Colleges in Canada

[Sieg Reyu]

So I'm going to college next year right. And I've always wanted to go to college in Canada. Get away from the US for a little while and all that jazz. I've tried googling, but I figure you guys are more reliable and could give better information. What are the best colleges to attend in Canada, especially ones with a good IT department.

[Vicious]

What do you want to go to school for?

[Sieg Reyu]

I'm not entirely sure what I want to go into, but I am pretty sure I want to go into something Science or IT related.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think I got screwed out of UVic. I signed up for Calculus this year, but as I would be the only one taking the class, they decided to drop the course for the year instead. as UVic requires four years of Math, I think I'm boned. Unless they count the years of High school math I did in Middle School, which is less than next to no chance at all.

[The Happy Friar]

one of my sisters went to college north of Toronto a few years back. she transfered to a US college because other students harassed her about the us in iraq.

[emma]

That's not really anything specific about Toronto - that's just people not liking the US.

UofT is a really good school, it's just big. There are a lot of good schools in Canada. I really don't know enough about science to say which ones are good, though.

[Lord Chrusher]

FIrst off Sieg Reyu you talk about going to university in Canada rather than going to college.

A few Canadian schools US requirements.
UVic:
http://web.uvic.ca/calendar2007/FACS/Un ... /InAp.html

UBC (Vancouver)
https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/vancouver/uscurric.ezc

SFU (Vancouver)
http://students.sfu.ca/admission/requir ... l/usa.html

Waterloo - Canada's MIT (Ontario)
http://www.findoutmore.uwaterloo.ca/adm ... l.php?id=8

Toronto
http://www.adm.utoronto.ca/adm/adm_intl ... sa_stu.htm

While calculus is a very useful couse to take if you are going into science or engineering in general you only need the pre calculus for admission for Canadian schools. If you do not have the requirements for what you want to go into apply for something with easy requirements like social science. It is very easy to transfer to a different program as just about all first year classes are open to anyone.

Two of my cousins who are half American and grew up in the states went too and are going too Toronto and seem to enjoy it.

[Sieg Reyu]

University, college, whatev. I'm not, nor hve ever been entirely sure of the distinctions between them. All I know is that I want to get the best possible IT or science schooling I can get in Canada.

[Faye]

That's a great idea, it would be awesome to go to school in Canada! (from the viewpoint of a US citizen). Who knows, maybe you'll meet a cute Canadian girl and get married and have health insurance, lol.

I would love to go to school in a different country... like Canada or England, or some other English speaking country (since the only other language I'll probably ever learn is Japanese and I'm not in the least bit fluent)

[Kawaiicaps]

University is better than college, but both are good.
-^_^-

[Alja-Markir]

Sieg, if you really need another math credit, take a summer class somewhere, preferably a community college. Should be perfectly transferable.

~Alja-Markir~

[emma]

University is better than college, but both are good.
-^_^-

One is not better than another. They both cater to different things!

[Tea Mandy]

The college I went to was BCIT (http://www.bcit.ca) in Burnaby which is part of greater Vancouver. It is smaller than most universities but I really enjoyed it there.

They have a large electronics department, and I believe they do a good job getting their grads jobs. It's also in a great location as it's nearby two big malls (Brentwood/Metrotown) and Skytrain stations at each, so you can head downtown.

May not be the solution for you, or quite what your looking for, but worth checking out.

[BrainBot]

So I'm going to college next year right. And I've always wanted to go to college in Canada. Get away from the US for a little while and all that jazz. I've tried googling, but I figure you guys are more reliable and could give better information. What are the best colleges to attend in Canada, especially ones with a good IT department.

You say IT, but what direction are you looking to head in? Are you looking at a technition program/diploma, a computer science degree or a software/computer engineering degree?

[Pattmyn]

Hey Sieg, welcome to my world. I'm in the same field as you're thinking of going into and just out of college. The big difference is that College is the hands on networking kinda stuff where as most universities are all about programming. Depending on where you are in the US and were you're heading into Canada, I might be able to offer some suggestions.

[The Happy Friar]

One is not better than another. They both cater to different things!

when I went to "college" both meant the same thing. My "college" was also called a "university" & the "university" across the street was also called a "college".

Big difference.... $$$.

[emma]

No, but in Canada they mean different things.

[Tank_girl]

Calgary's schools are wicked.

here is the University of Calgary's web site http://www.ucalgary.ca/

if your looking to get into a trade, SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) is the way to go!

In and out of school FAST and SAIT is world renound!

http://www.sait.ab.ca/

[emma]

GUELPH IS GOOD FOR EVERYTHING

SERIOUSLY

I am a theatre major, and my roommates are biologists! It is good for both of us!

[Citin]

Come to SASKATCHEWAN!

The University of Saskatchewan (http://www.usask.ca) is a pretty good school and we offer lots of classes in Electrical Engineering, Graphical Design and a whole bunch of other Computer related things, probably worth checking out.

Also we're one of the most inexpensive places to live in Canada

[Lord Chrusher]

Yes but you would have to live in Sakatchewan, one of the more boring provinces.

[Citin]

Hey we might be getting rid of the NDP this election, and theres stuff to do...

We have pubcrawls, and xbox, and a lack of homeless people in the streets

[The Pious Flea]

We have pubcrawls, and xbox, and a lack of homeless people in the streets

So they're slaving away in your maple sugar mines instead?

[Citin]

So they're slaving away in your maple sugar mines instead?

You fool this is Saskatchewan we have none of these "Trees" people seem to be so fond of

[Lord Chrusher]

It is too dam cold in Saskatchewan to have homeless people.

Saskatchewan lacks trees, the sea and mountains. Therefore I could not live there even if the winter did not spend large amounts of time deep below freezing.

[Citin]

Haha it's really not that bad, we do actually have trees and forests believe it or not, and no we don't have mountains or oceans but we have absolutely beautiful lakes