Canadian JPA Scholars

[catnfish]

hi guys....i got jpa for economics...
will be doing icpu in taylor soon...
mind telling me more bout icpu?
which U would be best for my course?
from d previous post...seem like majority of u guys r from Mcgill n Toronto..
any senior from UBC ? mind to share ur experience here?

QS World University Rankings 2008 (Social Sciences )
1 HARVARD University United States
2 University of California, BERKELEY United States
3 STANFORD University United States
4 LONDON School of Economics and Political... United Kingdom
5 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
6 University of OXFORD United Kingdom
7 YALE University United States
8 University of CHICAGO United States
9 PRINCETON University United States
10 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology United States
11 COLUMBIA University United States
12 University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
13 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles United States
14= MCGILL University Canada
14= AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
16 University of TORONTO Canada
17 CORNELL University United States
18 National University of SINGAPORE(NUS) Singapore
19 The University of MELBOURNE Australia
20 University of MICHIGAN United States

[hhhcce]

"huh? Are you a JPA scholar? "

That is so condescending. Please refrain from making this kind of remark. In fact, even if he/she is not a JPA scholar, he/she still has the right to address any sort of questions here. I, for one, am not a JPA scholar. I have seen many JPA scholar getting results lower than A here and I think it is pretty clear to me that getting JPA is nothing than just a recognition to your achievements in high school and it does not mean anything more than that. If you want to study at any of the foreign universities, cut your ego just a little bit. Just my two cents.

[quote=catnfish;273017]hi guys....i got jpa for economics...
will be doing icpu in taylor soon...
mind telling me more bout icpu?
which U would be best for my course?
from d previous post...seem like majority of u guys r from Mcgill n Toronto..
any senior from UBC ? mind to share ur experience here?[\QUOTE]

Sometimes I wonder why people like to use those abbreviations even when they are using QWERTY keyboard. Anyway, answers to your question. Ranking does not mean anything. IN fact, I am not sure whether economics is considered a social science subject. davidchak, may be you can answer this?

[WYlee]

Originally Posted by catnfish

hi guys....i got jpa for economics...
will be doing icpu in taylor soon...
mind telling me more bout icpu?
which U would be best for my course?
from d previous post...seem like majority of u guys r from Mcgill n Toronto..
any senior from UBC ? mind to share ur experience here?

It will be difficult for you to enter those prominent business school in Canada such as Mcgill, UBC and Queen's. Most of my friends got second choice of their applications in UBC and Toronto. None of them get Queen's which is the best business school in Canada. So when the time you apply for university, give up that choice.

[quote=hhhcce;274683]"huh? Are you a JPA scholar? "

That is so condescending. Please refrain from making this kind of remark. In fact, even if he/she is not a JPA scholar, he/she still has the right to address any sort of questions here. I, for one, am not a JPA scholar. I have seen many JPA scholar getting results lower than A here and I think it is pretty clear to me that getting JPA is nothing than just a recognition to your achievements in high school and it does not mean anything more than that. If you want to study at any of the foreign universities, cut your ego just a little bit. Just my two cents.

Originally Posted by catnfish

hi guys....i got jpa for economics...
will be doing icpu in taylor soon...
mind telling me more bout icpu?
which U would be best for my course?
from d previous post...seem like majority of u guys r from Mcgill n Toronto..
any senior from UBC ? mind to share ur experience here?[\QUOTE]

Sometimes I wonder why people like to use those abbreviations even when they are using QWERTY keyboard. Anyway, answers to question. Ranking does not mean anything. davidchak, may be you can answer this?

Ya, you are right. JPA scholars are nothing but human too. JPA scholar is just a label to a person. If you remove it, he/she is the same as you. Generally, JPA scholars are something what you said. BUT, there are still some groups of people who really deserve this title.

Ranking of a university in the world does not mean anything. The quality you will possess after you graduate is more important.

[hhhcce]

You are right about everything you said but nowhere in my statement I mentioned that they don't deserve it. They do deserve it. But, I was furious when a person who took initiative to ask in this forum was being shunned away just because he/she is not a JPA scholar.

Next, somebody was so sensitive until he/she went to my blog and placed a hateful comment. Personally, I am not even angry. In fact, whoever you are, that is why I think JPA does not mean anything, personality matters and with that kind of personality, I would expect you will not be very successful in your life, seriously. (I know it was not you WYLee)

[WYlee]

Originally Posted by hhhcce

You are right about everything you said but nowhere in my statement I mentioned that they don't deserve it. They do deserve it. But, I was furious when a person who took initiative to ask in this forum was being shunned away just because he/she is not a JPA scholar.

Next, somebody was so sensitive until he/she went to my blog and placed a hateful comment. Personally, I am not even angry. In fact, whoever you are, that is why I think JPA does not mean anything, personality matters and with that kind of personality, I would expect you will not be very successful in your life, seriously. (I know it was not you WYLee)

Lol...Definitely is not me...I just found out your blog link.

