Talk:Student financial aid in Canada

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this page is really dated and needs updates -> british columbia 04.05.12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.1.199.32 (talk) 03:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)  I did make updates, based on the CSLP website

Hi, I changed the date on Honors BA's from 4 to 5 years. This is return it to the more accurate previous number. In Canada, students can take 4 years BA's, or 5 years Honor's BA's. You can also take a 5 year combined double Major, and for the really gung-ho you could do a 6 year double honors major. The 5th year on a honor's BA is usually devoted to writing an honor's thesis and a more advanced courses. Examples of Canadian University's that offer these kinds of degrees include the University of Calgary, The University of Alberta, The University of British Columbia, The University of Victoria, and Simon Fraser University. These degrees are often recommended by professors to their most promising undergrads precisely because taking one of these types of degrees raises the chances, at least in theory, that a student will be admitted to a prestigious graduate program. The four year BA option is one degree path at a Canadian university but it is not the recommended path for Canadian students who plan to go onto doctoral school (These students are told to take the 5 year Honors BA). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.208.44 (talk) 07:34, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

-whoever keeps editing this page thinking that grad students who exceed the allowable time in school do not have to start repaying your loan, please stop. You are misinformed. I know many grad students why are repaying their student loans while they are in school. Myself included. This even after having the chair of my department write CSL's a letter stating that I am a valued full-time doctoral student in my department and will need 3 years to complete my thesis. If you work for NSL you're despicable and please stop lying. If your some student who thinks they really know how the loan program works, think again and be very careful about how much money you borrow, and if you're an internet geek that thinks (s)he's read some policy that contradicts what is on this page, do better research. Look at actual policy and procedure manuals or even legislation and not sales pamphlets or whatever you were looking at. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.212.3 (talk) 08:38, 22 June 2009 (UTC)