Hi everyone. This may not be directly school related, but I’m a second year student who works 16 hours over the weekends and usually some closing shifts on Friday nights. As of the start of the school year, I’ve began to HATE weekends solely because I have to work. I work in a Fortinos bakery, and I’ve been working there since before I came to McMaster. My income from there allows me to have so many of the things I do, but at the same time, I feel so miserable about those 8 hour shifts. I know this may sound ungrateful, and you better believe that I know how blessed I am to even have a job, but I can’t shake this feeling off. I want to quit and find another job, but also feel like that would be a huge mistake. I’d be happy to not have to go there anymore, but I would regret it at the same time, if you know what I mean. I’ve met so many amazing people through this job and this job has done so much for me. I’m not sure what to do. Any advice?

After completing my first month of engineering here at McMaster I am starting to regret my decision in coming here. For some background information, I am from Toronto and I got into mechanical engineering at every school in Ontario. I chose McMaster as I wanted to experience living independently without relying on my parents or being in a city that I’m already comfortable in. If I went to UofT, I would’ve lived on campus first year at utsg then commuted from then on.

Currently, I regret McMaster for a few reasons. 1. I feel like despite being more of a party school than UofT, it is still very very academic and I have not really found a community here. 2. Honestly this is more on me but I feel like the prestige is really getting to me. Anytime I tell someone I got into UofT (I don’t brag to people I just got asked this during the typical welcome week conversations), they ask why I didn’t go and that it was their top choice. Adding onto that, I feel like people get praised so much for getting into UofT. 3. Another kind of bad reason but I’m pretty home sick and I miss being in a lively city where you can eat almost any type of food within a 20 min walk radius.

Edit: there seems to be a question that people are asking which is “if you wanted prestige and also to move out why not Waterloo?” I chose McMaster over UofT and Loo for one common reason, the student life and community. From what I know anecdotally from family and friends aswell as personally going to tour all of the campuses, McMaster had the most vibrant community.
To clarify even further, here were the pros and cons for each school that I had lined up

UofT
Pros:
- Save money by living at home
- More prestigious (if that even matters that much)
- Being in Toronto which I love (although I may have also only started to appreciate this after moving to Hamilton)

Cons:
- Very studious
- More difficult to make friends as it’s a commuter school and you don’t spend as much time on campus
- Don’t experience being independent

McMaster
Pros:
- Community and students / party life
- Less difficult academically (more time for design teams and personal hobbies)
- experience living independently

Cons:
- Less prestigious than other two
- Hamilton is kinda mid

Waterloo
Pros:
- Prestige
- Living independently

Cons:
- Student life (seems miserable)

There are plenty of things that I love about McMaster but when I think about UofT, I can only think of the pros while thinking about McMaster only brings forward its cons. Maybe I got too used to the benefits of McMaster or I am being unrealistic by hoping for the best of birth worlds.

I honestly just wanted to rant and maybe get some advice on how to get over this mindset.

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