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twitchyzero 02-11-2011 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by taylor192 (Post 7301464)
You can get into university with a D average from high school. That is sad - it is nolonger about "higher education", its about pumping out as many degrees to continually get more funding.
i dont think any full fledged canadian university accept borderline failure students.

TheNewGirl 02-11-2011 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by taylor192 (Post 7301464)
You can get into university with a D average from high school. That is sad - it is nolonger about "higher education", its about pumping out as many degrees to continually get more funding.
For Colleges and these University/College hybrids yes. For Universities the bulk of their funding comes from research dollars. This is why it's easier to get into Douglas or Langera than it is to get into UBC.

GabAlmighty 02-11-2011 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 7301470)
I was accepted to University of York in England. My cost as an international student including living fees? $130,000 for a 4 year degree condensed into 3 years. Ouch. And students over there ate complaining about the recent domestic cost of tuition increase? Lol
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Damn that's pretty nice man. You had any scholarships or was that sum amount basically from otu of pocket?

suzuka84 02-11-2011 10:33 PM
why does it seem as though when education was well funded the NDP was in power?

Nightwalker 02-11-2011 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 7301578)
i dont think any full fledged canadian university accept borderline failure students.
Athabasca University has no entrance requirements.

goo3 02-12-2011 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by suzuka84 (Post 7302261)
why does it seem as though when education was well funded the NDP was in power?
Everything is well funded when you throw it on your credit card and just pay the interest.

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Originally Posted by Nightwalker (Post 7302317)
Athabasca University has no entrance requirements.
Well, cash > grades.

I think you can weasel your way into some MBA programs with enough cash.

goo3 02-12-2011 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma (Post 7301290)
they should just stop giving out student loans.

and aiming for "higher" education should be a lower priority, cuz really, it's a real shitty investment.
some programs have a pretty good payoff

Lomac 02-14-2011 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by GabAlmighty (Post 7301730)
Damn that's pretty nice man. You had any scholarships or was that sum amount basically from otu of pocket?
That would have been basically out of pocket. I opted out of going for a couple years, but the Uni still has my spot on hold. I'm just not sure I can justify that price for the chosen field.

twitchyzero 02-14-2011 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 7301470)
My cost as an international student including living fees? $130,000 for a 4 year degree condensed into 3 years.
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sounds about right for even out-of-state students studying in the US. What field if you don't mind me asking?

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Originally Posted by Nightwalker (Post 7302317)
Athabasca University has no entrance requirements.
full-fledged as in SFU, Queens, McGill, Waterloo etc...not some distance-ed online 'university'

The_AK 02-14-2011 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Nightwalker (Post 7302317)
Athabasca University has no entrance requirements.
How is it a University? Somewhat off-topic, but how does an institution achieve a "University" status?

Lomac 02-14-2011 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 7304928)
sounds about right for even out-of-state students studying in the US. What field if you don't mind me asking?'
Forensic archaeology and biomedial anthropology. York is/was considered the premiere school for this. Plus I'd have more fun digging shit up in Europe than finding arrow heads over here... lol

Decided to change fields anyway. Currently doing school for mechanical engineering.

baggdis300 02-14-2011 10:45 PM
what are you going to go into?manufacturing, design, systems?

i am currently in 1st year @ bcit for mechanical engineering as well, going get diploma from there, then bounce over to a real university for my bachelors

CW EK9 02-15-2011 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by suzuka84 (Post 7302261)
why does it seem as though when education was well funded the NDP was in power?
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think tuition in the mid 2000's also went up by a significant amount. I remember during my post-secondary days I saw tuition going from under 2k per sem to over 3k per sem.

twitchyzero 02-15-2011 02:14 PM
^ yes it's been raising year after year since 2003 (and it's there's no stopping) when NDP was no longer in power.


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