<p>to leyton_reynolds:
I must say what you wrote was truly ignorant. I am going to U of T and I know that it is a prestigious school and one of the best in Canada. After applying to many schools in the US and visiting some, I realized that you can get a better education at ANY school in Canada over most schools in the US. So, to say that people in the US do not recognize these top schools (Western Ivy, U of T, Waterloo, etc.) and only recognize McGill is not only ignorant on your part, but also of the US culture itself. It says something about the US if they want to shut their eyes and only believe that their schools are the only schools that offer a good education. It says something if they ONLY recognize McGill (which I am sure they don’t). And it also says something if it true that Americans have no idea where Ontario is. What does it say? That Americans, if they act in the way you describe are completely ignorant to any culture but their own. And why should we cater to that at all? And believe me, Canadian students know where every state is in the US as well as the names of many of their schools.
By the way, U of T is a extremely prestigious school to attend. It is one of the top research universities in North America (2nd to Harvard) and many Prime Ministers, Governor Generals, and Nobel Prize winners have attended. To tell a student that they will not be recognized in the real world if they attend, is in my opinion, totally ignorant.</p>