<p>I was just accepted to University of Toronto for Life Sciences last week! I was put into New College, but I was thinking about transferring to Saint Mikes, any opinions?</p>
<p>I heard that new college is filled with asians who don’t speak English and a few hott white girls. also saint mikes seems far from campus. Also I heard UToronto is really fun/boring! which one is it???</p>
<p>lol I heard that new college is where all the athletes are bc it’s near the gym
Also my friend who goes there says new is has all ethnicity and apparently its the most “US style dorm experience”</p>
<p>Congratulations! The college you are in doesn’t make much of a difference outside of what residency you are in, there are a few small differences in scholarships offered by each college (Ie. I think Victoria college offers a couple extra small scholarships) but that is about it. What college you are in doesn’t have an impact on anything important, such as course availability, and really just serves to divide the gargantuan amount of uoft students into managable numbers for administrative services- ie. if you go to New College you would use the New College guidance Councillor. However the residencies differ greatly between each college, in terms of price and style. I was a Woodsworth student and I commuted anyway so my knowledge of the residencies at either New or St. Michael’s is limited. However New college itself is a large modern building, whereas St. Mich’s is a complex that is nearly 200 years old so I imagine the style of the residencies differ greatly. Neither dorm is “far from campus” as they are all on campus. New college is on the west side and St. Mich’s is on the east side. Since you are a life sciences student New college might be advantageous because most of your courses will be very close by around St. George Street, where you will likely have classes in the Flemming building and Sidney Smith building (the nexus of life sciences at UofT). St. Michael’s is on the other side of campus and is nearly a 10 minute walk from the main life sciences buildings (uoft is very big). Ultimately I would say the deciding factor for college you choose should be whic residence is a better fit. I suggest that if you have not already, you look up the different residences of each college and compare prices as well as look at photos of the different dorm rooms and lists of amenities available at each one.</p>
<p>PS: Your college does matter for one thing: Frosh Week! Remember to hit the Trinity kids with water balloons, and if you manage to steal an engineering student’s hard hat you will get to have it displayed in your college for all time!</p>
<p>I was accepted to Scarborough and Innis :)</p>
<p>Thanks NamelesStatistic! I think new college sounds best for me. But, I heard St Mike’s has the best frosh week. Does this make it worth it to change? Or is it best to just stay where I am?</p>
<p>Ah Frosh week… great memories. I don’t think there is a college with the definitively “Best Frosh Week” (I would argue my old college Woodsworth had the best Frosh week). All the colleges seemed to have a bunch of fun during Frosh (although Trinity had this creepy pseudo-cultist induction ceremony) so I think you will have fun during Frosh week at either St. Micheal’s or New College. One other thing is that I believe that St. Micheal’s still has one of its dormitories that is single gender (women), so if that option appeals to you might want to look into it (It was originally a Roman Catholic College before federating and joining uoft, so although it is now secular, some old traditions probably still exist which could or could not be appealing to you).</p>
<p>I would say though that whichever college you do pick, you should make sure you got to Frosh week as it is a blast!</p>
<p>I am an International student and am interested in undergraduate physics program at UofT. I have no idea about the application process to this university. Also, are there any scholarships available for internationals? If anybody would provide me with links(or anything that would help me start my process) regarding the application process then I would be very happy. Right now I have to start searching for information about the process from scratch and I am living in a country where there is no electricity for 15 hours a day(so I don’t have proper internet access)! Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>@photon354</p>
<p>As an international student you want to apply through from 105D.
Here is a link to UofT’s application instructions: [Application</a> process for Full-time (105, Internal) and part-time Degree Studies - Enrolment Services ? Apply](<a href=“http://www.adm.utoronto.ca/next-steps/application-process-for-full-time-105-internal-and-part-time-degree-studies/]Application”>http://www.adm.utoronto.ca/next-steps/application-process-for-full-time-105-internal-and-part-time-degree-studies/)</p>
<p>There are scholarships for internationals but they are few and extremely competitive. UofT is a public university and a big reason why they let in so many international students is because they can charge them more money. If you cannot afford to go to uoft without a major scholarship you should maybe consider another university, as uoft can run between between $25 000 - $30 000 per year for internationals, and is frankly one of the most expensive Canadian universities there are for internationals and Canadians as well ($7500-8000). </p>
<p>Here is a list of the tuition fees at each university, use it as a rough estimate to find schools in your price range: [Tuition</a> fees by university](<a href=“http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/facts-and-stats/tuition-fees-by-university/]Tuition”>http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/facts-and-stats/tuition-fees-by-university/)</p>
<p>I would also recommend that you look at some of the US private universities as they can actually be cheaper for international students as they offer a fair amount of aid money to students with top marks and test scores.</p>
<p>Those international tuition fees are really out of date, at least for Quebec universities. At McGill, international tuition in the deregulated faculties ranges from $30,000-$37,000/year.</p>
<p>NamelessStatistic, how did you like the social scene at Toronto?</p>
<p>@TCfromBC</p>
<p>The honest truth is that the social scene at UofT (at least at the downtown campus) is not particularly great. The university is enormous and a large proportion of of the students commute, so outside of Frosh week (which is surprisingly excellent) and some major events there really isn’t a huge feeling of community at UofT. The fact that university sport teams are not generally followed (an characteristic of most Canadian universities) and the minimal amount of Greek Life on campus (there are a few frats and sororities but they are pretty tame) probably contributes to this as well. However the city of Toronto at least has a lot of bars and a very good club scene so you can always go off campus with some friends to party, but as a whole I would definitely say that the social scene at the university leaves something to be desired.</p>
<p>It should be noted that my experience is of a person who commuted fr 4 years, perhaps the social scene is better if you live on campus.</p>
<p>Hey guys!
I applied to UofT in January and sent transcripts/predicted grades early February. Anyone have any idea how long it takes for them to send their admission decision?</p>
<p>@ffarrukh I was accepted yesterday for Chemical Engineering, so I wouldn’t be too worried if you don’t have a decision yet</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>UWGPA: 3.8
SAT: 2210
ACT: 34. </p>
<p>@clausius Thanks for the reply! I STILL haven’t received my application decision and I checked my account and it stated that the documents I sent had not been reviewed and they weren’t sure if it fit the requirement and they received it on March 11. They’re deadline was February 14 but I sent my documents WAY before that so I have no idea why they received them a month and a half later.</p>
<p>I guess I’m just going to have to call them to figure out what the hell is going on with my application because it’s driving me crazy. :-w </p>
I applied in January and got my acceptance yesterday morning (according to the Indian Standard Time) into the computer science program.
What bugs me now is the exorbitant tuition fee and living cost. I hope they have some scholarships for internationals. 
I applied for Biology in late November, SAT scores and all. I have heard nothing. Is this normal? Please HELP 
what does your application status say ? Me too , waiting for a long time …
@TCfromBC If you plan on making the switch to St. Mikes and live on res, holla atcha boy because that’s where I’m headed. I hear that St. Mikes has probably the best frosh week but New College has good food (< from the campus tour).
dd is in smc. nice place.