<li>how is the undergrad business program in mcgill ?</li>
<li>how is the finance major?</li>
<li>if i wanna do business, shud i choose mcgill or toronto?</li>
<li>i know that mcgill is pretty famous, but is it strong in business? ( i heard mcgill is only good for med and law)
i’m planning to go to canada for undergrad, and the states for grad. </li>
<li>so do US grad admission like mcgill students? or prefer US undergrad?</li>
<li>if i go to mcgill, shud i choose finance as my major or art history? which one is stronger in mcgill?
7 .lastly, tell me the pluses and minuses of mcgill~^^</li>
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<li><p>Good reputation, material isn't too difficult, lots of good jobs available.</p></li>
<li><p>I find the program a bit lacking in some things but there's some interesting courses, including a hands on portfolio investment course with real money involved (you do not get to keep it of course).</p></li>
<li><p>I would choose Toronto for a couple of reasons:
1) Toronto is the financial capital of the country and a lot of firms recruit directly off campus since they have their HQ's just five minutes up the street, including the big US firms.
2) You'll probably end up moving out of Montreal once your done if you stick with your career pat. If you go to Toronto, you might actually be staying for a while since that's where everyone ends up moving anyways (or New York).
3) Toronto and Montreal are not all that different in terms of quality to the college city thing is a wash.</p></li>
<li><p>It's alright, there's definitely a name brand associated with it. </p></li>
<li><p>Apparently, McGill does prefer grad students but I'm not sure. A friend of mine just got accepted to McGill's Economics MA program without doing his GRE.</p></li>
<li><p>The Art History program is actually very good here. </p></li>
<li><p>Meh, depends.</p></li>
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<p>You shouldn't be looking at Toronto, look at Queens U in Kingston Ontario, if you are studying in the business school ( i think the undergrads study at the BS too right?) Queens is ranked number two on the non-US ranking by Businessweek. UoT is 4 or 5. Mcgill isn't known for their business program tbh. Kingston is a 2 hour drive from Toronto so you can take internships in the summer in Toronto, kinda like how Cornell students in new york go to NYC in summers for internships even though they different counties but close enough.</p>
<p>I don't rec. Mcgill for any kind of commerce of business degree. go to mcgill for engineering and sciences/med/dent, go to Queens for commerce/politics</p>
<p>"should I take art history"</p>
<p>it's more of the kind of program Mcgill is know for. but it depends on your career plans</p>
<p>thx so much!
so. toronto is better for business.
how is art history program in u of t then? any comments?</p>
<p>i thought mgcill and toronto are the best unis in canada, does queens also have a very high-reputation? thx :)</p>
<p>ah i'm stil not so sure, one of the reasons i wanna go to mcgill is that,,,,they speak french in quebec. haha. and i wanna keep practicing my french ><</p>
<p>"thx so much!
so. toronto is better for business.
how is art history program in u of t then? any comments?</p>
<p>i thought mgcill and toronto are the best unis in canada, does queens also have a very high-reputation? thx</p>
<p>ah i'm stil not so sure, one of the reasons i wanna go to mcgill is that,,,,they speak french in quebec. haha. and i wanna keep practicing my french ><"</p>
<p>The top schools within Canada are informally called "the Canadian Ivies". they are generally the best schools, oldest, and most worthwhile(other than Waterloo which is the Canadian equivalent to MIT). They are the hardest to get into. but competition in Canada is not nearly as extreme as the US and the requirements arent as many as the American equivalents. The "Canadian Ivies are:
Dalhousie University 1818 Halifax, Nova Scotia Tigers 12,060 3,460 Ora et Labora ("Pray and work")
McGill University 1821 Montreal, Quebec Redmen and Martlets 23,758 8,756 Grandes**** Aucta Labore ("By hard work, all things increase and grow.")
Queen's University 1841 Kingston, Ontario Golden Gaels 13,500 3,800 Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas ("Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times.")
