<p>I really don't know what to do. Just yesterday I was accepted into McGill so now i have such a tough choice. I love GWU cause it's like 3 blocks from the white house and im in the international affairs school which is what I want to study. But McGill is higher ranked and better known, and plus I love Montreal, and i've been learning french since pre-school, and i was in french immersion for 9 years so i am pretty much fluent in french. the cost of george washinton is also a draw back, my parents make quite a bit of money but not so much that $70 000 canadian a year is pocket change so i feel kind of guilty, even though they say they're prepared to spend it but compared to like $15 000 canadian since i am a canadian citizen McGill is ALOT cheaper. I love both so any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>well i heard McGill has great international relations (poli sci specialization...you pic one of three specializations i think).
I dont know how it compares to GWU's international relations school. I do know that If you want to go to grad school, or get a better academic challenge and be in a better social atmosphere, go to McGill. Though the internships could be amazing in DC.</p>
<p>go to mcgill. </p>
<p>in my opinion, the prestige of the grad school you go to far outweighs the undergrad school you go to. gwu is very well known in the US and prestigious, as is mcgill. so, i say, save some $$, go to mcgill, and then figure out what you want to do for grad school.</p>
<p>S got into both, interested in international relations as well as economics. He did some research, spoke to some alums and decided on McGill. We found out later about the tuition!! My advice: Go to McGill!!!</p>
<p>ya, so getting into grad school in the US wouldnt be a problem if i went to mcgill? is mcgill pretty well known in the US?</p>
<p>my daughter is wrestling with the same decision: She put a deposit down at GW, but got off the McGill waitlist yesterday. Since she got good merit aid at GW, he money isn't a huge issue, but she feels McGill is more highly regarded. Still, she worries about the cold weather. I'm telling her she can't go wrong with either choice, so the decision is in her hand. To be continued....</p>
<p>McGill is very well known in the US business world, and even moreso in the Gradschool world. All top Grad schools know that McGill is an incredibly difficult school to get good grades in.</p>
<p>Yeah, getting into a grad school from McGill ain't a problem. Here is, again, a list of places where my classmates were accepted:</p>
<p>-Harvard (and a number of them declined the offer and went to other prestigious places)
-MIT (I can't even count how many went)
-Oxford (at least 4, two of them Rhodes scholars)
-University of Chicago
-Stanford
-Johns Hopkins
-Yale
-Vanderbilt
-Berkeley
-NYU
-a bunch of others, hopefully you're already convinced enough</p>
<p>I'm convinced :P</p>
<p>My daughter was also accepted to McGill. We are Montrealers so for financial reasons it was hard to pass up in favor of a small Liberal Arts College. We did it anyway because of the difference in class size. McGill has a very fine reputation and I'm sure it is for good reasons. However, if the other university has smaller class sizes you may wish to consider that factor. And by the way, Montreal is a GREAT city to live in. Lots of fun and lots of character.</p>
<p>hi blobof, thanks for the list of grad schools students frmo McGill get into.
Do you know if a majority of those students were science majors or arts majors?
thanks</p>
<p>Science in almost all cases (plus one in engineering).</p>
<p>not to hijack, but blobof, would you say it's much harder for eng kids to goto top tier grad schools from McGill?</p>
<p>what do you mean "english" kids (if eng=english)? Do you mean you are majoring in english, as in an arts subject, or english speaking</p>
<p>english speaking. So students from America is what i am assuming he is talking about.</p>
<p>I actually think by "eng" hes referring to engineering students</p>
<p>I can't say, as I only knew a handful of engineering students at most, and only one of them I remember applied to grad school (he got into Stanford, and if you can pull off doing two degrees simultaneously, sometimes taking as many as 9 courses a semester, while still getting straight A's, then chances are you can get into Stanford too).</p>
<p>WashingtonIrving 1, Bigtwix ); I meant engineering, sorry. </p>
<p>Two degrees, eh? Seems a bit pointless, but good for him!</p>
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<p>Well, that was not exactly his choice...</p>
<p>Hahaha, how so? This may seem childish, but the picture that appears in my head, is one of a kid with a gun to his head, and someone telling him he has no choice but to double major.</p>