<p>top 50? 40? 30?</p>
<p>I'm talking about McGill, UofT, UBC, Queens</p>
<p>It's hard to do a direct comparison in my opinion. For one thing, the majority of "top" US schools are private, whereas most Canadian schools (with the exception of Quest that I know of and maybe some of the religious schools?) are public. Funding-wise, Canadian schools simply can't compete with the likes of Harvard and Yale for instance.</p>
<p>A comparison with top US public schools would work better; I don't know much about the public schools down there though.</p>
<p>This is what THES ranking is for (but like every other ranking, take it with a grain of salt). Just remove the rest of the unis outside US and Canada haha.</p>
<p>I agree that you could only compare them to US public schools, but even then I don't think they fare that well. The Canadian university system right now is a mess. McGill and U of T are included in the Princeton Review's top colleges....and are in the bottom twenty for things like "happiest students" and "class discussions encouraged".</p>
<p>Lol, they should try lowering their enrollment.</p>
<p>There are various world rankings with disputable and arguably flawed methodologies. But they do give some basis for comparison. One of the best known is the The Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Institute of Higher Education which includes major institutes of higher education ranked according to a formula that took into account alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10 percent), staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (20 percent), “highly-cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories” (20 percent), articles published in Nature and Science (20 percent), the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (20 percent) and the size of the institution (10 percent). </p>
<p>Under ARWU, McGill normally finishes in the low 60s (eg the 63rd best university in the world), U of T (23rdish), UBC (36ish), and Queens (not in the top 100). [url=<a href="http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm%5Darwu%5B/url">http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm]arwu[/url</a>]</p>
<p>lol that's pretty funny because in Canadian rankings its a bit different than that^</p>
<p>I surprised western Ontario U is ignored. In Businessweek, they got the number 2 spot fo best non-US b-school</p>
<p>Queens is good for business or so i've heard... isn't Mcgill usually 20ish, UT30ish, and UBC40ish?</p>
<p>the most prominent canadian colleges like UBC, UT, McGill, Queens are actually VERY easy to get into if you live close to those colleges...they are seriously as easy to get into as a community college, no joke. My sister's boyfriend was a straight C student that came from his home country only like 2 years ago and he easily got accepted to UBC. I think the reason is because there are very few colleges per province, so even "good" schools like UBC, UT, McGill are somewhat compelled to accept anyone who applies.</p>
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<p>If you want pure rankings, UT pawns McGill and UBC by a LONG shot.</p>
<p>I know they're easy to get into but they offer an alternative to the competitive NY environment where if you don't get into a tier 1 target you'll have a hard time getting into high office finance. For Canada these schools are tier 1 so if you get in it'll be relatively easy to get a good internship if you do well</p>
<p>exactly. which is why UBC is like my only safety, it's a good school and 100% to get in... not so umpredictable like the "safties" in the US.</p>
<p>and mcgill is higher up the rankings than UT generally speaking.</p>