<p>Well thanks guys. ;)</p>
<p>As a French applicant, I am supposed to start as a U1 student. But when I applied, I could not choose my Major … Is that normal ? :S</p>
<p>You can do that through Minerva. Go to student - student records - change your primary curriculum. </p>
<p>Also from student records you can see the registration menu, where you can see courses.</p>
<p>im from the US and I need to buy a new cell phone so I was wondering if it matters what service etc. I have if i’m staying at mcgill. Also do the phones on campus cost money to use?</p>
<p>Is Management the most selective faculty? As long as you meet the minimum requirements ie. grades and SAT scores, it shouldn’t be that difficult. My friend was rejected from Arts but got into Management.</p>
<p>In order to double major: depends on what your doing: if you’re in the Faculty of Arts-you can do a double major in any of the departments it offers. However, if you are majoring in English and want to double major in Biology as well, you have to transfer to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, since Biology is under the Faculty of Science’s department. Hope this makes sense.</p>
<p>For cell phones: Most of my friends have Rogers (myself included) but it is a pretty terrible company (I think all the phone companies in Canada are terrible). I signed up for a $25/month plan but each month with taxes I pay close to $40. Find a plan from a company that best fits you: Fido, Rogers, Bell are the main 3 I can think of off the top of my head. I’m not aware of any phones on campus besides pay phones…</p>
<p>What date do I register for classes if I am an incoming freshman from the US and am not an IB student?</p>
<p>How exactly do I register for classes in Minerva…how do I know which professor I picked/what time slot?</p>
<p>Tomofboston said:
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<p>that’s probably true but many Canadians don’t see anything unique about Montreal. I for one will never understand what Americans see in Montreal. I never liked the city, found it to be small and uninteresting and times downright boring and don’t know many Torontonians who run off there for the weekends, though I am sure some do. Just as some Montrealers come into Toronto on the weekends. however, that being said why is it that some Americans seek Canada for multiculturalism? When I was looking at colleges I was fascinated by the city of Miami because of the Latin culture. if us Canadians don’t appreciate the French culture as much as we should the same should be said about Americans and the Latin community. Even though I spent my college years in Canada after all, my grad years in New York, all those winter breaks and Spring breaks were spent taking in the Latin culture in South Florida. That’s where I absorbed diversity and that’s what I call multiculturalism NOT Montreal. I am in the Mid east and there is a guy I met at Canadian embassy mixer who hasn’t been back to Montreal in 5 years and he is from there. He says he has no use for the city. Again, not saying he is emblematic of any trend. just sharing.</p>
<p>Oh btw, my Canadian friends who attended McGill; the main reason they choose McGill: to be far away from their parents and still be in a city. I am not saying it’s not a fine school. Just thought I would share their reasoning. I met many Quebecers at U of T and York who attended those two for the same reasons. Also, I didn’t find any more name recognition outside of academic circles in the U.S. for McGill versus other Canuck schools like Toronto. In fact most ( not all ) Americans I met knew mainly only of Oxbridge outside of American universities and I have met many Canadians who didn’t know what McGill was too ( and yes I concede they were from English Canada.)</p>
<p>Ivyleaguer said:
“that’s probably true but many Canadians don’t see anything unique about Montreal. I for one will never understand what Americans see in Montreal. I never liked the city, found it to be small and uninteresting and times downright boring”</p>
<p>Typical Toronto/English Canadian attitude.</p>
<p>^^ I don’t disagree with you. by any means. But English Canada is a large part of the country. Also, what about the American’ attitude to large latin communities? This is a rich culture. Yet if I watch CNN, it’s like every white American wants to deport them. So there’s the English Canadian attitude and English American attitude. It works both ways. Just as you love Montreal, give me little Havana anyday, or any barrio or even Spanish Harlem. That’s culture to me. The US of A made me appreciate the Latin culture and after grad school, I backpacked across Latin America because of this. I am just saying you don’t need to come up to Canada to experience another culture. I hope many American high school seniors take this to heart.</p>
<p>Hey Tomofboston,</p>
<p>Maybe you’ve heard this question before but I would appreciate it if you would answer it again for me 
I am a Canadian citizen currently residing in Michigan. I am not worried about admittance into McGill undergrad; however, I have heard that due to the residency issue, it would be nearly impossible for me to enter McGill med school. Is this true? *(I have heard that they only leave 3-4 spots for internationals) If so, is there anyway to bypass it?</p>
<p>Thanks so much,</p>
<p>-Blair</p>
<p>McGill, like virtually all publicly funded medical schools in Canada and the U.S., limits the number of out of privince/state admissions. This is from the McGill Medicine website:</p>
<p>"Distribution of seats
McGill’s Faculty of Medicine admits approximately 175 students annually into its school. Seats for Qu</p>
<p>Yo, ivyleaguer…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-toronto/888670-utsg-mcgill.html#post1065180968[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-toronto/888670-utsg-mcgill.html#post1065180968</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-toronto/690181-u-toronto-mcgill.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-toronto/690181-u-toronto-mcgill.html</a></p>
<p>In one you say you were a life sci major, and in the other you say you were a poli sci major. All of a sudden, you don’t seem very reliable.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your response! I’m guessing that there is no way for me to get Quebec citizenship during my 4 years of undergrad?</p>
<p>This may help:
[From</a> the desk of the McGill Parents Association?|McGill Alumni Portal](<a href=“http://www.alumnilive365.mcgill.ca/2010/07/20/from-the-desk-of-the-mcgill-parents-association…-9/]From”>http://www.alumnilive365.mcgill.ca/2010/07/20/from-the-desk-of-the-mcgill-parents-association…-9/)</p>
<p>If you live in Quebec for a full 12 months while not studying at a university (so either live there for a year before you start undergrad, or for a year before applying to med school), you’ll be considered IP at McGill med.</p>
<p>I am super interested in McGill, I think part of the reason is the immersion into a francophone culture along with many other positive aspects about the school.
I really want to improve my French, and become fluent in it. How strong are the French professors and classes at McGill? I know that other college review sites are not to be 100% relied on, and I read that the French department is not good.
If anyone has experience with this please reply! Thanks</p>
<p>I was not a French major but I tool several courses in the French Department and the French Language Centre, which is separate. the French Department at McGill functions like the French Department at a francophone university: you need to be fairly fluent in the language to start, at least by U1 year. The French Language Centre offers language courses from basic to advanced. </p>
<p>Where did you read that the French department was not that good? Many Canadian college forums are biased against McGill, part of a general anti-Qu</p>
<p>I don’t think I can say it on this website. It was an American site that rates colleges. They also have a series of books describing each school.
What were your impressions of the professors and the classes?</p>
<p>I think I know the site you are referring to. Language courses were what I’d call “applied”: designed to make the student function in the language, especially in the summer intensive courses I took. Some students were not comfortable with this method.</p>
<p>I only took two courses in the French Department itself, in year 4, in Qu</p>
<p>Hey there !</p>
<p>Does anybody know how to withdraw an application ? =S</p>
<p>Thanks a lot !</p>
<p>Thanks tomofboston. I appreciate your quick reply.
Also, I was wondering if you knew anything about the International Development Studies Major. That seems really interesting to me.</p>