^ Yeah I did engineering at UofA, and all you take pretty much exactly all the same classes as your classmates. By the time we all reached 4th year, I knew everyone in my program in my year (electrical engineering, 120 students) and at least 20% of every other program (mechanical, chemical, civil, etc). Being in engineering (or business I hear) really helps off-campus folk because they do so much together and there are so many clubs to get involved with, but I can see it being tough for a science or a arts to meet close friends outside of res.
But, if you live off campus and you are in a science or arts, you arn't SOL either. There are tons of clubs and stuff you can get involved with to get out there and meet people. I did orientation for a few years at UofA as well, and I was pretty active in a few clubs (mostly engineering) and I met alot of friends through that as well.
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