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Dr. Tito Sciano from the department of Chemistry had won the highest prize for a chemist in the world, that prize is one of the requirement to be nominated by the Nobel Prize. one of the Dean of the Faculty of Science from the University of Ottawa made the most contribution to morden organic chemistry and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry but unfortunately, he died before the award was announced.
U of O has the most funding in research, together with UOBRI (university of ottawa biotechnology insititute) and NRC, U of O is just as good as U of T in terms of research. you can find the last year's Mclean's description of the Medical school, the Eye institute is well knonw not only NA but all over world. one of the critical gene responsible for Lung Cancer was sequenced and mapped by the University of Ottawa Medical School. U of O and U of T are the only two world-wide well known RESEARCH CENTERS in canada.
one of the reason why this year U of O went down is due to the "residency" category. since from last year, the position for MD graduates starts to drop in Ontario, but there was a increase in demand of MD graduates in Quebec, so most of the MD graduates from U of Ottawa went to McGill to get PhD or work in the hosiptals in Quebec. so the In-province residency score for U of O is lower compared to U of T, but the enterence score and rate is much harder for Medical school here at U of O than at U of T.
another reason is due to the double cohort. according the news from SSAS and Housing Service, the amount of new students admitted by every ontario university is averaged out based on the size of the university, for example, U of T, Western and McMaster shoud accept more students than U of O, Queen's. but Western said that they can't make enough spaces for the pre-calculated number of new students, so they sent all the students to U of O, most of whom are with a low enterence mark.
moreover, from my experiences, all my classes are taught by Professors, but in U of T, in the first two years, 25% of the classes are taught by instructors.
the last but not least, after all, it all comes down to how much effort you put into your study. nobody really cares where you get your first degree, as long as it is a recognized university. you don't go to the "best" (yet there isn't best, but always better), but you go to the "most fitted".
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