<p>I plan on either becoming a CA or a lawyer after my undergrad at McGill. </p>
<p>To keep my options open, I need to a) Take necessary accounting classes, and b) Achieve as high of a GPA as possible.</p>
<p>I plan on staying away from any hard classes/majors that are not 100% necessary.</p>
<p>How should I plan on doing this?</p>
<p>Would I be able to land an accounting job with a “concentration” in accounting?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>There are required management core classes (36) and then the Accounting Major requires at least 30 credits, and if you plan to complete your CA anywhere other than the belle province (Quebec which requires CA school) which is another 0-9 credits which means that if you’re in a 90 credit program, the requirements are quite heavy in my opinion.</p>
<p>As an accounting students, most firms try to hire only students that will fulfill the requirements of the CA (then again if you’re open to work towards a CGA/CMA they should be more flexible. Then again in if you plan to practice in Quebec, the ordres are all merging together to create one accounting designation (biggest thing to happen in Accounting in a while).</p>
<p>Accounting isn’t an easy major, well to be honest Management isn’t an easy program due to the nature of the curve, and how amazing your fellow students are. There are some people that can party literally all the time and still get good marks. That being said if you truly want to go into public accounting the major+some supplemental classes will probably position you the best in the job market.</p>
<p>Law School is a whole different beast, I was planning to do an accelerated program in the States(six year BA/JD program) if I chose not to go to McGill and I do agree that GPA is crucial with law school admissions (of course extracurriculars and LSAT play a large role too).</p>
<p>To the last point I am going to say, I think it’s pretty obvious everyone wants as high of a GPA is possible. May the curve be in your favour.</p>
<p>If you need anymore info, feel free to message me. If not see you at FROSH.</p>
<p>If I report the AP scores and end up with over 24 credits, is it mandatory to do the three year program, or can I split the U1 program into two years?</p>
<p>Also, if I have less than 23 credits, am U0, and have some courses exempted, can I take U1 courses?</p>
<p>Can’t believe no one has asked yet…how is the social life?</p>
<p>I just got accepted as a Desautels junior transfer from the US. I know from experience that Montreal is a fantastic party city and boasts some great clubs/bars. But how hard would it be for an upperclassmen, international student to get into the swing of things and meet people? And what is this 4 a 7 you speak about?</p>
<p>4 a 7 is the most amazing time of the week in the Bronfman Building. Every thursday during the school year Bronfman Basement from 4 to 7 pm (hence the name, also it’s the french term for happy hour) the MUS (that’s your wonderful undergrad student society) serves $1 beers and $1 grilled cheese sandwiches. So basically after Thursday classes (because most management classes do not run on Friday) everyone goes down en masse to enjoy some beers with some of the most fun students on campus.</p>
<p>Management is a pretty easy place to meet people mostly because most of your classes are in one building and we have our own management bubble inside bronfman (think study space, MUS activities, classes, computer lab, cafeteria etc are all located in the same building). I’m certain it won’t be hard to meet people-we’re a pretty outgoing group.</p>
<p>i currently have 21 ap credits, 3 away from the official 24 credits minimum, is it still possible to skip u0?</p>
<p>I believe the hard cutoff is at 24 credits although you’ll probably want to speak to an advisor because you might be able to get into some U1 classes and skip BUSA 100/250. Bonne Chance</p>
<p>Hey guys. Glad to see there’s so much interest for McGill. I’m a former BCom marketing student. Got together with a few former Desautels classmates to share our experiences in a humorous light and also to help others who looking to decide for or against Desautels. Let me know if you guys have any questions - will be adding some more posts in the upcoming days.</p>
<p>bcomconfidential.■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p>
<p>transfer813: no need to fret about fitting in. find a few clubs in your field of interest, do carnival and maybe even frosh, and you’ll meet plenty of people. worst case I’ll take you out for a beer or something.</p>
<p>4-7 is kinda like happy hour in an american bar, except it last 3 hours or more. it’s in the basement of the desautels building. not the best beer, not the best music, but a nice way to hang out with people you have class with every thursday</p>
