<p>Hey guys I'm an international student looking to apply to colleges soon for my undergrad. I'm interested in going into a career in something like banking or finance after I'm done with my masters. So I can't decide between the programs offered at McGill, UWO and Queens. All of them seem to have decent economics / finance programs but I really need to make up my mind and I'd like some help doing so.
P.S-I have fairly decent grades (I'm from the A Level stream), sound extracurriculars (a lot of volunteer work, national swim team, MUN, debates, plays etc). I prefer urban environments and really like to party as well. And I'll also probably require some aid. And I need a degree thats going to be internationally recognized.
So I'd be really grateful if you guys could help me out.
Thanks :D.</p>
<p>Oh and I’ll be looking to go to a top-notch grad school as well.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>im not too sure but i’ve heard that mcgill’s bcom program is quite good and is internationaly recognised. Dunno bout the others.</p>
<p>McGill’s international rep will help for grad school outside Canada, but Ivey and Queen’s have the best job placements, especially in finance. Do you prefer Ivey’s 2+2 system, where you have freedom to explore before your 2 years of business, or jump straight into 4 years of business education at Queen’s?</p>
<p>So what exactly would you do in your first 2 years in a 2+2 program?
Also, at which university is thee social scene best at?
Thanks guys!</p>
<p>You could do an arts/sci program at UWO for the first 2 years… whatever interests you.
BMOS and economics are popular, but it would be perfect for someone who wanted to try a totally different discipline than business.</p>
<p>Dunno about social scenes, but I’ve heard McGill has great parties haha</p>
<p>If you want finance, UWO-Ivey is where you should be.</p>
<p>The idea of doing something which isn’t going to be of much use to me in my future line of work for 2 years doesn’t really appeal to me. Also, I’ve been hearing good things about McGill’s Honours Eco+Finance program. How well does it stack up against the others? Also, is Queens any good?
And yeah, I really like the idea of going to Montreal. Apparently its a really nice party city and McGill seems to be really good party university with solid academics as well.
Any comments?
And thanks guys.</p>
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<p>What?! Nothing in the Liberal Arts & Sciences or Engineering appeals to you? 
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<p>LMAO. That’s the first time I’ve heard someone say that. </p>
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<p>McGill places well in prestigious graduate programs because it is the most well known outside Canada for its scholarship in the Humanities, Sciences and the Social Sciences. For everything else, and especially Commerce, Queen’s is better. That said, both McGill and Queen’s Commerce are terrible at job placement, and have student bodies of much lower caliber, when compared to Ivey. </p>
<p>Ivey is where you should be looking. The delayed-entry approach is very famous around the world (Berkeley-Haas and Michigan-Ross have similar program structures for their undergraduates for example) because it allows you to have all your liberal arts electives done with early on. That way you can fully experience both a liberal arts curriculum, and that of a business school. Also, don’t dismiss the liberal arts. The creativity and awareness of mind gained from studying it has made many very, very successful.</p>
<p>P.S: I’m a '15 at Stanford and only applied to UWO-Ivey in Canada, after much research. In terms of value for money, very few programs come close to offering as much as Ivey does.</p>