<p>I read the list in a class in April, it must have been the 2005 list. I know only 3 Canadian schools were listed, and UofT and McMaster were in the top 100, and UBC was in the 130s.</p>
<p>The rankings don't change that much. There are links to the previous years [url="<a href="http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking2006.htm%22%5Dhere%5B/url">http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking2006.htm"]here[/url</a>]. I know McGill's been in th 60's every time. I think UBC was probably in the 35-40 range. Toronto the 20-25... Maybe Queen's was in the 130's, I haven't checked.</p>
<p>I checked, UBC wasn't listed.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, McMaster is a top rate school, definitely better than Queen's and Western in terms of "educational quality". Queen's is a school that's gained prestige for no apparent reason, and Western is just a party school.</p>
<p>The location of Hamilton isn't too too bad. It's only a 1 hour drive from Toronto, closer than Western and Queens.</p>
<p>The Health Sci program at McMaster is excellent. Ranked 2nd in Canada I think.</p>
<p>UBC was #37 on the 2005 list.</p>
<p>See... <a href="http://www.ubc.ca/global/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ubc.ca/global/index.html</a></p>
<p>If you follow the link and scroll down - the only Canadian universities in the Top 50 of those rankings are U of T, UBC, and McGill. These schools are definetly above McMaster in any case, because most of these rankings are based on graduate research and larger schools have more funding. The only ranking that really has anything to do with undergrad in Canada is MacLean's (and maybe Globe and Mail, but I have always questioned their obvious eastern bias). </p>
<p>As far as name-whoring goes, your best bets will always be U of Toronto, UBC, and McGill. Otherwise, I'd say it depends on the program you want to be in - Waterloo is great for applied sciences, Queen's/UWO/York are supposed to have top business schools, University of Calgary is strong in oil-related engineering and business, McMaster attracts the best for health sciences.</p>
<p>Edit: To the person who said that the location of the school was not important... it definetly can be. The summer between my junior and senior year I went to Cape Breton with my mom and on the way we saw Dal and StFX. I realized as we drove through one of three streets in Antigonish that I needed to go to school in a city. I narrowed my university applications accordingly - no schools in small towns, and no to both U of A (Edmonton, ick... plus I'm a Flames fan!) and U of T (Toronto was never my favorite city). I'm so happy I chose UBC - not only is the school great (so far... haha), but Vancouver is beautiful. UBC includes a transit pass in your student fees, and I was in Vancouver nearly every weekend - just walking around on Broadway/4th, Granville (good for splurging on groceries), Downtown, Stanley Park, English Bay, etc.</p>
<p>guys, do you know anything about Concordia University(the one in Montreal), I mean how high is it rated, are employers familiar with this school?Do canadians from other parts of Canada recognize this name easily?The problem is, every time I'm tyring to find a good school in Montreal, it's always McGill and I'm looking for a second option, but I'm too lazy to take French language test, so Concordia is the only option, I guess.</p>
<p>What program are you thinking about? Concordia will get a bad rep on CC (forum members here in general have very narrow perception of quality) but that doesn't make it a bad school. It's a different type of school than McGill and McMaster for sure. You should probably create a separate thread for this though (either on the International students board and also the McGill board, though you may get some flames there, it's your best bet to get informed replies).</p>
<p>ive heard of it. But thats all ive heard. Just the name. And im pretty sure that outside the Canada, the name McMaster has no meaning whatsoever. None in europe, and none in America.</p>
<p>McGill wasn't in the top 50, they were at 67. McMaster was at 90.</p>
<p>But like I try to stress, it really depends on what program you're looking for. McMaster will blow UBC, McGill and UofT out of the water when it comes to undergrad Health Sciences. Out of those schools, the only other one that's on par with McMaster Eng is UofT. Each school has it's own strengths and weaknesses, and thats what a student should be looking for when selecting a post-secondary institute. Not a name, or a ranking.</p>
<p>McMaster is not really a top university. It is a second tier school.</p>
<p>McMaster is a second tier university. </p>
<p>Schools like U of T, Queen's, UWO and Waterloo are MUCH more recognized, respected, and prestigious than McMaster.</p>
<p>HealthSci and ArtSci are programs that are unparalleled in Canada. Other than that, McMaster sucks. So does Hamilton.</p>
<p>I was wondering how difficult is it to transfer to university of toronto ? I am studying at UPEI currently.</p>
<p>luishu--</p>
<p>Western is NOT a tier-1 school, unless you're at Ivey, but even then, I'd take Schulich over Ivey any day. Western is just a party school for rich Jewish kids. But seeing how you live in London, and probably go to Western, I can see why you'd be biased.</p>
<p>McMaster is an incredible school, and competes with, if not defeats, UofT's Health Sciences programs.</p>
<p>Sorry, I was wrong about McMaster. Mac is indeed a great school.</p>
<p>4.45 W gpa (10-11)
3.64 UW gpa (10-11)
~1700's sat (I really hope to bump this up)
FULL IB diploma program+schedule
Spanish up to the IB level
Rank:top ~20%</p>
<p>EC:
Coached youth basketball
Job for 2+ years
200+ community service hours
President of one 1 club; Vice- President of another
Intern at a local community bank (started in 12th grade)
Research Mentorship at UCSB for summer (got 8.0 UC credits)
Jewish leadership conference
Started Principal advisory council at dp
Any chance at Uvic, Mcmaster, Queens, UBC, guelph, western?</p>