Would anyone seriously consider choosing Brock or Guelph over Mac just because those schools offer longer breaks? I think I'd rather have "McMaster" on my resume.

Wow so the other schools have a higher suicide rate?!
Another reason to say why Mac is the Best!

Originally Posted by Minnie

Wow so the other schools have a higher suicide rate?!
Another reason to say why Mac is the Best!

Of course it is!

inb4 more bang for your buck post

Originally Posted by feonateresa

I think that's because suicide rates due to midterm stress is higher in other schools, but I'm not sure...

I'm pretty confident that this isn't the case. Trent has two reading weeks because they always had two. I think the suicide rate thing just came out because people were jealous!

Anyway, I found this:

"Meri Kim Oliver, senior director of student affairs at Trent, has heard about the rumour. "There is no truth to the rumour that Trent has a higher suicide rate," she said.
"The origin of [the fall week off] dates back to Trent's inception - it is one of the few parallels we still have to Oxford [University]," Oliver explained, adding this breaks the school year into four equal sections, six weeks in length."


Source: http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/2003/October/23/news1.asp


Unfortunately, it's not really a parallel to Oxford University anymore because Oxford has three eight week terms, not four (which the two reading weeks and winter break that Trent has would indicate)



Source: http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_univer...s_of_term.html

suicide? really? that can't be true....

Originally Posted by Infinity

suicide? really? that can't be true....

Why not?

It might not be true but why couldn't it be? If a school has a high suicide rate and they feel its based on school related issues it would make sense for them to try and help students in any way they can.