<p>Hi everyone - this is about Canadian universities, so I'm not sure if this is the right place to post it! </p>
<p>Anyway, I'm a Grade 12 student in Ontario thinking about next year. I've applied to the first year program Queen's offers at the International Study Center in England, and I've also applied to Arts at McGill. I have a 95% average, so I have a pretty good chance of getting in to both. If I do get accepted to both (fingers crossed!), I won't be able to decide where to go.</p>
<p>On the one hand, it's MCGILL! Amazing reputation, amazing city - hands down first choice, right?</p>
<p>But on the other hand, first year in England, travelling around to European destinations - this is extremely appealing to me because I have never been off the continent and travelling is pretty much the entirety of my bucket list. But then Kingston? not nearly as great as Montreal, but Queen's is still a very good school and it's closer to my parents so I can come home more often than if I'm in Montreal. </p>
<p>Which would you choose?</p>
<p>Hmm…very tough choice. However, I think I would choose McGill and study abroad. Study abroad will be be one year out of three, you might as well choose the place you like best for those three years!</p>
<p>I love McGill more than anything but I’m an American looking to be a nurse, so I can’t go to school in Canada. :(</p>
<p>Why don’t you visit both and look at the published details of both (see G&M or MacLeans) and select the best one that fits you best (school and location)? it sounds like your gut already says McGill, but why not base it on facts and data, vs. imagination? </p>
<p>They are truly equally as a good (objectively speaking) and their differences in rank are trivial (though you will find most American kids mostly know McGill). They draw the same calibre of kids, offer the in class experience, provide the same education, same job opps. But they have different cultures, different outside environments and such. Keep in mind as well, that rank is not going to make a difference to your life- not in terms of how much you enjoy your day to day life for four or five years, nor the outcomes you will have upon graduation. </p>
<p>One downside of the castle is it is very isolated and I’m sure after a week or two the whole castle thing wears off. Sure you are in Europe, but you could be in Europe in lots of other ways as well (e.g. study abroad for a semester or year).</p>