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      WHY
      UPEI?
     
     
      By
      Kheng-Wee
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Everyone
      is
      curious
      as
      to
      why
      I
      decided
      to
      study
      in
     
     
      UPEI
      instead
      of
      the
      universities
      in
      Ontario.
      "I
      am
     
     
      closer
      to
      the
      lobsters
      here
      than
      I
      would
      be
      in
     
     
      Ontario,"
      is
      my
      answer
      to
      their
      question
      "why
     
     
      UPEI?"
      There
      are
      many
      replies
      to
      that
      question
     
     
      and
      my
      search
      for
      those
      answers
      brought
      me
      to
      four
     
     
      "away"
      students.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sean
      Wang,
      a
      first
      year
      Business
      student,
      is
      from
     
     
      Beijing,
      China.
      He
      came
      to
      PEI
      this
      year
      on
     
     
      August
      24th.
      He
      first
      heard
      of
      UPEI
      from
      the
     
     
      study
      guide
      "Study
      In
      Canada."
      He
      was
      inspired
      to
     
     
      come
      to
      PEI
      because
      "I
      heard
      that
      the
      Island
      is
     
     
      small
      and
      beautiful.".
      He
      had
      no
      idea
      as
      to
      what
      to
     
     
      expect
      of
      the
      Island
      before
      he
      came
      here.
     
     
      Fortunately
      upon
      his
      arrival,
      he
      took
      a
      liking
      to
     
     
      his
      new
      home.
     
     
      good.
      The
      buildings
      are
      pretty
      and
      I
      love
      the
      sport
     
     
      centre.
      The
      people
      on
      campus
      are
      very
      kind.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Raymond
      Leong
      is
      also
      a
      first
      year
      Business
      student.
     
     
      He
      is
      from
      Kuala
      Lumpur,
      Malaysia.
      He
      arrived
     
     
      here
      on
      September
      Ist
      of
      this
      year
      after
      spending
      a
     
     
      year
      in
      Ontario.
      He
      heard
      about
      this
      university
      via
     
     
      the
      guidance
      department
      in
      his
      school.
      His
      reason
     
     
      for
      attending
      UPEI
      instead
      of
      a
      university
      in
     
     
      Ontario
      is
      rather
      different
      from
      mine;
      “It
      has
      a
     
     
      lower
      TOEFL
      entry
      requirement,
      therefore
      it
      is
      less
     
     
      competitive,"
      he
      answered.
      "Besides,
      there
      are
     
     
      advantages
      to
      study
      in
      a
      smail
      university
      because
     
     
      students
      can
      have
      better
      integration
      with
     
     
      professors.
      Even
      though
      UPEI
      is
      not
      as
      big
      as
     
     
      other
      universities
      in
      Ontario,
      it
      has
      a
      lot
      of
      facilities
     
     
      and
      it
      is
      well
      equipped."
      Raymond
      prefers
      the
     
     
      Island
      to
      Ontario
      as
      he
      said
      "the
      people
      are
      friendly,
     
     
      they
      are
      always
      willing
      to
      help
      and
      they
      care.
      The
     
     
      air
      is
      clean,
      the
      views
      are
      very
      nice,
      and
      the
      beaches
     
     
      are
      so
      beautiful."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "The
      university,"
      he
      said,
      "is
      very
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Clyde
      Bryan,
      who
      is
      from
      Anguilla,
      West
      Indies,
      is
     
     
      a
      third
      year
      Biology
      student.
      He
      has
      been
      on
      this
     
     
      Island
      for
      three
      years
      already
      and
      he
      is
      still
      enjoying
     
     
      his
      stay
      here.
      He
      wanted’
      to
      come
      to
      Canada
     
     
      "because,"
      he
      explained,
      "Canada
      has
      a
      relatively
     
     
      high
      standard
      of
      education."
      My
      next
      logical
     
     
      question
      for
      him
      was
      “why
      UPEI?"
      "PEI
      is
      a
      small
     
     
      Island,
      and
      I
      am
      from
      a
      small
      Island
      myself.
      I
      felt
     
     
      that
      my
      adjusting
      to
      life
      style
      here
      would
      occur
     
     
      much
      -more
      readily
      than
      my
      country’s
      larger
     
     
      campuses."
      The
      Island’s
      unique
      trademarks,
      as
     
     
      mentioned
      before,
      are
      it’s
      friendly
      people.
      "Social
     
     
      problems
      associated
      with
      large
      cities
      is
      very
      limited
     
     
      on
      this
      Island,"
      Clyde
      added
      his
      statement
      onto
     
     
      PEI’s
      trademark
      list.
      As
      for
      UPEI,
      he
      thought
      that
     
     
      "jt
      is
      a
      terrific
      university
      with
      a
      lot
      of
      potential
      of
     
     
      becoming
      more
      terrific."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      but
      not
      least,
      I
      talked
      to
      Jim
      Li,
      a
      math
      and
     
     
      computer
      student.
      Like
      Sean
      Wang,
      he
      is
      also
      from
     
     
      Beijing,
      China.
      He*has
      been
      here
      for
      four
      years.
     
     
      Jim
      went
      to
      Beijing’s
      Foreign
      Language
      University
     
     
      when
      he
      was
      in
      China.
      While
      he
      was
      there,
      he
      met
     
     
      Professor
      MacIntyre,
      who
      is
      currently
      with
      UPEI’s
     
     
      English
      department.
      Professor
      MacIntyre
      introduced
     
     
      this
      university
      to
      him
      and
      afer
      a
      year,
      Jim
      found
     
     
      himself
      in
      PEI.
     
    

    
     
      Ail
      the
      "away"
      students
      heard
      about
      University
      Of
     
     
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      through
      different
      sources.
     
     
      And
      because
      of
      these
      sources,
      they
      decided
      to
      come
     
     
      here
      and
      experience
      the
      life
      and
      knowledge
      that
      the
     
     
      Island
      has
      to
      offer.
      If
      you
      are
      wondering
      what
      life
     
     
      and
      knowledge
      "lobsters"
      can
      offer
      me,
      you’ll
      be
     
     
      surprised!!
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      27,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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