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<p>econgrad: Most international rankings of universities place McGill far far ahead of most of the best state schools and somewhat ahead of Berkeley and U Mich. For example, the Times Higher Education ranks McGill at 18th in the world, U of Mich at 19th, and Berkeley at 39th. </p>

<p>Certainly, there are different ways to rank universities and everyone’s experiences are different, but McGill is generally considered a world-class university and almost no state schools can even make it into the top 100 in the world.</p>

<p>Re: OP’s question on how McGill is different from the top unis in the US:

  1. McGill has a much more diverse, cosmopolitan, international feel to it. It has twice as large a proportion of international students as Yale, Harvard, and Princeton do. It has several times as many students for whom English is not the first language compared to those schools. The Ivies work very hard at trying to ensure diversity in their student bodies; at McGill, diversity just happens.<br>
  2. McGill is much much larger (in terms of undergraduates) than the Ivies are and is also considerably less selective than they are given how large the entering classes are at McGill(hence there is greater diversity of past student achievement).<br>
  3. McGill, as a whole, will probably feel somewhat more leftist politically compared to the top US schools. Canada as a country is quite a ways to the left of the US (we’ve had universal health care for decades and can’t imagine a civilized humane state not wanting it; note: this is perhaps more a reflection on our lack of imagination than anything else!).<br>
  4. Classes will tend to be larger at McGill than at the Ivies, particularly in first year, as econgrad mentions. That is part of the reason that most McGill students will be paying just under US$2,000 for tution this year for the whole academic year (and Ivy students over $40,000). Econgrad does exaggerate the size of the classes. My son is in first year (where classes are largest) and he does not have any classes with more than 100 students. Overall, though, econgrad is correct in his implication that you are less likely to have a lot of personal interaction with your professors at McGill compared to the $40,000+ schools.</p>

<p>Re: “surrounding food shops/restaurants”: McGill is on the edge of downtown Montreal and a couple of short blocks from St. Catherine Street (which is a major shopping street) and from several underground interconnected malls (helps during the cold season). There are countless restaurants and bars within walking distance. Very few (if any) of the best US universities would have this proximity to this array of options.</p>