<p>I really want to major in French so I've been looking at McGill for a while now. So, considering that the McGill French department is meant for native French speakers...do you think it's a good idea for me to go there?. ..I plan on going to law school after college, so although my primary goal is becoming fluent in French, I also need to get good grades for law school admission (in classes for native speakers i dont know if that would be easy). Thanks for any advice. btw i got a 780 on the SAT II</p>
<p>There is another discussion board (not nearly as good as this one) that mentions that Law schools and Med schools are highly GPA driven in admissions. McGill's old fashioned lack of grade inflation (compared to the US) makes it difficult to get into the top US law schools. Go to: </p>
<p>xoxo hth.com (take out the space; won't display here or some reason)</p>
<p>and do a search on "McGill".</p>
<p>Some good McGill information there - sounds like McGill is a good place to go for Med school.</p>
<p>Hopefully someone can post about your French major questions.</p>
<p>If you're coming from the states, (I believe) you don't have to declare your major for your first year-- you just have to apply to the faculty of arts. That way, you can take a french course in that department in your first year and see if you can handle it. Indeed, technically, you can decide if you want to major in french in your third year, if you want. All you really need is enough time to do all 36 credits. Another option is to minor in the topic and then, if you find yourself doing well, switch your minor into a major.</p>
<p>Yes, the french is for native or near native french speakers. I get scared looking at the courses in that department.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice</p>
<p>Don't be scared...they have a department of French as a Second language for people like you and me who didn't grow up speaking the language :) after you achieve fluency then you can start taking courses in the standard french department as well, where the courses are designed for native french speakers.</p>