McGill!!

<p>McGill now seems very likely as my probable destination. I'm now wondering about where to live. I've never been to montreal and my french is a bit scratchy (not learnt for the last 3 years). However, I'm interested in learning the language better. I'm wondering if you can give me an idea of life in Montreal and the McGill campus scene? I also need to sort out my residences. As a scholarship winner, I have my choice of residence. Are there ne in particular I should choose? I'm a bit hesitant on moving straight to an apartment as I don't know the city and not fancying the idea of cooking everyday. Ideas? I'm also wondering about the lease agreements for residence at dorms. It says on the McGill website that lease runs for 8 mnths. What do I do after 8 mnths?</p>

<p>there's a post on residence right now that is really good by harpgirl. read the other posts in this forum.</p>

<p>I would recommend looking at my post "It's all about Residence" for info about the various residences, you can also find stuff on Mcgill's website if you go to current students, then residences. I have a bunch of photos of RVC, and Rideltrain has posted some on New Residence.</p>

<p>If you're interested in improving your french there are a lot of french classes offered by McGill, perhaps use an elective and take one of those. They are VERY worthwhile. I know I took one called "Decouvrons Montreal en francais", FRSL 216, and enjoyed it a lot because it was a vocab, not grammar course and we touched on the history and culture of Montreal as well as the french spoken in this city. </p>

<p>As for the campus atmosphere, it's very open and friendly. The campus itself is a lot smaller than you'd expect for a university of McGill's size. It doesn't feel crowded either, I guess everyone's just on different schedules. There are lots of clubs and activities to get involved in--you see different groups out and visible on campus. It's really hard to describe the "feel" of a place...it's kind of something you have to experience.</p>

<p>As for Montreal, it's true, it's a very fun city. Any hour of the day or night there's always stuff going on. The majority of people speak french, but most are bilingual so if you don't speak french or speak rusty french, you can still get by. But the cultural experience will be more fun if you do brush up on your french and get involved even a bit in the french culture. Montreal is a city of festivals, in the summer there are many, many of them. So much fun. There are a few in winter too. Shopping is plentiful both above ground and underground, the food is superb, and the nightlife is a tremendous amount of fun, both in pubs and in nightclubs. It's a very student friendly city since there are 4 universities in the city (McGill, Concordia, UQAM, and UdM). There are parts of the city that are very english (westmount) and others that are very french. Archetecture reflects the history of the city...in the old port the style is very french, and a few blocks away the buildings remind one of england. The music scene is great--most big name bands include montreal on their concert tour, plus there's a large independant music scene, both french and english, around. Lots of cheap concerts with excellent music. Film is also good, there are many large cinemas that have all the current english and french releases, Cinema du Parc, right next to New Rez, is a more art-house cinema that caters to students (cheap tickets!). There are also dollar cinemas and cinemas that cater to more documentary style films. There's pretty much everything. For live theatre, the ritzy place is Place des Arts, but most students can't afford to go there often. There are several good english theatres around though, like the Saiyde, and between McGill and Concordia there are a lot of interesting shows in english. Lots of bookstores, both new and used. Most used bookstores, except for The Word on Milton street, are primarily francophone. However most new bookstores (chapters, indigo, etc) have both french and english. There are some fun bookstores close to campus, too. There is the Parc Mont Royal for people who want to see trees and stuff like that, there's plenty of room in there to explore around in nature without leaving the city. I heard it was designed by the same person who designed Central park, but I can't confirm that. </p>

<p>Hard to summarize everything there is to do here, it really is a fabulous city.</p>

<p>thanks for the help. I just accepted my offer a few days ago. When do I get my UEA (uniform e-mail address) from mcgill? I read somewhere that they give u one 24h after accepting offers.</p>

<p>no, they'll give it to you 24h after registering for classes- which is in August- sucks I know. I think they're trying to implement a system to give them upon acceptance of mcgills offer- as it improves communication.</p>

<p>anyone got the welcome package from mcgill??</p>

<p>when i accepted my offer i got a letter saying thanks for accepting , from the dean of bcomm program and it also said welcome booklet has been mailed which is around 1 1/2 months ago , and i got nothing yet :(</p>

<p>they said they will send the welcome booklet in the mail as soon as it becomes avaibale </p>

<p>they have the international book on the mcgill website in .PDF format..it has all the info u need</p>

<p>Hi guys! I've been accepted and I just came across this website, so I thought I'd join up and talk to some of my future classmates :) I'm going into B.Com too! Seems like there are a lot of you out there. </p>

<p>Buggzz... I also got my letter from the dean of bcomm, but I got my welcome package around the same time, which was a couple of weeks ago. Maybe check with them to see what's going on?</p>

<p>I got the letter from dean of Bcomm, both letters of acceptance and the course calendar all on the same day. so yea, you might want to call them to ask what's going on. It's also possible that it might've gotten lost in the mail.</p>

<p>yeah i will do that soon... Pakistan's mail system is pathetic.. it takes 1 month for the mail to come from the port to my house..!!</p>

<p>tell me about it! i live in tunisia... there's like 500 stops in europe before it ever gets here</p>

<p>Well, I came across this board whilst looking for something else, but it seems like a nice board, so I joined. Hello and welcome to all the new admits! I recognise some familiar faces here, too! <em>nod to harpgirl and ridletrain</em></p>

<p>Does anyone happen to know the address for that canadian-only facebook? I received the email on mcgill mail, and signed up for it immediatly... but then lost the link in one of my recent computer crashes. I've googled it, and can't find any trace of it... did I imagine it?</p>

<p>what's a canadian-only face book?</p>

<p>well it was like thefacebook.com, which is a voluntary online directory of students at various North American universities, (McGill's on it!) and I think some overseas schools now too... except this one only had Canadian schools on it. I rather think it doesn't exist anymore, as I can't find any reference to it at all.</p>

<p>Hi, I've graduated as an Engineer in 1998 in Montreal. I have been working in the feild as a project manager. I have this uncontrolable desire to go back to school and syudy medicine. My grades at graduation from Engineering school were not that great. But the determination I would be going in with now would surely make me successful in med school. I do not know were to begin. What are my chances?</p>

<p>i just wanted to know what my chances were at getting admitted:</p>

<p>87 average
composite score 27 (30 on writing); the composite score has a 90 percentile (does mcgill just look at the score or at the percentile as well?)</p>

<p>im applying to arts (first choice) and arts and sciences</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>the cut-off for arts is around 87 or 88, so you're on the border. They don't look at what percentile you are, but you should be ok. I've heard of instances where they've accepted people who even have a few percentages below the cut-off. However, your chances may not be as good for Arts and Sciences just because it's limited enrollment and it's extremely competitive.</p>

<p>my minerva account says applications processed and under review; does anyone know how long it might be until a decision is given?</p>

<p>thankss</p>

<p>i found out in the middle of april. Others I knew found out earlier and later. Depends on the faculty you apply to.</p>

<p>I think I found out in April as well. McGill was one of the schools that came later. It's true that each faculty does their own acceptances so it might vary depending on what you applied for.</p>