<p>I don’t remember any specifics as this was a while ago, but when I was surveying Canadian universities around summer of last year I remembered writing them off as too expensive. Canadian citizens pay very little for them, but international students get to bend over (figuratively speaking) when it comes to paying. Of course, it’s like that with all schools to which one applies as a foreigner, but to me the Canadian offerings were not prestigious enough warrant the high price tag. Except UBC, since they have an on campus nude beach or something, from what I’ve heard.</p>
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<p>To an extent. I don’t think any committee would excuse grades such as Newby is proposing.</p>
<p>British Schools (besides Oxbridge and LSE which are still only 25000USD for tuition, room and board, and trasportation) are still much cheaper. Usually everything is 17000USD</p>
<p>As a Canadian citizen, I think Canada is a great place to live. I think people are much more open-minded here and are nicer in general. I also think people should not immeadiately judge Canada especially if they have never been there themselves. As for the snow, enjoy it!! Try something you’ve never done before like skiing, tobaganning, snowboarding, snowball fights etc… CANADA IS AN AMAZING COUNTRY!!!</p>
<p>I think Canada’s great too, but a lot of people are still wary of sending their kids overseas anywhere, even Canada. A lot of guidance counselors also don’t encourage international schools because, for the most part, they don’t know much about them. Also, British schools do end up being cheaper because you get your degree in 3 years…at least the English U’s. Scottish ones, I know, are for 4 years and do tend to be expensive.</p>
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<p>Haha. This really reminds me of that Britney Spears comment.</p>
<p>“I think Canada is a great place to live. I think people are much more open-minded here and are nicer in general.”</p>
<p>I’ve been living in Canada, specifically Toronto for approximately 12 years, and I totally disagree with that assesment. Ppl here in Canada like to think they’re open minded, and more polite, but having lived in Toronto all my life, where we’re seen as being cosmopolitan and everything, I’m shocked by the abundance of racist, judgemental, and homophobic ppl in this city. Keep in mind, Toronto is seen as one of the most accepting place in Canada, so imagine how much worse it would be elsewhere. As an American I know people back home have problems with open mindedness and probably some problems with etiquette but at least we don’t live under a cloud of ignorance; we are fully aware of our problems and acknowledging is always the first step to solving.</p>
<p>I really, really, wanted to attend a college in Canada but very few have softball and I want to play.</p>
<p>“As a Canadian citizen, I think Canada is a great place to live. I think people are much more open-minded here and are nicer in general. I also think people should not immeadiately judge Canada especially if they have never been there themselves. As for the snow, enjoy it!! Try something you’ve never done before like skiing, tobaganning, snowboarding, snowball fights etc… CANADA IS AN AMAZING COUNTRY!!!”</p>
<p>Totally concur. Plus cities like Vancouver have always been rated among the top 3 most suitable places to live in the world by the UN.</p>
<p>What justifies a ‘suitable place to live’? I think that’s a broad statement for a subjective topic.</p>
<p>If you live in California, you know much about those schools as the ones in South Africa. Plus its cold.</p>
<p>In my college search, I considered schools in the U.K and Germany, but I just never came across any Canadian schools. I come from a city on the US-Mexico border with a mutlicultural environment, which consists of people with differing views and beliefs. Its ridiculous to generalize that “most americans” are narrow minded. I know of students from my school that have applied to universities in the U.K., France, Japan, and Mexico.</p>
<p>Honestly, if my counselor or someone told me about some of Canada’s universities I might be interested, but I simply never knew of them and had no incentive to do so.</p>
<p>sorry, excuse my writing there, i said anything above 70 will be rare, i was refering to the Average!
and there is the average being around 65-69 (almost all except very few courses) This is the fact! i can even show you my transcript (it’ll show the average. adn you’ll see what the average is exactly C or C+, on my transcript there is one average that’s B- but that course is not that good. </p>
<p>and as for the comment about grad schools looking at rigor of undergrad school, i think that’s misleading. the committee will review the courses to see if they are rigorous, but whether you graduate from York/UofT/UBC/western makes no difference!</p>
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There isn’t actual racism that i have seen of, basically just some name calling, joking around, nothing extreme. Like if you were a minority, it’s not like you’ll be at a disadvantage in getting a job. yes people are judgemental, but it’s like that everywhere! i am sure you judge people too by the way they dress and act. Even in other parts of Canada it’s pretty alright. I think situation might be worst in parts of the US. Canada is very very very friendly!</p>
<p>I’d never even consider it. We have an EFC of zero. Why would son choose a safety that would cost him more because it was in another country? Eeee, no.</p>
<p>If you have an efc of zero and get into a full need school and the $ rolls in, that makes sense. But if you’re paying the bulk of tuition and other costs elsewhere, McGill and other Canadians are excellent, affordable options.</p>
<p>US colleges are the best…an average US college is tonnes better than an average European college even, what to say of Canadian universities…</p>
<p>Based on what evidence?</p>
<p>Global world rankings of colleges… see Times Higher Education Supplement, for example. And I know most Indian students wouldn’t bother even with UK colleges. I saw a recent ranking of computer science programmes (forgot the reference), and only US colleges were in the top 10.</p>
<p>UK Colleges do suck. I mean psh Oxford and Cambridge only came in what top 5 in Times Higher Education?</p>
<p>(put out by their graduates)</p>