<p>I am a US student who was recently accepted to McGill (Engineering), I was wondering how easy it is to budget one's money. Is Montreal "cheap?" I know people in US colleges who drain their funds very quickly once they begin college life; it's a tough adjustment to make. Is it easy to maintain an off-campus job? Any information helps at this point! Thanks</p>
<p>I'm American too, and although I don't have an answer, how are you funding this? Parents mainly? Or financial aid? Or do you have any links to good scholarships? It's a relatively cheap school (relatively), and I calculate it's going to be about 25k (including excess stuff) per year, still...I would like to not rely too much on my parents. So, what are you doing?</p>
<p>hi i'm from montreal, and I would like to help you but it really depends on what you plan on spending your money on. In general I would say Montreal is pretty cheap.</p>
<p>Hey, my plan to fund McGill is the little $$ we have plus any financial aid they give us, I asked for 10,000. No scholarship was awarded.</p>
<p>international tuition is pretty cheap- not more than 13,000 for any of the faculties...</p>
<p>I live in Ontario but based on my visits from Quebec one thing I learned is that you basically have to tip for every service. The minimum wage is something ridiculously low so the workers rely on tips heavily. I'm not sure whether it's like that in Montreal but I was told it was customary to tip just about everywhere in Quebec City.</p>
<p>well if you only speak english, then the only place where you can get a job in montreal is on campus, since you pretty much have to be bilingual, or at least french-speaking, everywhere else. also, as an american you'll need a work visa of some sort. i'm from toronto, and i found that the prices are pretty similar-$5-6 mixed drinks/shots etc. no pricier than any other city, but more expensive than a small town.</p>
<p>it's impossible to find a job without french>>?? man..u are scaring me away from attending McGill</p>
<p>it's possible i live in montreal and i know company's that hire people that can only speak english, they don't care if you can speak french of not, since it's a telemarketing job and your mostly making calls to the US. No one is saying it's imposible to get a job without french but you are at a huge disadvantage ...</p>
<p>its not hard to find a job at all- im an american, and my french is very limited. I've had no problem finding jobs in environments that don't require french language knowledge... there are a number of jobs that operate in english language environments here in Montreal.</p>
<p>i didn't mean to imply impossibility, it's just that since quebec is officially a french-language province, it will be extremely difficult to find work there-especially if you're looking for a job at a store, in a restaurant etc.</p>
<p>yeh i agree with katiebee's comments. You have to be pretty much bilingual to work in the service sector, be it in a bar or in a store. If your american, you'll be considered an international student, so you'll have to work on campus anyways.</p>
<p>Tuition is low as compared to US schools of the same rank. Cost of living is low too, at least for us but we come from NYC.
My son has done very well keeping to budget.
His on-campus housing carries a meal plan from Mon to Fri and on weekends, the students eat cheap or pool their money to make meals in the dorm.
Books were also less expensive than we had thought.
As to off campus jobs- by law you may not work off campus on your visa.
But all in all, it is most affordable.</p>