A Canadian's chances at top US engineering schools?

[you_of_eh]

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you_of, was it not you that stated that you go to college to get a degree in order to get a job and not to learn the material? - that learning is second fiddle as long as you just get that degree?

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<p>I did not say that. I said IMO the majority of University students are there to get the degree necessary to start their career more so then they are there to simply “learn”. That does not mean I think that is the way it should be. That does not mean I don’t think learning is important. That does not mean I believe students only go to University to get a degree. Please stop “quoting” me if you can’t comprehend basic sentences, it’s very frustrating.</p>

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was it not you that stated that a student at a lowly ranked University would learn the same as one at a top ranked university with the top professors in the world, the brightest students in the world and the top resources in the world?

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<p>Once again, you pulled that out of your ass. You stated someone will learn more at a higher ranked University taking first year undergrad classes than they would at a lower ranked one. The same student. I said I don’t necessarily believe that and challenged you to give me reasons why the typical student would learn more at a higher ranked University. You have yet to give me those reasons. </p>

<p>Say the class is calc 2. IMO having a world renowned mathematician teaching you in a fancy lecture theatre on a beautiful campus along side a bunch of academically driven kids doesn’t mean you will learn more about calc 2 than if you were studying on your own at home. Will someone at MIT learn more about calc 2 than someone at a small community college? Probably. Why? Because the person at MIT is most likely smarter or at least a lot more driven to learn than the person in community college, and probably has a better math foundation to build on. But if you take the same guy I don’t think he learns more simply because he is sitting inside an MIT lecture theater along side a pile of smart kids listening to a successful mathematician teach the exact same concepts. I’ve actually found generally the more skilled the mathematician the worse they are at actually teaching basic math. Although I do believe as the subjects become more advanced, the typical student would benefit a lot more with skilled profs and top of the line resources available.</p>

<p>In that original thread you were taking my words out of context and twisting them around so much I just gave up arguing because I actually believed you didn’t understand English. Now that I’ve read more of your posts I see that you actually do seem to have a working knowledge of the language. So I can only conclude you are simply dumb.</p>

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<p>you<em>of</em>eh, re: post #21</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12071245-post21.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12071245-post21.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>are you serious?</p>

<p>I tell you what - I will give you until Monday to review what you wrote and adjust it, otherwise I will respond in full by tomorrow night…</p>

<p>take your time</p>

[thermo1]

<p>this seems really far away but do you intend on going to grad school?</p>

<p>I went to a Canadian school for engineering, its a lower ranked school than UofA. Pretty much everyone in my class has a job so thats not of a concern. If you’re looking at grad school you can definately get into a top US school from UofA as long as you’re ranked in the top 5%-ish in your class. </p>

<p>The reason for that is the NSERC graduate scholarships. If you get one, then you’re pretty much set to go to the states because the Profs don’t have to pay you as much out of their own pockets. I was admitted into a top 5 US school because I had this scholarship. I had lower HS grades and you and went to a lower ranked canadian school than UofA.</p>