Canada Exchange (1 Viewer)

[buddys]

Hi,

Has anyone gone on exchage to Canada? What was it like? Got any stories?

thanks in advance

 

[sunnybuns]

where in Canada are you thinking about doing an exchange? I recommend going to a large city like Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto. Way better. Canada is awesome..everyone loves australians.

 

[buddys]

was thinking of going to Ottowa, Vancover or Toronto ... so it should be interesting

 

[HannahMc]

I'm currently at the University of Ottawa, so ask away if you have questions

 

[buddys]

I'm currently at the University of Ottawa, so ask away if you have questions

Hey,

What degree are you doing? wouldnt be business related by any chance?
Whats the uni like? Accomodation all that kind of thing...OH and whats the weather like - is it freezing?

thanks

 

[leeha]

I've decided i want to go to canada on exchange next year also, but i fully cant decide which university to exchange to. any info on canada exchange would be awesome

 

[The_Apprentice]

I'm thinking of going to Canada too. Anyone been on exchange to Queens uni (Kingston)?

 

[gracie007]

canada is awessssomeee, been there 7 times

 

[The_Apprentice]

canada is awessssomeee, been there 7 times

Cool, been to Toronto or Kingston?

 

[763259826t35647]

I'm thinking of going to Canada too. Anyone been on exchange to Queens uni (Kingston)?

I know that you posted this a fair time ago, so rpob wont see this and may hav alredy worked out exchange and stuff, but my mother is from Canada and did her commerce degree and got the Cpa accreditation and stuff at Queens University. Things will have chnaged a bit since we were there, but if you got any questions im happy to ask her.

Same goes for anyone else wanting to know about queens or canada in general (ive been there so many times)

 

[The_Apprentice]

I know that you posted this a fair time ago, so rpob wont see this and may hav alredy worked out exchange and stuff, but my mother is from Canada and did her commerce degree and got the Cpa accreditation and stuff at Queens University. Things will have chnaged a bit since we were there, but if you got any questions im happy to ask her.

Same goes for anyone else wanting to know about queens or canada in general (ive been there so many times)

Oh awesome! Well if I do go on exchange it won't be until late 2009. I'm at USYD and the exchange partnerships they have with the Canadian unis are a bit dodgy. Some uni's only take students from certain faculties etc.

I've heard a lot about Queens from my bf's parents who are Canadian and studied law there. Sounds pretty sweet. Not too sure what USYD's partnership is like with Queens but I think they are more focused on Law?? I know theres a lot of restrictions for some unis, I went to an info day a few weeks ago.

I'm also considering Guelph uni because it has a more flexible partnership with USYD. But from what I've heard it's a bit, well, in country? Even though its an hour away from Toronto?

If you could tell me anything about Guelph that would be great

 

[The_Apprentice]

oh btw, I've got majors in Commerce, Arts and Science, if that helps at all

 

[763259826t35647]

Oh awesome! Well if I do go on exchange it won't be until late 2009. I'm at USYD and the exchange partnerships they have with the Canadian unis are a bit dodgy. Some uni's only take students from certain faculties etc.

I've heard a lot about Queens from my bf's parents who are Canadian and studied law there. Sounds pretty sweet. Not too sure what USYD's partnership is like with Queens but I think they are more focused on Law?? I know theres a lot of restrictions for some unis, I went to an info day a few weeks ago.

I'm also considering Guelph uni because it has a more flexible partnership with USYD. But from what I've heard it's a bit, well, in country? Even though its an hour away from Toronto?

If you could tell me anything about Guelph that would be great

I'll ask tonight and get bak to u

P.S. Sorry im so late at responding to ur post, lol im really on/off with the forums so sometimes it takes me a while to look again .

