Year off to attend a better uni or go to SFU Beedie?

Hi guys!

I'm currently finishing off my senior year in highschool and my grades are as follows:

Pre Calc 12- 98 Law 12- 94 Econ 12- 95 English 12: 76.....

I've wanted to go to Queen's for as long as I can remember but unfortunately, Queen's requires applicants to the Smith School of Business to have at least an 80% in English, so I couldn't apply. Other schools out east, such as Rotman and Schulich required Calc, which I didn't have. I got into SFU Business but I really don't want to go there due to the lack of student life and the opportunities that come with going there. I've considered taking a gap year to upgrade some of my courses (re-take English Provincial) and take Calc 12. If I do take a year off, I'd most likely be working at CIBC Bank as a teller. Would it be smart in this case to take a year off, or should I take SFU Business?

3 Comments
 

Go to SFU. One of my friends went there and is now at a BB in a regional office.

jk he's not. I don't have poverty friends

lol 76 in high school english

leave wso

srs

 

Queen's is far and away a better business school than SFU. That said it's not impossible to get into a big 5 Canadian Bank in Vancouver through SFU then transfer to Toronto if that's your prerogative. Another option is to do 2 years at SFU, get great grades and transfer to Ivey HBA which is a 2 year program that takes external transfers with 2 years of credits. Ivey HBA is slightly better in terms of recruitment than Queen's but you could probably make the argument for either one.

 

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