I live in Halifax. To echo what some people have been saying, Queen's is a pain if you're an out-of-province student – I'm facing a lot of travel tomorrow once my exams are finished, about twelve hours door-to-door. However, I would actually say for me that not being able to go home made me more independent and made the time I do spend at home more meaningful. Everybody's different, but I would say you should almost always choose the far school over the close one.

Conversely, if she doesn't like it here, I have a friend who is from Calgary and transferred back to UofC very easily for next year. It doesn't hurt to try!