<p>I was accepted into the Arts and Sciences undergraduate program... can any one tell me what it is like? Is it reputable at McGill?</p>
<p>It is the best and hardest to get into in McGill.</p>
<p>I'm in ArtSci (finishing up U0). naff is right, it's much more difficult to get into than either the separate art or science faculties, it's much smaller, and it's definitely highly regarded. As for what it's like, well, it's actually really nice because you have SO many options open to you - you can take almost any course in either Faculty, and it's really nice to have a sort of "balance" in the type of work you do (some reading/paper writing, some logic/number crunching). However, unless you come into McGill with advanced credits, your first year is pretty intensive on the sciences because they want all students to have a nice, broad, background to build from (though they might have changed this a little because a lot of students complained...). But yeah, overall they're still working out some of the kinks, but I'm really glad to be in it. It's great to have such choice and variety.</p>
<p>Sorry if this is a bit short - I'm about to run off to chem - feel free to ask me any other questions about the program though :)</p>
<p>Ok, thanks all. One further question...is it more science or art intensive? I am more interested in areas like economics and political science than chemistry so I am just wondering if there will be a balance between the two or if I can focus more on the liberal arts types of classes?</p>
<p>Your first year is going to be substantially more science intensive (unless you're coming in with advanced credits that take care of some of the science requirements). After that it does even out to a balance between the two, but keep in mind that if you're in ArtSci you will have to do either a double major (one art and one science) or a major and two minors (major from one faculty, two minors from the other) so if you want more of the liberal arts (such a a major in poli sci, and a minor in econ or something) then you might be more interested in the pure arts faculty...</p>
<p>does this mean a artsci students would be taking double the classes the sci OR art students are taking??...i mean they'll be getting two degrees</p>
<p>no you get one degree, your total amount of credits is pretty much the same as the amount of credits you need for an arts degree or a science degree alone (120)</p>