Honest Q/A with Current McGill student!!

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<p>Dirtrider,</p>

<p>I’m a student at McGill. I’ll give you my opinion about rez.</p>

<p>Douglas is the rez that most people put 1st on their list. Personally, I think its overrated. It is a really weird/cool building with its own dining hall and piano room. People say that the dining hall looks like the great hall in Hogwarts. The rez is divided up into houses. Douglas is small enough that everyone knows eachother. The size is really what separates Douglas from the other rezes. It also tends to have a lot of scholarship people because they get their first choice of rez. The rooms vary a lot from really big with good windows to a few rooms in the basement with tiny windows.</p>

<p>Molson, McConnell, and Gardner are all at the top of the hill with Douglas. They are right next to Parc du Mont Royal. It’s really easy to walk up the mountain. It’s nice to be on top of a hill. They have great views. In the common rooms, they have pool tables. I think there’s a kitchen knook on every floor. They provide a lot of opportunities to meet a lot of people. The rooms are dorm rooms. I mean what can you really expect? BMH is the dining hall up the hill. It’s a neat building, but the food gets old, and eating there can be really awkward if you aren’t socially inclined. The upper rezs and douglas are also really close to the gym if that is something you care about.</p>

<p>RVC. I haven’t been there since the renovation. It has a great location. Walking up the hill to the upper rezes can get old. Now that it’s coed, I bet it will become the most requested rez. The dining hall is supposedly really nice.</p>

<p>Solin is probably the least wanted rez because you have to take the metro to get there. But I wish I had lived in Solin. It seems to attract really interesting people. I hated being on meal plan, because I wanted to be able to cook. Solin is also one of the cheapest rezes. The rooms are really nice with high ceilings and big windows. It’s nice to get out of the McGill bubble that encloses the other rezs.</p>

<p>Greenbriar has a great location as well, especially if you don’t want a mealplan. I think it would be a little harder to make friends there but still relatively easy. The rooms are fine. I think most of them have balconies.</p>

<p>I know a couple of people who lived in More houses. They’re tight communities. I think it would be fun to live in one.</p>

<p>New Rez has such a snobby look inside and out. I didn’t like the dining hall, because it was particularly snobby. The interactions between the people who work in New Rez and the students are just different from those in the upper rezs. Lots of people love it, but it’s not my style.</p>

<p>Carrefour Sherbrooke is new new rez. It has a nice new dining hall. I’ve never been into any of the rooms. It has a better location than new rez. It’s supposed to be nice.</p>

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<p>A friend of mine got put in Solin but she says she loves it. Just depends on what you’re looking for.</p>

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<p>Hey dnathant, to answer your question, no it wasn’t very difficult, I had to make a schedule of what I’m going to do during the deferral year (you CAN’T take ANY university level course during that year) and provide all the documents that were requested for the initial admission and you’ll receive another admission offer, you pay the deposit, get the letter of admission in the beginning of the next year and what’s left is exactly as a normal admission, Hope that helped and good luck !</p>

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<p>Hey thanks Greenlawnchairs, that was very helpful ;)</p>

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<p>Does anyone/did anyone live on rez at the MacDonald campus and if so how do/did you like it? How was it?</p>

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<p>When I apply, do I put “High School Diploma” or “Less than High School Diploma” if I’m curently a senior?</p>

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<p>I’m not sure how the question is asked in the application, but don’t say you have a high school diploma until you actually have one…</p>

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<p>no, you have to say that you have a high school diploma</p>

<p>otherwise, it will assume that you didn’t graduate (or will not graduate, in this case) from high school and will not let you finish the application normally</p>

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<p>corc2011 is absolutely right.</p>

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<p>Don’t screw yourself over by saying you dropped out of high school when you didn’t.</p>

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<p>Hi there,</p>

<p>I’m applying to McGill Life Sciences from an IB Diploma.</p>

<p>Looking at their minimum requirements, they ask for 30 points (without bonus). That’s pretty reasonable.</p>

<p>However, looking at “Admission Standards for Previous Years”, they ask for 36 points (without bonus).</p>

<p>That’s ridiculously high considering most top Canadian Universities ask for something like 30 - 32 as their previous years standards (with 24 - 28 as the minimum).</p>

<p>If I apply with say 31 - 34 points (without bonus), how are my acceptance chances?</p>

