{"id":2893,"date":"2011-02-09T13:03:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2893"},"modified":"2016-07-11T15:05:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T19:05:47","slug":"how-shitty-is-scarborough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2893","title":{"rendered":"how shitty is scarborough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Shaheen and I applied at UTSC for human biology for 2011 but I have a few questions first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I&#8217;ve heard alot of bad things about UTSC. Rather than believe everything I hear, I decided to ask someone who actually has first hand experience. Is it true UTSC has the feel of a highschool? That there&#8217;s cliques and that highschool atmosphere?<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, how boring is the campus really? I mean it&#8217;s in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but the zoo around, right?<\/p>\n<p>And thirdly, this question may seem a little strange but what are the student demographics at UTSC? Would you say the vast majority are South Asian?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Yo yo concerned UTSC-er,<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s different experiences for different people &#8230; as is everything in life I guess.<\/p>\n<p>It is a smaller campus, so its a little more intimate then the St.George campus, but I wouldn&#8217;t go as far as saying that it is similar to highschool.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve actually never been to the campus, but I imagine they have activities planned and you can really make fun out of any situation. It&#8217;s university try new things (take this any way you want) and make your own fun.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there are a few south asians wondering about, I&#8217;m not sure I would say the vast majority though.<\/p>\n<p>St.George campus really is the solution to all your concerns. They have human biology, a decent asian population, massive and uncliquey (unless you count the engineers) and the city is non-stop adventures.<\/p>\n<p>love,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Shaheen and I applied at UTSC for human biology for 2011 but I have a few questions first&#8230; First of all, I&#8217;ve heard alot of bad things about UTSC. Rather than believe everything I hear, I decided to ask someone who actually has first hand experience. Is it true UTSC has the feel of a highschool? That there&#8217;s cliques and that highschool atmosphere? Secondly, how boring is the campus really? I mean it&#8217;s in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but the zoo around, right? And thirdly, this question may seem a little strange but what are the student demographics at UTSC? Would you say the vast majority are South Asian? Thank you so much \ud83d\ude42 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Yo yo concerned UTSC-er, It&#8217;s different experiences for different people &#8230; as is everything in life I guess. It is a smaller campus, so its a little more intimate then the St.George campus, but I wouldn&#8217;t go as far as saying that it is similar to highschool. I&#8217;ve actually never been to the campus, but I imagine they have activities planned and you can really make fun out of any situation. It&#8217;s university try new things (take this any way you want) and make your own fun. I&#8217;m sure there are a few south asians wondering about, I&#8217;m not sure I would say the vast majority though. St.George campus really is the solution to all your concerns. They have human biology, a decent asian population, massive and uncliquey (unless you count the engineers) and the city is non-stop adventures. love, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utsc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi, my name is Shaheen and I applied at UTSC for human biology for 2011 but I have a few questions first... 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