1. Job field wise ECE and CS are quite different. ECE you learn about circuit analysis , electronics, digital systems..basically hardware end (read this for more info on page 119, http://www.apsc.utoronto...gineering-2011-2012.pdf). Check out the courses you must take and see if you have an interest for them. Later on in 3rd and 4th year ECE you can end up specializing in different fields of study like software design (including low level programming), robotics, and so on (see this http://www.ece.utoronto..../Curriculum_Streams.htm).
But you still have access to a lot of jobs people in CS can do, though you might be slightly less competitive if you don't have a lot of experience programming and want to be a software developer of some sort. Still a good chuck of ECE graduates end up doing CS jobs (Microsoft, Google, big names..) and make good money, but they could also be working with low level programming and coding drivers and things like that since it deals with computer architecture and knowledge of hardware/circuits.

CS definitely deals with more math and theory behind computation. Some of your CS courses could involve more math and proofs than actual programming. But the job field is really booming since CS has an application everywhere from hospitals to banks to tech companies. Think if you really want to be a developer and want to stick with programming/design end of software then do CS because you will not be disappointed.

Don't worry about the professional engineering certification, just do what you find the most interesting and like the most. If you love computers and are not certain you want to go down the path of programming, then do ECE since it gives you the most exposure. Plus you can always switch out of ECE to CS easily, but it's harder to go from CS to ECE.



2. There are a handful of people I know that knew CS wasn't for them and switched programs, but didn't drop out. Refer to my other post above, it's really not that bad as it's put out to be. You can do well if you decide to, but if you want to walk in and expect to do well with minimal work and aren't a genius then good luck. In fact it's the same at most universities because high school != university.

3. Again more bs about this university. I know plenty of people who got like 95+ or perfect in their courses like math and cs and I my self have a decent average as well (had a 4.0 GPA just the other day before my econ mark came in short of a 4.0). Trust me, UW and UofT are no different in difficulty. It is a challenge, but the good kind. You will learn a lot and get the hang of it. Plus like I said before, CS department really cares for it's students (at least in 1st year), they're not there to kick half of us out but instead they (profs and TA's) try their best to help anyone who's falling behind and wants help.

4. Follow your guts. Visit the campuses and get a feel for the environment and see if you like them. Finacial problems I learned are best dealt with at the schools financial aid office since they typically do cover what is left over after OSAP and parents/your contributions (at least at UofT and engineers get insane amounts of cash).

Hey which university is better for computer science. University of Guelph or York University?

Can you tell me which degree is going to earn me a quicker job? bachelor of computing - university of guelph or bachelor of science - york university.

What was the average you had to maintain to keep your offer if you had one?

To graduate you need to complete the breadth requirement. So 1.0 in 4 of the 5 sections or 1.0 in 3 of the 5 sections and 0.5 credit in 2 sections.

So I basically have 4 years to complete these credits in order to graduate right?

i have to make a decision in two days - -
still don't know where to choose btw waterloo chem eng and u of t comp sci.
I see you chose comp sci over software engineering, can i ask you why?

Hi Arvin, I inserted the questions I asked in the "UofT Engineering" discussion topic. Perhaps you have the answer to some of them? I'm deciding between UofT or UWaterloo for Chemical engineering, and I'm having a hard time.

So my questions are

1. How do you like your experience at UofT? Would you recommend others to come to UofT for Chemical engineering? I am deciding between UofT and UWaterloo. Do you think UofT is better?
2. Does UofT help you get a PEY placement? Is it hard to get a job placement? I know that Uwaterloo has a 93% Coop employment rate, what about UofT?
3. Do you know anyone who got a PEY job? What type of jobs are they doing? Which company likes to hire UofT students? in other words,job postings at UofT are generally from where?

I know that's a lot of questions, but anything you know will be helpful to me. Thanks!

Yeh same situation, but I got mineral engineering alternative. Do you guys know if they will reconsider our offer again if some people decline their ECE offer (I know my friend is for waterloo), or is it their last decision?