Tell me about your university experience!

[MakeADifference]

<p>Hello!
1) What university are you from?
2)What major/department?
3) Do you like it?
4) How are the campus(es), libraries, professors and anything else important for you?
5)How many classes do you usually have per semester? How many hours per week?
6) How difficult is it? How much do you study?
7) How is the social scene? Are the people nice?
8) Dorm experience?
9) What does an A in your class mean? 80% or 90%?
10)Are you marked on just exams or do you have assignments or essays?
11) How do you mark your classes?
12) How big are the classes?</p>

<p>Thank you for sharing your experience!</p>

[HieronymusBosch]

<p>1) McGill</p>

<p>2) Honours Political Science; Major in Philosophy.</p>

<p>3) Yes!</p>

<p>4) Many libraries, mostly well-stocked, somewhat constrained in terms of study space. Gorgeous campus! Excellent, intelligent professors; haven’t had one towards whom I’ve had mostly negative opinions.</p>

<p>5) Five classes per semester, 3 hours per week per class.</p>

<p>6) Difficulty is contextual. I find most courses fairly challenging, have only had brief moments where I actually thought “God, I am not intellectually capable of doing this.” 30+ hours of study per week (where study does not include class time.) </p>

<p>7) There are nice people wherever one goes Great social scene.</p>

<p>8) Yes, and I generally enjoyed it. You will meet lots of great people, and because how close-knit the environment is you will form really strong friendships in a very short amount of time. There definitely is something to be said for the “rez experience.”</p>

<p>9) +85 percent.</p>

<p>10) Most classes will have essays and finals; some have midterms. A few without a formal sit-in final (just term papers, etc.) Some also give (small) marks for participation (response papers, discussions, etc.) Finals have ranged anywhere from 10-50 percent of my total grade, but no more than that. </p>

<p>11) No clue what this question means. Classes mark us, silly :p</p>

<p>12) My intro-level classes:</p>

<p>230
180
650
650
90
375</p>

<p>My higher-level courses:</p>

<p>40
180
65
75</p>

[dmndrake]

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<li><p>University of Toronto!</p></li>
<li><p>Russian Language and Literature Specialist, Immunology Major</p></li>
<li><p>Just finished! Was great! Only downside is the campus being too large and you have to walk everywhere since there’s no public transportation within the campus itself, only the perimeters. You can rent bikes in the spring/summer/autumn but they’re obviously useless in the winter.</p></li>
<li><p>I didn’t have classes on the other two campuses, but the main one (St. George) was wonderful. The libraries depend on what you study. If you’re a humanities student - I think since you said you want law (can’t access the law library until you’re a law student I think, but I never tried) - you’re at Fort Book. It’s literally a fortress in the middle of the city. Ha! If there’s ever a zombie epidemic you’ll want to be there - it even has a Subway. U of T has the largest library collection in Canada, the third largest in North America behind Harvard and Yale. I always found whatever I searched for. The professors are famous scholars for the most part when you’re in your senior years. Unfortunately there are plenty of TAs for the first two. :(</p></li>
<li><p>You have five, two/three if part-time. The hours depend on whatever you’re taking. Some classes such as biochemistry have labs in addition to lectures. You can spend eight hours a week sitting/learning in one specific course. The load is heavy and I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re not driven. Some classes I only had an hour a week, other classes I had seven hours a week. </p></li>
<li><p>Not going to lie, it was hard. It’s an extremely competitive school and you have to step away from that mindset. If you’re taking biology first year everyone’s all gun-ho about becoming a doctor…only to have their spirits completely and utterly destroyed by the infamous bell curve (or inability). I would spend time studying only when required. As an example, you have fourteen novels to read in your first year. Well, they tell you that and you read them all - but the jerk of a professor will only exam you on four <em>sigh</em>. </p></li>
<li><p>The social scene is fantastic if you’re in extracurriculars. The campus is so large you will rarely see your friends unless you have a common meeting point/groups/bars. I went to UToronto with two good friends and never had any classes with them. I would never see them on campus. Well, that’s a lie. I would rarely see them, but when I did it was a treat! </p></li>
<li><p>I didn’t live in a dorm so I can’t help you there. </p></li>
<li><p>“A’s” depend on your course, but in general 80%+ is an A. A- would be the low end, A+ the high-end. Anything 3.7+ GPA and up is exceptional (3.7 being an 80). </p></li>
<li><p>Again, this question is course specific. Some classes have no exams but final papers. Some classes have exams but no labs. Some classes have presentations but no paper-based marking. Some are multiple choice for their entire duration, using a clicker (you click your answer to the question with a clicking device you buy from the bookstore). I had an immunology course where the exam was 80% of my final grade. Just depends on the course. </p></li>
<li><p>Well, if this question is asking me how I mark the quality of them…I’d say I’m 90% happy with what I sat through. The extra 10% is just me hating on certain professors. :p</p></li>
<li><p>Anywhere between 12 people to 450. First-year classes have the most.</p></li>
</ol>