<p>For first-year Canadian students, I have been told that they just check off the schools they wish to apply to for one application fee and get to apply to all that they've checked. Anyone that has transferred or applied to a Canadian school, is that the same for the U.S? I'm trying to decide between McGill and UBC b/c I don't want to keep paying application fees, but if you can just check em off (b/c it's basically just a/b your grades) then I'd do that and not worry a/b it.</p>
<p>Err... I don't think it works that way. As a Canadian who has gone through the application process multiple times, I'm pretty sure that you have to apply to most schools with individual applications just like the US. There are exceptions of course, such as Ontario universities (where you apply through OUAC), and I think some other provinces might have the same thing, but in general you still have to deal with individual applications.</p>
<p>BTW, I have a friend at UBC, so I can answer some questions (to the best of my ability!) if you'ld like.</p>
<p>Thx...I noticed British Columbia has a common application, much like Texas. When I went to check out the application to UCB it listed about 15 other schools in British Columbia that one could apply to at the same time, and I guess Ontario is the same way. Unfortunately, the ones I'm interested in are UBC, McGill, and U of T, (and maybe Queens) - but I'm guessing they're spread out across the provinces. Sorry don't know much about Canada...like which province Montreal is in? Quebec right? But then Toronto is in Ontario, so the common application wouldn't help much.</p>
<p>Yeah, I kind of suspected that BC had a system like Ontario's OUAC, but I didn't know for sure.</p>
<p>You are correct in your placement of cities to provinces (don't feel bad; Canadians are used to having outsiders know nothing about us!). The universities you mentioned are pretty spread out, but UBC is by far the oddest one out (as it is the only one on the west coast. Vancouver is directly north of Seattle). Toronto (which is on the north side of lake Ontario, just across from Buffalo, NY) and Montreal (which is on the St. Lawrence river, just north of the NY-Vermont border) arn't all that far apart. The other university you mentioned, Queens, is located in Kingston, Ontario (which is on the north-east shore of lake Ontario).</p>
<p>Anyway, you are also correct in that the common application wouldn't really help you unless you were definitely applying to Queen's and U of T. </p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>