How about the University of Toronto?

As a famous school, its teaching qualification is directly proportional to the difficulty of applying for the exam, but there are also many aspects we don't know. I would like to share with you an overseas study experience of a senior student at the University of Toronto, hoping to help you.

The following are shared with you from personal learning experience, school situation and UT environment, which may not be universally representative and are for entertainment only:

Before sharing, let me briefly introduce my dog blood experience in UT. I studied in high school for two years, and the university in Toronto has always been lenient and strict, so the university is basically dispensable. At that time, I chose three volunteers, ranking CS+ Finance in Waterloo (quantitative trading, program trading, Wall Street IT, etc. ).

University of Toronto ECE (Electronics and Computer)

Engineering, not to mention this, is slightly higher than the mainstream high-end technical talents of Internet entrepreneurship, doubleE and UT. After I got all the offers, I chose Waterloo with the most scholarships. When preparing for class, the school told me that two of my five courses in the first year had to be suspended because I didn't take the TOEFL, so I had to take English classes for half a semester first. I was young. Answer, are you sure? I have two UT offers, but they asked for nothing? Finally, ECE also said that it was too late to arrange and had to go to UT.

Rotman's business, it seems that only businessmen are easy to talk to. Finally, it proves that this coincidence choice is the best choice, at least for now, I am very satisfied.

Learning experience:

My feelings after reading UT are 30% knowledge, 20% learning environment and 50% self-exploration. So the ability of a graduate depends largely on his personality. If I gave myself a score instead of a score, I should have used 5% of the learning environment to learn 25% of the knowledge and actively spent 40% of my energy and imagination to explore. A score of 70/ 100 is not a disgrace to my alma mater, which ranks 14 in the world.

A kind of knowledge:

Business undergraduate was previously classified as art&; Science, in 2007, went to rotman, a business school, and enjoyed most of the professors and resources. Most of the professors are famous, and most of the textbooks are case teaching except textbooks. 80% of the cases come from Harvard, and 20% are made by Professor Ivey and Rotman himself. The learning content is really solid. Except for three or four compulsory courses of ecological economy, which are 65,438+0 years, all other RSM courses in rotman are half a year. The 20 full-year course credits required for graduation mean that 20-4 ECO-4 elective courses are needed =

12 * 2 =

24 semi-business courses. Of course, according to the elective situation, there are about 10 students, and some students like me have read 24 credits and taken more than 30 business courses. Every class is difficult. UT intends to control the average score at around C, so it really takes a lot of time to study to get high marks. Under the condition of ensuring quantity, we have to ask for quality. You can imagine how many scenes stay up late to watch writing homework review.

It is no exaggeration to say that you can't get any social work, grades and sleep. A group of classmates around me couldn't get along anymore and moved to other places. /kloc-more than 0/000 people signed up, and only 3,400 people graduated.

Give a few examples for reference: CFA 1 the content of the exam UT.

The content of my four-year study covers all, which is much beyond the standard. Later, students who went to the same or better schools in the United States and Britain to continue their master's degree found it easy to get high marks, while students from other universities were on the verge of failure. Those who go back to China to study at Peking University are even more naive. The content of UT undergraduate course covers graduate students and MBA courses in Peking University. The key is still very solid, not the kind that you forget after learning, such as mathematics and physics in domestic high schools. . . .

In addition, there are many very interesting compulsory elective courses (humanities, science, art and so on). ), can expand my hobbies. For example, I took two astronomy courses (watching night stars with a large telescope) and two CS JAVA courses.

There is also Python (the last assignment is to play a small game independently), which is also very interesting. In addition, psychology, philosophy, geography, Asian humanities and so on. It's usually a good bird course. Even if it is an elective course, I still remember that I can use it flexibly and improve my knowledge in an all-round way.

learning environment

The learning environment mentioned here includes learning atmosphere, learning methods, learning habits and the positive and negative influences of students around.

