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Skibas_clavicle:
Because I go there. Well, I go to one of the smaller, more suburban campuses, but I've taken a couple classes downtown. The people in residence are mostly pretty lame and your classes will be huge and packed with people you will most likely never meet/talk to.  It's just very big and impersonal and you don't get the benefit of getting to know your profs until you're in like 3rd or 4th year, if that. I mean, the location of the campus is a great place, but it's just a huge ass. Plus, the beurocracy of the place will dive you to near insanity, they're huge dicks when it comes to following their odd, and often student unfriendly policies. It's just not a very nice school for undergrads.  I'm pretty stoked that I went to a smaller subsect of the school because I still get really good profs and stuff in a much smaller campus.

Social Bacon:
Thanks, that's exactly the kind of response I was looking for. I've been thinking it over for the past few days and was leaning towards Ottawa, I'm going to head to the bank tomorrow to get my residence deposit cheque certified... I got that vibe about the U of T res when I was checking them out, the posters all over the place screaming "3/5 Vic students don't have more than 2 or 3 drinks at a party" probably had something to do with it. That's not quite me.

Just curious, are you at Scarborough or Mississauga? And what are you studying?

orangepeas:
Ottawa is just nicer, sure it can get colder there, but it's better then Toronto in many ways.

tania:
toronto is probably the university that ultimately will look better on your resume but the problem with the university of toronto, like julia said, is that it's just a fucking massive university and you end up packed in classrooms with hundreds upon hundreds of other students, and as a result it's kind of hard to get things like recommendations from professors after you graduate cos there's just way too many people there. it seems superficial but really i do believe your environment has a big impact on how well you do in university. i'm also going to guess ottawa's much cheaper to live in than toronto. to be honest i'd pick ottawa, as toronto at first glance seems more fun but after a week or so the fun wears off and you realize the city's really just a bunch of miserable people who hate their jobs jostling you on the subway.

Social Bacon:
Thanks for all the honest advice, I really appreciate it. I did end up choosing Ottawa and there were many reasons for it; Considering that I'm majoring in Economics/Political Science I figured there was no better place than the capital, I absolutely love the city itself and I really enjoy the modernism of the university. It will also make it much easier for me to learn French (which I'm required to do) and it's so close the Quebec and all that glorious skiing. Finally, the cold does not bother me in the least.

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