McGill, like most universities, offers language courses. This includes courses intended to teach French, and well as courses intended to teach many other languages.
Other than language courses, all courses at McGill are taught in English. Other than language courses, tests are in English but students if they prefer are allowed to instead take tests in French. I have heard that very few students do this however, (nearly all take tests in English).
“Obviously there’d be more french speaking people around,”
Yes. My impression is that the vast majority of restaurants and stores near the McGill campus (and near the nearby Concordia campus) will have many employees who are bilingual. There will be many people in Montreal who prefer to speak French, as well as many people who will speak either French or English with equal ability and equal comfort.
@intstudent2021 said: “What do you guys think about that?
Again, this is the weirdest but the toughest choice I have had to make.”
I agree that this is a “weird” choice, but I can also see that it is not an easy choice. It is a pity that you don’t get to visit, but I can see that it would not be easy to travel to both the US and Canada to visit the two universities. You appear to be making a very reasonable and thoughtful attempt to make a well informed decision.
I don’t think that there is any bad choice here. Good luck whichever you choose.
@PurpleTitan You’re right, there are only 2 liberal arts colleges in my home country but they’ve taken that name and provide the same type of education as any other university, so I really am having a hard time envisioning myself anywhere. @DadTwoGirls I’m trying my best to not mess this choice up since its not just about my future work/education but also a lot of my parents money and I hope to make it worth every penny they spend on me. Thanks for your kind words
For perspective, populated parts of Alaska tend to be warmer than Montréal during winter nights. In the case of Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, January nights typically average -13°C (9°F).
To be clear, I wasn’t expressing a preference for one climate over another, but think the differences between them should be made as clear as possible.
Hey everybody, thanks for your inputs. I’m most probably choosing McGill between the two (hoping they don’t rescind my offer haha).
Factors I considered were-
Cost
World reputation/ ranking
Internship opportunities
Option to take certain electives from Deslautels at McGill
Better post grad/work chances
Some people advised me not to go to the US as it might become a pain to get work and good opportunities for internationals cuz of the current political scenario. (I don’t think I really considered this but I did hear this from a lot of people so I’m mentioning it)
