<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I've been at McGill for the past 2 years and I am studying in honours economics and finance. I was in Life Sciences the previous year. So I know quite a about about management, arts and science. </p>
<p>Feel free to shoot any questions you have and I'll try my best to give you an honest answer!</p>
<p>Hi :D</p>
<p>In the first year at McGill, I know people live in residence halls which I believe are a bunch of dorm rooms near each other, making it easy to meet knew people and hang out with a variety of friends. After the first year though I know you have to live off campus with a couple of friends, I think. Would this stop me from meeting and hanging out with a lot of new people? I know in an American university which guarantees housing for all four years, you pretty much see and interact with other undergrads (those you know and new ones) 24/7. I like that experience. Is that possible at McGill?</p>
<p>Also, do a lot of people know each other already before they enter their first year at McGill? Like at a private univ in the US for example, it is rare for more than a couple of your friends to go there. But since McGill is a public university, do many first years already have/know friends who are attending?</p>
<p>Lastly, is it possible to play soccer outside a lot at McGill? I know it is cold…and it snows…but I love playing soccer outside </p>
<p>I posted this somewhere else but it’d be awesome to get some views from a current McGill student. Thanks.</p>
<p>Hello</p>
<p>My main concern with McGill is, from what I can gather after research, it’s not so great business classes. From what gather for various sources, McGill is very weak in the business aspect. You are in Management so do you mind addressing that? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi soldat,</p>
<p>Living off campus would certainly not stop you from hanging out with new people. I still meet people everyday from classes, activities. It is different from living in rez, I agree.</p>
<p>I would think most Canadians know half a dozen other people before coming here. But assuming you will live in rez the first year, you will make up all the deficit in the first day. </p>
<p>Not a lot. The snow will stay on the ground for the majority of the school year. But you should get a few months of soccer time.</p>
<p>Anytime my friend! Any more questions just pop them</p>
<p>Hello redjohn</p>
<p>I agree with you, the business is not mcgill’s strength. Richard Ivey and Queens are both better. But it is not “very” weak either. For a quantitative answer, you can look at the placement profiles of past mcgill students. You will see a few outstanding students with offers from goldman sachs, merrill, morgan stanley and the like but the majority will be less stellar. So while it is extremely difficult, it is not impossible. Get good grades, be active in student activities, get a few leadership roles, good interns and you will have a chance. Elite financial institutions will not do campus recruiting at mcgill, so you will have to fight for those chances on your own. It is hard, but doable.</p>
<p>i’m curious what mcgill’s social scene is
do they have many on-campus american-style college/frat parties?
being an urban school in a city where you can drink at 18 it seems to me that they would be less common than at most american schools, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have them</p>
<p>so do more people (i’m referring mainly to people in their first year) have parties and such on campus or do they go to bars and clubs off campus?</p>
<p>The frat scene is very very small at mcgill. I guess the concept of frats hasn’t caught up in canada yet. There are a few frats, I am shamelessly promoting sigma chi.</p>
<p>People will 100% go to bars, clubs and pubs to party and no on campus. There is a bar on campus, Gerts, but it not good for partying. So yeah, go out and experience the city.</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>i wanna apply to the exact same course as you, econ and finance, but do they have one which isnt honours?
cuz i heard the honours econ course is CRAZy hard. is this true?</p>
<p>also, im doing the IB diploma now and i heard that i can get 30 credirs and go to first yaer directly. but can i decline this and do the whole 4 years instead?
i dnt think taht ill be ready for this.</p>
<p>sheheryar93, I don’t think a joint major exists between econ and finance. If you know for sure you don’t want to do honours, then you can try to have a major and then a concentration. Mix it up that way.</p>
<p>Honours econ is absolutely doable. It is math based yet it is in arts, so you get your math-phobic art and management students complaining about it when it is no more than multivariable calculus.</p>
<p>I think you can get away by just not sending your IB diploma results in. But if you have the 30 credits, why not? You’ll save a year of time.</p>
<p>Money or time isnt a prob at all.</p>
<p>i dont wanna be unprepared and go direct into 2nd year, not knowing any1 etc…</p>
<p>i also think i can get a higher GPA that way and thats one of the reasons i dnt wanna do a honours, since i wanna to MBA or Law (LLM) from a good uni later on.</p>
<p>i think ill do the BComm with a major in Econ.
