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[advice] choosing uni pls help

Advice

So I've gotten offers of admission to two really good schools in my country, UBC and Toronto! I couldn't be happier. UBC is in my hometown and Toronto is across the country. UBC offered me admission to engineering and UoT offered admission to compsci.

Both fields interest me but I think compsci has a larger potential in the coming years, and Toronto has more job opportunities than Vancouver. But my girlfriend is staying in Vancouver and will possibly be attending that university as well. UoT is better in nearly every aspect like ranking and education, excluding cost. If I go to Toronto we would try long distance and I'd fly back every break or so. I'd likely stay there after I graduate and try find work there, and she wouldn't follow me. We'd have to break up.

However if we both attend UBC then we'd obviously see each other a lot more and possibly might move in with each other. The problem is with Vancouver is that it's heavily based in the service and retail industry and it's hard to find a job here. But I love my city, there's everything I could possibly want (bar the high costs of living) and it's so beautiful here.

I guess I just want to see if anyone has been in the same situation or knows people that have gone through similar.

Posted Mar 23, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC · edited

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IM_NOT_A_PINEAPPLE19•

Even if you stay in your hometown, no one can assure you that your relationship will last, and you two will move in together, etc.

You said that your hometown is based in the service and retail industry. That would be my main concern, if I was choosing a university and a future career.

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Trick_Card19•

Compsci is very good, and cyber security is a super well paying field if you branched off to that (friend is getting offered 80k out of college)

Go to UoT, don't mean to be a dick but most HS relationships don't make it through college no matter what you do.

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NotJedOP•

I can't really say anything about my relationship that wouldn't be cliche.

Yeah I agree compsci is a growing field, but I think working for boeing would be a possibility as the factory is right below Vancouver. planes have always interested me. chemical engineering would be pretty cool as well.

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Trick_Card19•

Literally not a single person I know has had a high school relationship make it past the first year of college, and some of them were couples that were together for 3-4 years even. Don't make your decision based on your current relationship.

Also good luck getting through organic chemistry and upper level physics courses lol, make sure to keep your options open

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NotJedOP•

its all good dude i know itll be fuckin hard lol

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KwuahhOLD•

Do you have the money, scholarship, or grant?

If you pay more than 8k a year then I highly recommend community college the first two years.

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NotJedOP•

I'm Canadian so i have an RESP account which is sort of like a grant that pays for a portion of my education.

Why do you recommend community college?

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KwuahhOLD•

It shaved off 15,000$ of tuition and loans for me

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KillKimKardashian16•

Toronto is the number one school in canada, just saying

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NotJedOP•

There are other factors than just ranking. UBC is 2nd in Canada.

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It isnt second in canada you dumb fucking idiot. Waterloo, UT are already better than UBC

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depends on program

y r u doing this

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well no shit it does, but aren't we talking about engineering? lol

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sunnym214•

UofT is the best school for Compsci in Canada, and Ontario is where a lot of the IT industries are. You'd have a much better chance at a good future at UofT. Do you want to give all that up for one girl?

Just saying, if I got a chance to go to UofT at your age, I'd take it in a heartbeat. Its my dream school. Maybe that's just because my hometown university (University of Calgary) is pretty average.

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