<p>I think ultimately people will excel in an environment that they want to. Some people prefer a very concentrated time at university where the focus is more on their subject and not taking a core curric. Others prefer to take a slightly longer time and test out more things. I think it also has to do with the education system you grew up with. While at Queen’s, I only had the option to take 5 electives for my whole 4 years there. That meant taking art history in my first and second semester and then chinese in my second year had basically already used all my electives up so I found that didn’t really work for me. Other people, wouldn’t need to use any of their electives. So it all depends what is right for the student.</p>