McGill

<p>Does anyone know anything about McGill, I've heard it's a pretty good school and it's pretty cheap....</p>

<p>Its the Harvard of Canada</p>

<p>here <a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/schoolsays.asp?category=1&listing=1023286&LTID=1&intbucketid=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/schoolsays.asp?category=1&listing=1023286&LTID=1&intbucketid=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>it's pretty big. 20,000 students.</p>

<p>It's in the best city in North America, and has top-quality academics once you get past your first year.</p>

<p>ggood school my friends sister went there and as u said is Inexpensive Theres 2 campuses a very large one(most of the students) right in the city and one on the outskirts(I think!) w/ a few hundred kids...she went to the Smaller one and she said it was very nice and she knew pretty much everyone</p>

<p>I've also heard it's the Harvard of Canada, but what schools is it similar to in the United States?</p>

<p>It's a fallacy to compare it to Harvard. However, it is the equivalent of a top public - UVA, Berkeley or Michigan.</p>

<p>I would disagree about the Harvard of Canada. It definately competes with Queens, U of T, etc. Plus, in my school probably half the class could get in. It probably is comparable to Michigan or U. Chicago maybe</p>

<p>It's called "the Harvard OF Canada," not "Harvard Canada."</p>

<p>There's a difference. The former implies that it is the top research university in Canada while the latter implies that it IS like Harvard.</p>

<p>Are you from Canada? I have never heard of Queens or U of T and I think coming from an American standpoint Mcgill appears to be the Harvard of Canada from what I've heard from everyone else. If you want to say that those schools might offer a better education that still is another thing. Harvard still competes with Yale and Princeton but it's still the Harvard of America. . .</p>

<p>I guess a lot of you have reading comprehension issues which amazes me because you all score high on the SAT's...not be mean but I said it is the "Harvard OF Canada" implying that its 1 of the top schools IN Canada...I'm not saying it can compare to Harvard, but that its status is ranked high for Canada. With that being said, it is comparable to Berkley, Michigan, etc. when considering US Schools.</p>

<p>U of T is equally ranked in Canada and was higher than McGill last year.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.macleans.ca/universities/article.jsp?content=20051104_162820_5764%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.macleans.ca/universities/article.jsp?content=20051104_162820_5764&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>what do you mean many of you have reading comprehension issues. Only one person said something that wasn't what you said and that was collegecanwait. He doesn't know what he's talking about though.</p>

<p>U of T is an amazing school, it is high on DS's list.</p>

<p>"what do you mean many of you have reading comprehension issues. Only one person said something that wasn't what you said and that was collegecanwait. He doesn't know what he's talking about though."</p>

<p>First of all I go to school In Canada and have probably 15 friends at McGill, plus have visited three times, so I think I have a bit of an idea what I am talking about. McGill doesnt have a "wow" factor that makes it the harvard of Canada. Nor does it give you the connections to power in Canada that Harvard might. Indeed, for engineering and sciences Waterloo is clearly better (<a href="http://www.macleans.ca/universities/article.jsp?content=20051104_162441_5048%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.macleans.ca/universities/article.jsp?content=20051104_162441_5048&lt;/a&gt;) and McGill competes actively with U of T, UBC, and Queens in reputation for the best research university, as well as western. Now, obviously I cannot judge the perception of McGill from an American perspective, it may well be the only college that you know about. I am simply telling you the western Canadian view of the University. I am not trying to diss McGill or say its bad, its not and many of my friends love it. Simply put, though, its no Harvard, not even by Canadian standards.</p>

<p>Well I guess graduating from McGill from the American perspective by employers is highly...from what I know companies recruit from there..idk if they do at other schools. I'm only basing it on what i've heard and from Americans that have gone there. I'm sorry if I came off as an ******* and didn't mean to...</p>

<p>mcgill is ranked really low on the world rankings list</p>

<p>You have to realize all the major universities in Canada are government-supported. McGill is very large, over 25,000 undergrads, UT is even bigger. Don't compare McGill to Harvard. Think big lecture classes, government budget cuts, little to no personal support - not like a private US college. But also think Montreal - very cosmopolitan and extremely international compared to any US public university. It's a unique experience - more of a city living experience (only enough dorms for first years) than a US-collegiate experience. Overall, the education quality is probably equal to or better than most US flagship state universities and many US private schools.</p>

<p>Oh it is cheap, but the exchange rate is no longer what it used to be.</p>

<p>It appears to be underfunded and some on the internet have complained of red-tape (though I have had no problems with the admissions department so far). I really really want to go there - I visited and I loved it. The huge classes and lack of funding are things that I am prepared to deal with if accepted. Make no mistake though - if I didn't like the school so much I would not want to go through that. IMO if you don't really want to go it might not be worth it to apply for an american with really good stats.</p>

<p>McGill is a great school in a great city. I would say that it most resembles UCLA.</p>