Replying to UBC Vancouver?

Hi there, I'm looking into going to UBC starting the fall 2012 semester. Just wondering if there's anybody here that wants to share what it's like to be a student at the vancouver campus. I'd be going into mechanical engineering. And I am also a US citizen, so I would need to get a study permit.

Feel free to chime in whatever about going to UBC and living vancouver. I'd really appreciate it. I plan on visiting sometime before 2011 too.

thanks.