<p>I like Montreal and Toronto. I would attend McGill if I could land a decent job while attending school. Due to the language barrier, I feel Toronto would provide a better part-time job as well as Exit Oppurtunity. I would like to work in the Financial Sector. I am planning on transfering from UBC to either one of the institutions. I have 50 plus friends at McGill, and two at U of T St.George, but I want people to convince me to attend U of T haha. </p>
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<li>Which school can provide a good work/school lifestyle.</li>
<li>Which school gives out a higher GPA for Social Sciences (Economics/Politcal Science)</li>
<li>Exit Oppurtunity (Graduation), to work in NYC</li>
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<p>Thanks for answering my enquires, I appreciate it.</p>
<p>You’re not gonna end up working on Wall Street coming out of McGill or Toronto.</p>
<p>@electronica, both are very good schools, why is working on Wall Street not possible coming from either?</p>
<p>Some McGill grads work at Goldman Sachs: Al Hedayat, McGill BCom
[Goldman</a> Sachs Proprietary Trader Hedayat Said to Leave Firm - BusinessWeek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>This thread is populated mostly by Canadians who feel American universities are always better than their own universities. They tend to come from families that can afford to pay the high American tuition rates.</p>
<p>Yes, they are good schools.</p>
<p>The lack of recruiting opportunities at the aforementioned schools compared to elite American colleges makes it very difficult for one to land a job coveted by HYP and Wharton students.</p>
<p>How do you post a new thread??</p>
<p>@tomofboston</p>
<p>I don’t think American universities are always superior to Canadian ones. McGill and Toronto are fine institutions. However, it would be delusional to think that they are on the level of the elite American universities. They’re more similar to Michigan than Princeton.</p>
<p>Why are people always bringing up high American tuition rates and the supposed wealth of Canadians who apply to American colleges? You are ignoring the fact that top schools in the U.S. cost very little to working class families thanks to need-based financial aid.</p>
<p>Canadians are not eligible for need based financial aid in the US. </p>
<p>Also, unless a needy working class student in the US has outstanding grades/test scores, most of the need based aid is in the form of loans, not grants. Your last sentence tells me you are not American and are unfamiliar with US financial aid programs.</p>
<p>Or do you limit your definition of “top” schools to HYP?</p>
<p>I’m not speaking of federal aid, of course Canadians don’t qualify for that. Canadians do, however, qualify for institutional aid at many of the top American schools… I know this for a fact, I know a current Princeton freshman from Canada who is paying chump change ($2K a year?) to attend.</p>
<p>Stop getting all upset because a McGill or Toronto degree doesn’t offer the same opportunities as one from HYP (or any strong target school). I was merely trying to be candid with the OP.</p>
<p>"I would caution that the vast majority of McGill Bcom grads do not get offers from bulge bracket investment banks, including those with stellar GPA’s. It’s not Wharton. Again, I’m not being negative, it’s just that some 17 year old kids see these threads and think that if they go to McGill they have a ticket to work at Goldman Sachs. "</p>
<p>(<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mcgill-university/886604-bcom-mcgill-really-prestigious-north-america.html#post1064399986[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mcgill-university/886604-bcom-mcgill-really-prestigious-north-america.html#post1064399986</a>)</p>
<p>Evidence of need-based aid for Canadians
<a href=“http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/pdf/2010-2011/QA-FinAid-Canadian.pdf[/url]”>http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/pdf/2010-2011/QA-FinAid-Canadian.pdf</a></p>
<p>@Electronica
You’re basing your definition of “top” US schools to just HYP + affiliated (your Princeton example). Find me a Canadian paying “chump change” at like Haas School of Business. Many top ranked BusinessWeek undergrad schools don’t even offer need-blind aid to internationals. (List at [Top</a> Undergraduate Business Programs 2010 - BusinessWeek](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/]Top”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/)).</p>
<p>Only a handful of them will offer need-blind aid to Canadians. Need blind is not need based. Penn doesn’t offer need-based aid. They offer need-blind; there’s a difference. Many top business programs don’t offer need-blind aid and will cost an arm and a leg to get an undergrad degree there if you’re not American.</p>
<p>@OP. Both are good schools. Hell. I know Western Ivey graduates that got placed at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch and many on this board would consider those spots only for HYP + Wharton students. Coming out of UT or McGill will not grant you the same placement options/opportunities as coming out of HYP, but it’s not impossible. </p>
