<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I was recently accepted to McGill as a transfer student. I was wondering if anyone on here knows what it is like for transfer students at McGill. I don't know anyone there and from what I've gathered on-campus housing is generally limited to first year students. </p>
<p>Would it be difficult to meet people if I transferred there and lived off-campus?</p>
<p>Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>hi, do you mind if i ask you which school that you transfer from ? Did you apply from canada or US ?</p>
<p>I’m transferring from Indiana University.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine, no worries. People at McGill are very friendly (Montreal in general). You’ll meet people even if you live off campus.</p>
<p>I’m also a transfer student, and if I’m accepted, I’ll be living off campus. Feel free to message me if you have any questions. Used to live in Montreal, and I have some family there.</p>
<p>Btw, what was your GPA if I may ask? And what program were you accepted to?</p>
<p>I go to community college in the USA, and have a 3.81ish GPA; applied to Arts. Currently "Reviewed - Decision Pending).</p>
<p>Thanks that’s really good to hear. That’s my main concern about transferring.
I had a 3.7 GPA and I was accepted into to the faculty of Arts. Good luck!</p>
<p>Does anyone know how easy it is transferring to a different faculty?</p>
<p>I sort of want to do the science and arts program, but I’m not sure if this will cause me to waste my first year or if it’s even possible. Any help on that would be great.</p>
<p>I would prefer to live in one of that dorms, called on-campus though they are all off-campus.
I am quite scared of the housing market on August and September cause of the huge load of people who search a room in that period.</p>
<p>Sorry, I may have misunderstood your question, so correct me if I’m wrong. You were accepted to the Arts program, right? And you are thinking of transferring to the Science and Arts program? Just making sure I understand correctly. If that is the case, let me know, and I’ll try to dig up some info for you (have a few friends at McGill).</p>
<p>Btw, since we are basically very similar applicants, may I ask when you were accepted? Was your status ever “Reviewed - Decision Pending”? Mine has been “Reviewed - Decision Pending” as of April 10th and I’m starting to get worried.</p>
<p>@omacisback: I transferred last year and lived off-campus. From my experience, it’s harder to get to know people in your classes since the class sizes are huge (unless you get in those smaller-sized classes). The best places to meet people would be clubs and other events held by the school or even your faculty. </p>
<p>Also, if you’re thinking of living off-campus, register for the Off Campus Fellow program ([Off</a> Campus Fellow Program | Housing - McGill University](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/offcampus/fellows]Off”>http://www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/offcampus/fellows)). They have a lot of events for first years (including new transfer students) who are living off-campus. Their facebook group was great in meeting people who lived close to my area and were also in a similar situation (first-year @ Mcgill but living off-campus). </p>
<p>There’s also an orientation event that happens in August though it didn’t really feel like it was a great way to get to know people (i.e. during the orientation, there would be team-building activities but then we’d get switched to another group after 10 minutes. With so many students in one place, it was hard to find/see these people again). </p>
<p>I do recommend do going to the Transfer Students orientation/session. All the students there were new transfer students and was a smaller-sized group. </p>
<p>If you have any more transfer-related questions, let me know. It was kind of a challenge figuring out all the red-tape with being a transfer student here so if you’re having some trouble, drop me a line. Welcome to McGill!</p>