University 2006

[Martin]

Okay, a lot of you are heading off to University next year and are probably not entirely sure what to go into.

So here's the plan: post links to programs that you've looked into in Canadian universities. No noise posts please - all replies that don't contain links to programs'll get deleted. Also, keep discussion between posts to a minimum.
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I'm taking Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, and I love it. I started out in CS, but I found that the CS courses didn't have enough focus on topics that interested me, so I switched into this.

http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/AM_Dept/AMATHfindingout.shtml

[Naveg]

Only in grade 11 right now, but I have my sights on a few different programs:

Waterloo mechatronics engineering: http://www.mechatronics.uwaterloo.ca/home.html
Waterloo computer/electrical engineering: http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/
UofT engineering science: http://www.engsci.utoronto.ca/

Of course, I'm leaving my options open to anything else that might catch my attention.

[Tony]

I'm taking Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

The program is tough to both get into, and stay in. Some classes are more difficult than others, but they cover a very wide spectrum of Engineering, from sketching with a pencil, to AutoCAD technical shematics, to materials, to physics, to electronics. It's really fun to see how all of those fields come together, and you end up thinking about the effects of a physics force on an electrical circuit made out of various materials (while drawing the said circuit in AutoCAD )

Electro-mechanical systems is what this is about, but this program is also a great way to land a job as a project leader on a variety of Engineering tasks, as upon graduation you'll be familiar with many aspects of different fields.

http://www.mechatronics.uwaterloo.ca/

[Hikaru79]

I've really got my heart set on Computer Science at Waterloo. If I don't get in, I figure suicide is always an option.

[Cervantes]

Since mechatronics engineering has already been mentioned, twice, I'll say Engineering Physics at McMaster.

Naveg wrote:

UofT engineering science: http://www.engsci.utoronto.ca/

Unless you are extremely smart and okay with going to bed at 3 in the morning every night, I wouldn't recommend it. My brother, who is very bright, is in that program. The workload is ridiculous.

[Martin]

Noise posts deleted, and I edited Cervantes post so that the thread makes sense again. I suggest people, you know, read the first post again.

Anyway, in light of this - English at the University of Windsor.

And Hikaru, it's really just a matter of suicide if you don't get in, or suicide when you do get in. Been there, done that. I want to switch into music.

[wtd]

Go to Cornell University. Aside from Northwestern it has the highest student suicide rate.

Computer Science at Cornell University - http://www.cs.cornell.edu/

[Paul]

I'm thinkign of BMA double degree or computer science, maybe if I'm good enough... nanotech, and also systems perhaps. But yea, business, now I have a bit more confidence, just got 3rd in my category in 20 teams in regional DECA, first time competing. E-commerce was the category.

[Martin]

Be careful with nanotech. It's in its first year now, so the curriculum is going to change a lot, and it's going to be overly difficult simply because they need to be accredited (which is based on graduates).

That's not to say that it'll be a bad program, but it'll definitely be intense, and there will be a distinct lack of direction with a lot of your courses in the beginning.

That said, they're getting a shiny new building.

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I've been thinking about switching into music. I think I've had enough math for a while. Here's a link to Windsor's program http://www.uwindsor.ca/music