US students applying to Univ of Toronto

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<p>Any insights into applying to Utoronto as a US high school student? Also, any insights into the residence college application process?</p>

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<p>spikemom, as was mentioned in the other UofT thread, Canadian colleges do not provide dorms beyond the First Year and some cannot guarantee all First Years either.</p>

<p>I recommend you look up current statistics on typical class size, student/faculty ratio, and the number of US students at UofT. The class size and S/F ratio might be similar to some large US state schools, but is much larger than US private colleges. I believe I read some numbers from a few years ago that there were more than 40,000 undergraduates at UofT and less than 400 were from the US.</p>

<p>You might also look into McGill (25,000; about 2,500 US students) and Queen's U (14,000; 30 min to US border by car), both also rated highly for academics (as is UofT).</p>

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<p>We have visited the school and have plenty of info on it, I was looking for personal experiences regarding the apllication process or attending the university.
UT guarantees freshman housing. However, one applies individually to the residences. Anyone recommend which to select as first choice?</p>

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<p>OK. Here are a few sources:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.epinions.com/educ-Colleges_and_Universities-All-University_of_Toronto/display_%7Ereviews%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.epinions.com/educ-Colleges_and_Universities-All-University_of_Toronto/display_~reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.studentsreview.com/Canada/Ontario_UT.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentsreview.com/Canada/Ontario_UT.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.studentsreview.com/Canada/Ontario_UT_comments.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentsreview.com/Canada/Ontario_UT_comments.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There is usually more activity about UofT at the McGill CC site than here:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/f-264.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/f-264.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Depending on your settings, you may see older U of T threads here:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/f-418.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/f-418.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Also:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/canadau/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.livejournal.com/community/canadau/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There should be a livejournal.com site just for UofT if you poke around.</p>

<p>To apply, you first register at OUAC on line which covers all universities in Ontario. As a US resident, you can start this in October.</p>

<p>I'm curious. How many undergraduates are there at U of T now? How many US students?</p>

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<p>There is a very interesting site called Ask-a-student where amusingly honest answers are given to many questions. You might like to look it over. <a href="http://www.utoronto.ca/askastudent/aska2_index2.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.utoronto.ca/askastudent/aska2_index2.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>thanks for all the info !!</p>

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<p>At U of T, residence is usually attached to the college that accepted the student, if in Arts and Science. You apply to U of T and then, once admitted, apply to a college which has a residence. You are attached to the college for all four years. This is the same model as Oxford and makes a very big school a little smaller. Net/net, U of T is recognized as Canada's leading research uinversity, and the St. George campus is in downtown Torornto and is quite attractive.</p>