Hello escapist!
Well, I'm going to university next year (Sept 2011), I have one letter of acceptance from a university which is one of my top 2. The feeling was great at the time, I was in Calculus class and being the product of a generation, I got the e-mail in class, it was exciting.
The novelty has worn off of course. I'm still happy, but it's not as mind blowing as it was built up to be.
feel free to replace any time the word 'University' appears with 'College' and answer the questions as they apply to you
My country makes the distinction between College and University very obvious, I think that's a bit pretentious.
I don't want to read that garbage, tell me what I'm supposed to do
Well, rambling aside, my questions for discussion were:
1) What university are you going to?
2) What program do you plan to study?
3) Why did you pick that university and or program?
For me:
1) Either McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, or The University of Waterloo in well... Waterloo Ontario.
2) I'm going to be studying physical sciences. (That's Physics and Chemistry as it applies to inanimate matter, if you're unfamiliar)
3) I guess I still haven't really decided, but I'm leaning towards McMaster because I've heard Waterloo is quite crowded, and there are a ridiculous amount of men in comparison to women. (not my only reasons)
I think the popularity of the physical sciences is made pretty clear, I mean, the Enrollment number is 75 people (and the requirements aren't ridiculously high).
Also, I'm interested in knowing if any of you escapists are going to McMaster or Waterloo.
Well, let me know.