<p>To those of you that have the numbers: a friendly reminder.</p>
<p>McGill University, arguably the best in Canada, looks solely at your GPA and test scores. If you're good, you're in. It's located in fabulous Montreal and is considered one of the top 30 universities in North America by most rankings I've found. </p>
<p>Tonight is the final night to submit your initial application </p>
<p>All other materials (which basically means your college transcript and test scores) must be submitted by April 30th, so you'd have plenty of time if you just decide to apply on a whim tonight.</p>
<p>McGill is a great backup university for those with the numbers that are applying to very selective American universities. Definitely consider it; I am filling out my application right now.</p>
<p>On a final note, McGill is quite cheap: about the price of your state school.</p>
<p>McGill still has a lot of grade deflation, and the campus is not <em>that</em> good. I The central quad is beautiful... but that is about all there is to the place.</p>
<p>Oh yeah...maybe the main bad note: the application is 80 Canadian dollars...my conversion skills aren't the greatest, but I think the Canadian dollar is around 133% of the value of the US Dollar, so you're probably paying around $100 in the end for one app! </p>
<p>Oh, and housing is guaranteed if you're accepted for the first year. But not for the second.</p>
<p>dearsir - did you really? That's neat. Maybe if we both suck ass we'll see each other at McGill. :)</p>
<p>But I didn't know about grade deflation until nspeds, the grim reaper, came along. And housing is guaranteed for transfers even (all newly admitted undegraduate students) for the first year. After that you'd have to move to the nearby area where most McGill students live. It's very similar to UT-Austin in that 20% live on campus and the rest live very nearby.</p>
<p>I'm coming from UHouston. I need a better academic environment. Also, I WAS accepted to those two schools. I did not and could not attend. Let's leave it at that, please.</p>
<p>Oh, please. McGill is still a wonderful and beautiful school. It's just that, except for Emory, Vanderbilt, and UChicago, I would attend any school in the USNews top 25 over it.</p>
<p>I just had an overwhelmingly awful experience when I visited. I didn't like the campus, the atmosphere, and the surrounding area.</p>
<p>During my most stressful days, I try to look for a comfortable and soothing area in which to conduct my work. I just didn't see myself finding such a place in either Hyde Park or in Chicago. On the contrary, I think the environment would've exacerbated my stress, which at this point requires medication.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear that. At least with a college visit report like that, I won't be crying or anything if I'm rejected.</p>
<p>Dearsiryes (or anyone that can answer) - so after we finish the app and pay (for McGill, which I just did), we just wait for an email and then have our COLLEGE transcript and SAT/ACT scores sent right? It just seems too easy.</p>
<p>but it's cold, i'm lost within a few minutes, taxis are expensive, havn't figured out how to use the el train, a blizzard is comming, i'm here alone ... buuuut, the hotel, travel, and all of my meals are free!</p>
<p>Yeah, that's what I think. It's the same way for the Oxbridge (Oxford/Cambridge) application and the UC app (where they only need your official stuff afterward)-they take your word on it.</p>
<p>Only difference is for Oxbridge the interview is riddiculously important.</p>
<p>Hahhaa, nice update on Chitown, gomestar. I can imagine how cold it is. We Texans are experiencing a mighty cold front too with the windchill temps hovering in the low 30s. I actually had to wear 3 layers out today. </p>
<p>I'll admit it's nothing compared to what I faced up on the Continental Divide in Colorado, but it takes a little while to adapt again. When you've got weeks of 70 degree weather in the winter, waking up to 30 degrees, decent winds, and the possibility of ice storms can really catch you off guard.</p>