British student looking for advice!
#1
Jellybeanie
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British student looking for advice!
Hey everyone!
I've been looking on the British Expat Forum for quite a while now, and considered joining, but just never got around to it..until now.
Well, I'm in my final year at 6th form, and I've basically been accepted to both British and Canadian uni.'s. However, I'm starting to doubt whether Canada would be a nice place to stay for thr duration of my degree. I will be living on Victoria Island, but have only ever seen pictures of the place.
Anyone who could reassure me, or enlighten me, please help!
Thanks in advance,
ladolcevita
I've been looking on the British Expat Forum for quite a while now, and considered joining, but just never got around to it..until now.
Well, I'm in my final year at 6th form, and I've basically been accepted to both British and Canadian uni.'s. However, I'm starting to doubt whether Canada would be a nice place to stay for thr duration of my degree. I will be living on Victoria Island, but have only ever seen pictures of the place.
Anyone who could reassure me, or enlighten me, please help!
Thanks in advance,
ladolcevita
Last edited by ladolcevita; Apr 22nd 2005 at 2:21 pm.
#2
Re: British student looking for advice!
Willmorreee!!!!
Shes living in paradise, and Im sure will tell you to go for it. Take an umbrella !
Shes living in paradise, and Im sure will tell you to go for it. Take an umbrella !
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Re: British student looking for advice!
Victoria Island seemed like a pretty nice place when I made a brief visit a few years back. Personally if I was in your situation I'd pick Canada unless there was a very good reason to stay in the UK... you'll probably benefit at least as much from spending a few years in a foreign country as you will from taking a degree.
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Jellybeanie
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Re: British student looking for advice!
Thanks for your help!
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Re: British student looking for advice!
Originally Posted by ladolcevita
Hey everyone!
I've been looking on the British Expat Forum for quite a while now, and considered joining, but just never got around to it..until now.
Well, I'm in my final year at 6th form, and I've basically been accepted to both British and Canadian uni.'s. However, I'm starting to doubt whether Canada would be a nice place to stay for thr duration of my degree. I will be living on Victoria Island, but have only ever seen pictures of the place.
Anyone who could reassure me, or enlighten me, please help!
Thanks in advance,
ladolcevita
I've been looking on the British Expat Forum for quite a while now, and considered joining, but just never got around to it..until now.
Well, I'm in my final year at 6th form, and I've basically been accepted to both British and Canadian uni.'s. However, I'm starting to doubt whether Canada would be a nice place to stay for thr duration of my degree. I will be living on Victoria Island, but have only ever seen pictures of the place.
Anyone who could reassure me, or enlighten me, please help!
Thanks in advance,
ladolcevita
If you have any other questions, fire away
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Re: British student looking for advice!
I think you mean Victoria on Vancouver Island!
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Jellybeanie
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Re: British student looking for advice!
LOL! Ooops! I did mean Vancouver Island! I'm having quite a ditzy day today! Argh, how silly of me! To the person that's from Victoria, tell me moreee! I would love to know all about Victoria, especially from someone that knows it first hand! Here's my list of questions:
What's the life like out there?
Are there nice places to visit?
Was the campus as beautiful as it looked on the brochure?
Is it easy to access Vancouver from Victoria?
That's all for now!
Feel free to randomly rant on about how great Victoria is!
ladolcevita
What's the life like out there?
Are there nice places to visit?
Was the campus as beautiful as it looked on the brochure?
Is it easy to access Vancouver from Victoria?
That's all for now!
Feel free to randomly rant on about how great Victoria is!
ladolcevita
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Re: British student looking for advice!
To be fair, its not yet 9am on the wet coast, so it might take a while to get some "on the ground" reports...
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Re: British student looking for advice!
What's the life like out there?
Are there nice places to visit?
Was the campus as beautiful as it looked on the brochure?
Is it easy to access Vancouver from Victoria?
That's all for now!
Feel free to randomly rant on about how great Victoria is!
ladolcevita[/QUOTE]
hi there from the still early west coast of canada......
I'm a bit biased (and remember these are just my opinions).Since I was criticized for outlining the negative aspects of Victoria last time I will refrain from doing so again!!!
Life is wonderful here on Vancouver Island (Victoria). We move at a much slower rate than most other places in Canada. Although we do get quite a bit of rain, a good gortex jacket for the fall/winter/spring will do the trick for you. We have had a very early spring and are experiencing beautiful 17c weather this entire week. I was able to pick spinach from our greenhouse until october last year, and our summer was so warm last year that i got 4 crops of raspberries and strawberries.
There are many beautiful beaches in and around Victoria and all along the west coast of the island. Well worth taking a trip. There are just too many beautiful areas to mention. There are tons of walking/biking trails, the west coast trail. On our last trip, we saw kids surfing along the coast!!!! Then there's my very very favourite, Botanical Beach with world famous tidal pools.
Although I did both of my degrees at the university of british columbia, we do use the research labs at uvic. The campus is absolutely beautiful and growing every day. The govt has released some funding this year, so a few new buildings will be started for the social sciences (the buidlings they are housed in now are very old and the depts are in different buildings. The campus is quite small, and very friendly.....