University of British Columbia 1908 Vancouver, British Columbia Thunderbirds 39,860 7,851 Tuum est ("It Is Yours" or "It is up to you")
University of Toronto 1827 Toronto, Ontario Varsity Blues 63,000 10,185 Velut arbor </p>
<p>I can't believe The Ivey School of Business at Western wasn't been mentioned more...</p>
<p>The Desaultel School of business is good (for certain majors), but most canadians know that you can't get a better management education than at Ivey. H3ll, all of the case analyses that my Marketing Management class (MGCR 352) were assigned, were from the Ivey School of Business. That should tell you something. </p>
<p>If you're truly serious about management (in Canada) then Ivey is the place to be (not McGill). If you want the McGill name to hang on your wall, and possibly the contacts that come with it, well than that's another thing.</p>
<p>McGill's business program is riding on the tail coats of the well established McGill name. Perhaps, with a new dean and more money influx, it's getting better, but certainly in the Canadian context, UofT, York, and Western have much stronger business programs.</p>
<p>The only thing that goes in Desautels' favour is the illusion of ivy-league that it generates and has maintained. Moreover, McGill business grads tend to get placed internationally really well. That's another thing.</p>
<p>All the points mentioned in the above posts are pretty accurate about McGill business.</p>
<p>mcgill management is good, im sure there are worse places you can go. And riding the coattails of the mcgill name does get quite a few people into good grad schools, and lands quite a few some very decent jobs. Honenstly, im at the point where i cant see how much better or worst another school could be in comparison to mcgill academically, i can only really go on how entertaining the profs are, and in that respect mcgill's not bad at all. Does it really matter which school writes the assignments, I doubt business is so cutting edge that your going to get left behind by going to a school that doesn't care to write some its own.</p>
<p>The brofman building is amazing btw. The trottier engineering building is newer( i think ), i felt kindof shafted when i went to Brofman the other day.</p>
<p>Alright thanks a lot! So if possible, can someone tell me about the business programs and overall reputation (or rank) of these schools mentioned by juliushark? ^^</p>
<p>Dalhousie University
McGill University
Queen's University
University of British Columbia
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
York University</p>
<p>thank you~~ I think I will apply to only a few Canadian unis, the top ones…and more American unis.</p>
<p>^all i can add is don't go to Dalhousie for business</p>
<p>Of the ones you mentioned for an undergrad education Queen's is the best, not only do they have a renowned business school, they're really comitted to their undergrads. There's also the Queen's-Cornell MBA. UWO has a great business school in Ivey, but isn't that great of a place overall. Rotman (UofT) has the best b-school at the grad level, for undergrad it is much less prestigious (and impersonal) than Queen's. McGill barely has a business program and faculty, but they have a top-ranked MBA program (interanationally) and there is a little bit of added prestige because it's a McGill degree, every year Desautel (sp.?) attracts top lecturers and it's just an all-round good school. Honorable mention goes to Concordia in Montreal, with one of the biggest, most recognized and well endowed business schools (John Molson) it ranks pretty high internationally, a degree from there will defnitely earn you some recognition. Another school to look into is HEC Montreal (not affiliated with HEC Paris) but then you'd need to know French. And which would I recommend? DEFINITELY QUEEN'S!</p>
<p>oh thx a lot everyone!!!
it is really detailed :)
right now my canadian unis list :
u of t , mcgill, york, and queens :)
how about their price? are they similar?</p>
<p>one thing to consider is UWO has a HBA (honours in business administration) degree. not sure if other schools have that.</p>
<p>McGill , Queens, or IVey.</p>
<p>Ivey- huge alumni network in IB. Great connections on bay street (and decent on Wall Street)</p>
<p>Queens- more noted for their MBA program, but still a solid school.</p>
<p>McGill- if you REALLY REALLY want to land in NYC (or anywhere but canada) go here.</p>
<p>for applying to mgcill, one must declare major right?
can we change it after though??
so if i wanna go to mcgill...
should "commerce school" be my first choice
or "art"??
and where(which campus) does psychology fall in?</p>
<p>soooo.
a general question about canadian unis.
can i double major in different campuses? say like...finance and art history? or econ and psychology?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>