1. Good brief thread on the difference between Canadian and USA higher ed. To which a little more can be said.https://twitter.com/sternbergh/status/1105520589094207494 …
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4. SATs are a very small part of Canadian system, where people usually get in based on high school scores (I think SATs are used for foreign students). I never took a SAT.
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5. Government funding plays a much bigger part of Canadian higher ed funding, and alumni donations are small. Which means entire social system used to extract alumni funding (sports, reunions, networking, college mystique) is much less significant in Canada.
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6. The American system has some advantages -- there is a lot more money in system -- but, in all honesty, it is much less focused on giving people an education than in giving them the right social connections.
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There are unofficial chapters off campus (eg Alpha Pi Phi)
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My husband also loves marching bands and said it wasn't a thing in Canada.

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Listen I understand you're a grown man and can make your own decisions but you DO NOT WANT ANY PART of Bob Jones University, good sir!
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Sometimes while watching Americans I try to imagine people wearing York University shirts around town and it's very funny
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“Canada has ‘many fewer’ schools”

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Another observation coming from Canada to the US: the sports system is so pervasive, my son's high school course guide contains four pages of info on NCAA eligibility.
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