<p>I just started to look at Canada for my higher education endeavors. It's definetely cheaper than private schools here, and the diversity in the better known colleges like McGill and Toronto seems to be a lot better than here. And of course, American dollars go a longer way in Canada. Why aren't we all applying to Canada?</p>
<p>Also, since Canadian colleges pay attention to only grades and standardized scores, they definetely look at whether you took hard classes, right? And they accept SAT 2's right?</p>
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<li>My parents wouldn't approve at all. After I graduate from college I hope to live in Europe, but while my parents are helping pay for college, I go where they want me to, and that's not in Canada.
2.Most Canadian places don't have what I want to study in
3.In my opinion there's only a handful of good schools</li>
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<p>It's true that Canadian schools look heavily on your grades and AP classes (in some cases you can skip your first year of english if you took AP English). They also look at EC's, not really as application help, but they are a great way to get Scholarships up here! And they only look at your grade 12 or 11 grades, and you only have to submit certain classes, or which ever ones you choose, so if you bomb a class you can show them another grade from another class, that can replace the old mark.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if all schools accept SAT scores, but it could be I guess.</p>
<p>I love your atitude! Canada rules! Although some schools are not as good as the ones in the states, they are worth considering.</p>
<p>i love canada! the fact that they are the least xenophobic nation in the world makes it all the more awesome. besides i have friends going to cornell and syracuse, and mcgill's not THAT much further than that. Nor is toronto that much further from michigan</p>
<p>I don't think many US students know about the quality of the Canadian schools. I think most US students just assume that Canadian colleges are all vastly inferior to US colleges because they don't know anything about Canadian colleges.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>My high school makes all students sit through a graduation ceremony on the last week of school where every senior comes onto the stage and they say where they are going to college. It takes forever as each class at my school has 600+ students. </p>
<p>I remember one student came on-stage and said he was going to the University of Toronto, and everyone in the audience started laughing because they thought that he was so dumb that he couldn't get into any US schools.</p>
<p>Canada has many great schools like McGill, Queen's, British Columbia, & Toronto, but most people don't know it.</p>
<p>Sure most people don't know, but I'm not so sure if they did know they'd wanna go anyways. I mean 95% of everyone in my school stays in-state. Maybe 2 people at the most go international. And that's in a good year. :p</p>
<p>I like some Canadian colleges and universities. I myself will be attending the University of Alberta (they have some of the best programs in canada, and is even recognized world wide). The fact is, most US graduates don't know anything about canadian universities, and the facts that suze stated can be counted as stereotypes. Yes SOME schools are like that, but there are schools out there that have tons of spirit and GREAT dorms (SAIT for example, they got a whole new part added and it's amazing!).The class sizes can be bigger, but most college or university in the states have big class sizes in your first year of study as well. Some classes can have as little as 10 people, at least at the U of A. </p>
<p>Don't under estimate Canadian schools just because you don't know a lot about them, and don't always believe everything you hear from people, you don't know where they got it from.</p>
<p>Don't encourage them man, my chances are at risk here! STAY IN AMERICA, think of how cold it is up there!!! :D I don't want a flood of 4.0 CCers applying to my first choice :O</p>
<p>Most of us have never been to Canada, even in New England, or up state New York for that matter, at my school, less than a dozen of us have been to Canada... so in terms, why would anyone apply for school in a country they've never been in, people in the USA are have enough resentment about moving out of their region for some reason.</p>
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<p>Because you'll be studying in a country that is located NORTH of Minnesota.</p>
<p>Because with the exception of Sgt. Preston back in the 50s and SCTV back in the 70s, Canada hasn't made it on to American television much. Hence, no one grows up dreaming of, or even thinking about, Canada.</p>
<p>Yeah, Degrassi is Canadian, but unfortunately in much of the US, if it was shown at all, it was shown on PBS. Which explains why almost no one ever saw it.</p>
<p>No, Degrassi: Next Generation, not the old 80's version, the new Degrassi is one of the most popular shows on tv for young teens, college girls even watch it.</p>
<p>Oh. I haven't seen Next Generation. Is it identifiably Canadian when you watch it? Maybe it will induce hordes of American kids to head north for college.</p>
<p>Superchica, aren't you from like Philly? You know that McGill in Montreal, is closer to you than Emory or UNC. That's the biggest misconception, and it's not one to be sorry for. Canada is always thought to be, oh so far away so cold, and this is coming from people in Boston, Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia...</p>
<p>and yet, for sake of distance, these same people are applying for Stanford, and climate wise, is see a lot of Northwestern applicants.</p>