<p>maybe i was too quick to judge, canadian patriotism, limited as it may be, is not completely unfounded. sorry to kitkattail. and i'm not saying lack of patriotism is what is deteriorating our education system either. I guess I'm just not that proud of canada myself.</p>
<p>yeah, I don't know about you guys, but all of my friends at school (in Ontario) are damn proud of being Canadian :)
Everytime I bring up the fact that I'm applying to the US for university, they all wrinkle their noses and make a comment about Bush :D</p>
<p>bush bashing again. what do they have against bush anyway. are they even half familiar with the us political system? Insulting bush in my opinion, is just canada's way of covering up insecurity.</p>
<p>yeah i'm Canadian citizen. columbia does give FA to Canadians. my friend got in ED.</p>
<p>Bush bashing is good. Keep it coming.</p>
<p>same here spiritedaway - i'm the only one of my friends applying to the US and while they are supportive, they are not to fond of the US</p>
<p>I'm applying to the US and even I wrinkle my own nose and bash Bush. ;)</p>
<p>haha. Bush Bashing. it's happening everywhere. not many of my friends know if I'm even applying or not. heh.</p>
<p>About research oppurtunities in Canada, I have worked at McGill University in a lab for two years doing real research. Any intelligent and dedicated Canadian student from a big or medium sized city can and will find research opportunities if he or she is persistant. Many Canadians high school students do great research. Look at the Intel ISEF results of the last five years in which two Canadian students, both from Montreal, have have won the $50 000 Young Scientist Award. Considering Canada sends a relatively small team compared to other international participating countries, this is outstanding since it places Canada FIRST in the number of Best of Category and Intel Young Scientist Awards received by international delegations. Furthermore, last year at ISEF, a friend of mine made a calculation that shows that Canada receives 5 times more awards than USA per student at this event. This is why it is a true shock to here you say that if you are a high school student in Canada, you have limited possibilities. How do approximately 15 students from Canada achieve such high success at ISEF every year if you can't find research in Canada? Well, the reason is that you can.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Jean</p>
<p>Well said, Jean. I personally have never found that I don't have enough opportunities here in Toronto. I keep plenty busy, and there are still more opportunities I could avail myself of if I had more time and energy.</p>
<p>Hope you don't mind me asking jean, what kind of stuff do you research about? and also, did you get the position by emailing professors?</p>
<p>What i don't get is, almost all professors are working on a huge research project of their own with graduate students. Why would any prof take a high school student and let them use the material/equipment of the lab and spend time helping them? Unless jean, you have your own lab, in which case i wonder how do you compete with pH.D or PI who are seeking lab space?</p>
<p>The resources are there. but it's harder to access them. I've tried looking for a science fair in my area for a long time; but so far, I don't know about any science fair.</p>
<p>cfuc<em>4, I agree with that too. I tried searching various universities to see if they support some kind of mentorship program- and I did come up with a couple of hits but apparently they're directed to the minority groups and such. Like cfuc</em>4, university profs have their own graduate students. I don't understand where the high school student might fit in.</p>
<p>wanted_exe, if you're in Toronto, then you should know that U of T has a mentorship program for students in grades 11 and 12. (I did it last year; it was lots of fun.) If you're graduating this year, then it's too late for you, but if you're not, check it out.</p>
<p>I'm in grade 11. and it's too late for this year, so maybe next year.
Which disciplinary did you take your mentorship in?
I don't technically live in toronto. I live in markham, but I just said toronto. meh. haha =)</p>
<p>I personally haven't done any reserach.. i live in Vancouver.. i've tried to look for some physics related... but couldn't really find any.. maybe i started too late.</p>
<p>wanted_exe: My mentorship involved working with the professors creating an Old English Dictionary.</p>
<p>princetonwannabe - same here! oh well, its too late to worry about stuff like this :)</p>
<p>Yahhh!!
Go Canadians.
So who here is in Gr.11 right now?
I bet I'm gonna have the lowest GPA out of all the Canadians applying to Harvard next year.</p>
<p>so what's your gpa?</p>