Help me rank these universities
Hi all,
I know that 90% of this board is comprised of people (like myself) who haven't worked in IBanking, and that 90% of the board is also USA-centric... but if anyone feels remotely qualified, could they please help me rank these universities in terms of either their finance reputation or just general reputation:
Queen's University
McGill University
University of British Columbia
University of Hong Kong
University of Edinburgh
Royal Holloway (University of London)
University of Pennsylvania
The reason I ask is because I currently go to a good university in Australia... but quite frankly I'm sure even the best Asutralian uni's don't mean shit when you're putting in a job application in the UK/US. These universities above are my options for a year on exchange.
What do we all think?
Can tell you Holloway is not among the top 3 ULU unis (LSE, Kings, Imperial, even UCL are considered "better" than Holloway).
Queen's undergrad business program is excellent. Believe that this is the case for post grad as well. Would do some research on how well Canadian unis are seen in the US.
Sorry can't be more helpful.
Queen's and McGill are both very good
I am from the states, and everyone i know has heard of mcgill... dont know any of the others, I'm sure there all good.. I'm just saying people in the states know mcgill is a good school
Best are McGill and University of Pennsylvania.
My preception is that the University of London is only great for LSE, Imperial and UCL. With LSE having a large advantage over the other two.
Just my perception though as I've never even been to the UK...
Edinburg isnt bad either, esp mba
UPenn would definitely have the best reputation. However, like others have said, McGill and Queens is also good. I'd go to McGill just because it's up there and it's in Montreal--heard about the party scene? If you're going on exchange, I don't think 1 semester would decide you from another candidate, but any international experience is good experience in my opinion...
To work in the US:
U Penn U London McGill
To work in Europe
U London U Penn McGill
To work in Canada McGill U Penn U London
In Canada
Penn Queen's McGill London
upenn
ratul, penn is in america.
but I'd say the exact thing wsanno said.
Going on exchange to a Canadian school with the hopes of getting an internship or analyst gig in the US/UK is a Hail Mary play.
if you are interested in canada...then you should consider richard ivey - university of western ontario- from my knowledge its the best in canada for finance and recruiters love it...
Being Canadian I can only comment on McGill and Queens. For Queens, they are extremely good for finance probably the best(Canada) right under Ivey. I know last summer 3 guys got into GS NY/TO. These guys were very qualified, two of them did ibanking interships at good firms in second year and were able to leverage that into NY which is what it takes to get into BB NY coming from Canada sometimes. Im estimating they send around 10-15ish ppl a year to ibanking every year. This is pretty good considering the top business programs only have around 300 people and obviosly not everyone pursues ibanking at Queens (marketing, accounting etc as well) like at Ivey so that is probably why there placements arent as good. You guys gotta remember, part of the reason why Ivey is so good is because basically everyone there enters third year (recruiting year) with an 80+ avg since that is a requirement to stay in the program...so its more the outstanding individual that gets the ibanking job rather than the school in the case of ivey being so good, but its still both.
McGill, although it is a very very good school and is strong in ibanking placements especially into the states...I have no idea why Americans regard it AS high as they do. I mean its not that hard to get accepted into McGIll(they dont even take extracurriculars into consideration only marks...so think about what type of ppl can sneak in). In Canada, the big five ibanks prefer Ivey, Schulich, Queens, UofT over McGIll. But I will admit they have good placements into the states, probably cause of their rep with americans again. In fact, most of the Canadians I have met on Wall St. have done their undergrad in McGill.
Thanks for the input guys. I think I'll probably end up going with McGill. In addition to it's apparent good reputation, yes jaz I have heard about the montreal party scene :)
Which Australian Uni do you go to?
If you go to Uni of: Melbourne, Sydney, New South Wales..... then you have a decent shot if you are high distinction avg. and a mo'fo.
Oz' uni is much more difficult than usa uni btw.
My opinion: University of Pennsylvania McGill University University of Edinburgh Queen's University University of British Columbia University of Hong Kong Royal Holloway (University of London)
In the UK , Edinburgh is a lot better than RH
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