01-19-2005, 01:27 PM
Ottawa - Pros: good social sciences program
close to downtown
bilingual university
Cons: no school spirit
no campus bar
poor administration
residences crowded
the city sucks (no offense to those who live there)
Carleton -- Pros: nice campus
decent transit service
good campus bar
some school spirit
school is working very hard on improving its quality of education.
Cons: university is not bilingual
campus is pretty far from "the market"
mediocre reputation
mediocre social sciences program (psych is alright though)
the city sucks (no offense)
Pros of both: the universities work together on a lot of programs and share professors, and compete with each other on both athletic and scholastic fronts
Cons of both: cost of living in Ottawa is very high, and non-government jobs don't tend to pay as well as in other cities. The city is very apathetic about everything.... so it's tough to blame the universities for having low spirit. For example - the hip show in Ottawa was not quite sold out, and many people off to the sides and far back spent most of the concert sitting, and golf-clapping when appropriate, rather than standing, cheering, or singing along, as was the custom at every other hip show I've seen.
All that being said, I'm a pessimist. If you choose to go to either Ottawa school, let me know and I'll give you the low-down on where to party/work/live/eat, etc.
close to downtown
bilingual university
Cons: no school spirit
no campus bar
poor administration
residences crowded
the city sucks (no offense to those who live there)
Carleton -- Pros: nice campus
decent transit service
good campus bar
some school spirit
school is working very hard on improving its quality of education.
Cons: university is not bilingual
campus is pretty far from "the market"
mediocre reputation
mediocre social sciences program (psych is alright though)
the city sucks (no offense)
Pros of both: the universities work together on a lot of programs and share professors, and compete with each other on both athletic and scholastic fronts
Cons of both: cost of living in Ottawa is very high, and non-government jobs don't tend to pay as well as in other cities. The city is very apathetic about everything.... so it's tough to blame the universities for having low spirit. For example - the hip show in Ottawa was not quite sold out, and many people off to the sides and far back spent most of the concert sitting, and golf-clapping when appropriate, rather than standing, cheering, or singing along, as was the custom at every other hip show I've seen.
All that being said, I'm a pessimist. If you choose to go to either Ottawa school, let me know and I'll give you the low-down on where to party/work/live/eat, etc.