<p>all right..so i am really tempted to goto mcgill for undergrad cuz i got into the BA/BSc program, but i want to go to medical school after undergrad. How difficult is mcgill for undergrad, in terms of maintaing a great GPA. Also, i want to go to a top US med school (well hopefully). so is mcgill at the level of ivies in terms of when i apply to med schools?</p>
<p>Graduate schools, including med schools, are very much aware of McGill's grade deflation and many add .5 to the GPA to achieve parity with the grading in most American colleges. I know a number of Chemistry major graduates this year who will be pursuing Chemistry PhDs at American Universities. They have been admitted to Caltech, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, U Michigan, Northwestern, UCLA, North Carolina, etc. So, the bottom line is McGill won't hurt you and will probably help (especially in the sciences) unless you don't do your part.</p>
<p>As far as Medicine goes, McGill's Medical School is among the best in the world and McGill's reputation among medical professionals is as good as it gets.</p>
<p>If you can get a 3.8 at McGill while doing everything else that med schools want, ppl are going to be very, very impressed. Three of my friends are attending Harvard (2 at HLS + 1 PhD), a big chunk always goes to LSE, I have friends who have gone on to Oxford, Stanford,Yale med, JHU med etc. Your chances will be fantastic if you do well. Try to stay away from Biochemistry though :)</p>
<p>Goodluck!</p>
<p>fvirile:
try to avoid biochemistry? Are there any specific reasons next to that it's the hardest science major at mcgill (ha.)? I'm considering Mcgill's med school and am curious as to what major to take. would mcgill (or other american schools) take into consideration the difficulty of biochem or not? should i go into an easier major like biology (which i heard is 100x easier than biochem) or psychology? A Mcgill student, through the Mcgill phonathelon event, called me and told me that immonology was a also great option, though you have to test into the major. What are your thoughts about that?
haha sorry, so many questions. from your other posts, it just seems like you're very knowledgeable in this area.</p>
<p>rappasani, are you an American citizen? because if you're not you might have difficulty getting into an American medical school...they're very strict about who they accept</p>
<p>what about about a 3.5 as a comp enginering major. Will it gt me in to med--school?</p>
<p>Well a good score on the MCATs will also make a huge difference.</p>
<p>McGill's med school works weirdly. You have a better shot at getting into it if you are an intl student (15-20 spots) than if you are a out of province Canadian (5-10 spots). If you are an American student you shouldn't have any problems getting into an American med school with a McGill degree provided you have good grades and the rest of the works. If you are Canadian and are applying to an American Med School you'll be considered an intl student no matter where you get your degree from, but there are a ton of american med schools so you have choices. And if you're an american wanting to go to med school in Canada it's going to be hard.</p>
<p>Syzonin- Biochem is quite hard (maybe not the hardest major). I have friends who are in it. Some of them have a natural aptitude for it so they don't have to work as hard but some of my friends have failed a class or two (and it's not uncommon). Orgo won't be the hardest class you take if you're in Biochem. If you really, really like it go for it. You can always switch out of it anyways.</p>
<p>Mavman- Med school admissions are a crapshoot (nothing new there). While a 3.5 is decent, you're going to have to work hard on other aspects of your application. American med schools love high MCAT scores; Canadian med schools not so much (they focus more on your GPA, certain Canadian Med schools won't let you apply if you don't have a 3.7 at the very least). </p>
<p>But guys RELAX. Y'all have just gotten admitted to undergrad, so take a deep breath and try to push med school anxieties to the backburner for now.
Maybe some of you will realize that you don't even like medicine as much. I am one of those ppl, I though I was into med stuff but am not, health economics is what I like most. Try to explore as much as you can in undergrad.</p>
<p>I've actually researched a lot about American medical schools since I plan on coming back. Although there are a lot of American med schools, some of them don't accept international applicants period and some of them only accept 1-5 a year, so it'll actually be pretty difficult if you're not an American resident.</p>
<p>yes i am an american citizen..thank you for all the great info..im reassured now and will most likely attend mcgill..i got in to the interfaculty BA&Sc program and will probably do cognitive sciences or biomedical sciences...r these hard in comparison to biology and maintaining a 3.8GPA</p>
<p>ya i'm going to get quebec residency by going part-time first year, so apparently the chance at mcgill's med school shoots up to above 50%? fvirile, could you comment on that?</p>
<p>If you get your Quebec Residency, with decent grades you are a shoe-in or almost. Yeah it's something ridiculous like 50% but I know someone (a quebec resident) from my lab who has pretty good credentials and who didn't even get an interview.So you never know.</p>
<p>About the BA&Sc programs, the Biomedical Science one is being phased out and the first year students of 2008 won't be able to take it.</p>
<p>McGill undergrad isnt that hard, but depends on what program you are studying. BA should be easier than BSc i donno</p>
<p>i plan on doing cognitive sciences because i hear mcgill is known for its neuroscience</p>
<p>im a student at mcgill, second yr, i had a 3.6 GPA first yr and have dropped to a 3.4 after taking phsyiology as my major. i want to get into med school but i also really like my program. should i switch my majors, cause i kno its one of the harder ones.</p>
<p>I’ve heard many people say McGill is known for their Neuroscience program. Is this Graduate or Undergrad…? Because I know that the Undergrad Neuro program was just approved within the last year…</p>
<p>As far as going to an American med school… I work in a lab at a top medical/graduate school and everyone that knows of McGill has been extremely impressed that I got in. It’s a good, but hard, school, and most know it.</p>
<p>And who knows… Med schools are looking for some variation in their classes. Someone from Canada certainly will stick out a bit over the 14 applicants from each Ivy League school</p>
<p>so what’s the best major to get a high GPA but still be prepared for medical school?</p>
<p>You can really major in just about anything, even Music Theory, as long as you fulfill the basic med school requirements like so many years of biology, organic chemistry, etc.</p>
<p>So with that in mind, it really is best to major in something that you are interested in. That way, it won’t seem like endless studying since you’ll at least be interested in learning about the topic. You’ll probably get better grades, too!</p>
<p>what if you guys don’t make it to med school? sciences aren’t the most practical degrees</p>