Hey guys, I need some help with this. I’ve refined my university choices to University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, Singapore Management University, and the University of Warwick for an Economics or Economics and Math degree. I will be attending one of these schools as an international student.
The factors I’m considering (in order of importance) are:
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Internships and Job placements
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Learning environment within the university
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Cost of attending the university
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Brand name (recognition) of the university degree
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I have spoken to people at U of T and SMU and both are pleased at internships and job placement in their respective universities. I’m not too sure about UBC and I would like to get any input on that. Should be fine considering Vancouver is a big city with several financial institutions. At Warwick, the internship scene is great, however, being an international student, I only get about 5 weeks to hunt for a job after I graduate, or else I’m kicked out of the country, which sucks.
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Toronto class sizes are massive and thats definitely a downside. The rest seem good whereas SMU seems the best being similar to a liberal arts school, having class sizes of about 20 students and world renowned faculty.
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Toronto is the most expensive while the others are reasonable.
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I guess it’s U of T with the best worldwide ranking and the most renowned according to many sources. However, I don’t think these schools differ to a large extent, especially at the undergraduate level.
Any advice/inputs for the comparison between these universities will be appreciated :).