<p>PowerNoLife</p>
<p>a genius can do a degree in two years at mcgill. Perhaps this can be shortened to 1.5 years if you do a summer semester.</p>
<p>Thanks. Do they would allow to do a Master’s degree in one year and a doctorate in three years? How long would be the shortest time to do a degree in engineering? Three or two years? Thanks again.</p>
<p>econgrad, this is a really helpful thread, I’ve already learned so much!
I’m going into senior year in a high school in New Jersey, and McGill is my top choice. I don’t particularly know what I want to major in, but it has something to do with bio and life sciences. I’m worried about my test scores because apparently McGill doesn’t want anything else with their application besides raw test scores?
I’m taking them again in fall, but my highest SAT so far was a 2060.
SATIIs
Biology: 750
Math L2: 780</p>
<p>I’m taking all the available AP classes I can take in high school, but got three Bs this year. My GPA is about a 3.81.
I’m very nervous about applying, and I really want to get in. What are my chances?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance, econgrad, for your reply and for a really helpful thread!</p>
<p>I have two questions for a current or graduated student. Right now I’m just looking at colleges before my senior year starts but I’m very interested in McGill.</p>
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<li><p>How good are the foreign language departments? It’s hard to figure out, especially since most people seem to be asking about economics and pre-med and such. More specifically, I’m interested in Russian. Do many students concentrate in foreign languages?</p></li>
<li><p>Ideally, if I went to McGill, I’d do the bachelor’s in Arts and Sciences, with major concentrations in Computer Science and Russian. On the site, they say that this past year they required an A- average in all the pertinent courses as well as English. I’ve got all that covered except I had a B+ in my AP English lit class - I don’t want to be exempted just for that! Is it pretty likely that I’d still make it if anyways? I have a 2400 SAT, quite a few 700-range SAT IIs, though not in English, and 5’s on the French and English AP’s, with a 4 on AP US History. I’m generally an A student with a few B+'s. I’m taking another 3 AP’s next year. Could I potentially still make it into the Arts & Sciences program?</p></li>
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<p>Thank you so much for the time you’d dedicated to these responses. The ones about school life have been particularly helpful for me.</p>
<p>Hi vsd1117,</p>
<p>Some answers to your questions:</p>
<p>1) Quite good, but depends on the language. The Russian dept. was probably the best in Montreal, especially in terms of course offerings but has been hit by budget cuts very hard, see this recent article: [The</a> McGill Daily Underfunding departments is insulting](<a href=“http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2011/04/underfunding-departments-is-insulting/]The”>Underfunding departments is insulting - The McGill Daily)</p>
<p>2) The BA&Sc degree imposes some extra burden in taking integrative courses and so on. It’s also not a very common degree. The truth is a Russian major is not super employable as-is unfortunately. Since you wanted to do CS and Russian, I suggest the following:</p>
<p>Sign up for the Science Faculty, do the major in Computer Science (63 credits) + the minor in Russian (at least 18 credits, [Undergraduate</a> Studies | Department of Russian and Slavic Studies - McGill University](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/russian/undergrad#MINOR]Undergraduate”>http://www.mcgill.ca/russian/undergrad#MINOR)).</p>
<p>This way you can at least take 3 years of Russian language, maybe more culture / literature courses too, and then end up with a highly employable B.Sc. Computer Science degree. My opinion is that this is a much better and safer route than double major under Arts or Arts/Science, especially given the current state of the Russian and Slavic Studies department. Your (paid) summer internship options will be quite good in the Science faculty, and you’ll find that even 1 Russian language/culture class per semester will be rewarding, and give you a good break from CS.</p>
<p>(I graduated with a BSc in CS and took two semesters of Russian courses.)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your advice, PerpetualStudent! It’s encouraging to see someone with similar interests to mine, as well as more personal experience with the Russian department. I did have one more question, if you have the time: I’m not one of those people who’s completely sure what I want to study, and am also considering studying linguistics in conjunction with computer science (more likely as a minor). Do you know much about that department, and its quality? </p>
<p>I appreciate your suggestions very much! Thanks again.</p>
<p>Supposedly linguistics is a good department, I do not know enough to judge.</p>
<p>Back in 2006 I took LING 200 (Intro to linguistics, but the terminal version that does not allow further linguistics courses). I did not enjoy it very much, there are some connections with CS (for example, when you study some theory stuff in CS, context free grammars, so on) but it wasn’t my thing.</p>
