How do I decide which University to choose if I have been accepted to all the ones I applied to?

Question

I applied for the Chem Eng. Program at Queens University, University of Waterloo, U of T and McMaster (All in Ontario, Canada). I got into all of them but now im having a hard time deciding which one to got to. Please help!

Answer 1

Congratulations on getting in to all of your target schools! That's terrific. Now, picking a school, that's the hard part. Make a list of what is important to you in a number of areas:

- do you want a smaller school or a larger one, in the city or more in a rural area (don't know if that applies to all your schools)

- what kind of social life is there--do you want a fraternity-sorority type atmosphere, or more sports, or what? What kinds of clubs are available in the engineering department?

- what is the reputation of the school in the engineering community? Is it a large or a smaller program--will you get the attention I need if it's a large program?

- who has the best internships and field experiences? If you want to do any study abroad, what are the opportunities? Are the alumni involved in the school (that's a big factor)?

- what are the other requirements for attendance? Do you have to take a foreign language, for instance?

- what are the financial aid possibilities? Are there scholarships and awards for academic excellence?

Again, congrats and good luck in school!

Answer 2

Well, good for you! Now you get to choose, and that's a luxury.

You have to weigh the pros and cons of each university, and see which is the best fit for you, personally. Think about things like size of campus, size of classes, prestige of university, prestige of program, expense, location, distance from home, clubs, sports and activities on offer, suburban/urban/rural, is the campus residential (do people stay on at weekends, or does everyone go home, and which do you prefer?), etc.

Of those on your list, U of Toronto is the most prestigious, internationally, in your field. It's considered the strongest university in Canada in technology and engineering, and it ranks in the top 30 out of all universities in the world in engineering. That's very, very good. It ranks up there with the best in the States (roughly comparable to U Illinois and Cornell, which are very, very strong engineering schools, but somewhat below Carnegie Mellon and MIT, which are truly stellar.)

On most rankings tables, for engineering, the unis in Canada rank as follows:
- U of Toronto
- McGill
- U British Columbia
- Waterloo

Those are in the top 100 programs in the world. The others on your list are not.

If this weren't engineering, McGill would rank above U of T. But it is engineering, and U of T is first in Canada on every list. If you got in there, good for you. If you like it, seriously consider attending.

Answer 3

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