----------------------------------- jamonathin Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:34 pm St. Clair or Fanshawe? ----------------------------------- I know that most of you will probabily say, "screw college, go to Waterloo, obviously." Wull, I can't because my marks aren't good enough to do that, and I wouldn't have enough money to attend Waterloo. So here are Two links, and I wanan see what your opinion is. . [url=http://www.fanshawec.on.ca/programs/courses/cpa2.asp]Fanshawe [url=http://www.stclaircollege.ca/programs/old/calendar2001-02/EngTech/InfoTech/Compprogramanalyst_T857.html]St. Clair And I know that this is the 01/02 Calender for St. Clair and they're not updated, which itself could be a sign. . Also, I know I'm going to need to go to another type of school after college if I want to get into the Video Game Field. . ----------------------------------- Tony Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:45 pm ----------------------------------- between the two Fanshawe appears to be a better option. I don't know about your marks, but financing your way through Waterloo is not as difficult as you think due to the co-op system. OSAP lets you pay 4 years later with no interest. I'm sure that you know that Martin is out for a year long work-term in Japan. And he just finished first year of computer science. ----------------------------------- Andy Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:45 pm ----------------------------------- woot st.claire! go windsor, obvoiusly that is the better choice.. you get to study at a HUGE campus and you get AWESOME air quality too! yum, lol ----------------------------------- codemage Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:14 pm ----------------------------------- I think Fanshawe has the better programming option. They also have better funding (therefore better facilities, etc) since their enrollment is about three times more than St.Claire. As far as the host cities go, they're comparable. Both cities have universities, both are fairly scenic, London is bigger by 120,000 & closer to Toronto - Windsor is closer to the US border. If you're specifically interested in game programming, hunt the web and/or talk to academic counsellors (at a college) to make sure you're making the right choices, especially concerning course selection. ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:12 pm ----------------------------------- Is Fanshawe in Windsor? If so, I haven't heard of it, so I'll assume it's elsewhere. Chances are the differences between the educational quality of the colleges aren't as large as the lifestyle differences between the two -- if you go to St Clair, you'll probably be at home with your parents, paid for. If you go away, you are on your own, in a dorm, homesick. Of course, you're also free :D I think that should be the deciding factor, really. I mean, if you were choosing between Harvard or Windsor, that'd be different. But the difference between St. Clair and Fanshawe probably isn't humongous. ----------------------------------- jamonathin Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:28 pm ----------------------------------- Well, Fanshawe's in London - and is corresponded to Western i believe, as is St. Clair to Windsor. The fact that it's in London makes no difference to me because my mother lives in St. Thomas (15 mins away) and My grandmother lives right in London. And that's actually where my brother is staying cuz he goes to Fanshawe too for HK. And right now, I live in windsor/amherstburg so St. Calir is no prob to get to. I don't know about your marks, but financing your way through Waterloo is not as difficult as you think due to the co-op system. OSAP lets you pay 4 years later with no interest. It's just the residence i think that would kill me. And to get into Waterloo University I'd need better than the 57 in ENG4U i got last year that I'm trying to improve this year (which makes me a super senior :hb: . . yeah lol) but I don't even have enough U courses for UniV n e ways. Fanshawe Does look like it would be a better than St. Clair, but I wasn't too shure. . i dunno, I'm still not shure yet. ----------------------------------- lyam_kaskade Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:41 pm ----------------------------------- It's just the residence i think that would kill me. You mean like the all-male building i got stuck with in UWP? (or are you referring to the price - OSAP gives more money if you live in rez) ----------------------------------- Cervantes Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:47 pm ----------------------------------- Mac has Software Engineering & Game Design. :) Do you have 78-80% average? English Calculus Chemistry Physics Geometry and Discrete Math (recommended. May be exchanged for Data Management, Biology, or Earth and Space science) ----------------------------------- md Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:45 pm ----------------------------------- You mean like the all-male building i got stuck with in UWP? See to me that shows that you don't do out enough; if you really wanted to find some girls you'd discover that it's really easy :P ----------------------------------- Notoroge Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:40 pm ----------------------------------- Funshawe, lol. Just apply for a BA at Waterloo. Minimum competing average is what, 75? ----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:17 pm ----------------------------------- Go to Durham or UOIT! Durham has a programing course witha 70% avg in 6 courses one has to be english and one math the rest is up to you as long as they are all U or M courses and maybe C. UOIT has a game design and entrapernership course, which same as above except for the C level courses. There is another courses at UOIT but it is for people who wnat to be the boss of the programmers. Theya re both in Oshawa. ----------------------------------- jamonathin Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:30 am ----------------------------------- Mac has Software Engineering & Game Design. :) Do you have 78-80% average? English Calculus Chemistry Physics Geometry and Discrete Math (recommended. May be exchanged for Data Management, Biology, or Earth and Space science) I have that average, thankfully im not that dumb, but I unfortionately don't have that Chem . . :pde: Funshawe, lol. Just apply for a BA at Waterloo. Minimum competing average is what, 75? Yeah, that kinda goes with my "screw college, go to Waterloo" comment, i wish i could tho. Theya re both in Oshawa. That's pretty far, and there's to much crap I have to stick around with in the " windsor >= me