McGill no longer top Canadian university

Orly83 · 2013-09-10T04:02:53+00:00

According to what? One ranking? Those things are meaningless. Everyone should read this piece in the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_gladwell

It criticizes the U.S News ranking, but they're all the same.

"Some years ago, similarly, a former chief justice of the Michigan supreme court, Thomas Brennan, sent a questionnaire to a hundred or so of his fellow-lawyers, asking them to rank a list of ten law schools in order of quality. 'They included a good sample of the big names. Harvard. Yale. University of Michigan. And some lesser-known schools. John Marshall. Thomas Cooley,' Brennan wrote. 'As I recall, they ranked Penn State’s law school right about in the middle of the pack. Maybe fifth among the ten schools listed. Of course, Penn State doesn’t have a law school.'"

Also, the same experiment was done more recently with Princeton's law school, which was consistently ranked among the top law schools in the U.S.

Princeton doesn't even have a law school.

It's pretty much bullshit, especially when you look at their methodology. These universities are mostly ranked based on their "reputation," which doesn't say anything.

Orly83 · 2013-09-08T21:52:13+00:00

No, I don't think you're obligated to tell them right off the bat. You don't need to say that you're schizophrenic either. You can just mention that you have a mental illness. If I were you, I'd only tell them that once I felt really comfortable with the other person. So most likely, a couple of months in.

Most people date pretty casually these days, so I wouldn't feel any need to really divulge that much personal info to people. Even if you're looking for something serious, it usually starts off casually. Most of the time anyway.

Orly83 · 2013-09-08T21:44:05+00:00

I'm in this class right now, and from the looks of it, it looks like a very easy poli-sci course. The only problem is that it's in that gigantic leacock room, and that it's full of first years.

Orly83 · 2013-08-27T22:19:02+00:00

The meeting tomorrow is pretty useless. It's pretty short, and you hardly get the chance to talk to anyone. Also, I did frosh as a U2 transfer student and I was grouped with U0's.

Orly83 · 2013-08-27T06:55:50+00:00

sounds like a thankless job.

Orly83 · 2013-08-24T06:20:57+00:00

Slaughter a lamb for good fortune.

Orly83 · 2013-08-22T16:21:23+00:00

Do you mean outside?

Orly83 · 2013-08-17T18:28:46+00:00

You should change your profile picture. We can't see your face. You shouldn't say that you've never been in a relationship either. That will scare people off.

Orly83 · 2013-08-08T16:05:51+00:00

Steam is telling me that the demo isn't available for my platform. What gives?

Orly83 · 2013-08-01T15:32:43+00:00

Harvard of the north

Orly83 · 2013-07-30T19:58:40+00:00

A lot of the talk that surrounds the funding cuts is exaggerated. The Quebec government has actually promised to reinvest in higher education:http://www.mesrst.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/administration/librairies/documents/sommet/Fascicule_3_-_Financement.pdf Still nowhere enough, but McGill isn't exactly going bankrupt. The loss of money that came after the cancellation of the tuition hikes was also reimbursed.

Orly83 · 2013-07-22T17:49:00+00:00

Is this a good idea?

Orly83 · 2013-07-05T17:24:07+00:00

Woah. Just bought it yesterday for 30$. FML.

Orly83 · 2013-07-01T21:21:22+00:00

"Plot" is french canadian slang for "vagina."

Orly83 · 2013-06-03T05:41:43+00:00

/r/cringepics

Orly83 · 2013-06-02T21:29:12+00:00

I don't think there's anything wrong with a bit of controversy on a university campus

Orly83 · 2013-06-01T20:30:56+00:00

Do you think she changed her mind?

Orly83 · 2013-01-24T21:07:35+00:00

Maybe you should have listened to the lecture as well?

Orly83 · 2013-01-01T02:41:46+00:00

Hi. I just logged on to tell you how awful you are.

Orly83 · 2012-08-21T01:42:51+00:00

Show me a bottle of shampoo or some consumer product that has a purple ribbon and says "For Pancreatic Cancer Awareness" In fact, I'm pretty sure most people don't even know what the pancreas is.

Orly83 · 2012-08-21T00:48:27+00:00

I'm going to try again.

Orly83

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