Mount Royal College now Mount Royal University

[Old Yeller]

I won't argue about reputation at all... or the library for that matter, it's awful (and being rectified).

I think everyone here realizes that it will take a while to establish the proper reputation and on the employer front UofC beats MRC hands down.

I guess in the end, initially it's just nice that another University has arrived in Southern Alberta to satisfy the demand.

[steveo]

went to MRC 4 years ago. i only made it through the first semester, haha i couldn't study with all the girls and women in my class.. it was great though..i was in psychology and sociology and man it was like a 4:1 ratio of girls to guys. it was great haha

[mots]

Originally Posted by Muta

I'm very proud I went to Haskayne, one of the top undergrad business schools in the country.

actually, didnt even make a ranking in "top" business schools, after a few searches (and i really tried hard to see where it would slot):


-not in top 19
http://www.infozee.com/channels/mba/...a-rankings.htm

-not even considered (7 mentioned)

http://tools.businessweek.com/BSchool_Comparator/

- not considered (5 mentioned)

http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoo...l-mba-rankings

-not considered (only top 3)

http://www.leaderpost.com/business/s...tml?id=1878893



So really you can argue, that "top" might not be top 5 in the country, but really, there are not that many schools to choose from. Haskayne definately cannot be considered "top"

[Muta]

Originally Posted by mots

actually, didnt even make a ranking in "top" business schools, after a few searches (and i really tried hard to see where it would slot):


-not in top 19
http://www.infozee.com/channels/mba/...a-rankings.htm

-not even considered (7 mentioned)

http://tools.businessweek.com/BSchool_Comparator/

- not considered (5 mentioned)

http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoo...l-mba-rankings

-not considered (only top 3)

http://www.leaderpost.com/business/s...tml?id=1878893



So really you can argue, that "top" might not be top 5 in the country, but really, there are not that many schools to choose from. Haskayne definately cannot be considered "top"

I specifically mentioned 'undergrad' program. All of your links are based off MBA-program rankings, which are grauduate programs. Your links are nice, but are not applicable. Nice try, though.

[Cowboy89]

I had a friend transfer into Haskayne from MRC back in my University days. After 2 years at MRC he had a 3.85 GPA which won him a spot to come over to UofC. His First semester GPA in Haskayne was 2.25. There's a huge difference. It might not necessarily be what or how subjects are taught but maybe more of a reflection of the students in the seats in courses where the grades are curved. Bottom line if you're coming out of High School with 90's marks and you want to go to Business school or engineering school in Calgary you're not picking Mount Royal over UofC.

[krazycanuck]

I went to MRC a couple years back and enjoyed it. What has been said about the women is right....great ratio. My course was not something that the UofC offered, so it was a no brainer to go there.

But man, what a great school to party at. I finished with a Degree at the faculty of Liberty Lounge Tuesday nights. Majoring in binge drinking, minoring in coitus.

[MRCboicgy]

I really don't think it's that big a deal with undergrad business degrees out west here, it's all about experience. I used my 2 directed field studies to get me an extra week of personal days when I started at my job That was nice.

I sure didn't notice the clique thing in the business school, it was really quite a professionally run college as they were ramping up for this. I had instructors that had PhD's and MBA's from very prestigious institutions like Queens and Berkley. I don't think I missed anything by not going to Haskayne, to be honest. I'm sure some of you disagree, but I feel my education is equal, and I have the job right out of college that kinda proves it.

I chose MRC for a few reasons, the biggest being cost as my family is pretty dirt poor. Coming out of high school, I had a 97% average, was in the top 5 in a class of 500 and could have gone to any school in the country. I applied all over and only was rejected by one school in North America (my dad was choked on all the application fees, etc. hehe) I even took the SAT, SATII and ACT for some US places I applied - hoping for a sweet academic scholarship that never materialized down there, even with damn fine scores, if I do say so myself.

To be fair, if i had decided to go to a real university in Alberta, I would have gone up to the UofA as I feel their undergrad business program blows UofC out of the water. I don't have any stats to prove it, but I do have some nice family friends (local CEOs that I'm sure many of you know and local academics) who urged me not to go to UofC.

I don't count all of my early business success to the school - most of it is because I'm pretty damn good at anything I do hehe BUT I was recruited because I had a business degree from there and NOT from UofC, which got in me in the door initally.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

I really don't think it's that big a deal with undergrad business degrees out west here, it's all about experience. I used my 2 directed field studies to get me an extra week of personal days when I started at my job That was nice.

I sure didn't notice the clique thing in the business school, it was really quite a professionally run college as they were ramping up for this. I had instructors that had PhD's and MBA's from very prestigious institutions like Queens and Berkley. I don't think I missed anything by not going to Haskayne, to be honest. I'm sure some of you disagree, but I feel my education is equal, and I have the job right out of college that kinda proves it.

I chose MRC for a few reasons, the biggest being cost as my family is pretty dirt poor. Coming out of high school, I had a 97% average, was in the top 5 in a class of 500 and could have gone to any school in the country. I applied all over and only was rejected by one school in North America (my dad was choked on all the application fees, etc. hehe) I even took the SAT, SATII and ACT for some US places I applied - hoping for a sweet academic scholarship that never materialized down there, even with damn fine scores, if I do say so myself.

To be fair, if i had decided to go to a real university in Alberta, I would have gone up to the UofA as I feel their undergrad business program blows UofC out of the water. I don't have any stats to prove it, but I do have some nice family friends (local CEOs that I'm sure many of you know and local academics) who urged me not to go to UofC.

I don't count all of my early business success to the school - most of it is because I'm pretty damn good at anything I do hehe BUT I was recruited because I had a business degree from there and NOT from UofC, which got in me in the door initally.

Everybody has their own experiences. I know that what I do now, I've learned more in two years working than I did in five years in school; however, I am where I am because of my degree. It's simply a piece of paper, but I know that a university education has been the preferred education of choice for the business people I associate with. In general, Haskayne is just seen as the better program for business; and that's the opinion of others when it happens to come up in conversation. But again, all experiences are unique.

[c.t.ner]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

I had a friend transfer into Haskayne from MRC back in my University days. After 2 years at MRC he had a 3.85 GPA which won him a spot to come over to UofC. His First semester GPA in Haskayne was 2.25. There's a huge difference. It might not necessarily be what or how subjects are taught but maybe more of a reflection of the students in the seats in courses where the grades are curved. Bottom line if you're coming out of High School with 90's marks and you want to go to Business school or engineering school in Calgary you're not picking Mount Royal over UofC.

This tactic drove me bonkers when I applied to UofC Management.

Luckily, it was the main reason I didn't make it in to the Hasykane School of business. A chunk of students who made it in during my year were MRC students. If I recall only a few of them made it through the rest of the management program.