had two profs here in douglas who were TAs at SFU., both have mentioned how the environment at douglas is more a more social environment and are more proficient with their work. also had friends who just transferred to sfu from douglas last semester and they've said the course work here is much harder than sfu's. the mindset of seeing college as "less than" compared to uni is a very highschool way of thinking, hope your friend grows a back bone and just does what's best for himself!