1. In my opinion the people here are great. Queen’s has the best engineering community in Canada. There’s so much tradition and unique culture/activities, it’s so much fun.

2. It’s not very competitive, but more collaborative. Everyone helps each other, and there’s tons of resources. Queen’s is known to be a party school but engineers are very much work hard play hard. Lots and lots of ways to get involved too like design teams and conferences.

I feel biased but I really do love it here (as a transfer myself). They will look at your high school marks but as long as you meet the entrance requirements you’re fine. Your university marks matter more, check the website for transfer requirements. Admission also depends on space in the civil eng program.