<p>I've found some other postings by Queen's commerce students, and all seem to agree that Queen's has the premier program in Canada.</p>
<p>Afterall, it was ranked #1 by Businessweek for "foreign" schools.</p>
<p>Many of McGill's best profs have moved...some to Queen's no doubt. Also, look at it this way. McGill's commerce program is 10 times easier(exxageration) to get into than that of Queen's.</p>
<p>How can Queens engineering compare with Mcgill's?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Queen's is a big engineering school (McGill's more centered around biology and health sciences from what I know). I have a lot of engineering friends here - 14 just on my floor. It's a really good program. Plus the engineers are crazy here. They definitely have the most fun out of all the faculties (I was so jealous of their frosh week). They are the epitome of the whole "work hard/party hard" idea, and you would definitely get a sense of belonging to a group. The engineers are probably the coolest people I've met here. They're all extremely intelligent but know how to have fun. Some are the most brilliant people I've met in my life, to the point of being eccentric.
Basically, Queen's is known for engineering (as well as commerce), but you would have more of a well-rounded university experience whereas at a place like Waterloo they have more of a reputation of being really serious and focused on studying.</p>
<p>Queens might cost a little more for me than Mcgill. I still cant make up my mind. </p>
<p>What can the Mcgill people say about its engineering?</p>
<p>Hmm Western Ontario's Ivey school of business is actually very well know in canada for business. However, the school is less famous. And all of you should know that Waterloo is the place to go for engineering.</p>
<p>I am a Canadian student btw</p>
<p>for engineering go to queens its much better than Mcgill </p>
<p>it has a huge tradition as well and you will definately enjoy it there..i have friend who rejected MIT, harvard and caltech to go to queens (he has a predicted 45/45 on the IB and a 6.9/7 gpa)</p>
<p>but i also hear that most of the students at queens are rejects from toranto and waterloo engineering programs (the best 2 in canada by far) </p>
<p>queens is quite well known for its engineering, but its known better for science and commerce programs (especially for its commerce)</p>
<p>wow. would queens still be good if I want to do Grad in US?</p>
<p>thats hard to say it depends how much effort and work your going to put in...but the grading in queens is pretty tough...</p>
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<p>A Queen's degree is recognized by the top US grad schools. Princeton recruits at Queen's for graduate Physics students. Top students at Queen's get into places like UC Berkeley, Ivies, etc. If this is your goal, make sure you work towards it right from the start and talk to your adviser about how to make it happen.</p>
<p>Now I should add, it's easier to get into the grad school at a top university (MIT, Stanford, etc.) if you are already there doing your undergrad.</p>
<p>After doing much research, I found that Queens would be expensive (Travel wise and accomodation), whilst Mcgill would be much more suitable. Could you guys give me insight on Mcgill's Engineering program plz? </p>
<p>Thanks to everyone!</p>
<p>Kids from McGill also get into Princeton, Harvard, Yale, etc.
McGill is a much more recognized university in the States than any other Canadian school-</p>
<p>that's because people are still thinking of the old McGill.</p>
<p>As for Queen's, how tough is tough?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know the real acceptance rates of mcGill and Queen's? I've found some inconsistencies.</p>
<p>Queen's web said they recieved 25,000 apps and enrolled 6000 people, but a MacLean's article quoted a Queen's official saying they had 40,000 apps and enrolled 3500...
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<p>All I can say to that is there are only 3500 first year students, if it helps.
You're probably looking at different years... although they'd never enroll 6000 students in one year. There are 15000 undergrads here right now in total.</p>
<p>They probably meant to say that they accept 6000, while 3500 enroll. UofT, Queens and Western are pretty much fighting for the same students, hence admittance rate is lower than you'd expect.</p>
<p>In the Queen's brochure for applicants from the US, there is a list of number of applicants and number of slots for each program for last year. Something to keep in mind, with one OUAC application a student can apply to more than 1 program and maybe those numbers are being mixed into this (looking like a larger number of applicants).</p>
<p>well i can tell u that for queens commerce this year....3800 applied for 250 spots</p>
<p>which is pretty crazy...the yield will be around 90 % (dont think many people decline acceptance in queens commerce..its the top program in canada) </p>
<p>so the acceptance will be around 7-8%</p>
<p>Ah, thanks. Well, in any case, I don't think I'm going to turn down commerce either. I'll accept my offer in a week.</p>
<p>oh dear..don't think I'm getting in then... Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I read somewhere that McGill's management faculty has like 2000 undergrads or something.</p>
<p>Oh, can anyone provide me with some clarification? in my letter it said this:
Must maintain avg of 80%(including prerequisites)
Must achieve min final mark of 80% in prereq courses.</p>
<p>Now does the second one mean the grades of my finals or the avgs for each of my prereq courses?</p>