Comments | janeandsimple: let's play "plug your alma mater"

janeandsimple

let's play "plug your alma mater"

Nov 04, 2007 23:56

you guys were so helpful on the computer question (i'm taking everything into consideration and hopefully will have made up my mind by the time it comes to buy the darn thing), that i'm calling on you once more!

this is a question for all you canadian kids with university degrees:

where did you go to school, and what did you like and dislike ( Read more... )

Comments 13

somerled November 5 2007, 05:21:23 UTC

I think you know what I think about the places I went. I'll just add all university experiences are highly program specific, e.g. someone in the MBA program at Janeandsimple University will have a completely different life than someone in the math Ph.D. there.

janeandsimple November 5 2007, 06:19:02 UTC

yes, that goes without saying, but i figure program-biased information is better than no information, and actually i'm especially interested in things that apply across programs- local student life, for example- anyway.

figure__it__out November 5 2007, 11:53:23 UTC

I'd be happy to talk to you about this - Ottawa & Toronto specific.
Too much to say here though.

figure__it__out November 5 2007, 12:34:13 UTC

2 additions:
1. while Kay would be a better authority on Queens, I can speak to the Theological College
2. I certainly won't be plugging any of them

ladykutenay November 5 2007, 14:03:27 UTC

Ooh, how come?

So I went to King's like half the people you know, for theatre, and everyone who has gone to King's will tell you it's the best school in the entire world if you like that sort of thing.

I also did Philosophy at Dal. They have an awesome department.

Anyway you already know about Halifax.

I also also went to UBC for my MA, and I didn't love Vancouver (expensive, lifestyle-obsessed, fun for outdoorsy things but nowhere good to go dancing), but UBC is a really decent school for pretty much everything. I have no idea what student life type things are like there because I was already an old married lady when I was there.

God, I miss school.

crushedyetagain November 5 2007, 18:45:52 UTC

I went to Dal! I studied biology! I liked Halifax, I am realizing just how much I liked it by how much I miss it now. I didn't get much out of my program, but I also didn't put much in. I skipped classes, I failed classes, I made no meaningful relationships with professors, I graduated with no idea what to do next. Now I work in a book store ( ... )

raygunthegreat November 5 2007, 19:10:27 UTC

I went to The University of Ottawa. The Arts program is pretty good. I met awesome people, and there is generally lots to do since it's downtown near the market. It's bilingual. This can be a postive or a negative, depending on the person. Large classes (which I liked because I could get lost in them)and nice buildings in general.