<p>From the McGill website, the median SAT score for enroled students is 2060, the median GPA is 3.8/4.0 UW. For Americans, the SAT/ACT is required and used. McGill’s published minima for test scores are minimum cutoffs below which you should not apply. Having the minimum in no way implies acceptance. </p>
<p>If I were to estimate where McGill would fall in the USNews rankings, I would put it in the 20 to 25 range. </p>
<p>For some detailed answers, take a look at a thread I started last year, especially the first 2 or 3 pages of posts:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mcgill-university/844836-ask-mcgill-alumnus.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mcgill-university/844836-ask-mcgill-alumnus.html</a></p>
<p>Quick answers;
1-Long, cold snowy winters. It’s Montreal! The city is geared for it and it is (usually) enjoyable. I’d prefer January in Montreal to August in New Orleans.
2-A knowledge of French is not required at McGill except in the Faculty of Law, which is bilingual. The Montreal metro area is home to about 600,000 anglophones (English mother tongue residents). A lack of French will not prevent you from having a normal life even when you move off campus although off-campus work without French would be difficult. Francophones comprise a significant 17% minority of McGill’s enrolment.<br>
3-See linked thread
4-Teaching is about the same as at US universities. There are foreign faculty who speak near perfect English like at most schools. Some foreign TA’s, who handle discussion sections, are not that fluent in spoken English but this too is common at most schools.</p>