<p>Hopefully someone else with more experience can chime in.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I’m hoping to get some answers from the Management students here. I’m already at McGill, graduating next year (U3), returning student (3 year absence) so I can also give some answers to questions if anyone has some. Anyways, I got into a minor in management (but now I’ll probably drop it as it’s getting difficult to get all my classes for my double-minor). </p>
<p>I’ve done Intro to Accounting and for the Fall term I have “Management Economics” and “Information systems”, both management core classes. My question is this: do any of these two classes require math/algebra? I thought Info systems was mostly learning excel spreadsheets and stuff like that. I did some of that back in CEGEP and forgot most of it (that can be quickly remedied with a few online tutorials I figure). However, the info on the class states that algebra might be needed. Is this true? Last time I did math was in high school, which was 7 years ago… Needless to say, I want to do classes which require no math (I also realize this limits me quite a bit). </p>
<p>Are these two choices ok? I was told Info systems was interesting. I’ve heard good stuff about Marketing and Org behaviour as well (though I’m not too interested by the latter). What were your favourite basic econ/management/finance classes? My first choice was Business Statistics but I was told Math was an integral part of that course and if I was not up to date I would flunk. Any advice/recommendations would be highly appreciated.</p>
<p>Damn, sorry for some reason I can’t edit this to take it out.</p>
<p>econgrad, this is an awesome thread and i’ve learned a lot on it… long story short, im going to be applying to McGill this year, I’m a high school senior from NJ. After I visited Montreal and McGill earlier this summer I feel like it’s the perfect place and school for me…I found out McGill doesn’t care about extracurriculars so I wont post them, but could you guys let me know what you think my chances are for admission? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>Intended Major: History, Anthropology (trying to be an archaeologist)</p>
<p>SATs: 730 CR, 700 W, 570 M (2000/2400, 1300/1600)</p>
<p>SAT IIs: 770 World History, 660 Literature</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 90/100 or 3.5, Weighted GPA: 93/100 or 3.8</p>
<p>Class Rank: 86/746</p>
<p>McGill is attractive, but other sites say that (1) the teachers are pretty uncaring; (2) drinking is very important; and (3) Montreal is boring. So, tell me again what the case is for McGill?</p>
<p><a href=“1”>quote</a> the teachers are pretty uncaring
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<p>This is true of most large canadian schools. There is no hand holding.</p>
<p><a href=“2”>quote</a> drinking is very important
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<p>Welcome to canada eh?</p>
<p><a href=“3”>quote</a> Montreal is boring
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<p>So far from the truth.</p>
<p>If I was admitted to McGill’s Faculty of Arts, is it possible to transfer to the Faculty of Law?</p>
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(1) the teachers are pretty uncaring </p>
<p>No, they just expect you to be adults, so if you want kindergarten, McGill isn’t the place for you.</p>
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(2) drinking is very important </p>
<p>For many students it is, but I don’t think McGill is unique at all for that. The difference is that it is legal for most students at McGill.</p>
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<p>Then virtually every major US city is incredibly soporific.</p>
<p><a href=“3”>quote</a> Montreal is boring.
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<p>This is the most ridiculous comment I have read on CC. Whoever initially posted it has likely never been to Montreal or perhaps was a McGill reject of flunk out.</p>
<p>is 17 credits too much to take as a freshmen?</p>
<p>I contacted McGill and if you take over 17 credits per semester you have to explain why and prove yourself to an advisor. They recommend you only take 15 credits per semester just because of the intense workload</p>
<p>Thanks for answering questions! I have one: If you don’t plan on drinking at all will it be hard to socialize/fit in at McGill? I’m a social person but choose not to drink for various reasons haha</p>
<p>It won’t be hard to fit in. Just socialize with different people until you find people who share your interests. Despite what those cloistered in their rez say, drinking ain’t a big deal at McGill (read: drinking is not a forbidden pleasure frowned upon, and the attitude toward alcohol is more relaxed than in the US). Sure, some people party, and some American and Ontarians who aren’t of legal age back home will just drink to get wasted all the time. But there are still plenty who drink moderately to not at all and have a variety of conceptions of what constitutes having fun.</p>
<p>when can I start applying for fall 2012? on the online application I can only select either fall 2011 or winter 2012…</p>