If you have JPA scholar friends, maybe you will understand what i said.

[catnfish]

Originally Posted by hhhcce

Sometimes I wonder why people like to use those abbreviations even when they are using QWERTY keyboard. Anyway, answers to your question. Ranking does not mean anything. IN fact, I am not sure whether economics is considered a social science subject. davidchak, may be you can answer this?

sometimes i wonder too why people like to comment about others..
yes, ranking does not mean anything maybe,but i did not say anything about it, please don't say like i see ranking as everything.
of course everyone will aim for the best whatever they do, and it's the same for me, i just want to know which university may be the best choice for my course so that i can take it as a guide when i finished my pre-u, and do more research on those universities mentioned and make a best decision which may affect my future.
and yes, economics is in social science,i listed the university ranking does not mean that ranking is everything, just that it's one of the basic references for me who do not know much about canada university, and i did ask for you guys' advice and comment to consider other factors.
please stop commenting about others if you are not here to help
i will appreciate if you keep your comments to yourself, no offense

[davidchak]

Originally Posted by catnfish

sometimes i wonder too why people like to comment about others..
yes, ranking does not mean anything maybe,but i did not say anything about it, please don't say like i see ranking as everything.
of course everyone will aim for the best whatever they do, and it's the same for me, i just want to know which university may be the best choice for my course so that i can take it as a guide when i finished my pre-u, and do more research on those universities mentioned and make a best decision which may affect my future.
and yes, economics is in social science,i listed the university ranking does not mean that ranking is everything, just that it's one of the basic references for me who do not know much about canada university, and i did ask for you guys' advice and comment to consider other factors.
please stop commenting about others if you are not here to help
i will appreciate if you keep your comments to yourself, no offense

Ranking does not mean everything but at the sametime, it also doesnt means ranking means nothing.

From what i gathered, McGill economics is more towards the mathematical application of it, unlike UBC, which is more on hands on practice. I know nothing about UoT

[catnfish]

Originally Posted by davidchak

Ranking does not mean everything but at the sametime, it also doesnt means ranking means nothing.

From what i gathered, McGill economics is more towards the mathematical application of it, unlike UBC, which is more on hands on practice. I know nothing about UoT

thanks, but would you explain more precisely on mathematical application and hands on practice? so which do you think is better as more applicable and useful for the real life after we graduate?

[davidchak]

(correct me if i am wrong, i am not econs major)

Hands on is more like..you study the impact of the nation's AS and AD on the people or maybe on how low shld the product price be based on estimation where as the math one is more precise measurement of economic variable: instead of studying the impact, you actually gather data and calculate the nation's GDP, instead of judging on the price based on estimation, you actually gather data and calculate it.

Both are useful, its just like: whether you like to do science with just experiments, or you like to calculate in details what goes on behind the experiment. something like that.

Math based is more sought after in the market.

[hhhcce]

Originally Posted by catnfish

sometimes i wonder too why people like to comment about others..
yes, ranking does not mean anything maybe,but i did not say anything about it, please don't say like i see ranking as everything.
of course everyone will aim for the best whatever they do, and it's the same for me, i just want to know which university may be the best choice for my course so that i can take it as a guide when i finished my pre-u, and do more research on those universities mentioned and make a best decision which may affect my future.
and yes, economics is in social science,i listed the university ranking does not mean that ranking is everything, just that it's one of the basic references for me who do not know much about canada university, and i did ask for you guys' advice and comment to consider other factors.
please stop commenting about others if you are not here to help
i will appreciate if you keep your comments to yourself, no offense

I did not say that you only treated ranking from a random survey as your sole source of making your decision. But, copying a ranking that everybody has access to does deserve an advice from me. Times ranking may put McGill very high in the ranking but some others may not. And in fact, McGill is, from I know, is well known for its strong biological sciences (bio, biochem, physiology, microbiology, immunology) and social sciences (poli sci, philosophy) background.

Of course, you have the right to type whatever you want. But, please bear in mind that you are asking questions to a person whom you don't even know. Delivering your message clearly is very important. For example, you will not use abbreviations in your personal statement. I was trying to point out the obvious. If you go to forum like collegeconfidential where the users are all predominantly Canadians and Americans (even here in RECOM where I have seen many people pointed out the same mistake), I think the words they use will not be that kind when somebody tries to use abbreviations. And please, you are the one soliciting helps and advices from the other, please act like one and just don't think that you were not commenting on people when you apparently were. Putting the phrase 'no offense' did not bail you out from you had said.

Most of the people who are currently active do not take economics as their major. I know bush is a double major in physics and economics. But, bear in mind that you can't take even a comment from me, please don't ask him. He will be much more brutal than me (Look at his chat history).