Why these students chose U of T over U.S. schools
Published: September 12, 2017
About a year ago, Rebekah Robinson visited the 重口味SM and loved what she saw. "I honestly just fell in love with the campus and the atmosphere. People seemed really open and welcoming," the 18 year old from Severn, Md., said in an interview with magazine
A couple of months later, Donald Trump was elected president.
鈥淚 had decided on Toronto before the election even happened," Robinson said. 鈥淎fter the election, it just resolidified: like, 鈥極kay, yes. I want to do this.鈥欌
Toronto Life interviewed five U.S.-based applicants to U of T about why they made the move, noting that applications from south of the border had seen a marked increase 鈥 with 1,856 U.S.-based undergraduate applicants to the university as of August, up from 1,066 the year before.
Many of the five cited the Trump effect as a reason for attending U of T, but most spoke about how special the university and Canada are. 鈥淧eople seem more welcoming here, in my experience,鈥 said Charlotte Erb, a mineral engineering student from State College, Pa.
鈥淚 think it will be a nice respite from everything that鈥檚 happening here, all the White House drama. I also think that it鈥檒l be a more global experience," said Rebecca Siegal, an 18-year-old humanities student from Stamford, Conn.
Yen-chih Frank Kuo agrees. The 18-year-old electrical engineering student from Shanghai, China, who arrived via Durham, N.C., said the atmosphere here is friendlier. 鈥淭he people are really friendly. There are still friendly people in America and North Carolina, but I feel like I saw a lot more of it radiating in the atmosphere in Toronto.鈥
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