<p>The best undergraduate university in Canada in Mount Allison in Sackville, NB. It is the Canadian school with the highest percentage of Rhodes Scholars per capita (they have had 53 winners in total). Moreover is the school with the highest endowment in Canada if compared with the number of students (it is a relatively small school, morels 2300 students, but a well-knit community). </p>
<p>Is anyone familiar with Memorial University of Newfoundland?
Since Newfounland does not have jobs in some areas most students must apply for jobs in other states, how well know is this university?
They are accredited in the business and administration course does anyone know if it would be very hard for a graduate student from Memorial University of Newfoundland to find job when competing with graduates from the big 5 in Canada?</p>
<p>First, do not refer to Canadian provinces as “states”.</p>
<p>Second, Newfoundland is an oil rich province nowadays. Tuition, including international tuition is very low and heavily subsidized by the government. </p>
<p>Third, the university is well known throughout Canada. It will depend on how well you take advantage of the opportunities Memorial provides to you in determining your future employability. </p>
The locations of the school should also factor into your decision. Schools like McGill would be in a French-speaking area. Of course not completely, but definitely more French than say, University of British Columbia.
There are a lot of very good universities in Canada. It is hard to suggest some without either listing at least 30 or knowing more about what you are looking for, and what your grades and SAT are.
One issue to consider: Generally speaking the top universities in the US are very hard to get into and not quite so hard to graduate from once there. Also, top US universities care about things like extracurricular activities and ability in sports and “diversity”. The top universities in Canada are generally easier to get into than any academically comparable university in the US, but more challenging and harder to graduate from. Also in Canada you get in mostly based on some combination of GPA and SAT, and not much else. Thus, if you can get into Harvard you don’t have to worry about whether it will be too hard (particularly if you are a serious student who gets in based mostly on GPA). If you can get into Toronto, that doesn’t mean that you will be academically strong enough to do well there.
A terminology issue: The US has a lot of things that it calls “liberal arts colleges”. Canada has something called “small primarily undergraduate universities”. The term “college” doesn’t seem to be used as much in Canada. Having very recently toured a few very good liberal arts colleges in the US and multiple small primarily undergraduate universities in Canada, I can see quite a few similarities. Price and the ability to get in based solely on a very strong GPA and very strong SAT are two areas where the similarities end rather dramatically.
Does you question about “colleges in Canada” mean that you are interested in “small primarily undergraduate universities” in Canada, or are you interested in universities in general?
I’m from Europe and I took SAT’s and didn’t score that bad, but I’m not American. Can I still submit the scores to Canadian universities? Is there any chance that it could help me (my GPA is only 3.6)?
We are not European, but I am pretty sure that yes, you can submit your scores to Canadian Universities. We have noticed in looking at “admission requirements” that there are places to click to determine the requirements from European high schools. You didn’t say where in Europe. However, if you are a citizen of France you get a very good deal on any university in Quebec. This is part of a cooperative agreement between France and Quebec.
Also, I honestly don’t know whether 3.6 will get you into McGill or Toronto or UBC. However, I am very confident that it will get you into very good universities in Canada. The application deadline for this September has passed at some universities in Canada, but not all.
@IANKRISBANAWA . I wish I knew whether it was true or not that the same student doing the same quality of work and testing at the same level at UofT, McGill and UBC would get lower grades at UofT, vs. the other two. That seems not ideal to help your students compete for grad schools, if it’s true.
I think it’s hard to know whether UofT’s reputation is true or not–you’d need to have the same student go to multiple different schools to test it out.
I’ve heard some people complain about grading at McGill and UBC too.
There is a general sentiment that Canadian schools are generally less lenient (grades-wise), once you get in, as compared to U.S. colleges (where the hardest part is getting in). Whether there’s a distinction between UofT and the other two most prominent schools is unknown to me, and I’d be interested in any statistics that back that up. Since UofT sends a lot of students to prominent medical schools and law schools, to my knowledge, then it does seem possible to get good grades there (though, admittedly, that still doesn’t disprove the idea that UofT is harder, vs. other Canadian universities).
Since it is easier to be admitted to McGill, UBC and Toronto than to comparable US universities there are students who are admitted that cannot handle the workload, or handle it as well as more qualified students. Hence the lower retention and graduation rates. If you are in the top 25% of admitted students then you will likely end up with a GPA in the top 20% or so of graduating students.