The campus is just a hop, skip and jump from Haro Beach and the ocean. Easily a 10 minute walk from the campus. Great place to hang out and eat lunch or whatever.....
The ferry ride to Vancouver-Victoria is usually 1 1/2 hours long, but well worth it. We have seen killer whales etc., on different trips.....
I must run for now......but please if you want more info, just yell. Either hwp or myself will be around to help you.....so ask away....
Oh, forgot to ask.....what field of study are you going into?
Are there nice places to visit?
Was the campus as beautiful as it looked on the brochure?
Is it easy to access Vancouver from Victoria?
That's all for now!
Feel free to randomly rant on about how great Victoria is!
ladolcevita[/QUOTE]
hi there from the still early west coast of canada......
I'm a bit biased (and remember these are just my opinions).Since I was criticized for outlining the negative aspects of Victoria last time I will refrain from doing so again!!!
Life is wonderful here on Vancouver Island (Victoria). We move at a much slower rate than most other places in Canada. Although we do get quite a bit of rain, a good gortex jacket for the fall/winter/spring will do the trick for you. We have had a very early spring and are experiencing beautiful 17c weather this entire week. I was able to pick spinach from our greenhouse until october last year, and our summer was so warm last year that i got 4 crops of raspberries and strawberries.
There are many beautiful beaches in and around Victoria and all along the west coast of the island. Well worth taking a trip. There are just too many beautiful areas to mention. There are tons of walking/biking trails, the west coast trail. On our last trip, we saw kids surfing along the coast!!!! Then there's my very very favourite, Botanical Beach with world famous tidal pools.
Although I did both of my degrees at the university of british columbia, we do use the research labs at uvic. The campus is absolutely beautiful and growing every day. The govt has released some funding this year, so a few new buildings will be started for the social sciences (the buidlings they are housed in now are very old and the depts are in different buildings. The campus is quite small, and very friendly.....
The campus is just a hop, skip and jump from Haro Beach and the ocean. Easily a 10 minute walk from the campus. Great place to hang out and eat lunch or whatever.....
The ferry ride to Vancouver-Victoria is usually 1 1/2 hours long, but well worth it. We have seen killer whales etc., on different trips.....
I must run for now......but please if you want more info, just yell. Either hwp or myself will be around to help you.....so ask away....
Oh, forgot to ask.....what field of study are you going into?
#10
Jellybeanie
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Re: British student looking for advice!
Hey Willmore!
I'm going be doing a BComm degree, however, I have to go through a pre-commerce year first. All Amths, Economics and Statistics based, but exactly what I'm looking to do!
Thank you very much for all the info you provided in your post, it was certainly reassuring!
ladolcevita
I'm going be doing a BComm degree, however, I have to go through a pre-commerce year first. All Amths, Economics and Statistics based, but exactly what I'm looking to do!
Thank you very much for all the info you provided in your post, it was certainly reassuring!
ladolcevita
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Re: British student looking for advice!
Originally Posted by ladolcevita
Hey Willmore!
I'm going be doing a BComm degree, however, I have to go through a pre-commerce year first. All Amths, Economics and Statistics based, but exactly what I'm looking to do!
Thank you very much for all the info you provided in your post, it was certainly reassuring!
ladolcevita
I'm going be doing a BComm degree, however, I have to go through a pre-commerce year first. All Amths, Economics and Statistics based, but exactly what I'm looking to do!
Thank you very much for all the info you provided in your post, it was certainly reassuring!
ladolcevita
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Re: British student looking for advice!
Originally Posted by ladolcevita
Hey everyone!
I've been looking on the British Expat Forum for quite a while now, and considered joining, but just never got around to it..until now.
Well, I'm in my final year at 6th form, and I've basically been accepted to both British and Canadian uni.'s. However, I'm starting to doubt whether Canada would be a nice place to stay for thr duration of my degree. I will be living on Victoria Island, but have only ever seen pictures of the place.
Anyone who could reassure me, or enlighten me, please help!
Thanks in advance,
ladolcevita
I've been looking on the British Expat Forum for quite a while now, and considered joining, but just never got around to it..until now.
Well, I'm in my final year at 6th form, and I've basically been accepted to both British and Canadian uni.'s. However, I'm starting to doubt whether Canada would be a nice place to stay for thr duration of my degree. I will be living on Victoria Island, but have only ever seen pictures of the place.
Anyone who could reassure me, or enlighten me, please help!
Thanks in advance,
ladolcevita
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Re: British student looking for advice!
At least if you do your degree in Canada it will be recognized there and here, unlike if you did it in UK............. Respond!
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Re: British student looking for advice!
Originally Posted by George-Ang
At least if you do your degree in Canada it will be recognized there and here, unlike if you did it in UK............. Respond!
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Originally Posted by Iginla
Yep but the one benefit of the UK is that you can jump from undergrad to PhD without going through the Masters.