<p>Just how pretigious is McGill in the U.S.and internationally?</p>
<p>I've heard things from "Harvard of the North" to "party school that is subpar compared to the University of Toronto", so I would really appreciate some clarification on just how prestigious McGill University is.</p>
<p>Also, any details on the prestige of undergraduate law at McGill University would be awesome!</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Any and all responses you will get on this topic will be anecdotal so take them with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>There is only one Harvard, and it is not in Canada.</p>
<p>McGill is one of the best schools in Canada and probably the most internationally well known one.</p>
<p>McGill law is very special in that it provides training on both civil and common law (only Ottawa U also offers this). It is reputed to be a strong program and (before the economic meltdown) its graduates would routinely be hired by New York based firms.</p>
<p>That being said keep in mind a Canadian law degree is NOT equivalent to a US law degree and its recognition varies state-by-state. I believe McGill grads can write the bar exam in NY and Mass. Not sure about other states.</p>
<p>That’s interesting.</p>
<p>Do McGill undergrad law grads have any kind of leg up in law school admissions at top tier law schools in the U.S.? How well does McGill law prepare undergrads for LSAT examinations? Statistics would be great!</p>
<p>McGill students can only take the bar exam in NY and MA.
Other states require you to attend an ABA-accredited law school, and ABA-accredited law schools require the LSAT, and the LSAT is only offered in English, so McGill can’t require it. However, if you’re called to the bar in NY or MA, you will probably be recognized in other states.</p>
<p>Going to McGill for undergrad law then going to the US for your JD as it is redundant and not worthwhile.
You’re better off either going to McGill for undergrad law and getting a US LLM if NY/MA isn’t good enough for you, or going to McGill for undergraduate anything else and going to the US for your JD.</p>
<p>Also, I wouldn’t recommend applying to McGill law unless you know French, as classes can be taught in either language.</p>
<p>Man i don’t speak French. Do all classes in McGill have the possibility of being taught in French as well? Or are the rest in English?</p>
<p>Only Faculty of Law questions require a “passive knowledge of French” - other faculties only have English classes (except for an "en fran</p>
<p>How about McGill Engineering’s prestige? Namely Electrical Engineering? Does McGill Engineering grads stand high chances to continue in US top grad schools?</p>
<p>These prestige topics never end do they! ;)</p>
<p>@Zlakhani1: </p>
<p>McGill is an English language university but due to the dual civil/common law nature of the department you must either have some knowledge of French or be willing to acquire it. If you show neither of those attributes then you will likely not be admitted. Look at their site, they explain all this, and they accept 1 out of 8 applicants or so.</p>
<p>@FreedayFF:</p>
<p>I am not in the dept, but I have spent some time with people in it. The EE program has a strong theory component with relatively little focus on coop placements or internships, which I personally think is not ideal for an engineering discipline. I’m pretty sure it’s quite comparable to any other EE dept. That being said, the EE dept is infamous for cheating within the Faculty of Engineering. Do an internet search for “Degrading McGill” to find one angry prof’s war against the department. But just so you know, the types of students that would do these things usually fail a lot of clases and graduate with a GPA of 2 something, so even though there have been problems there is no free lunch.</p>
<p>Your chances of getting into a top US grad school has much less to do with which school you do your undergrad at than getting a really high GPA and having summer research experience with your profs.</p>
<p>That sounds … discouraging. For my situation right now, I’m all set for McGill EE with visa, deposits and residence all done. But I’m also offered a place in Imperial College London EE. McGill is certainly cheaper but money isn’t my biggest concern. I’m seriously considering changing to Imperial right now.
McGill: Montreal is a great city to live in but McGill EE is … just like you said.
Imperial: London is just a worse city but Imperial EE is, I guess, better.
I would love to hear everyone’s opinions here, please.</p>
<p>FreedayFF, I only brought up Cooperstock’s webpage in the interest of full disclosure. Though he has a point, he is clearly an extreme case and apparently many profs disagree with his stance.</p>
<p>At any university with a semblance of “prestige” (I’m sure Imperial too) you will find students with no real interest in working hard or getting good grades, but who merely want the name of the university attached to their wall, and thus will do whatever they can to graduate without actually learning much. Like I said, these are not Honours students and end up finishing with absolutely atrocious grades.</p>
<p>The reason I mentioned internships and cooperative education is because, though the most widely known and internationally reputable Quebec university, McGill does not have the strong <em>local</em> industry connections that other Quebec schools do. French technical unviersities like </p>
<p>PerpetualStudent, you are very mature in all of your posts. Thank you very much for your advice.</p>
<p>for the best co-op engineering program in Canada, id suggest Waterloo.</p>