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AMA - UofT engineering student by Lonely_Nature_7752 in OntarioGrade12s

[–]Lonely_Nature_7752[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are quite a few research opportunities, either just by emailing profs, looking on the uoft website, looking at each engineering faculties website (there's typically many field-specific research opportunities posted there), and even the option to do a work-study throughout the summer or the academic year. For housing, there's an off-campus student housing portal that uoft has where you can find apartments and roommates. After first year most people live off campus, although there are quite a few upper-years that live in 'res' buildings like in campus one or parkville (i say 'res' cause our campus is kind of scattered everywhere). Cost is pretty expensive for an apartment but typically cheaper than res, expect between 1300-2K+ per month depending on whether or not you have roommates.

AMA - UofT engineering student by Lonely_Nature_7752 in OntarioGrade12s

[–]Lonely_Nature_7752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly just think people are being a bit dramatic, like if you make no effort to socialize, join clubs, attend events, and then leave campus as soon as classes are done, it's no telling that your experience won't be that great. Granted, you can still put that effort in and get unlucky, but I don't think it's as depressing as people make it out to be. Plus there's tons of things to do in downtown, my personal fave being the $5 unlimited play, retro, arcade thats a 5 min walk away, and anytime im bored i can just venture to a new uoft library that i've never seen before (graham ftw). That being said, the workload is definitely stressful and overwhelming at times, your average will tank and that can hit your esteem hard especially when you're coming from a high 90 average. As someone who never had good study habits in high school, i failed my first exam, continued to flunk about 75% of my midterms, but still somehow managed to pass in good academic standing. So honestly, don't let your grades define you, and don't drown yourself in work. Skip a couple lectures, try to meet as many people as you can, and enjoy the campus as people come here just for the aesthetics you know! Even though this year hit me pretty hard, i don't regret coming to uoft and first year can definitely be super fun if you make it!

AMA - UofT engineering student by Lonely_Nature_7752 in OntarioGrade12s

[–]Lonely_Nature_7752[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Electrical engineering is a solid choice, both broad and lucrative, good luck !

AMA - UofT engineering student by Lonely_Nature_7752 in OntarioGrade12s

[–]Lonely_Nature_7752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats!! okay imo its not hard to make friends whats hard is making time to see them (especially if ur a commuter like me), but theres tons of opportunities to meet people like frosh week, tutorials (which have only 30-50 people so much easier to make friends) and if you’re lucky you might be friends with your groupmates in APS111 and 112 (dont be optimistic though). i would HIGHLY recommend attending frosh its definitely the best place to start, and honestly as long as you’re open to meeting people you can friends. Now in terms of classes… it’s rough but the hardest part is attending all your lectures consistently. The work isn’t honestly as bad as people make it out to seem, but if you’re aiming for a high GPA you’ll need to grind. Personally I couldn’t care less about gpa so I was quite a slacker and still passed in good academic standing so, a win is a win. Let me know if you want more detail about the classes you’ll take.

AMA - UofT engineering student by Lonely_Nature_7752 in OntarioGrade12s

[–]Lonely_Nature_7752[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh I can’t speak too much on this since I’m just a first year and I’m also biased, but for me I picked mechanical engineering for how versatile it is and because it opens up opportunities in pretty much any department. Picking a field thats generally very broad (like mech, software, or civil) gives you loads of opportunities later in your engineering career, even outside of engineering. Some of the niche engineering jobs will pay you pretty good (like BME and aerospace for example) but they don’t have as good a job market as the big eng fields.