I spent 6 years at SFU and am now in my 3rd at UBC. The biggest problem I see is that people form micro-societies everywhere. Mostly people seem to stick to their own ethnicity too. I figure it's a cultural thing. No one wants to be somewhere they don't fit in and don't belong. I had a really hard time at SFU with making friends and having a life. UBC is a big enough school that I've had a much easier time but I'm still largely a floater. I'm a métis, i fit everywhere and nowhere at the same time.