CDN U. vs. US U.

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Has anyone had experience at university from both countries and can reflect on the difference in terms of difficulty (at an undergrad level)? I attended my first year in the US at a private U for an athletic scholarship (not offered in Canada) and am now finishing my degree in finance in Canada in Dec. 2006. I personally found a significant difference in terms of difficulty. For example, the first year in US, I played sports for about 30 hours per week and still found it easy to make the deans list. On the other hand, while attending U in Canada and only working about 12 hours per week, I only sometimes make the deans list. I also found myself studying about twice as much for CDN U. Also, my brother attended university in the US and worked consistantly for 30-35 hours and easily made deans list each year. Neither one of us were extremely diligent people in terms of our study habits (we still have a typical college social life). In high school we were only borderline in terms of getting accepted into university in Canada. So, would you attribute this difference to the style of education from private to public or just a coincidence in terms of the specific universities we attended? Based merely on my specific experience, I can't help but feel that, generally, Canadian universities are a better investment.
 
Ok you take a degree from University of Toronto
and Ill take one from University of Chicago

And we will we compete for a job and see who wins
 
sure, if your definition of better investment is to work harder and get paid less after graduation.
 
stylemog Wrote:
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> sure, if your definition of better investment is
> to work harder and get paid less after graduation.


And have to live in Canada
 
The issue was not really addresed. First, I would argue the school in which you graduate at an undergrad level is less important than the skills, knowledge, and experience you gain from the eduation. This is clearly not the case at an masters level. The key issue of the post is the difficulty between schools. From an undergrad position, generally, isn't graduating from a difficult school better than graduating from an easy school? in terms of job outlook.
 
WorldSeriesX Wrote:
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> ps. I would choose to live in Canada anyday over
> the US.


With Canadians? Ewwwwww
 
I don't think we can draw any conclusions either way based upon your extremely limited sample size. And your basis of difficulty is based mostly upon hours studied and dean's lists, which doesn't cut it for me.
 
How's the work on the border fence going?

What's your immigration policy again? Cute senoritas slipping through. Pedro and his poncho turned away.
 
My guess would be that on average, better employers recruit at US schools, so I think that clearly makes US schools a better investment. People care about your first job and time gaps a lot more than they care about how difficult your undergrad was...
 
I'd say you get a better education at a Canadian University, but American Universities are the better investment. American Universities, generally speaking, rely too heavily on multiple choice exams. You can POE your way to the Deans List.
 
Youll have a much better time and learn more social skills at an American University
 
"Why did you decide to attend University in the U.S?"

"I wanted to learn more social skills"
 
Canada has some good universities, Toronto U might be a good feather to put in your cap if you want to go the grad school route.
 
dallas470 Wrote:
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> Canada has some good universities, Toronto U might
> be a good feather to put in your cap if you want
> to go the grad school route.

would Toronto even make the top 20 schools in the US ?
 
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