<p>Not to be callous or anything, but if you want to improve your language…spell opportunity right. BTW, McGill is an English institution and pretty much everyone around the city knows English.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as “need-blind aid”. </p>
<p>Need-blind simply means they admit without knowledge of your financial need.</p>
<p>Need-based aid is when they give you funds based on your financial need (as opposed to merit aid).</p>
<p>You’re confused about these terms. Penn is a need-blind institution (for Americans, Canadians, and Mexicans) that gives need-based aid to students from the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and limited aid to students from other countries.</p>
<p>Where do you people get your information from?</p>
<p>Who cares if Haas is stingier than Princeton? I said top schools, that’s a highly subjective term. By top I meant the first 10 or so names you would think of when listing the elites.</p>
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<li><p>I don’t think the school has much to do with it. Both Montreal and Toronto offer a myriad of job opportunities, obviously, but the best way to balance school and work would be to get an on-campus job, since the schedules tend to be more flexible. U of T might have more on-campus job opportunities because of its sheer size, but either way, “a good work/school lifestyle” is yours to determine wherever you go.</p></li>
<li><p>Can’t help you there.</p></li>
<li><p>If you really want a job at an i-bank or trading firm straight out of college, major in economics and applied math/statistics at either school and get a high GPA. A high GPA in econ + applied math or statistics would open up more opportunities to you than a high GPA in a BCom program because it would more intensely hone your analytical skills. But don’t expect to get a job on Wall Street – it’s no secret that the big banks have a penchant for HYPMS+Wharton grads, and things are hard enough for them. You might plan to work a couple of years after college in a lower-level finance job and then apply to B-school.</p></li>
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<p>Sorry. 6 hours of continuous studying makes me a bit hazy. </p>
<p>Regardless, the average person has never heard of Haas, Stern or Ross but all can be considered elite business schools…</p>
<p>A top school isn’t defined what people can list off the top of their head. It may define prestige but doesn’t limit it to it being the only top school</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>
<p>It seems the idea of working in NYC was misleading. I am interested in Finance, but I know alternative ways/connections to work for Wall Street firms. I guess question No.3 was, does an Average Joe Six Pack recognize either of the institutions in NYC. </p>
<p>The Top 10 American Schools are not comparable to the Canadian institutions, no doubt about that! The Top 10 US schools are Top 10 in the world. Also my friend from UBC got a internship with a top 3 i-bank, and this other MIT student got rejected. </p>
<p>I would like to work Part-time as a student, but I feel Toronto may have more oppurtunites over Montreal. </p>
<p>McGill Commerce students seem like Corporate Lackie type of bunch, some wearing Wharton sweaters to school.</p>
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<p>I have several friends in undergraduate business programs in Canada – a couple at Ivey, one at Queen’s Commerce, one at Schulich, one at McGill – and from what I hear, that sort of pretentious ambition is to be expected. After all, you are, in effect, training to become a corporate lackey. </p>
<p>In any case, it looks like you’ve already made up your mind on U of T.</p>
<p>well, good luck with ur wall street dreams.
i’m going into Columbia economics next year and i’m running around trying to get an internship on wall street, let alone a job…</p>
<p>theres no reason for anyone on wall street to consider canadian students for paid positions when they have a SURPLUS of harvard and yale GRAD students wanting UNPAID internships</p>
<p>McGill students wearing Wharton apparel… haha, that’s so awkward.</p>
<p>kelloggss, the College or SEAS?</p>
<p>i’m going into Columbia economics next year and i’m running around trying to get an internship on wall street, let alone a job…</p>
<p>To Kelloggss</p>
<p>Don’t worry, you will land an internship. You seem like a bright person. Besides you need to be special, no matter what job you apply for. I have some experience in certain fields, which has drawn eyes to my resume. Besides I wouldn’t touch NYC just yet, I looked into BB firms offices’ in Europe and Asia. Be optimistic and keep on smiling, and you will land a internship, I will promise you :)</p>
<p>A Target school opens many doors, but if you aren’t the right candidate, your qualifications won’t open the last door…the door which counts the most!</p>
<p>maximilian, i’m illiterate in ur language of riddles…haha</p>
<p>what you said sounds…legitimate though. so thanks!</p>