Brock University - How good is it ?

International Students
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<p>I am Israeli and will attend Brock University in Canada for my BA degree . Later, I would like to pursue my MA at an American university . My list of (good) American Universities is :

  1. Vanderbilt (main option)
  2. Notre Dame (in case I’m not accepted to Vandy)
  3. University of Miami (the same)
  4. Washington University in St. Louis (the same)</p>

<p>So will these universities accept my credits from a Canadian institution like Brock ? </p>

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<p>Brock is nowhere near the level of most of the other universities on your list. </p>

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<p>“Brock is nowhere near the level of most of the other universities on your list”</p>

<p>Obviously. No university in Canada is in that level. But I am asking if these universities will accept credits from there.</p>

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<p>A bachelors is complete separate from a masters. They do not accept credits because you will have already completed your degree.</p>

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<p>@IsraeliStudent‌: Master’s programs are highly focused in a single discipline (or, more likely, a subset of one discipline). This differs significantly from most undergraduate programs, which generally include a fair amount of broad intellectual exploration. Accordingly, what area do you plan to study in postgraduate school? How sure are you of he foregoing selection? Until it’s a near-certainty, it’s fairly unproductive to speculate regarding professional/graduate schools.</p>

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<p>Nice of you to insult Canada even before you arrive.</p>

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Brock is famously disreputable. You had a selection of great Canadian Unis and you chose Brock??? Man… look, I don’t mean to be a jerk, but if you can’t get into McGill/ Queen’s / UBC or any of the other good Canadian Unis, you don’t stand a chance of getting into Vanderbilt for grad school.

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Brock may be disreputable but it’s still accredited, right?

Perhaps, in undergrad, you will come to realize that you need a PhD rather than a MA, and that PhD programs in your chosen discipline don’t require a MA beforehand (especially true of PhD programs in STEM disciplines the US; humanities and social sciences seem to rely on MAs more)

Then again, if you do well at Brock, you may then attempt to transfer (although not necessarily at UMiami, let alone Vanderbilt)

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There are Canadian universities that are ranked much higher than any on your list. Wash U is the highest ranked US university on your list at #99. U of T is #20, McGill is #21, UBC is #43, U of Montreal is #83 and U of Alberta is #84. There are 3 more Canadian universities before you get to Vanderbilt at #182 (Calgary, Waterloo and McMaster). Queens and Western are right after Vanderbilt.

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Please, tell us what your intended field is…