<p>im a US high school junior and i am looking into going to McGill University in Montreal
the thing is that my mom is concerned that getting a Canadian degree will affect me getting into law school.
i want to get into a really good law school like Columbia, Yale, Harvard, U Chicago, U Penn...
etc and my mom is afraid that me being a US citizen with a Canadian Degree will negatively affect my chances of getting in..
of course i am going to try to get the grades to get into the best laws school of this country. but apparent my mom is afraid it isnt worth going all the way to Canada..
HELP!!
i know McGill is highly respectable but my mom is afraid that it might hurt me getting into a good law school..</p>
<p>It won’t. Obviously you couldn’t get a law degree in Canada then practice in the US, but if it’s a just a Bachelors in an art/science, before going to law school in the US, it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>also will IB help me?
i am a IB diploma candidate and i hope the IB will help me either impressive wise
and will McGill accept the credits?
thanks again!</p>
<p>Check the McGill website under IB admissions.
“If you complete the IB Diploma or certificates concurrently with a regular high school program in the U.S.A., you may be considered for admission based on your high school record and subsequently awarded advanced standing based on IB results.”
[Applicants</a> from U.S. High School Programs (in the U.S.A. and other countries)](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/undergrad2011-12/usa/]Applicants”>http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/undergrad2011-12/usa/) </p>
<p>(Actually, graduates of Canadian common law schools can sit for the bar in Massachusetts and New York.) </p>
<p>A McGill undergraduate degree will be fully recognized by any American law or graduate school and would certainly not be a hindrance to admission.</p>
<p>It will be easier to get higher grades at most US schools than at McGill. Grade inflation is not nearly as rampant or severe in Canada as it is in even the best US schools.</p>
<p>There are plenty of happy Americans at McGill for whom it was definitely worth going over the border. HOWEVER if your topmost top priority is to get the highest GPA possible in order to get into law school, then maybe McGill is not the best choice. Kind of depends on the balance of priorities/features from your point of view.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. I don’t think I’d say that no Americans should go to McGill (econgrad). I have a friend from New Jersey at McGill and she loves it. Apparently it was actually cheaper for her to go there than most of the American schools she was accepted to.</p>
<p>OK, I’m from the United States, go to McGill. </p>
<p>First of all, yes it is A LOT CHEAPER even without any kind of scholarship than many many many American schools. Depends on your aid situation, but if you qualified for a substantial amount of financial aid in the states, you’ll likely get a bursary at McGill.</p>
<p>Second - Though I haven’t decided I’m thinking about law school afterwards in the US, and I happen to think a McGill education (depends on the major of course) is great prep. Yes, there is no grade inflation. It’s hard to get good grades…but the classes are brilliant. You don’t want to be in a fluffy over-priced institution that <em>might</em> help you increase your grades for a good law school. Challenges will lead you to some amazing accomplishments, and yes some failures, but I mean, you go to college for that. You go to be educated. </p>
<p>I’m really tired of people thinking straight As are all there is to schooling - go where you’ll actually learn something before law school, or whatever it is you want to do in your life. In many ways I think we discover our passions, want we want to do through the challenges we face. McGill is definitely a stimulating environment, if anything else.</p>
<p>Law schools will recognize that different schools have different grading systems and that the different systems will reflect on your GPA. McGill is one the world’s top universities and I think that it will actually be beneficial to have a McGill degree - unless you can get into HYP, MIT, Stanford, UCB, Chicago, etc…</p>