<p>I've heard this is a great school but I can't seem to get some hard facts and first-hand or even 2nd/3rd hand comments on it, besides from my parents.</p>
<p>bump ...........</p>
<p>There's already been a couple threads for McGill as well as for Canadian University threads (which discuss McGill). Try running a search maybe? Or look forward a few pages.</p>
<p>Also, talk to harpgirl27 because she's a student there.</p>
<p>Here's one of the McGill threads
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=8224%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=8224</a></p>
<p>Canadian University thread
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=5748%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=5748</a></p>
<p>Everyone says McGill is the Canadian Harvard and one of North America's finest universities.</p>
<p>vitamin, my D3 who is currently in the application process is applying to several Canadian schools. We lived for several years in Ontario so are familiar with the Canadian system. McGill is an excellent school, and I often hear this 'Harvard of Canada' tag. I wouldn't put much stock in that, though. It's one of the top Canadian schools but generally speaking, Canadians put U of T and Queens University above McGill in most things. Canadian schools have the benefit of being more evenly matched than the U.S. schools do because they are so heavily subsidized by tax revenues. They are all public universities. There are no private universities there. What are you interested in studying? And why are your parents interested in McGill for you? Did they go there? :)</p>
<p>Within Canada Toronto is considered the Harvard of Canada. In the U.S it's McGill. One probably could argue more successfully though that Canadians are in a better position to judge their own colleges.</p>