McGill Desautels for IB
Hello, I'm an Ontario student who recently got accepted to McGill and I have some questions about the program and how good it is for finance. From what I've gathered from reading online, it places worse than Ivey/QC, but better than the rest of the T2 programs. So, questions for students at McGill:
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Is not being able to speak French a significant issue? I saw on their employment report that the majority of their graduates stay in Quebec.
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How is the difficulty of the program and ability to maintain a high GPA? Is it closer to Rotman or Queens Commerce in those criteria? Is there a significant math requirement?
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How are the placements for IB at Big 5 and BB/EB in both TO and US offices? Do they place better than the T2 schools (Laurier, Schulich, AFM, Rotman) and is there a significant gap between it and Ivey/QC?
McGill student here:
Don't look at the placements for Desautels overall, it is irrelevant because a lot of students don't take recruitment seriously. However, if you are serious, your #1 priority is to join one of two investment clubs. These are highly selective, roughly 5% acceptance rate, but they offer great training, networking, learning, mentorship opportunities. Without being part of them, chances of breaking into great BB, EB, PE, AM, and trading are slim to none. The clubs are RedPoint Capital and the Mcgill Investment Club. The members regularly break into BB, EB, AM, PE, VC, and prop trading. Check their team's section/LinkedIn to see for yourself. They also have great alumni. Highly recommend
https://www.mcgillinvestmentclub.ca/
https://redpointcapital.ca/
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5% acceptance rate seems low, especially for RPC which is a relatively new club.
McGill Alumni here, largely agree with the above. Those two clubs will be the bread and butter to your success.
Thanks! Would you happen to know if the 5% acceptance rate for the McGill Investment Club’s Investment Committee is accurate?
Seems low if you consider 10 people are accepted every year, and a 5% acceptance rate means 200 people apply every year (33% of the entire Desautels yearly cohort)
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Can I ask you something? I messaged you already
Not current McGill student, so I understand opinion is completely unwarranted. But I was looking at school there and called several students/alum who had no problem getting IB jobs. From my understanding gap between it and Ivey/QC is not massive, and they are super respected in US. Also, if you live in QC for 4 years you could easily pick up French so would not look at long term language as much of a barrier to anything. I go to school in the US (like high semi target, think UVA/ND/Gtown) and have a ton of American friends who are at McGill right now. Would check LinkedIn to verify but I'd say your opportunities for US IB are just below or on par w/ Ivey. You're a lock for TO as a McGill kid unless you sit with your thumb up your ass for 4 years. Best of luck. Did you apply to Ivey/Smith/Sauder as well?
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Thanks for shedding light!
Any thoughts on if you’re a Quebec native entering McGill — only 3 years of McGill undergrad vs 4 years for Ontario/US/International — how would that affect IB recruiting in your opinion?
Makes it much harder, and lots of QC students end up taking 4 years
Rankings for IB/PE for US from Canada are as follows:
Happy to explain further but as someone who recruited for summer 2023 and summer 2024, and knows people at almost all these schools, I’m confident in these rankings
There was also a thread recently about consolidated Canadian school placements
Why is Waterloo so high in your opinion? Are the people from AFM or from Math/CS?
I think it’s a mixture of AFM and math / farm / CFM kids
Ok pal
Which do you disagree with?
How would you rank the Canadian business schools?
Largely inaccurate. It's pretty widely known that it's Ivey, Queens --gap-- McGill --gap-- Waterloo / UBC / Rotman and then Laurier / Schulich. The Ivey, Queens and McGill gap narrows a bit for the HIM program at Desautels. Not a perfect reference point, but for a better data-supported list, can check out https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/canadian-ib-target-schools
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