McGill vs Elon/Syracuse type decision?
And McGill is much less expensive. That’s a good plan.
Even Concordia or excellent equivalent. Same answer.
However you state it’s at the elite level and you mention learning a foreign language day to day but classes are in English. If it’s in China perhaps. France yes. Other countries it would be very School specific. And many countries focus on a major exclusively. So not sure how much free range educational exploration will be occurring as a one year gap plan.
A BIt confused about the classes in English.
However. I think your parents have a sense of the choices and your best interests at heart.