<p>McGill- pros: track coach is recruiting me, significantly cheaper than US schools, I speak French and love the Montreal culture. Cons: not a lot of Americans, low school spirit, low school guidance, difficult to network in America?</p>
<p>Northeastern- pros: co-op program, Boston, love the school, school support, school spirit, 14k/year scholarship. Cons: graduate in 5 years, not being recruited for track</p>
<p>NYU- pros: gallatin school offers perfect academic program (create own major), recruiting me for track, NY networking post graduation. Cons: over 60k/year, a little close to home, no campus (although it surrounds Washington square park)</p>
<p>Facing the same problem. For me it’s McGill vs. Northeastern vs. BC </p>
<p>My main concerns with McGill are getting a job in the US, and the lack of guidance. My impression was that you’re very much on your own at McGill. I’m also bilingual French-English and love the Frenglish culture. (Also very worried about the winters in Montreal). I love the McGill campus though, and I know it’s very highly ranked. </p>
<p>I received a full ride to Northeastern, and recently went to visit. I was hoping to fall in love with it but I just didn’t. Co-op is amazing, but I was not a fan of some parts of the campus and a lot of the facilities. I’m trying not to pay attention to rankings but it’s quite hard to do. I would say that graduating in 5 years is not necessarily a con. I’m sure by the time we reach our senior year in college we will not want to graduate. And you only pay 4 years of tuition (you don’t pay tuition on co-op). </p>
<p>It’s a tough decision! To be honest, I would say if you liked Northeastern, go. I think the co-op is an amazing program and it’ll put you ahead in any job interview even if Northeastern isn’t top 10 (depends on your major i guess). I was recently talking to somebody who worked as a junior financial analyst for Merrill Lynch in his co-op which was paid 30 an hour and he ended up becoming a full time employee after he graduated. I guess the only thing stopping me from choosing northeastern is the overall school feel that I didn’t love. I haven’t completely ruled it out yet, though. I hope this wall of text helped haha</p>
<p>Your wall of text was actually quite helpful.
It seems like we have the same worries about McGill. I am going to speak to a current American student there and see what she thinks. I think it will be harder than Northeastern to get a job in the US.
Northeastern-wise, I love the campus because it has a campus feel while being right in boston, which is what I want (campus feel in city). And I have been thinking about the 5 year thing and its really not too much of a con (especially since I’m going in with a bunch of APs)</p>
<p>The McGill name translates very well in Europe. The US, not nearly as much. A full ride at Northeastern should be cause enough to overlook some of the things you didn’t love!</p>
<p>Chagan got full ride but not OP. Yes, if full ride, I think other factors are not enough to not pick Northeastern. And I think if you get full ride, you don’t need to do 5 years. You can do it in 4 years if you really want to with extra APs and a little less coop. Get good grades and save the money for your grad school if you have any aspiration to go on after undergrad.</p>
<p>For OP, if his major is STEM then the 14k from Northeastern makes it approximately the same in cost. You might want to look into your specific area of study and try to compare the two in terms of programs and the reputation of professors and the academic department that you are interested in.</p>
<p>UCLA vs. McGill ( undecided major- business or psychology or neurosci </p>
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<p>RE: A related question UCLA vs. McGILL vs. NYU ( LSP) : Besides the differences in the weather, does anyone have thoughts on the comnparison between McgIll and UCLA with respect to academic experience, reputation, quality of classes, recognition by US grad schools and social milieu? if My D is an American student, probabably going towards business or psychology, possibly neuroscience . Thanks!</p>
<p>Also, any thoughts on where NYU (LSP) fits in this comparison></p>
<p>Hey I also applied to both McGill and Northeastern. NE rejected me… and McGill waitlisted me. I feel like if NE is offering you 14k (@Jberger626) then that is a great offer, even more so for (@chagan) who is getting a full ride. If you guys do end up going to NE please remember to let McGill know that you won’t be attending so hopefully I can get off the waitlist :(</p>
<p>My d applied reg decision mcGill but still hasn’t heard. The portal says “under review.” I’m assuming she didn’t get in? It is a beautiful school, but I, too, was worried about job prospects. Working in Europe is a good thing if it came down to that, and Canadians are so friendly. I am just confused about how they notify you on acceptances, because her portal still says “under review.” I’m assuming it’s a rejection. She’s emailed them but they don’t respond.</p>
<p>She got $48K from Northeastern, but she also got a full ride to Emory business school (Goizueta), almost full ride to NYU Stern with a big scholarship, GWU business school/Women’s leadership program (awaiting fin aid, but got merit aid) and USC Annenberg (nearly full ride) for broadcast journalism and pre-law. It’s a hard choice. Her safeties were Elon and U Miami (got presidential scholarships and lots of merit aid - waiting on fin aid package), American and Boston U (who gave full scholarships).</p>
<p>I am most likely going to choose McGill over NYU! Btw, I heard that 10% of the student body at McGill is American That’s probably higher than any other university in Canada!!</p>
That’s probably higher than any other university in Canada!!</p>