[Ren]

To get back to the original topic... Don't think that it's impossible to work and go to school at the same time, just be aware that if you're really serious about med school, you're doing yourself a favor by staying at home if your parents are willing to continue providing for you.

Again, I'm not saying my life is the standard to which you should adhere, I was personally miserable for the greater part of my undergrad career but that had much more to do with overly controlling parents and the fact that for my first 3 years or so I was confused as to what exactly I wanted to do. For the vast majority of people that's not going to be an issue. You can still go out and have a social life, even in something as academically demanding as bio sci, you don't have to be a total square like I was. However, I just don't think it's wise for you to put additional pressure on yourself by having to financially support your own life when there are other, more important things you should be focusing on for these 4 years such as volunteer work and studying to maintain a first tier GPA that schools are going to be looking for first and foremost.

Once you're accepted to grad school, you'll have a lot more time to go out and party and do other things, but to get there you have to put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears and speaking from the point of view of someone who had his parents pay his way through school, it's much better to not have to worry about the financial side of things. Try to aim for a balance of work and play but don't make things harder for yourself than they have to be just to try and prove something. You'll have all the time in the world after undergrad to learn about financial responsibility and all that other stuff.

...Or to get back to the *real* original topic and not the implied sub-topic, it doesn't matter where you take your undergrad as it's all pretty much the same. Being out-of-province counts for much less than a good academic standing and a solid list of extracurriculars.