Best Computer Science Universities in Canada 2024/2025 (Undergraduate Programs)

By Youthfully on Monday, September 11th, 2023 in Uncategorized. No Comments

You’re investing a TON of time, money, and energy towards your future.  You’ve gotten the grades, done a bunch of extracurriculars, improved your real-world skills, and become the type of applicant that top-tier computer science programs in Canada look for — you’ve put in the work. As if doing all that wasn’t stressful enough, now…


McMaster Health Sciences (BHSc): The Definitive Guide for Applicants (2024/2025)

By Youthfully on Monday, September 11th, 2023 in Uncategorized. No Comments

If you’re applying to McMaster Health Sciences (BHSc), or you’re simply interested in learning more about the program, this guide is for you.  As a potential applicant, you’re probably overwhelmed by the amount of information out there. Luckily, we’re here to help.  Here, we’ll break down everything you need to know about McMaster Health Sciences, including the application,…


Queen’s Commerce Job Placement Rate & Average Graduate Salary

By Joel Nicholson on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Queen’s Commerce has incredibly impressive employment statistics. They have an excellent job placement rate and strong average starting graduate salaries.  In recent years, 98% of job-seeking students were employed within six months of graduation.  Below shows the breakdown by industry in 2017.  Notice the well-rounded placement across many competitive business-related fields. For example, consulting is a…


Queen’s Commerce Society & Clubs

By Joel Nicholson on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Queen’s Commerce is home to the fantastic organization, Queen’s Commerce Society, also known as ComSoc. Here at Youthfully, we’d argue that this is the largest and most successful business student government in all of Canada.  ComSoc is entirely student-run and governs over 18 conferences and 33 clubs and committees. It is made up of over 1,300…


Queen’s Commerce Exchange / Study Abroad

By Joel Nicholson on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 in Uncategorized. No Comments

One of the many strengths of Queen’s Commerce is their international exchange program. During your third year, you have the option to go on an exchange for either the fall or spring semester.  Queen’s encourages students to participate in this exchange and they try to make it as easy as possible for all students to attend….


Queen’s Commerce Degrees: Majors, Minors, & Double / Dual Degrees

By Joel Nicholson on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 in Uncategorized. No Comments

At Queen’s Commerce, all students receive a Bachelor of Commerce, known as a BCom for short. This is what officially appears on the diploma. Queen’s Commerce does not offer other official majors or minors.  However, during students’ third and fourth years, they have tremendous flexibility in the courses they can take, so they can specialize…


How Expensive is Queen’s Commerce Tuition?

By Joel Nicholson on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 in Uncategorized. No Comments

For the 2019/20 academic year, tuition for Queen’s Commerce is $17,700 for domestic students. For international students, tuition amounts to $45,790.  According to Queen’s website, in addition to tuition in 2019/20, students could expect to pay the following fees: $1,250 (student fees), $14,315 (residence and meal plan), and $2,175 (textbooks and supplies).  The textbook and supply…


Queen’s Commerce Ranking & Reputation

By Joel Nicholson on Thursday, April 9th, 2020 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Within Canada, Queen’s Commerce is certainly a top-ranked and well-regarded program. However, it is a bit challenging to find quantitative data regarding rankings for undergraduate programs. Outside of Canada, understanding Queen’s Commerce ranking and reputation is even more complicated.  So, let’s start with Canada. Queen’s Commerce Ranking & Reputation in Canada Typically, rankings focus on…


Queen’s Commerce Notable Alumni

By Joel Nicholson on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Queen’s Commerce boasts many notable alumni, from the Musk brothers to Melvin Goodes and Gordon Nixon.  Although he didn’t graduate from Queen’s, Elon Musk attended Queen’s Commerce for two years before deciding to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania to study economics and physics. Interestingly, Elon Musk met his first wife, novelist Justine Wilson, while they…