Both Western and Queen's are predominantly known for being a school for upper middle-class white folks and not to mention both hold two of the top business programs out there in Canada. Western Ivey, and Queen's Commerce. A predominant upper middle-class population combined with the preppy kids in these top notch programs result in snobby kids thinking they're the crap.

Cheers,

I know a few from as far as Ottawa, Thunder Bay, etc too. As well as a bunch from small towns near Hamilton (although that may be considered GTA - not sure). A lot from St Thomas too

There are a lot at Huron, but I'm sure you'll find them all over campus. Some are really cool though, so don't stereotype them right away. Some are worse then others however.

Just get them to buy you drinks at the bar.




This is actually really true. I found the most annoying kids to be the ones who BRAGGED about not having any money. It always made conversation awkward, and I never really knew to laugh or not. It's ok to make a poor student joke, but bragging about how you have no money is extremely annoying, and it does not make you cooler or "more of a man" then anyone else. It just shows that you have terrible financial planning skills, and are probably an idiot of some sort.

I went to a Toronto Private School, and i can assure you, you will have no problem fitting in with them. I am fortunate enough to have parents who help fund my schooling, but I have soooooooooo much respect for someone who pays there own way or most of the way through schooling and works hard. Let your work ethic do the talking, and don't hold the fact that others may be more fortunate then you against them. A lot of my friends at Queens (the guys anyway) I know feel the same way. If you work hard and you are a "nice guy", it won't be an issue. You'd also be suprised the amount of private school kids who are looking to get away from the "private school scene".

Anyone who makes fun of you or does not associate with you based on financial well-being or where you are from (except the oakville jokeville jokes hahahahaa) is really not worth your time.

I honestly believe discussing financial wealth, well-being or status in a public scenario is wildly inappropriate. There were a few kids in my residence who would call me out based on my shoes or jeans for example, and I really hated it. It is not something that should be judged.

Hahah well it's not that they're idiots with their money, just their parents just don't have as much money as others. Not their fault but seriously those people who brag about being poor... This year, I've just had some incidents where I've been in really awkward situations when people made snide comments like "well I take school really seriously just because I'm paying for it, not my parents," "my parents really sacrificed for me, I mean I didn't have nannies or anything growing up," "do you know how many children you can feed with one Canada Goose jacket?" *errr looked down at my jacket.. AWKS. That happened in a tutorial too haha, I had no idea what to do.


No you'll be fine as long as you don't bring pre-conceived notions about people. I went to public school, and I'm an minority (technically I guess but being chinese is really NBD haha). My parents are split up so I've experienced both privilege and struggles. Half my floor went to private school, and you never would've known. People never felt like an outsider because of their wealth or lack of. There's probably a couple douches that give the rest of the student body a bad name, but seriously that's not all of us.

Nahhh, the people at Western are extremely down to earth and modest. You will love the people here.