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Originally Posted by blankall
You already have a degree and are 25. UVic may not be the place for you. As other's have mentioned it's smaller and has much more of a sense of community. However, there are very few older students there. In fact, it's almost exclusively students aged 17-22. It was wonderful for me when I was 17-22. However, I hung out with people I'd met in residence, and, looking back on it, we were quite clique. People that age just aren't as open to meeting new people, in general.
As for residence, UVic does offer something called Cluster Housing. You have to be a bit older to get in, and people here are mostly in their early 20s.
UBC is much larger, however, the student body is much more varried. There are people there of all age ranges.
Another quick question: why are you doing a second undergrad degree? You'd be much better off if you managed to get into a master's program in Environmental Science.
After finishing my first degree, which was in Biology, I thought I needed more undergrad too. So I signed up for a commerce undergrad at UofT. Just prior to starting, I realized I was being idiotic, as there was no reason to start over. My goals would be better achieved by either entering Law School or an MBA program. There was no reason to get another undergrad. Undergrad degrees are getting more and more useless, why would I want two? I had already paid and been acccepted for the school, so I wrote my LSAT, went to one semester of undergrad, and then quit for law school.
Although being able to drop out of school, for whatever reason, felt great, it really was a waste of time and effort.
Enough rambling... my advice is get into a two year master's program that is specialised for an actual career in Environmental Science. You'll be much futher ahead than if you get another bachelor degree.
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Thanks for the post! Some awesome information in there.
While law school is an option, I never wanted to be a lawyer. I still don't want to be. I just know that it wouldn't be a good fit for myself.
I did, however, want to pursue a legal career. I had it in my mind a bit more than a year ago that I wanted to go to the UK and do my LLM in public international law. I had most things worked out, but then I decided not to rush into it and take some time off since I did not feel absolutely sure I wanted to do the program. At 20,000 dollars of tuition for one year plus living expenses, I could not afford to be unsure about the program. To keep things short - I am all but convinced I no longer want to pursue an education in that field.
My undergraduate was a BA in Law and Society/Economics. You mentioned in your post that I ought to pursue a masters degree in a relevant academic field to be able to pursue my desired career. I want to get into "environmental protection". I guess the most obvious career in this regard would be to become a park ranger. Unfortunately, my degree has nothing to do with this. I can't even apply to any master program that will allow me to diverge from my current career path to achieve this.
It was brought to my attention that I could do an LLM Environmental Law. This isn't necessarily desirable either... And would require 20,000 in tuition also.
So, that's why I want to change my degree entirely. On the bright side, I can transfer up to 60 credits (or two full-time years) over to UBC or UVic. I could reasonably achieve the new degree in 2 years.
It does feel wasteful, but as a friend told me: at least I know what I want to do now.