<p>Recently I've been accepted into the following:</p>
<p>TrackOne General Engineering at U of Toronto
Honors Electrical Engineering Co-Op at U of Waterloo
Electrical Engineering at UCLA</p>
<p>I am still waiting for U of Michigan and Cornell if that matters at all... but anyways...</p>
<p>Now being a Canadian citizen, it is definitely less costly for me to attend U of Toronto or Waterloo than to attend UCLA.</p>
<p>Now my question which school is better? I've done a bit of googling and there seems to be a general consensus that UT and Waterloo are the best engineering schools in Canada. However I am leaning towards UT's St. George campus because of it's urban environment and General Engineering option (I'm not exactly sure what kind of engineering I want but I am leaning towards electrical).</p>
<p>How does UCLA stack up against UT?
How hard is it to get into graduate school in the states if I decide on going to a Canadian university?</p>
<p>Well if price is a very important issue than I’d say U of T. But seeing as you’ve applied to Cornell, the UCLA OOS tuition is still a non-comparison to Cornell’s. So i’d say UCLA. </p>
<p>If you get into Cornell, Cornell’s engineering is AMAZING. I’ve applied to Cornell too. Good Luck.</p>
<ol>
<li>Waterloo (Their co-op programs rock!)</li>
<li>UCLA (California heavyweight, prime location)</li>
<li>U of T (acceptance rate too high)</li>
</ol>
<p>U of T engineering is very prestigious and difficult. Something like 75% of the students are culled off by third year. UofT is a world class institution, and if you do well grad school won’t be an issue. I think the bigger considerations are the social setting and atmosphere. UofT is a huge school, and most of the students commute.</p>
<p>"U of T is really easy to get in. Not much prestige there. "</p>
<p>I don’t think that should be a deciding factor. I’ve heard that UofT is easy to get into, but hard to stay in and do well. Just because they accept a lot of people/give a lot of people the opportunity to succeed, doesn’t mean it’s easy or that anyone can get through it.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t pay the extra for UCLA. Especially now with the CA budget crisis. There’s also no guarantee you could stay in the States after graduation and a UCLA degree may not play as well in Canada.</p>
<p>For the people voting for UCLA, is it because you don’t know much about UT’s engineering program? Or is UCLA actually much better than UT that it’s such a no brainer?</p>
<p>Sorry I’m being very critical but this is a very important decision to me.</p>
<p>internationally, top canadian colleges are not as well-regarded as their american counterparts. at least in asia, mcgill (considered the best canadian school by many sources) is not considered to be on par with hypms let alone a top 30 school like nyu or tufts. if $ is not an issue go with ucla.</p>
<p>If money is any kind of issue, and/or if you expect to make a good part of your career in Canada, you would be an absolute fool to choose UCLA over Waterloo or Toronto. If you want a job in Canada, the professional and personal networks that you develop at Waterloo or Toronto will be more productive for you than anything you could create at UCLA.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s that clear cut. Waterloo has undoubtedly the best CS program, but for engineering I think that Toronto might have a slight edge. One thing to consider is the difference in coop rotations. Waterloo has 4 month terms, giving you broader exposure, but at Toronto I think you do a year long coop, which gives you more depth.</p>
<p>You can’t go wrong with either, but internationally Toronto would probably have a better reputation.</p>