What University should I chose?

ARandomGuyyy
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:10:14 +0000

Hey. So I just started researching about my college choices and I wanted you guys to tell me everything you knew about these universities and also give me your opinions on where I should go and why.

I am majoring in COMPUTER ENGINEERING

So I have to chose between:
McGill Univeristy (waiting for a reply from waterloo but I think I prefer McGill)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Illinois Institute of Technology (if they accept my appeal and give me more aid)

I’ve compiled a small list of bad comments I’ve encountered while researching on these schools and I also have a few questions

McGill

For now I am leaning more towards McGill but a few cons that have come up on almost every post about McGill is the large class size, how difficult the coursework is and how independent McGill wants you to be (like they don't help you with course to choose, advice about majors/minors, internships etc...). How big of a problem is this? Do class sizes get smaller I time passes? Are professors friendly and open for office hours? and is the coursework manageable? considering I'm mostly a A student.

I'm doing the British A Level program. So how many years is the computer engineering course?

Is it easy to get a job on campus?

Are there online classes? I hope not...

would I be able to endure the weather? Are there good weather days in the summer for example where I can just go out in a tank top?

I don't know how to describe this but is the campus one big compound or are the buildings scattered around downtown Montreal with public roads passing through the school?

I heard classes start at 8:30 am. Is this true? or can I make my own schedule and say, have all my classes start at 11 am.

How are the residence halls? How many people share a bathroom?

Are there courses that I might be forced to take? like Canadian history or something

Do I write my exams before the christmas breaks? and like American schools, do I take different classes each semester so forgetting what I learned after finals is not a problem?

Canadian schools have less endowment that US school so how are the facilities. Will I get enough hands on experience? how are the labs etc...

How's the campus life? partying, going out, activities, clubs etc..?

What companies recruit on campus = Would you say McGIll education is equivalent to UI Urbana Champain, Purdue undergrad?

Cons of Worcester:

Very nerdy school, very bad boy - girl ratio

I hear Dorms are single sex, 1 bathroom per floor and in the middle of the hall ways, no common rooms…

I hear I am forced to take a humanities courses each term

There are four 7 week terms. Does this mean I write final exams 4 four times a year? and are there mid term exams?

Cafeteria has restricted food choices and closes very early

I hear it’s not safe, with reported on campus killings

How are the facilities

How’s the campus life?

Which uni is more prestigious between WPI and McGill?

Are the average starting salaries at WPI higher than at McGill?

I know this is a lot to answering, but you don’t have to answer everything. Just answer what you can and give me an opinion on where I should go. I haven’t started my research on IIT and I don’t think they will give me more scholarship.