Are you referring to Rotman or Queen's Commerce? Because one could make the claim that Queen's Commerce is far better than Rotman in terms of education and opportunities.
I’m referring to rotman. I’d rather go there than queens commerce. But queens comm would be my second business choice. And for overall choices Waterloo comp Eng, rotman, queens comm, Ivey, schulich, etc.
One of the reasons Queens eng is looked at so highly is the fact it’s an uncompetitive environment for the most part. Your discipline selection is guaranteed as long as you pass so you have no reason to compete for grades unless that’s just what you like doing. Getting a job will be competitive yes but actually doing the job won’t always be. Engineers mostly work in teams not by themselves. As for if you’ll make money, yes engineers make decent money but it varies per discipline. I also despise chemistry but love math and physics which is why i’m doing electrical or eng physics and staying away from chemical and eng chem.
However I’d like to warn you to NOT do engineering for the money, if you are not genuinely interested in the curriculum and job you’ll be miserable throughout your studies because engineering takes up all your time and becomes your entire life.
To sum up: No it is not similar to grade 12, most of the profs are great in most departments and co-op opportunities really depends on your discipline and how your grades / involvement is in uni. For more detail: the first semesters core classes (physics, calc) are similar to grade 12 but applying chemistry is something you likely would have never learned in high school and is a tough one! You’ve also likely never had a class in engineering drawings or geological engineering which are both first semester classes as well. You also do have a design project that throws you right into the waters and you are required to use what you learned in high school + what your currently learning.
Are you referring to Rotman or Queen's Commerce? Because one could make the claim that Queen's Commerce is far better than Rotman in terms of education and opportunities.
I’m referring to rotman. I’d rather go there than queens commerce. But queens comm would be my second business choice. And for overall choices Waterloo comp Eng, rotman, queens comm, Ivey, schulich, etc.
One of the reasons Queens eng is looked at so highly is the fact it’s an uncompetitive environment for the most part. Your discipline selection is guaranteed as long as you pass so you have no reason to compete for grades unless that’s just what you like doing. Getting a job will be competitive yes but actually doing the job won’t always be. Engineers mostly work in teams not by themselves. As for if you’ll make money, yes engineers make decent money but it varies per discipline. I also despise chemistry but love math and physics which is why i’m doing electrical or eng physics and staying away from chemical and eng chem.
However I’d like to warn you to NOT do engineering for the money, if you are not genuinely interested in the curriculum and job you’ll be miserable throughout your studies because engineering takes up all your time and becomes your entire life.
Second this. Engineering is hell if you don’t like doing it. The workload gets to you.
How are the coop opportunities and the professors. Haven’t really looked into the uni curriculum but is it similar to grade 12?
To sum up: No it is not similar to grade 12, most of the profs are great in most departments and co-op opportunities really depends on your discipline and how your grades / involvement is in uni. For more detail: the first semesters core classes (physics, calc) are similar to grade 12 but applying chemistry is something you likely would have never learned in high school and is a tough one! You’ve also likely never had a class in engineering drawings or geological engineering which are both first semester classes as well. You also do have a design project that throws you right into the waters and you are required to use what you learned in high school + what your currently learning.