College/University Poll

Debt or a fun experience?

  • Live away from home, for the experience

    Points: 32 57.1%

  • Chill at home and stay debt free

    Points: 24 42.9%
  • Total voters
    56
  • Poll closed .
Amplitude said:
That's for Waterloo, I'm going to Laurier.
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The rates are relatively similar.

Large companies usually give you the posted averages for your faculty. When I was with TD Securities, they gave me program average.

I'm not sure where the Laurier statistics are.
 
CanadianNoOB said:
Schulich is a great school. I know a lot of people who went there. The thing about York University is that it is basically high school round 2. You commute to campus, take your classes and commute home. There is almost no social environment.

My older brothers friend had to pick between these two schools as well. He went with Laurier. The Co-op program is extremely helpful as it gives you actual hands on experience in the business world.

I'm not a business student but I applied to York as well, it was my safety pick.

I'm wrapping up my first year at Brock and I must say I definatley had more fun this year than any other year of my life thus far. I met brand new people and to be honest the people I met and live with have more in common with me than my friends back home in Thornhill.

Its up to you. Make a choice based on what you wanna do. But I say live away from home.
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Yep, that's what i'm thinking...
I'm going to the open house this Friday to check it out, but yep, my dad is convinced, and my mom, well, she doesn't know a thing.. so its all good..
 
I went to a private school that was 20 minutes from my parents' house. It was a tiny place but it had a campus. I lived on campus for the duration of my time at that school and I will be honest, at this point I can honestly look back and say they were the best years of my life.

You start to become independent and I think it's a good step as part of maturing. You have to learn to get along with people even when there are times that you can't stand them. It has great moments, it has terrible moments.

Financially you just want to make sure you will have a job to pay off your student loans. After its all said and done if you don't make your payments on those when it comes time to start paying for them your credit can get absolutely screwed.

Like I said I was grateful for the experience, but that's me. When it all comes down to it you have to decide for yourself.
 
Spitfire'd said:
I went to a private school that was 20 minutes from my parents' house. It was a tiny place but it had a campus. I lived on campus for the duration of my time at that school and I will be honest, at this point I can honestly look back and say they were the best years of my life.

You start to become independent and I think it's a good step as part of maturing. You have to learn to get along with people even when there are times that you can't stand them. It has great moments, it has terrible moments.

Financially you just want to make sure you will have a job to pay off your student loans. After its all said and done if you don't make your payments on those when it comes time to start paying for them your credit can get absolutely screwed.

Like I said I was grateful for the experience, but that's me. When it all comes down to it you have to decide for yourself.
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Yeah, thats what i hear.
I'm 99% sure i'm going away from home, my dad is ok with it, my mom will never be, but thats life.
 
ok. im 21 ive gone to school and stopped for personal reasons just couldnt handle it. but i want to go back and when i do i want to leave home for a personal building experience...fail or succeed itll make you a better off. with that said im moving up to the bay area here in cali and im going to continue school there and im excited...after a jc i want to go out east or mid west to a university

but ya man living debt free is amost a cowardly way of living no offense to anybody. but hey man its a risk and one that sooner or later will pay off. i promise

and hey if not...ill let you kick me in the balls. how does that sound?
 
Thanks for everything guys,
I just accepted Laurier's offer, (the university away from my house) went to their open house and I loved it. I might come out with very little debt because my parents will help. I can't wait.

Oh and captain, the average is 675 a week for co-op, going up to 800+ in the later years.
 
Eh, I really can't answer this for you, because I don't know what you're like, but if this was me, I would probably just stay home. That way you won't be paying off 15k for years, unlike most of your friends.
 
What do you mean by "the experience?" Do you mean obnoxious parties with people who act half their age, and then half again once they're drunk? Eating Ramen to survive, and being treated as a number? Taking 18 credit hours just so that you don't end up with the bill and face academic probation? Dealing with annoying dorm mates and then even worse room mates when renting a house? pfft.

I go to a Community College, I'm paying half the cash, and the government is paying 90% of it. I have relationships with my teachers, all of whom know me by name. I get all the help I need, when I need it. Yeah, my school doesn't have a football team or a competitive band, but it has all of the practical functions that I need.

But that's just here in the US, it might be different in Canada.

Not trying to sound snarky, just trying to point out a few things.
 
The Yeti said:
What do you mean by "the experience?" Do you mean obnoxious parties with people who act half their age, and then half again once they're drunk? Eating Ramen to survive, and being treated as a number? Taking 18 credit hours just so that you don't end up with the bill and face academic probation? Dealing with annoying dorm mates and then even worse room mates when renting a house? pfft.

I go to a Community College, I'm paying half the cash, and the government is paying 90% of it. I have relationships with my teachers, all of whom know me by name. I get all the help I need, when I need it. Yeah, my school doesn't have a football team or a competitive band, but it has all of the practical functions that I need.

But that's just here in the US, it might be different in Canada.

Not trying to sound snarky, just trying to point out a few things.
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nope yeti it's like that in Canada for collage too, im taking music arts and know all my teachers by first name and knew them all before going cause they were the people that we've been seeing at the local venues for years.

and it is geared towards entrepreneurship so the government pays for most of it and even more if you stay in Provence and start a business after.
 
The Yeti said:
What do you mean by "the experience?" Do you mean obnoxious parties with people who act half their age, and then half again once they're drunk? Eating Ramen to survive, and being treated as a number? Taking 18 credit hours just so that you don't end up with the bill and face academic probation? Dealing with annoying dorm mates and then even worse room mates when renting a house? pfft.

I go to a Community College, I'm paying half the cash, and the government is paying 90% of it. I have relationships with my teachers, all of whom know me by name. I get all the help I need, when I need it. Yeah, my school doesn't have a football team or a competitive band, but it has all of the practical functions that I need.

But that's just here in the US, it might be different in Canada.

Not trying to sound snarky, just trying to point out a few things.
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but im still not staying at home got a house with my gf and my friend and his gf.
 
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