<p>Can anybody give me insight into the economics or business/finance programs at McGill? I keep hearing things like its a slacker program, its doesnt have a good reputation et etc...
I have always wanted to go to McGill for the city/environment/french culture (Im french so would be paying quebec resident prices). However I dont want to go there if I'm not going to get a good education in my chosen field and will be limited in my choices later because of a negative label on this program at McGill. I currently live in Atlanta GA, and my alternative is Ga Tech (good business school here in Atlanta, not really known very well though and too technology based for me).
Thanks for any help you can give me!</p>
<p>I have the same problem with McGill. I got accepted to eco and management, bas i keep hearin that its not that good, so im seriously considerin usin McGill as asteppin stone to a better bussiness scholl such as wharton, big gap yes, bas i believe thats one of the advantages of McGill over my other my other option University of Nottingham which i dont know if you can transfer from a Uk uni to an american Uni</p>
<p>Economics and Business/Finance at McGill are completely separate from each other. Economics is offered by the Faculty of Arts, while Business and Finance are offered by the Faculty of Management. (A “faculty” at McGill is roughly equivalent to a “college” in the US usage of the word.) Anything you’ve heard regarding the Business and/or Finance departments at McGill has nothing to do with the Economics department.</p>
<p>Note that despite the preceding, it’s possible to elect a combined Economics and Finance major.</p>
<p>Economics at McGill is anything but easy. At the undergraduate level, there are two tracks for Economics: “Majors” and “Honours”. The main difference between the two tracks is that the Honours track is more challenging and more mathematical. The Honours Economics classes are considered among the most challenging classes offered by the Faculty of Arts at the undergraduate level. Having taken several of these classes, I have no trouble believing this.</p>
<p>I’m not as familiar with the Business or Finance courses at McGill, having never taken any such courses.</p>
<p>Thank you Take 3. Yes I have looked at the economics/finance honors program and it seems to be exactly what I would want to do. However, do you think that there are the same opportunities coming out of the school as in the management faculty?
I have heard from numerous people that this program is very hard and that 100 out of an initial 150 end up dropping out to save their GPAs. Could you give me information on your experience in the program?</p>
<p>You’re welcome.</p>
<p>At McGill, I was taking undergraduate Economics courses to prepare for the Master’s program in Economics. I wasn’t in the combined Economics/Finance major per se.</p>
<p>The Economics courses are in fact very challenging and rigorous. I haven’t personally heard the statistic that 100 out of 150 drop out but don’t have a hard time believing it.</p>
<p>I don’t have first-hand information about placement. However, someone I knew who had worked on Wall Street before going to the Master’s program at McGill believed that McGill is one of the schools which Wall Street will hire from. McGill grads seemed to be able to find employment on Wall Street or Bay Street (Toronto’s Wall Street). This is anecdotal, so you should probably seek more answers from someone more familiar with the financial industry.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the financial industry basically isn’t hiring right now. Even finance professionals with years of experience have difficulty finding work. There’s no guarantee that the finance industry will have recovered by the time you complete the program. Industries can become difficult to find work in for years on end, as anyone who was in the technology industry earlier in this decade can attest.</p>