me, may be it’s because of their friendly and helpful admissions officers. :p</p>
<p>does anyone know if St. Francis Xavier or Western ontario might be good?
also what schools on can. offer the “liberal arts” school type of program?</p>