<p>Just reported my scores last week. Do I have to anything else to enter U1 or is it automatic? By when do I have to meet with the advisor?</p>
<p>Do most people around McGill normally speak english? How often do you hear people converse in French? Also, do you know which areas around McGill has good off-campus housing?</p>
<p>The McGill Ghetto/West of Campus areas are mostly anglophone, while the further east from Campus you go (in general) in areas such as Rosemont or The Plateau are mostly francophone. McGill is home to quite a few francophones, at least in Bronfman people speak french quite often (with such a large portion of the student body either from Quebec or France).</p>
<p>I can’t really answer your second question, it all really depends on your budget. I live west of Campus which has nicer housing in general than the Ghetto but there aren’t as many McGill students.</p>
<p>Thanks! was looking for housing west of McGill as well. :)</p>
<p>Hi! I read in the thread that you’re from Ontario?? I have a question about the admission standards haha… </p>
<p>On the McGill site for B.Com students, it says the standard is 93%…I have friends who were 94-95% but they didn’t even get accepted! </p>
<p>What would be the expected admission average to have a 100% chance of getting accepted?? And does the Faculty if Management have good internship opportunities or Economics/Finance students?</p>
<p>AND… Whats the graduation rate like for BCom students? 50% or what? Is McGill “hard to get in, easy to stay in” or “easy to get in, hard to stay in” (especially for economics/finance)</p>
<p>The website states that the MINUMUM for admission to Desautels is:
93% overall;
85% in each math course in
Top 6
It goes on to say that having the minumum does not guarantee admission. </p>
<p>McGill is “hard to get in, easy to stay in” IF you do the work and don’t go off the deep end with partying. I have never seen graduation rates by faculty but overall McGill has an 83% graduation rate.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t really know what the cut-off will be this year, usually the average has been increasing close to a percentage point each year. If you make the cut-off you will most likely be accepted. Sorry for the vague-ish answer, McGill only publishes the cut-off after you have been admitted, ie the cutoff published is for students that were admitted last year.</p>
<p>Both Management students and Honours Econ/Joint Degree programs tend to have excellent internship opportunites, at least comparable to our peer business schools in Ontario and the rest of Canada. The average graduating salary is relatively competitive, considering the % of graduates that work in Quebec which tends to have both a lower cost of living and lower starting salary.</p>
<p>I think the graduation rate of BCom graduates is quite high, I couldn’t point to a specific statistic. Sorry. Certainly higher than 50%, in general I haven’t heard of anyone that isn’t returning to McGill.</p>
<p>Hello rosexc, </p>
<p>I have just passed my french baccalaureat this year ( scientific program ) and I am looking forward to go to McGill, in order to study at desautels. I haven’t applied to desautels for Fall 2012 because I heard of it too late this year, so I will be studying in a " classe pr</p>
<p>Pierre6,</p>
<p>First of all, let me say that McGill, as a brand name, is very well known around the globe. Having said that, you mentioned that you are in the classe preparatoire. As good as the McGill brand name is…if you make it in the classe preparatoire (in other words, if you make it into any of the trois parisiennes HEC paris, ESSAC or ESCP), they will be overwhelmingly better business schools compared to desautels. Although competition is extremely tough (something like 4% of all classe preparatoires are admitted into anyone of the trois parisiennes?), if you do make it into say HEC paris and graduate, your prospects of working, even in north america will be excellent…dare i say even better than McGill. </p>
<p>If however you decide you want to come to McGill, you are eligible to pay local fees because of your French citizenship so that might be an added point for you.</p>
<p>Indeed, paying local fees thanks to my french citizenship is what could make me go there, I wouldn’t have paid attention to McGill if I knew I had to pay the international students fees.</p>
<p>My classe pr</p>
<p>Hey, @rosexc, I was wondering whether you applied to any other Canadian universities. And what is your opinion on Queens vs Mcgill for business. I usually hear that Queens has a far superior business program than Mcgill. Is this true, and what do you think about both schools?</p>