Everyone's personality and learning style are definitely different, and personal experience is definitely very different. The diversity of UT is really that there are many people in China, especially Koreans. I am not a schoolmaster myself, and I love to play. As I just entered the university, I went out to play with new friends every day because I didn't have regular homework. Every year, I crammed for exams or 1 or 2 homework. I also missed my homework and exams several times, and almost failed the exam. I met a bully in my sophomore year. Every day, I go to the library and coffee shop to read, then go home to cook, and then go to the library to read. Of course, I also have about 20% time to go out to play. I feel that life is still a little fun, which is similar to the situation at work now. Junior and senior met a group of high-quality local tyrants and embarked on the road of no return. The following courses are basically group case mode. I will always bring a group of teammates like pigs to provide high-quality services such as limousine transfer and food delivery. Similarly, I should not only learn all the contents quickly and teach them to pass the exam, but also complete a set of homework by myself. If I behave well, I will have a chance to get a year-end bonus of 1000 Canadian dollars. To this end, I can only make friends with several other scholars and study and discuss together. I don't think this is an economic benefit. It's really not easy for everyone abroad. A friend in need has been raised to the level of responsibility. My advantage is that I can learn well, so I will study hard. His strength is that I can organize a high-end party full of beautiful women and improve the quality of life. I think brother Meng is very happy and suitable for being together. It's a little far-fetched I think my learning environment experience is quite special and interesting. I shared it. In fact, most students work hard, especially after junior year, and they are basically in the library. A group of people study together, which looks a bit like a gang party. UT has a good learning atmosphere. Libraries and cafes are full, occupying seats has caused countless bloody cases. Everyone has several excellent scholars in their own study circle. Through group study, they can learn from each other and improve each other. Except for a few withdrawn people, most of Rotman's schoolmasters are cheerful and not special houses. They will always get along with everyone. After all, they studied business and had high emotional intelligence.

Speaking of learning methods, it takes a long time to sum up, and I only realized a good learning method in my junior and senior years. I also wrote an article to share with my classmates how to study. Because most UT professors are well-known, their lectures last only two or three hours, and some even don't follow the script at all, according to their own way. Therefore, you must read a lot after class, have a good relationship with TA, do more exercises and ask more questions to understand. Because a class is about 13 classes, a whole book and a bunch of cases. The ability to sum up learning experience is actually very important, so I won't expand it here.

Speaking of the influence of friends, as mentioned above, I have summarized that students studying abroad should be cheerful, willing to make friends and have the ability to distinguish. Making good friends has a great influence on their learning environment. Of course, if they can handle more complicated relationships, they don't need to consider these. UT's "mixed fish and dragons" is really like the previous answer, and you can really get in touch with all kinds of partners. I enjoyed a lot of life, but also because I contacted a group of playful friends, I really neglected a lot of study. Also because I studied hard later, I came into contact with a group of schoolmasters, which helped me improve a lot.

Self-exploration

I think self-exploration is more important, so I gave half the score. The picture below shows my one-year curriculum:

Every semester is basically like this, 1, 2 free time in the sky, and then there are only 2 or 3 hours of classes every day. The whole after-school time is very rich, and how to use it is really a topic worth discussing. Of course, engineering

Science and other courses are full, the content is different, let's not talk about it for the time being. Let me share my experience from the aspects of study and life exploration:

The exploration span of learning is particularly large, in all aspects, a good teacher will guide you, and a poor teacher will force you to think for yourself. Because the scores of most business courses are 10%- 15%, which is the degree of participation in answering questions in class or the degree of attention to the course, and finally the final period.

homework

For example, it accounts for 35-50% of the total score, in which 1/3 is basic knowledge, 1/3 is application, and 1/3 is creativity. Therefore, if you study hard, you can get a C-B of 70 at the highest, and you can get an A only if you have strong comprehensive ability. Comprehensive ability is acquired through self-exploration. Many assignments are in the form of cases. Take a business case published by Harvard, ask a few questions, even don't ask questions, and then write a big report with pictures and texts. At most, you can use 1/3 of the basic knowledge in class to explore the rest by yourself. You need to be very flexible to collect a lot of other information, combine your own knowledge, demonstrate your own views, and skillfully use your own knowledge to solve these problems. I know many things by heart. In fact, we have to ask why and what's the use. After that, you can take part in some extracurricular activities and search for some social worker cases to prove it.

For example, a professor asked his students to read the news every day, and then shared several news stories at the beginning of each class, and then let everyone discuss them. If you don't pay enough attention to this thing, or don't read enough, you can only rely on nonsense. So you must have good reading habits, a wide range of knowledge, or a good mouth. These skills need to be explored and practiced. There is also an assignment, which requires reading cases, writing reports and giving speeches. We ran out to gas stations, shopping malls and other places to do a bunch of surveys, and came back to sort out a bunch of information and some reports. Our final conclusion runs counter to the theoretical knowledge. The teacher said calmly that there is nothing right or wrong. As long as the evidence proves the point, it depends on how strong the evidence is and how strict the logic is.

The experience of participating in school clubs is similar to that in China, and I have gained a lot, so I won't go into details.

Exploration in life:

I think this is quite interesting. I have done several part-time jobs in my spare time, including hamburger shops, pizza shops, Japanese sushi shops, tea shops and so on. Hard work is very hard, and you can earn a lot of money. More than one month 1 thousand. When it is small, it is several hundred Canadian dollars. Making money is a small matter, but exercising is a big thing. I got in touch with white people, Japanese people and compatriots in Taiwan Province Province who opened restaurants, learned a lot about their cultures, and made friends with partners from all over the world. These exercises include business process knowledge, problem-solving ability, ability to get along with others, adaptability, coordination ability and so on.

