Operation Learn How to Do Things

Good post, I really think the college/university American experience is vastly different than the Canadian one. I could try to go into detail why that is, but I'm really not sure I would get it right, I just know it's different beyond the regular American/Canadian contrasts (I'm also speaking as someone who did Uni but wasn't in Res or a fraternity so I regrettably missed out on some of the stereotypical College experiences).

Basically I think the main difference is that there's less focus placed on sports, team spirit, togetherness at Canadian Universities, mainly because there aren't that many of them so there isn't the same competitiveness.

Originally Posted by Ravageur

Basically I think the main difference is that there's less focus placed on sports, team spirit, togetherness at Canadian Universities, mainly because there aren't that many of them so there isn't the same competitiveness.

I think this depends on the school. I'll agree that overall for sure way less focus on sports (but that's cause canada doesn't have sports scholarships).

But school spirit.. I don't know. Western and Queen's have huge spirit. Waterloo was ass for that, and Univ. of Toronto is lame too. Mostly because its a commuter school and everyone goes home after.

Originally Posted by griffey24

Univ. of Toronto is lame too. Mostly because its a commuter school and everyone goes home after.

This is how it was for me going to University of BC. I lived off campus and went home every day after classes, so I definitely didn't experience "college" like I feel I should have. I kind of regret not living on campus because of this!

Not to say that I didn't have fun. First year uni was probably one of the best years of my life. But I still feel like I missed out.

Originally Posted by courtiebee

This is how it was for me going to University of BC. I lived off campus and went home every day after classes, so I definitely didn't experience "college" like I feel I should have. I kind of regret not living on campus because of this!

Not to say that I didn't have fun. First year uni was probably one of the best years of my life. But I still feel like I missed out.

Yea, obv not to the same extreme, but my dad went to school and lived at home and worked so he never really experienced that and always pushed me to and Im glad he did.