<p>PS: 36 is having a 6 in each class you take, which is like 93 - 95% in each of those classes, if you need some kind of conversion.</p>

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<p>Hey McGill students,</p>

<p>So i just applied to mechanical engineering yesterday but im really confused about some of the procedures that take place during admission and some of the programs. It would be amazing if you guys could enlighten me on a couple of questions.</p>

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<li>Okay so I applied to mechanical engineering, which I know has quite a high minimum average(90% i believe). How does McGill calculate your average and which courses are the most crucial to get high marks in? My marks so far(not sure if good enough):</li>
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<p>Math 30: 98(Completed)
Math 31: 94(Completed)
Chem 30: 94(In progress)
Chem 20: 80(Completed)
Ela 20: 87(Completed)
Physics 20: 78(Completed
Physics 35 IB: 75(completed)
Physics 30, ELA 30 are both next semester but i should get 80-90 on both of those.</p>

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<li><p>Does McGill do early acceptance? IF so, how does it work, do they base it off first semester gr 12 marks, or gr 12 marks and gr 11 marks?</p></li>
<li><p>If I also apply to general engineering for example, does my bachelors degree take 5 years to complete or still 4? Because im not 100% sure i want to do mechanical and i dont want to be dissapointed by going into it.</p></li>
<li><p>Okay one last one!! I want to move away from home(I currently live in Calgary) but im also scared at the same time. How are you finding McGill and Montreal life in general? Is it fun? Is Engineering Hard so far? How do the people come off as?</p></li>
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<p>Okay thank you soo much this would mean a lot to me, im like so stressed over universities right now, but I really want to make it to McGill, but I wanna make sure its right for me. Thanks !</p>

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<p>fear4nwo,</p>

<p>I think you’ll get accepted. I don’t think they do early acceptances, generally people tend to get accepted around the same time. Unless you get waitlisted or something. But that shouldn’t happen in your case as you are solid.</p>

<p>I think engineering take 4 years, but some people are taking 5 years to do it.</p>

<p>Engineering is usually pretty hard. But I am glad you are doing choosing it because I think it is a very useful degree and it will payoff in a big way.</p>

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<p>finally done with exams!!</p>

<p>Now I can answer more questions!</p>

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<p>if all i was focused on was to study at a good law school/business school in canada/us for graduate studies, would it be better to take the honours, or the major?</p>

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<p>@econgrad</p>

<p>You were talking about the differences between Honors Economics and regular Economics. Which one would you recommend for someone who plans to go to graduate school and focus more economic theory than actual applications of economics.</p>

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<p>sheheryar93,</p>

<p>your goal would be to get and keep a really high GPA. I think honours is a little more difficult than majors in this regard, but it is not significantly so. I think the recognition of a honours degree should offset that.</p>

<p>If you want to do business school, on the finance side then honours economics would be very nice to have. If you just want a general management, then major would suffice.</p>

<p>mcgill’s econ department is extremely flexible in this choice. You can always switch down from honours to majors. So most people start out with honours and you take the first midterm. If you do well, stay. If you don’t, you can switch to majors, no penalty at all. This is especially provided by the economics department.</p>

<p>I recommend that.</p>

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<p>hello MikeSkyler,</p>

<p>If your goal is to pursue a PhD in economics at power economics schools: Harvard, Chicago, MIT, Stanford, then you should absolutely do honours economics.</p>

<p>In fact, we had a seminar with one of the professors here (Prof Jennifer Hunt) who used to serve on the admission board for Harvard. And, according to her, getting into these schools will essentially boil down to math.</p>

<p>Math is more important than economics. So take a lot of math. Honours econ has the mathematical rigor. Get 1 or 2 Bs, and then everything else As.</p>

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<p>thanks a lot econgrad, </p>

<p>but if i do bad in my first semester while taking honours, wont that affect my overall GPA?</p>

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<p>Hi Im a firt year student at Mcgill and I have a major issues about my GPA.
I failed my calculus course and I want to know how this will affect applying to grad school. Im thinking about top law school in States and planned on doing joint honours in econ and finance but after failing Calc, my chances of doing honours is gone. can u give me any advice what I should do and how should I react to this F grade??</p>

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<p>sheheryar93,</p>

<p>You should make the switch before the semester ends (after the first midterm)</p>

<p>On the side, econ classes (both major + honour classes) are full year classes. So you get 1 grade for the entire year, no grades for each semester.</p>