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I REALLY need help with my decision to go to SFU
I need to know whether or not to accept their offer of admission.
I am transferring from the University of Alberta.
I understand that SFU is a trimester system, yet i can only attend the school from fall to winter, I cannot do the summer trimester.
Therefore to complete the 90 credits i have left, i have to take 5 courses per semester (Which i would have to do anyways in Alberta) for the next 3 years while my competition takes less than that. My Major is Biomedical Physiology. Will this make it significantly harder for me to achieve good grades since others have more free time to study? Does everyone take the summer trimester?
I really hate studying in Edmonton, i have nowhere to study basically. The only place i can study is at the school's library (i've tried public libraries, coffee shops, can't focus) and to get there i have to travel by car, then bus, then train in -20C to -40C temperatures 9 months of the year where as in SFU i'll be in a dorm with peace and quiet and walking distance from the library.
Also another reason I am doing this is because i can apply at both UBC dentistry and UofA dentistry as a resident of Alberta and BC and i get the full seats of both of the schools (You count as a resident of BC in UBC if you have been to a BC post graduate school for at least two years in the past 5 years and for UofA, well i'm still a resident of Alberta).
What would you recommend I do?
I am transferring from the University of Alberta.
I understand that SFU is a trimester system, yet i can only attend the school from fall to winter, I cannot do the summer trimester.
Therefore to complete the 90 credits i have left, i have to take 5 courses per semester (Which i would have to do anyways in Alberta) for the next 3 years while my competition takes less than that. My Major is Biomedical Physiology. Will this make it significantly harder for me to achieve good grades since others have more free time to study? Does everyone take the summer trimester?
I really hate studying in Edmonton, i have nowhere to study basically. The only place i can study is at the school's library (i've tried public libraries, coffee shops, can't focus) and to get there i have to travel by car, then bus, then train in -20C to -40C temperatures 9 months of the year where as in SFU i'll be in a dorm with peace and quiet and walking distance from the library.
Also another reason I am doing this is because i can apply at both UBC dentistry and UofA dentistry as a resident of Alberta and BC and i get the full seats of both of the schools (You count as a resident of BC in UBC if you have been to a BC post graduate school for at least two years in the past 5 years and for UofA, well i'm still a resident of Alberta).
What would you recommend I do?
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