My daughter has been accepted to both places. I feel that she would get a comparable education at both places, but that Kilachand would offer her a lot more individual attention, not to mention enrichment opportunities, research opportunities, and connections. We are also from the Boston area. We were wowed by our admitted student day at BU and the reception we attended at Kilachand We visited McGill last week and I was concerned about the large class sizes there, not to mention what appears to be a rather formidable bureaucracy. Plus the school didn’t exactly roll out the welcome mat. Not one professor was available to meet with prospective students and their parents, just a lot of admissions reps.
The cost differential between the schools isn’t much of an issue, she got the maximum merit scholarship at BU and we can afford either place. Daughter is convinced that the prestige and opportunities at McGill outweigh anything she will be able to get from BU, plus she loves Montreal. She is planning on studying psychology and attending graduate school.