<p>drmambo does go to mcgill... lol :D
i'm curious as to where you found the information of the Mcgill "premed" students' acceptance rate... link please? I know for Mcgill's own medical school the acceptance rate in 2007 was 57% for quebec residents (because most of them were CEJEP and go to the Med-P program instead, 33% a.r.), then around 9% for out-of-province and internationals... evens out to about 23%.</p>
<p>I meant that more than 50 % of mcgill undergrads get accepted to medical schools in US and Canada. Its pretty obvious that this is true...
And so it can be inferred that more than half of the premeds at McGill get above a 3.5 gpa because that is the min. u need for med school...that is alot of students...
I was just trying to prove the point that alot of people at McGill get above a 3.5 gpa...(not sure about engineering tho)</p>
<p>here is a link that will hopefully clarify everything:</p>
<p>McGill</a> University</p>
<p>drmambo, I am sorry I assumed ur an applicant...</p>
<p>Immediate things that tip one off to lack of content integrity from your link ^^:</p>
<p>Academic rating: 62 (scale is between 60-99).
Most frequent class size: 20-29
Most frequent lab/subsection size: 30-39</p>
<h1>of Faculty members with PhD's: 79% (Macleans reported above 90% last year)</h1>
<p>...:rolls eyes: The Princeton Review must be getting some bum information, because it a) puts McGill on the same academic level as Illinois State University (who here has EVER heard of ISU, and isn't from IL?), and b) has a conflicting PhD % with Macleans. </p>
<p>The average GPA at McGill is 3.71?! Yeah right. Maybe in the faculty of Education (but even then I HIGHLY doubt it). How could McGill be famous for its grade deflation, if the average student has an above A- average???</p>
<p>A quote from PtonReview's "what student's have to say about academics": "[McGill's] reputation is built on "universally high academic standards, so there is no question that everyone here gets a good education" and also means that "an A at McGill means a lot, because it is very hard to get."</p>
<p>Another tip off about bum information: they don't even have the undergraduate student population size right. Pton reports ~20,300. McGill reports 26,000+. </p>
<p>p.s. about Med school applications: a 3.6 is recommended, not required. A 3.4 or 3.5 at McGill (in an area like biochemistry) is just as good as a 3.6/3.7 anywhere else, and most med schools know that.</p>
<p>I guess I am wrong then; I was just basing it off on that princeton review link.
I am not trying to argue with u, I was just saying what I saw on a site which I thot was credible but since u actually go there, u might know better...</p>
<p>hahahahah. You do know that the princeton review info is based off of admissions. The 3.71gpa is the average uw gpa High school applicants have upon acceptance.</p>
<p>^^ They're incorrect information on the amount of PhD holding faculty, incorrect school size, or academic intensity is based off of admissions?</p>
<p>I called the admissions office today and they were also unclear. Would one D be all right if the others are in the A range?</p>
<p>I agree with the 62 academic rating....quality of education, not to mention local selectivity, is very poor.</p>
<p>Very few schools in the U.S. offer a worse undergrad experience, hence the TA strikes.</p>
<p>It's funny, nobody in Quebec thinks McGill is a good school. It's difficult, but not demanding. There's almost no assignments at McGill.</p>
<p>the quality of education in your program may suck, but don't speak for all programs. I can think of plenty american schools where the quality of education is worse. Professors everywhere are hit or miss, but so far in my experience, I've had more good than bad professors. My calc professors were great, as with my linear algebra professor, and my electromagnetism teacher was decent. The only bad professor I had was Dr. Barett, one of the three chem profs for gen. chem 2, and he was only around for 3 weeks. </p>
<p>Fun fact, I was once told Wash U has close to no assigned homework. That fact says nothing about the quality of their education. </p>
<p>p.s. engineering students frequently had assigned work (or atleast the ones in ICE, and chem eng. thermodynamics). </p>
<p>This is just my experience vs. wutang's, though. Take each with a grain of salt.</p>