thanks for the help</p>
<p>Hi,
The one thing that concerns me about McGill is the one year of guaranteed residence. I’m assuming most people don’t have too difficult a time finding a place to live for the next 3 years? As an American going to be in a totally new environment, I’m not sure if this would be the best situation.</p>
<p>Hey econgrad,</p>
<p>I don’t really have any specific questions, but as a prospective student I’m interested in your overall impression of McGill over the past two years. In a thread of mine you advised I choose U of T over McGill, does that mean you wouldn’t choose McGill again yourself? How has your time been socially and academically? Have you experienced any significant issues with the school? Any thing you’d want an incoming freshman to know?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>hey flipflopk, i am from chicago. So we are in the same boat. You will absolutely meet your closest friends at rez and probably the rez will determine your “social circle”. So living at rez will be good for you socially. But moneywise, residences are a big rip off. You can find yourself easily saving half while increasing your quality of life.</p>
<p>The housing market is quite dynamic around mcgill, so you shouldn’t any trouble finding a good one. But do start looking around march.</p>
<p>hey IAmPOS. Well mcgill and uoft are similar in prestige. So it boils down to the programs academically and the type of social friends you want to sourround yourself with.</p>
<p>I was originally in life sciences but then I realized i dislike labs and i like economics. So i switched. The life science department is strong, the management faculty isn’t. I think UofT has a better economics program.</p>
<p>Socially, mcgill is much better than uoft. There is a lot of partying and there is a lot of other things going on in the city. People tend to live around the school whereas UofT is a commuter school, i.e., they finish class and then they go home. </p>
<p>Be realistic about mcgill. Don’t expect it to be a world class institution, it is not top echelon but it is good. Expect to party a lot and know your alcohol limit.</p>
<p>Just a couple of questions:
-Does Business/Manegerial Economics have a lot of math? How hard are the subjects for this major?</p>
<p>-McGill is my second choice (after Cornell, but I’m being realistic), but I’m just not sure about job prospects after undergrad. My plan as of now is to do honors econ/business (or something in that general field) and then eventually become a lawyer or go into McGill’s MBA/Law graduate program. I’m a Canadian citizen and a US green card holder so I’m open to jobs both in the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada/Vancouver area. Do big companies (US, international, Canadian) recruit in McGill? Will I have trouble finding a job if I decide to take a year off to work between undergrad and grad/law school?</p>
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<li><p>Also, do top/second tier law schools in the US look favorably on an undergrad degree from Mcgill?</p></li>
<li><p>Are there any study abroad opportunities?</p></li>
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<p>I’ve finished all parts of my McGill app, I just haven’t submitted it yet because I’m not sure how to submit my personal essay, records of extra-curricular activities, course transcript and recommendations. I know McGill doesn’t require any of that, but I’d like to submit them because of scholarships (unless they look unfavorably on it?)</p>
<p>I hope you can answer all my questions… thanks :)</p>
<p>I want to get into medicine, maybe major in pre-med or biology to become an MD. What is the best program for me to apply to for becoming an MD and what is program I should apply to if I want the best shot at even getting into McGill?</p>
<p>Also, how good are the internship opportunities? are the paid?</p>
<p>If I don’t get into McGill, but i’m a canadian citizen living in the US, do you recommend me to go to a CEJEP in montreal and THEN applying to mcgill? - do you think that is worth it?</p>
<p>SchrodingersBall</p>
<p>Not at all. That is actually precisely why they call it managerial economics. The math in economics is only at honours. Managerial economics is a joke, not hard at all.</p>
<p>If you have your eyes set on law, there is actually a bachelor of law degree at mcgill for exceptional talents such as you. I am not sure about big law firms in the US, but the white shoe firms in Canada are pretty good about recruiting at mcgill. For investment banking firms, the elite will basically just come for an information session at mcgill but no heavy recruiting efforts like they do at Wharton, MIT, etc.</p>
<p>Not as favorable as MIT or Harvard. But you do have a chance at those schools.</p>
<p>That is a good question! There are, but most people don’t look for them. They have opportunities in Europe, USA, Asia all over. Quite nice, but do plan ahead of time because you want the credits to be able to transfer back to mcgill.</p>
<p>Submit your application. Scholarship application are totally separate from your admission application.</p>
<p>hey coffeecup,</p>
<p>I think anything in the sciences is a good prep. A lot of my doctor wanna be friends did physiology, cell biology and anatomy, microbiology and immunology, neuroscience, biochem and things like that. The easiest by far is cell biology and anatomy, just memorize your way through. Biochem is probably the hardest, or physiology.</p>
<p>The life science group in general is more selective than the physical sciences. So if you apply to physical science, you are more likely to get in. In the physical science you can do physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science etc. I do think MATHEMATICS is the best prep for medical school. It is by far the most prestigious of all mcgill degrees.</p>
<p>Internship opportunities are bad. mcgill will not find you an internship like they do at waterloo. but there do exist out there and if you are proactive then you can find one on your own. </p>
<p>Absolutely not. CEJEP is a waste of time. They are also for grade 10 students or something like that. So if you graduated already, don’t do it.</p>
<p>From your answer, I’m gathering that if I want to make my career in economics (and eventually law), McGill is NOT a good place for me…? Is their program really so bad that you call it a “joke?”
How is the Honors Econ track?</p>
<p>So, for the regular application, McGill doesn’t need any essays or supplements? Or even an official transcript or recommendation?</p>
<p>Thanks for your time.</p>
<p>you need to release your transcript.</p>