McGill, Concordia or Polytechnique?

Blobof
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:27:34 +0000

Well, a number of my uncles and cousins went to Polytechnique and got jobs without problem (one even turned down an offer from RIM, I think he could have been vice-president back before they were big; has no regrets now as his current job has him travel all over the globe in business class all the time). I also have a friend who went to Concordia and has plenty of work, now. My one friend who did engineering at McGill went on to graduate school in applied math… In fact, my friends who went to UQAC in engineering had no problems getting jobs either.

All this to say that, engineering is one of the field where finding job is not a problem, no matter what school you go to, as long as you get through your degree and know how to present yourself to people. So, reputation aside, what kind of environment do you want to be in? Francophone: go to Polytechnique (though the bureaucracy at UdeM and its affiliates would make McGill blush). Students focussed on their studies (doesn’t mean they don’t know how to party): McGill. Students from different socio-economic background, ages, perhaps more focussed on job and life outside school: Concordia. Also, have you considered ETS? I hear they do very well too. Their “hands-on” approach is supposedly more creative than the more theoretical approach of places like Poly.