For example, in the face of unreasonable guests or annoying bosses, you can't just quit and walk away. Once, I met an unreasonable person who deliberately said that this was not the point and asked for a refund or gave him half price. As a junior, I am really at a loss. It costs tens of dollars to go back for fear of being scolded by the boss. I had a brainwave and said it was not easy to operate this time. The next invoice will be signed at half price, or five times at a 15% discount. Go back and settle accounts with the boss with fixed costs, variable costs, marketing and the like. I think it is really the best plan for this guest to come back five times in the future, which has been well received. Dinner that day was worse than usual.

The other is the cultivation of some life skills, which I think is also a very important part of the university. To take care of your life, you have to cultivate some skills, such as matching a computer, installing a set of IKEA furniture, or buying a dish in Chinatown and watching the recipes made at home. These are all things I often do. Personally, I have accumulated a lot of life experience, especially cultivated my enthusiasm and habit of learning. I am willing to learn and try things I can't, and I am more independent.

Generally speaking, I have exercised myself from various dimensions of study, life and personal ability.

Introduction to UT:

The basic information of the school is not much to say. Wikipedia has a detailed introduction to all kinds of information about studying abroad. The latest USNews global ranking is 14, and some details are still 1 second. The teaching facilities are ok, but some of them are really old. Unfortunately, many photos I took were lost on the mobile hard disk, so I can't find them and share them for the time being.

Tell me something interesting:

The location of the school is really good. The southwest corner is the starting point of Chinatown, and the northwest corner is the starting point of Koreatown. The northern boundary is a road similar to Chang 'an Avenue, Bloor.

I often see some Hollywood stars coming out of hotels at film festivals. There are really many delicious things. Every time I read night books in the library, I can always eat authentic Korean food. Of course, the dining car in front of Robarts Library is also very good. There are poutine French fries+cheese +Gravey in front of SS, and then there are hot dogs all over the street. I have a special feeling when I am tired of studying. You can also order fast food takeout in the Chinatown of the library after midnight, Tim.

Horton's 24-hour coffee and doughnuts, a group of people are tired of studying, and eating around the library is also very atmospheric.

Students at school:

Personally, I feel that the overall quality of UT students is still quite high. Personal accomplishment has gradually improved a lot in recent years. Once I bought a new mobile phone and went to SS Student Center to handle business. I forgot to take it next to the form filling window. I went back to the library and read for an hour before I remembered. When I went back to get it, it was still by the window. At that time, there were 10 people waiting in line to fill out the form. UT also has many beautiful women, especially in business, who are generally more temperamental. Another strange thing is that no matter how cold it is, there is a Korean MM wearing short legs at MINUS 30 degrees, which is really pleasing to the eye.

School staff:

UT is an academic system. Students follow their own colleges, and each college has its own administrative department. The rules and regulations are slightly different. I am a newcomer.

People in colleges and administrative departments are simply living Lei Feng. I came late at the beginning of school, so I squeezed some courses and gave me a lot of good advice. I will ask them for help when I am free in the future. There are still many students who take advantage of the loopholes to get a doctoral certificate before reviewing for the exam, and then go to them to postpone the exam. For exaggerated students, it is unfair to take the exam in freshman year until junior year. Their intelligence has improved for two years, which is really unfair. It is sweet to find a special psychological counselor for one-on-one consultation when encountering all kinds of troubles.

Professor UT:

Professor UT has shared and introduced it in many places and even the official WeChat account, so I won't talk about it. What impressed me at that time was that several business school professors were the authors of textbooks, some of which were used in North America and even the whole world, and I suddenly felt very awesome. Most professors are humorous and talented, and they are fortunate to communicate with them. Sometimes they really think that the younger generation is the same as the master. Of course, there are also some professors from China who have good personal relationships. Tell me about their experiences when they were studying for a doctorate in Chinese. In addition, I heard from friends that the professor of ECE is still the father of smart wearable devices. It is not clear.

Finally, talk about the weather in Canada:

Basically 10 to the end of March and the beginning of April, the road has been covered with snow, and the remaining 5678 is summer, and the spring and autumn are very short, only April and September. It's cold half the time in winter, but summer is really good. It's not as rainy as Vancouver, but as dry as Beijing. The most active activity in summer is going to barbecue. In the park, there are barbecues everywhere on the grass in front of the door.

Author: Hu Tao

Source: Zhihu.