Hi,
I really appreciate your site, because I’ve looked at and compared so many
university websites in the past few months, but a student perspective is
usually better.
Anyways, my question is about the “college system” at utoronto. Are the
students at each residence significantly different? Like, I read somewhere
that “mostly mature & commerce students go to Woodsworth”. I liked the
Woodsworth residence the best but if certain people go to certain colleges,
I should probably think more about my choice because I’d like the most
varied student body preferrably.
Also, I was wondering if the “Ethics, Society & Law” program is
christian-biased because its funded by or housed at Trinity. There seem to
be a lot of courses within it that are Christian based and less on world
religions.
Thanks for all your help!
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Thanks for your comment. It?s nice to be appreciated for a change. Usually people just send me their high school marks and ask me ?CAN I GET IN 2 UOFT W/ MY MARKZ PLZ K THX?.
Okay. There?ve been way too many questions about the college system lately. What?s this about Woodsworth having only mature/commerce students? Where are you reading these comments? You know, people can go on and on about how Trinity students are snobs, St. Mike?s students are partiers, and Vic students are super-liberal-people-who-only-care-about-the-arts??but they are simply just stereotypes (you know, kinda like ?teenagers are rebellious?). I advise you to stop googling, because all you?ll get are more and more rumours and useless information about why men have nipples or why your poop is green. People love to make blanket statements. You?ll have to realize that most of them aren?t true. For instance, I have a few friends from Woodsworth. One is in Ethics. Another one?s in commerce and physics. I have a friend from Vic (which is commonly known as the artsy college) who?s in Life Sciences. And I?ve known people in Innis (not Woodsworth) who are in commerce.
It?s true that Woodsworth is home to the Academic Bridging program (which is aimed at mature students) and that the Rotman facilities are based in the Woodsworth buildings?which is why many commerce students pick Woodsworth?but it?s not like the only people you?ll meet in your college are going to be commerce kids. UofT has a pretty diverse student body in general, and I?ve met some people with crazy major combinations. Also, keep in mind that many of the friends you?ll make might not even be affiliated with your college at all. You?ll probably make more friends with people in your program or who participate in the same extra-curricular activities.
My advice to you is to go out and visit the other colleges and perhaps meet some of the upper-year students.
As for the Ethics program, it isn?t affiliated with any religion. Trinity itself is historically an Anglican college. However, there is no rule that you have to be Anglican or even religious to get into Trinity or one of its programs. I?m looking at the course sequence for the Ethics program, but I don?t see any Christian-based courses! In fact, I see only one religion-related course, RLG309Y1 (Religion, Morality, and Law). The course doesn?t seem to be biased towards any particular religion. If you?re interested in word religions, take a look at the courseslisted under the religion department. There?s courses on Hinduism, Judaism, Islam? the list goes on!
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask me more if I?ve been unclear (*grumble*).