So yeh anyway i'll ask

 

[763259826t35647]

Oh actually i do know one thing! Queens does have a very good accounting program. My mum applied for the accounting program there bak in the day, which was quite prestigious as out of thousands of applicants only 200 are accepted each year, she JUST got in, so accounting there atleats is very in demand. Anyway, ill get much better information tomoro from the source herself

 

[The_Apprentice]

Oh wow! Well done to your mum. Accounting's not my thing, but thats interesting to know.

I think my best bet is going to be Guelph. Thanks so much for asking your mum etc!!

 

[763259826t35647]

ok better info now for you apprentice -

Queens university specialisises predominantly in law and commerce, and to a lesser degree in engineering for which it is a top tier university. The way my mum explains it, Queens seems most like Uni of New south wales in terms of the areas it specialises in (if you aint from the gr8 state of nsw this wont help u, but...). Arts and science degrees arent as in demand, but its still quite good for them, probably just under the top tier canadian uni's for these according to my mum, but she knew a fair few people who chose to do them at Queens.

As a side note, the town queens is located in really relies on the university, as in, almost all the businesses in the area cater for the students and the faculty, the town itself has only really been developed as a result of the university, so basically everything there will be in someway connected. Board on campus is really common as a result, as not many people live there not attending uni and stuff, and a lot have to leave home, so yeah, there's dorm facilities are a big thing there so a place should be easy i think (i dunno if ur uni sets that up for you but i thought id add it anyway).


Guelph university is a bit out of the way from Toronto, about an hour's drive according to my mum (i think u said it was about a similar distance), its less respected, but is still a popular choice, and i rekon its comparable to UWS in Australia, as in its good, but not top tier and doesnt really specialise in anything in particular but is quite good across the board. She dusnt know much else though bout Guelph

 

[763259826t35647]

ok better info now for you apprentice -



As a side note, the town queens is located in really relies on the university, as

errm....think i tried to say two things at once. It is located between montreal and toronto and was created to cater for both cities i believe, and the town economy and infrastructure is really university dependant, there we go!

 

[The_Apprentice]

ok better info now for you apprentice -

Queens university specialisises predominantly in law and commerce, and to a lesser degree in engineering for which it is a top tier university. The way my mum explains it, Queens seems most like Uni of New south wales in terms of the areas it specialises in (if you aint from the gr8 state of nsw this wont help u, but...). Arts and science degrees arent as in demand, but its still quite good for them, probably just under the top tier canadian uni's for these according to my mum, but she knew a fair few people who chose to do them at Queens.

As a side note, the town queens is located in really relies on the university, as in, almost all the businesses in the area cater for the students and the faculty, the town itself has only really been developed as a result of the university, so basically everything there will be in someway connected. Board on campus is really common as a result, as not many people live there not attending uni and stuff, and a lot have to leave home, so yeah, there's dorm facilities are a big thing there so a place should be easy i think (i dunno if ur uni sets that up for you but i thought id add it anyway).


Guelph university is a bit out of the way from Toronto, about an hour's drive according to my mum (i think u said it was about a similar distance), its less respected, but is still a popular choice, and i rekon its comparable to UWS in Australia, as in its good, but not top tier and doesnt really specialise in anything in particular but is quite good across the board. She dusnt know much else though bout Guelph

Thanks so much for that!

yeah I knew that general info about Queen's location etc. Hmmmmm, equivilating Guelph to UWS makes it sound so unappealing. But I'm not really after academics, just an experience. I love travelling so I'll be happy no matter where I go, its just that my uni has a lot of restrictions in its partnerships with international unis, making my options pretty limited.

Thanks again for your effort, really appreciate it

 

[BackCountrySnow]

I would love to study in canada.
But now the focus is on getting into uni.

Does anyone know if MQ has any ties with any canadian unis?
im planning on doing something economics related if that matters.

 

[The_Apprentice]

I would love to study in canada.
But now the focus is on getting into uni.

Does anyone know if MQ has any ties with any canadian unis?
im planning on doing something economics related if that matters.

I'm not sure about Canada specifically but I know that MQ has a really good exchange program overall. Better than Sydney anyway.