Imperial compared to other unis. like U. Toronto and Queen Mary London (Imperial College, University of London in general)

Member Name: rashed

Product:	Imperial College, University of London in general
Date:	18/10/06 (1125 review reads)
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Advantages: Dont have to dress up good and if you are a nerd, you wont feel left-out. Job prospects are high!

Disadvantages: I cant think of any, unless you like to party and have a good night life.

I have attended three universities already including Imperial, and currently doing my PhD here. Previously, I studied in Canada at U. of Toronto where I did my BSc and went to Queen Mary in London to do an MSc. There is a big difference between Toronto, Queen Mary and Imperial. Toronto was much more competitive and academically oriented than Queen Mary. But at the same time, it was similar to Toronto in the sense that sometimes you felt like people around you were sort of 'well dressed and groomed' (if you know what I mean) and this put pressure on you to also dress well. But I am not the kind of person, who likes to dress up, so I always felt like a nerd in Toronto and Queen Mary.

Imperial is a different world. I feel much comfortable here. No one cares about what the other person is wearing. Everyone's a nerd and everyone's serious about work.

About future job prospects, I have honestly started getting much more responses after coming to Imperial for job offers and interviews. Almost everywhere I apply to, I get a positive response. I am not entirely sure what caused this, but a lot more employers come to Imperial to hire graduates than what I have seen at Queen Mary or Toronto.

Summary: Imperial better than U. Toronto better than Queen Mary (in that order).