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Is McGill (Desautels) still a good undergrad school in 2014?
pberthe
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Hi everyone,
I applied to McGill Desautels and am still waiting for decisions. Doing some research, I noticed McGill has been declining as a world-class institution. Could anyone, maybe McGill students/alumnis or in general someone who has evidence-based answers, give me their opinions?
I wanted to know, is McGill good? In particular, is Desautels a good faculty? I'd like to major in International Management with maybe Econ Honors if possible. After, I wish to do a grad diploma in Berkeley/Stanford or Ivy League, and then an MBA (probably at least one PhD as well).
Is McGill known in the US? What would be my chances of getting in the above schools?
I just want the best possible undergrad diploma.
Thanks for the answers!
10 replies I applied to McGill Desautels and am still waiting for decisions. Doing some research, I noticed McGill has been declining as a world-class institution. Could anyone, maybe McGill students/alumnis or in general someone who has evidence-based answers, give me their opinions?
I wanted to know, is McGill good? In particular, is Desautels a good faculty? I'd like to major in International Management with maybe Econ Honors if possible. After, I wish to do a grad diploma in Berkeley/Stanford or Ivy League, and then an MBA (probably at least one PhD as well).
Is McGill known in the US? What would be my chances of getting in the above schools?
I just want the best possible undergrad diploma.
Thanks for the answers!
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Replies to: Is McGill (Desautels) still a good undergrad school in 2014?
McGill is very well known in the US in circles that matter, certainly more so than other Canadian universities. College Confidential is essentially an American website. McGill has 22,500 posts, Toronto has 1400 posts and Western does not even have its own thread. There are nearly 3000 American students at McGill.
You can directly apply to Desautels as a first year student. The only way you would have to transfer in is if you did not have the stats to get admitted as a first year student.
Yes, the term "declining" was maybe a bit excessive. Let's say it is slipping in the world rankings.
I know we shouldn't trust university rankings too much, but McGill is very highly placed in Arts&Humanities (Political Science -24th) but not so much in the Social Sciences & Management. Would you advise me to do a BA instead of a BComm at McGill?
The business faculty isn't all that good in my opinion. Very limited help with respect to opportunities outside school. The french required by almost every employer doesn't help either.
I ended up switching to Science and can honestly say it's one of the best decisions I've made till date.
UofT Rotman > Western IVEY (with AEO) > McGill.
Reason: comparatively, UT wins cuz of location, networking opportunity, alumni; IVEY's education quality is very good