<p>I am a US student looking for as much information regarding engineering at McGill. Is it difficult/inspiring? Do students go on to competitive grad. schools? Is it a strong program? I have been told that Engineering is not McGill's forte, but if I can get someone to support McGill Engineering in any way (basically, increase my confidence in the program), I am almost positive I will choose to attend this fall, because I am sold on all other aspects of McGill.
btw, let's keep this civil or mechanical engineering. Thanks</p>
<p>just to follow up on that, how many undergrads are engineers? Are the classes as huge as the other classes? thanks, bump</p>
<p>I know one guy who graduated with an engineering degree at McGill. He's a grad student at Stanford now...</p>
<p>EDIT: I do believe he was in electrical engineering though.</p>
<p>Thanks, bump. That still says something</p>
<p>Wow.. I don't think many engineers go to McGill</p>
<p>There's a fair number of them, but apparently none use this forum...</p>
<p>i am considering to go for engineering..but hard decision between McGill and U of T</p>
<p>i've applied for Software engineering at McGill, also interested in answers for the same questions...</p>
<p>McGill EE and ME are on the rise....they recently build new facilities and strengthen research and undergrad teaching......</p>
<p>but size-wise..McGill EE and ME are smaller than U Toronto</p>
<p>I'm a mechanical engineering student at McGill and it is very very challenging. Prepare to work very hard and to study lots. Yes, McGill grads can go on to prestigious grad schools. I know someone who will have the option of going to either M.I.T. or Caltech with full scholarships. About engineering not being McGill's forte, I'd say McGill is probably more known for its med or law school but it is also solid in engineering. If rankings mean anything to you, McGill is usually placed in the top 2-3 in Canada for engineering based on some rankings I've read (THES, Gourman... but take these with a grain of salt!).
McGill is a great school, I'd recommend it to anyone, nice campus and lots of activities and parties. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I was recently admitted to B.sc major in Software engineering and B.Eng in Software engineering, and i still cant understand what is the difference apart from the different "degrees", at the end of the day - they both do the same job, no?!
please help !</p>
<p>Yael, the B.Sc is offered by the School of Computer Science whereas the B.Eng is a joint program offered by the School of Computer Science as well as the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The B.Sc takes 3 years to complete and the B.Eng would take around 4 years. The B.Eng requires more credits and therefore more courses (engineering-related ones). BUT, only the B.Eng will allow you to become a professional engineer. So I'd strongly recommend the B.Eng program even if it takes you another year (or half-year depending on your course load) to complete. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>hmm you just made me re-think my already made decision for b.sc :-S
correct me if i<code>m wrong - but the engineering courses would focus more on electronics, circuits etc... more hardware..
i</code>d like to avoid hardware as much as possible, focus more on the software part.
would it be right to say that eventually both graduates will be able to do the same job when it comes to SOFTWARE implementation?
you see i don<code>t really mind the</code>title`of an engineer - if thats really what its all about, or time it takes to complete the program.
I apreciate your help :-)</p>
<p>I think both would deal with software implementation. You see, you'll be taking most of the B.Sc courses in the B.Eng program plus some other ones. The other courses would consist of more math, physics, maybe hardware, i'm not sure. At the end you can become a licensed professional. I'm a mechie, so I'm not completely sure if the B.Eng will greatly benefit software ppl, but I'm guessing that the engineering title will give you more career options or advantages. But that's just what I think, maybe you should speak to an advisor since I'm probably not the best guy to ask hehe. Who knows, maybe the B.Sc is a good fit for you. Btw I wouldn't panic, even if you decide that you'd rather do the B.Eng you can easily switch whenever. Like I said before, you'd just need to add the necessary courses to the B.Sc.</p>
<p>Actually I just looked at the curriculum for both programs, only the math courses differ. I'm not sure if they're transferrable or not. But the COMP and ECSE from the B.Sc are almost all in the B.Eng program except for maybe 1 course.</p>
<p>hmm i see.
I think i'll do as you said - stick around for a while in the B.Sc, and switch if i'm not satisfied. Maybe i'll go and see an advisor though :-/
Just to be sure. cause it wouldn't hurt to know the hardware part on top of software, although i'm not too keen on it ;-)</p>
<p>hey, thanks for your reply. it's been very helpfull.
what year are you in ?how's life in mcgill ? socialy i mean.. i just did a few courses in concordia this past year and it doesn't sound too good from people there. but i'm still skeptical.. since it's concordia students talking.. ;-)</p>
<p>np Yael, i'm in U3 mech and the social life is good in McGill. Wasn't it voted a top 10 party school by Playboy? That pretty much sums it up, lots of parties if you're into that. There are also lots of clubs you can join. I dunno why concordia ppl would say the social life here isn't good...</p>
<p>i guess they ment more in the personal level. like students amongs themselves.. i dunno - some of them just said they felt like each one keeps to himself there. but to be honest with you that's exactly how i felt in concordia...
i guess i'm not too much into the clubing scenery.. but it's nice to have once in a while i guess :-)
would you mind explaining me what's the "U" thing mean? if i'm starting a 3 year science course i guess that makes me... U1?
thanks</p>
<p>U means undergrad. U0 is freshman, U1 is first year, etc... It gets up to U4 in certain programs.</p>
<p>ok thanks.
you happy with mcgill ? are you originally from Montreal / canada ? (if you don't mind me asking...)</p>