University of Toronto or Case Western.

[glam407]

I was told to bring this to the high school thread.
Toronto has severe severe severe grade deflation.So it's a lot of work.
Case doesn't have deflation, but is also A LOT OF WORK.

Toronto's in a better city , i find that he people are friendlier, and the social life is better.

However, Case would give me an American degree.
What would you do

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[GoodmanBrown]

Depends on your goal. Is it to eventually go to a U.S. med school?

Personally, I would go with whichever is cheaper. Debt sucks.

 

[sankara]

Hi,

I know nothing of Case western, but am very familiar with uoft.
Tuition for international students in Canada is also way cheaper than most U.S school. In terms of reputation I'm bias towards uoft as it's the yale of Canada. UofT attracts some of the most competitive students in Canada. Many of these students also want to get into medical school and will go through great lengths to realize their dreams. Unfortunately, competition there is so fierce that most (85-90%) will not make the grades to get into medical school (I'm basing this value on my graduating class who aspired to get into medical school ). UofT has a way of crushing your dreams. That being said, some do manage to excel there. Those close to me who did very well there were generally IB/AP students. If you attend the St.Geo rge campus downtown you'll love it. Rent downtown can be prett pricey ~750-1200$ CDN. The city of Toronto is very live and diverse. You wil encounter really bright, enthusiastic people who will challenge your perspective on many things. Retrospectively, knowing what I know now, I would recommend to anyone looking to get into a professional school, to not go to a big three (UofT, UBC and McGill). The competition is too fierce.However, if you want to pursue graduate studies, doing an undergrad there will open many doors across the world. (Top tier uoft grads have no problem getting into Harvard, oxford, ....)

Just my two cents. If you want a better perspective of google the canadian premed forum and you'll get an abundance of replies.

Cheers!

 

[mashmetoo]

I was told to bring this to the high school thread.
Toronto has severe severe severe grade deflation.So it's a lot of work.
Case doesn't have deflation, but is also A LOT OF WORK.

Toronto's in a better city , i find that he people are friendlier, and the social life is better.

However, Case would give me an American degree.
What would you do

If you want a better chance of getting into medical school, I would seriously seriously SERIOUSLY advice AGAINST going to UofT. Having gone there myself, and seen firsthand what it's like, I'd recommend against anyone going there for undergrad IF their plan is to get good grades to go into a professional school. Also, there are practical limitations for attending UofT as well. The most annoying one is the differences in credits and lab course credits between Canadian schools and US schools in general, as well as the fact that there currently is NO second half credit including lab for general/inorganic chemistry that is a prerequisite for all US medical schools. You will find yourself short on that general chemistry credit when applying to US schools, and you will need to take that credit at a different instution (I kinda got screwed over because of this, and had to redo my general chemistry credits at a nearby university). So imo, avoid UofT, go to casewestern, make your life 1000x easier.