<p>I hate to ask this, because i hate to be one of those kids who whines about stuff but...</p>
<p>I was rejected from the A&S school because i was "below academic standards." Ok, fair enough. But i was under the impression that getting into McGill is simply a numbers game and if you are within the certain numbers, you are pretty much automatically accepted. I was also told by more than one college councelors that i had said numbers. I also got into some other selective schools (brandeis, tulane honors, washington university in st. louis). I'm just wondering, whats the deal?</p>
<p>My sats I'sare 1400, i'm in the top 10% of my class (about a 3.8 gpa), i am president of more than one major clubs in my school, ect.</p>
<p>Again, i'm sorry to whine about this and give all my stats and such, but i really liked mcgill and would have loved to have the chance to go there in the fall (i still can, i guess, cuz i was accepted to the art school, but i doubt i'll be going to any sort of art school with the parents i have).</p>
<p>does anyone know the stats needed to get into mcgill?</p>
<p>thanks and congrats to all the kids who did get in!</p>
<p>I'm from Montreal, and I just don't understand Americans' obsession with McGill. It is not a competitive school to be admitted to, nor are its social sciences and management programs all that good.</p>
<p>not that this is going to make you feel any better...</p>
<p>but i got in with a 1380 and granted i have a 99 gpa w/a somewhat difficult schedule.. and i got a major scholarship.</p>
<p>it's so arbitrary sometimes. i've seen people with much better scores than me get in, and at places i've been rejected, people with worse scores get in. it makes no sense.</p>
<p>CstormCity, do you mean to major in visual arts? or do you mean
The Faculty of Arts
?
The Faculty of Arts is huge and offers a vast array of majors. Please look at the course catalog.
McGill admissions
is
numbers driven. But it is driven on a per program basis and is dependent on the number of applicants in a given year and the number of openings per year (which fluctuates) in a given program. Frankly, I find this to be very fair, straightforward, and open. </p>
<p>The cool thing about Canadian applications is that you can apply to more than 1 program quite easily. So if one program is super selective, you can also try for some less competitive.</p>
<p>yes i was mistaken. i called McGill today and it Turns out that i applied to some really hard to get into program called "arts and sciences" (silly american, i assumed this is where i wanted to go). Those smart canadiens figured this out and aslo submitted my app to the "faculty of arts" which is where i wanted to apply, and i was accepted.</p>
<p>sorry for the dumb question and thanks for the smart answer.</p>
<p>Now IM confused. Minerva says my faculty is "Faculties of Arts and Science", and the program is "B Arts and Science". Is this hard to get into or something? that isn't visual arts or anything, is it?</p>
<p>Faculty of Arts and Science is a new program this year, that mixes the disciplines of Arts and Science--IE, you can take courses in both fields. It was immensely popular and had limited spots available as this was the first year. Thus, you should be glad you got in. </p>
<p>No, it's not visual arts, it's a mixture of science and arts. </p>
<p>Faculty of Arts is your standard Arts department. Fine arts is visual/performing arts. Science is your general science. </p>
<p>helped immensely. I'm so excited that I'm accepted, not getting a scholarship was a little dissapointing, but how can one be down about that? I'll be coming up to revisit in mid april on my break, I can't wait!</p>
<p>If you're in "faculty of arts" can you cross over and take
chemistry, physics, biology? Just how selective is arts&sci? How
many people are in arts, how many students in science,
how many students in arts&science? I graduated from a huge
university (U Mich) and there was a lot of fluidity between the different "colleges" (michigan's "college" approximates mcgills "faculty") so that if you were in the engineering college, you could take a philosophy class from "the college of literature science and the arts" and get credity under the engineering college's humanities requirement.</p>
<p>McGill's Faculties all have their own policies on what is open to their students. But mostly across the board any McGill student can take any class in any other Faculty. The Faculty of Engineering, Music, and Management are usually harder to get approved for, but they are possible. So if you are a student in the Faculty of Arts you can still major in Biology, but your degree will be a B.A. in Biology instead of a B.S. Same with Music, you can receive a B.A. in Music instead of a B.M. itself... lots of possibilities.</p>