McGill Desautels vs. Queen's Commerce
I am considering McGill Desautels and Queen's Commerce. Looking for advice and input relating to placements on Bay & Wall Street, alumni, culture etc. Anything would be helpful, thanks
Montreal >>>>>>>>>(...)>>>>>>>>>> Kingston
Montreal is probably the best city to live in as a student. Used to live there, I loved it.
Not sure if the previous comments are based on facts or assumptions but McGill has recent alumni at Lazard LA, Houlihan LA, JP Morgan NY, LionTree NY, Moelis, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse NY, Evercore NY/Houston, RBC NY and for Toronto (RBC, CIBC, TD, BMO, MS, Barclays, Credit Suisse). If you do some searching you'll find them easily. Alot of them were also just Finance majors that weren't in the Honours Investment Management program. Also McGill Desautels is a feeder school for consulting especially Bain & Big 4. However I do agree with the fact that in order to end up on Bay or Wall Street, Ivey, Queens & McGill are pretty much your best bet. Queens places phenominally, but McGill offers a greater overall experience for obvious reasons. You can't go wrong either way, but rest assured you'll place well with either school (given you work hard and network obviously!)
Have to disagree with a few of the previous comments. McGill places very well, especially considering the student population which is highly international. Compared to Queens and Ivey there are a lot less McGill students actually trying to recruit on Bay & Wall st - many return to their homes abroad. To say mcgill does not recruit well is misinformation - I believe that this summer theres 2 at evr, 2 at moelis, 2 at liontree and placement at every Canadian bank. Dont believe everything you read here...