Is a Bcom from McGill really prestigious in North America ? + Immigration to the US

Well, I have been seeking guidance for weeks and I will try to extract the essential facts from what I know and discovered.

- The Bcom is not the best course in terms of quality in Canada
- McGill is the only canadian university known outside of Canada (huge advantage for international students)
- Desaultels (Bcom) mainly benefits from the McGill overall name recognition. (8 Nobel Prizes) That is the most important thing for employment prospects.

I also do know that McGill is quite famous as well as respected in the US.

What would YOU say regarding its reputation in the US/Europe ?
What is the American (Ivy League) equivalent of McGill (esp. Bcom) ?

Finally, I heard immigration to the US is more difficult than what one might think. How hard is it for an EU student to obtain a visa (for work) for the United States ?
Has anyone dealt with this ?

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flugestuge

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- McGill is the only canadian university known outside of Canada (huge advantage for international students)

UBC, Montreal and Toronto are all better universities.
McGill is primarily known for medicine.

"According to Canada's Top 50 Research Universities, Research Inforsource Inc., 2007:

Rank, University
1 Univ of Toronto
2 Université de Montréal
3 Univ of British Columbia
4 McGill Univ
5 Uni of Alberta
6 McMaster Uni
7 Uni of Calgary
8 Université Laval
9 Uni of Ottawa
10 Uni of Western Ontario

According to Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities 2006:

Medical :
Rank, University
1 McGill U
2 Queen's U
3 U of Toronto
4 U of British Columbia
5 U of Western Ontario
6 U of Alberta
7 Université de Sherbrooke
8 Université Laval
9 Université de Montréal
10 U of Saskatchewan"