<p>My daughter mentioned this school to me last night. I had never heard of it, haven't had time to check their web site yet. I was floored when she told me it was in Canada. I have no problem with her checking it out or even going there but would like some info if anyone is familiar with it. Is it a good school? What US schools is it comparable with. I guess my D would be considered an international student. Are they eligible for merit $ or aid? I'm going to check their site, but if anyone has personal knowledge they can share, I'd really appreciate it.</p>
<p>McGill is a great school. It's much cheaper than comparable American ones (before taking into account exchange rates) and some programs are impossibly hard to get into. Overall, I'd rate it about where NYU is (i.e. just a whisker below the absolute best of the top tier), but it depends on the program.</p>
<p>Have walked around the campus. I liked it alot - it's on a hill, urban feel to it, and I think Montreal is a wonderful city. If she's at all interested in French, she should love spending four years there (you could live in English but I think you'd want to be able to speak both for full access). I've never really checked out the school, but my I don't know that they have on-campus housing - there were lots of posters for apartments in the 'McGill ghetto' - their term, the area looked decent to me. McGill strikes me as someplace for 'older' kids - maybe Canadian unis are more European - fewer residential colleges, so more are living either with parents and attending or are on their own and a lower drinking age (18). (By older I mean more mature - ready to take on their own housing issues).</p>
<p>I think McGill is a wonderful school. Like cevonia said, the tuition is very cheap compared to American schools. It is publicly funded, and the school is very big. One of my friend<code>s sister said that she was very overwhelmed at first because of the size. McGill seems to have a strong science faculty (one of the reasons why I am considering it). It is also known as</code>the Harvard of Canada<code>-the school has a very good reputation in the U.S. Oh, and Canadain schools tend to have grade- deflation (or so I</code>ve heard). You basically do not need any extra curriculars to get admitted into McGill; because of this, the school does not have much school spirit. I think the minium scores to get admitted are around 650 each on the SATs, but I`m not tottally sure, so I suggest checking the site.</p>
<p>McGill is a very good school. It's more like a top state school than private unversity in the USA. It has a significant international student body. All departments are good to very strong. Montreal is a terrific city and the campus is right downtown.</p>
<p>There are a few other top-notch universities in Canada that offer good value like McGill. Queen's U. is the closest to a private college feel as 85% of students are from outside Kingston. Western Ontario is similar to Queen's. University of Toronto is similar to McGill but even bigger.</p>
<p>Your child will receive a first class eduaction at any of these schools.</p>
<p>try searchign the forums, there are lots n lots of threads about mcgill..
also try <a href="http://forums.studentawards.com%5B/url%5D">http://forums.studentawards.com</a></p>
<p>they do give some merit aid to kids in the US</p>
<p>Yes. U.S. kids can get both regular merit scholarships and "major" ($5,000 or more each year) merit scholarships.</p>
<p>McGill is certainly a good school. However, the truth seems to be that it is more highly regarded in the US than in Canada, where some other Canadian universities are considered more prestigious. Keep in mind that Canadian universities don't provide the sort of comprehensive experience Americans expect. </p>
<p>If this link doesn't get deleted, I'd suggest checking it.
<a href="http://www.macleans.ca/universities/index.jsp%5B/url%5D">http://www.macleans.ca/universities/index.jsp</a></p>
<p>Macleans is sort of the US News of Canadian education. The articles should be of interest to anyone interested in attending a Canadian university.</p>
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<p>Western is nearly universally maligned. Its made strides in recent years, but hardly merits comparison to the other schools on that list (and I don't think Queens is nearly as good as McGill or UofT either).</p>
<p>Western Ontario does have an excellent business school and is also fine for engineering. Though perhaps not as well thought of as Waterloo or Queen's for engineering, the graduates all seem to do fine in the job market. Their medical school is also very good. Also, I don't think Canadians rank their schools the way Americans do. A lot go the closest one to where they live, believing that the main Canadian universities are pretty even in quality. Waterloo is probably the main exception for its reputation in math and computer sciences.</p>
<p>Western does have an excellent business school in Richard Ivey, but that's about it. Beyond that, its not very selective, and reputedly unrigorous. They have been trying to change this in recent years but still, Macleans' rankings don't really reflect the common opinions of Western.</p>
<p>Speaking as a Canadian (I turned down Princeton to remain in Canada) I can say that Queens, McGill, UofT, Waterloo, and UBC are schools that attract a fair number of students to go out of province or out of city for. Other schools are mostly comprised of a more 'local' student base. Also, these days UofT is on a par with Waterloo in mathematics (especially pure mathematics - possibly better in this) if not computer science, and is almost certainly better than Queens for engineering.</p>
<p>my brother is a very happy sophmore at mcgill majoring in Math and minoring in Computer Science.....says nothing but great things (beware of weather, though!!!)</p>
<p>he says that everyone you meet there is brilliant and he really likes it there a lot!!!</p>