<p>krmh11, I hope you visited the mcgill open house on Sunday the 24th. Lots of information all over campus. Other than that, bring your scarf and mittens and a nice jacket. Also be prepared for rain.</p>
<p>em1093, I don’t know how heavily they weigh science grades compared to other ones. I do know that the admission is done centrally, namely one admission committee reviews all the candidates. So in that sense, you won’t have science faculty evaluating you. That should suggest that your science grades aren’t going carry extra weight. But this is based on a few assumptions and extrapolations. </p>
<p>I think mcgill requires that you have 2 SAT II scores. If you have them then send them in. If not, you can’t even apply! So make sure you have them. Don’t worry too much about the grades buddy, as long as you have a decent grade with a decent standardized test score, then you should be fine.</p>
<p>ExpiredSanity, thanks for the nice compliment!</p>
<p>I really don’t know anything that specific. But i am sure a lot of your upper year classmates got accepted to mcgill and if they made it with the same policy then you should too. If that is how your school runs then mcgill obviously can’t disadvantage you for it. So you should be fine.</p>
<p>ExpiredSanity, I’m also a BC high school student looking at McGill. I don’t believe the top 5/6 courses thing applies to us, it’s only for Quebec and Ontario students. We just submit our transcripts after first semester (and then our midterms in March) directly to McGill.</p>
<p>Is it possible to take courses at the MacDonald campus if you’re enrolled downtown?</p>
<p>mkrepp, yes it is. There is actually a shuttle that runs from the roddick gates to macdonald. It is quite nice.</p>
<p>Hi- I am applying to McGill for next fall with a 2070 SAT, 3.5 weighted GPA, and several 5s on AP tests. I’ve taken pretty rigorous classes, done 2 political internships (one in DC, one on a local political campaign), and am a member of a college level orchestra. I know that the GPA is kind of low, but do you think I have a chance of getting in? I’m applying as a political science major. Also, do you know anything about that program?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>What is a normal week like for you?</p>
<p>How many hours of lectures, homework…</p>
<p>Also, how would your workload compare to students who are not doing honours, but simply majors in management/economics</p>
<p>Im really interested in going to McGill for engineering and am trying to find out some more about my chances, if you could help, i would really appreciate it. </p>
<p>Im french living in the US as a US high school junior student.
Ive moved around my whole life (5 countries) and speak english, french, and spanish all fluently.
My gpa, weighted, it 4.2, and 92% average in my classes.
I take all honors classes so far, apart from english, and at the moment am taking spanish 5 AP (a year ahead), and US II AP.
I am planning on taking Physics AP, Stat AP, Calc AP, French 5 AP and maybe Chem AP next year.
I have yet to take the SAT but am planning on getting in the uper 1900s or low 2000s.</p>
<p>Advice and comments are greatly appreciated =]
Thank you</p>
<p>If you get at least 2000 on your SAT’s, you would have a good chance for admission. If you are a French citizen, you would pay the LOW Qu</p>
<p>Hi Econgrad,
I’m an newly admitted international McGill student (deferred admission) and would really appreciate it if you gave me the ranking you believe is best for residences for someone who knows NO ONE in Montreal and wants to have great social interactions. I think Douglas Hall and Royal Victoria are great, but I would like a student opinion about these two and about the worst residences so that I could rank them last (and hopefully not get chosen in one of them). Thanks in advance ;)</p>
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<p>From <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mcgill-university/1026185-first-year-residence.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mcgill-university/1026185-first-year-residence.html</a></p>
<p>Hey dirtrider,</p>
<p>Just wondering if it was difficult to get deferred admission (especially as an international)?</p>
<p>rosemaryy, you have an excellent chance of getting in.</p>
<p>My roommate is a political science major actually. He likes it a lot. Apparently you write a lot of essays.</p>
<p>sheheryar93,</p>
<p>I am BUSY! Maybe 4 hours of lectures a day. 4 hours of homework. 4 hours of extracurriculars. </p>
<p>My workload is about the same as people in majors. See, in honours, you don’t take more classes, you just take different classes specifically for honours. So i have the same amount of classes (and work) as other people. Which is a lot!</p>
<p>crepynator, tomofboston is correct.</p>
<p>dirtrider, this is a good question.</p>
<p>BOTH are amazing choices. Douglas is mostly because of its tradition. It is by far the most historic and beautiful residence. Also, you will be hanging out with the smartest people at mcgill because it is the residence of scholarship winners. Food is bad, rooms are okay, and the walk is quite painful to school. There is a lot of partying but also a bunch of scholarship winners who just study study study in their bedroom.</p>
<p>RVC is superb for convienence. It is co-ed now, so I imagine it will be pretty popular. It has the BEST food out of all the residence. It is the CLOSEST rez to school, it is literally 5 minutes away. I don’t think the partying is that big.</p>
<p>but i dnt really understand, since honours is suppose to be harder than major.</p>
<p>isnt it true that the quantity is the same, however the material is more difficult.
so then shouldnt people doing majors spend less time at work?</p>
<p>sheheryar93, honours is math intensive whereas major is the fluffy story book version. So if you like math then honours is probably easier actually, because there is only the midterm and final and that is it. It all depends on how much math you want to have.</p>
<p>Honours is more rigorous, leaves fewer options. Major is more flexible, you can take the easier version of everything or you can customize to your liking (you’re allowed to take the honours version of any course as long as you have the prerequisites). So picking honours vs major is really more about where you want to go after your degree. If you want to do grad school in pure math, honours is the way to go. For other career paths, a major might be a better idea, it depends.</p>