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Originally Posted by valo403
I'm going to disagree, I got my undergrad degree in Canada and went to grad school in the US and the difference isn't as large as you've made it out to be. The market obviously isn't as large in Canada, but there's very little difference in the types of employment available. I know tons of people who obtained communications degrees in Canada and work in fields directly related to their study.
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I think a big part of that might have to do with comparing the US to Alberta. Somewhere like the Bay Area has a far more diversified economy then Alberta and there is a wider field of employment opportunities.
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The one major difference is that it seems like everyone goes to college in the US, regardless of what they want to do. People here really seem to have latched on to college as something they absolutely have to do, regardless of how unnecessary it may be for their future.
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I think this depends upon where you live in Canada and the US. Maybe in Alberta going to university might not be as important to kids coming out of high school because jobs are so easy to get but in my high school in Ottawa, I'd guess something like 90% of my graduating class went to university. The only ones who didn't were the ones who were pretty poor students to begin with.