<p>I couldn’t agree more with EcceHomo’s posts. Arghhh I hate studying in Canada.</p>
<p>Let’s be realistic. Very rarely do Canadian universities offer education better than (or on par with) that offered by the American universities. I don’t know what the problem is with their selection process; almost every mediocre student who gets okay GPA’s is accepted into UT or McGill, or UBC at the least. Given that, it’s really no wonder that they have such a hard time getting a good GPA in university.
I have no idea how these universities could possibly rank higher than many of the highly selective American ones… I can say for sure that they’re overrated, and that good campuses may have contributed to the “scores”. But when I used to live in California, and my brother was applying for his universities, we didn’t even know that McGill and UT existed. And trust me, most Americans don’t know them. So if anyone’s planning on working in America after a Canadian education, well, good luck.</p>
<p>Erm… any opinions on ULethbridge for a US citizen?</p>
<p>hi!! im from india! im a under graduate student!! studying b.tech mechanical engg… i wnated to go abroad for my studies!!..i only prefer canada!! i know that writting IELTS! is the foremost thing that i have to do!! bt im nt clear abt that!! so please helm me in this regard!!! n pls reply me friends!! i d so glad if u do so!! please</p>
<p>please someone reply me!!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ielts.org/test_takers_information/how_do_i_register/how_do_i_register.aspx[/url]”>http://www.ielts.org/test_takers_information/how_do_i_register/how_do_i_register.aspx</a></p>
<p>can anyone help me regarding IELTS?</p>
<p>Ohh thanks</p>
<p>And i have somemore things to ask u!! Will u pls reply me in private?</p>
<p>You can send me a PM if you want. Otherwise it’s fine to ask here where others can benefit as well.</p>
<p>thank u very much friend</p>
<p>“Let’s be realistic. Very rarely do Canadian universities offer education better than (or on par with) that offered by the American universities… I have no idea how these universities could possibly rank higher than many of the highly selective American ones”</p>
<p>The irony is that if you ask the professors (i.e., the people who are actually teaching and interacting with students), they will consistently tell you that the quality of Canadian undergraduates is higher than their American peers.</p>
<p>The average American college student studies 18 hours a week. Good luck trying to pull that off at McGill. </p>
<p>Don’t put all your faith in rankings. They largely evaluate based on the performance and impact (sometimes residual) of faculty. A few brilliant scholars can’t make up for being surrounded by people who had to go through an American K-12.</p>
<p>hello . . i have been offered admission in university of calgary in chemical and petroleum engineering graduate programme. I want to knw that what is the percentage of getting a job over there in my field being an international student. Plus are there any on campus or off campus jobs during study ??</p>
<p>Please, I need your help in getting an affordable (btw $10,000 and $12,000) school in the US or Canada where I can study MBA in Business Management as an International student. Thanks.</p>
<p>" But when I used to live in California, and my brother was applying for his universities, we didn’t even know that McGill and UT existed. And trust me, most Americans don’t know them. So if anyone’s planning on working in America after a Canadian education, well, good luck."</p>
<p>We live in California and my husband is a graduate of U of T and I can say he has never had anyone question his degree nor has it ever held him back from “working in America.” And the fact that most Americans/Californians don’t know the Canadian universities? Well, most Americans don’t know much beyond the Ivy’s and what’s in their own backyard.</p>
<p>Hi!</p>
<p>Could you tell me anything about University of New Brunswick? I want to study Biology and eventually earn a graduate degree in Marine Biology (maybe from a school in the states). How does UNB compare to UVic or UBC?</p>
<p>@ginathegenius</p>
<p>Hi Gina,</p>
<p>I came to work in the US in 1992. I had an average education from India. I started in Florida at a salary of 35K. Within 4 years, I was making 85K and making significant impact in the software industry (that I am a part of). I see people coming from all corners of the world to the US and many getting great jobs on day one. </p>
<p>I think Canada has a pretty decent system of education. It may not be as fast paced as the US but in the end, does that matter? I thought in the end it is your interest in whatever you are doing.</p>
<p>Why would you thing it would be harder to get a job coming from a Canadian university? What specifically do you think the Canadian University education is lacking?</p>
<p>Thanks,
Vinsim</p>
<p>vinsim, </p>
<p>Gina may be a genius but it appears that she is a high school student. I would take that into consideration before relying too much on her opinions here on this topic.</p>
<p>@Vinsim: All of Gina’s posts are very pro-American/anti-Canadian, and I wouldn’t put too much stock in what she’s posted. For one thing, she neglected to mention that the “mediocre” GPAs that get students into universities up here aren’t actually that mediocre, as we don’t have as much grade inflation as in the US. Similarly, her statement about Americans not recognizing the names of Canadian schools is an invalid justification for her claim that they are inferior, as it goes both ways, and we Canadians maybe know of Brown or Harvard in the States. Many of my professors here in Canada have gone on to get graduate degrees at highly-ranked US schools, so even just based on that observation, I’d say Canadian schools put you at no disadvantage relative to American schools.</p>
<p>Gina is not so much “pro-American” as she is a know-it-all high school senior who does not know much about the world at all, other than the top 1% of US schools that she aspires to.</p>