<p>I was wondering is it worth it to apply to McGill University in Canada? If I want to return back to New England for a job how will a Canadian degree from McGill be perceived? How much on average will it cost to attend McGill per year in total, and how is the financial aid? Also how is McGill compared to other universities in America (which colleges would you match it with in regards to facilities, prestige and academics overall)? Do you apply to McGill as an international, is there a CommonApp for it, will attending and applying be a hassle because it's in a different country?</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, I don’t think they have great financial aid. Why would you want to go to Canada anyway? lol</p>
<p>According to the world rankings, McGill has been between 79th and 60th in the past 5 years.
[Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities]Academic”>Academic Ranking of World Universities - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>According to another ranking:</p>
<p>[World</a> Universities’ ranking on the Web: top 6000 World Ranking](<a href=“http://www.webometrics.info/top6000.asp]World”>http://www.webometrics.info/top6000.asp)</p>
<p>It’s 91st.</p>
<p>McGill has an excellent reputation, both in Canada and abroad and is very well known in New England. </p>
<p>It’ll cost you on average (as an international) about $16,000-$24,000 depending on what you will be studying. Medicine and a few other things are more expensive. Check the website though because I’m not entirely sure. The bottom line is that it will be cheaper than the US private schools and on par with expensive in-state publics.</p>
<p>Financial aid is OK. Not sure about need based but merit aid is fairly easy to come by, depending on what kind of school system you’re in. I think if you have a 90% average and above you’re eligible for some pretty sweet scholarships. However, if you’re an IB kid, like me, you need to get a 6.9 average, which if you know anything about the IB, you’ll know that that is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. A perfect score of 45 is required.</p>
<p>McGill from what I’ve seen is comparable to UCLA, U Michigan, and other excellent public schools. The reason I turned down McGill was because it’s simply too big and I’m not a big school person. However, if I HAD to go to a big school, it would be McGill. Academics are supposed to be very good, but McGill is more known as a math and science and medicine institution. I’m not sure how their individual programs are. </p>
<p>You would apply as an American, which I think is the same as an international app. You apply directly to the school through their online portal. No CommonApp required.</p>
<p>McGill is also very, very competitive for Canadians but somewhat easier for Americans and intls because there’s fewer of them and they pay more. </p>
<p>Hope this helped and if you decide to go, get ready for some cold, cold winters…</p>
<p>The thing about McGill is that it’s much cheaper than comparable privates in the US which can cost upwards of $50,000. Not as cheap as your state flagship, but for the education the tuition is great.</p>
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<p>Wow, that’s crazy. EXTREMELY optimistically I may be able to achieve a 40 or so.</p>
<p>Well according to: Top Univerisity.com McGill University is ranked 20th in the world, as of 2008. </p>
<p>Here the link: [QS</a> Top Universities: Top 200 universities in the THE - QS World University Rankings 2008](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/university_rankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/]QS”>http://www.topuniversities.com/university_rankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/)</p>
<p>Plus wikipedia is irrelavent, anybody can log on and change the numbers!!</p>
<p>“If I want to return back to New England for a job how will a Canadian degree from McGill be perceived?”</p>
<p>A degree from McGill is prestigious around the world.</p>
<p>“How much on average will it cost to attend McGill per year in total, and how is the financial aid?”</p>
<p>It should cost you $17-18,000 a year. As for financial aid here are some stats:
% undergraduates receive need-based scholarship/grant aid: 16%
% undergraduates receive non need-based scholarship or grant aid: 10%
% undergraduates receive need-based self-help aid: 25%
% undergraduates receive any financial aid: 26%</p>
<p>You apply to McGill as an international student. From what I’ve read from my Princeton Review Best 368 Colleges book, there are some bad things I’ve read about the administration/academic aspects of McGill such as that the administration appears to work against the students, classes are huge, most professors are awful or barely fluent in english, competition can be cutthroat and there is not as much personal attention.</p>
<p>McGill (as well as Toronto, UBC, Waterloo, and Alberta) is well-known and accepted in most of the US.</p>
<p>Back when the US dollar was stronger, McGill would hold info sessions at a hotel outside of Boston, in the hopes of getting New England students (and their American dollars) to apply and attend.</p>
<p>I do not know if these sessions are still taking place, given that the Canadian dollar is stronger than ours at this point.</p>
<p>I have 3 friends going to McGill this fall. You do apply to McGill as an international; it’s not on the Common App. Applying as an international won’t be a big hassle. Getting to and from Montreal might be; if you live in the northeast, you can drive, but if you live farther you’d probably have to fly.</p>