<p>I thank my stars every day that I applied and got accepted here. This is truly an awesome place to experience the newfound freedom of college, learn how to be independent, and enjoy new life experiences. I can guarantee you that none of your aforementioned schools will have as diverse (culturally) a student population as mcgill. As for smart people, there is no shortage. Don’t write someone off here because they party (some of “those kids” probably will probably do better than you on your next essay or test). </p>
<p>I don’t know where people get the impression that this is a party school. To echo Blobof, it’s not. It just has the fortuity of being in a city that likes to have fun (i.e. think the inverse of Albany, NY). </p>
<p>If your concerned with pre-grad school grades: goto your state school. If you want an educational experience that’ll make you work for every A (if you get any at all): come to mcgill. Chances are, you’ll finish your degree here and not want to go through any more education for a while. Don’t worry about grad school. </p>
<p>p.s. I’ve heard that some of the U2/U3 Arts students that survive the weed-out make kids at the ivy leagues look like slakers. “The level of discourse between [some upper level students]…it was humbling to know I go to the same school as [them]” -that’s basically a verbatim quote from a friend of mine.</p>