michigan or mcgill?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>kmcrindle, I agree with much of what you say except for two points.</p>

<p>1) McGill’s school of music is no better than Michigan’s. In fact, in terms of academic offerings, it is hard to beat Michigan in anything it offers. Michigan’s lowest ranked department is Chemistry, which is tied with Penn, Princeton and Yale at #16 in the US.</p>

<p>2) Although I agree that Ann Arbor cannot compare to Montreal in some ways, in other ways, it is Montreal that cannot compete with Ann Arbor. Montreal is one of the top 5 big cities in North America and Ann Arbor is one of the top 10 college towns in North America.</p>

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<p>I’d pick McGill because I don’t like Michigan and I would love to study in Canada.</p>

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<p>If you live in Canada —> McGill
If you live in America —> Michigan</p>

<p>They are both the same in terms of prestige and ranking ([THE</a> - QS World University Rankings 2009 - top universities | Top Universities](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/results]THE”>http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/results)), but Michigan offers more resources than McGill.</p>

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<p>just to clarify money isn’t really a factor. and i plan on majoring in poli sci ( thats tentative though…) also i am american.</p>

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<p>You aren’t going to beat Michigan in Political Science.</p>

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<p>“I’d pick McGill because I don’t like Michigan and I would love to study in Canada.”</p>

<p>Did Michigan wrong you in some way? LOL!</p>

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<p>Somewhere on CC there is an old thread that turned into a 7 page debate as to whether Michigan or UNC Chapel Hill is the better school. It is a no win discussion. McGill, Michigan and UNC Chapel Hill for that matter are all great schools that are perfect, each in their own way, for some students. </p>

<p>PS: I doubt if you will see the claim that McGill is the Harvard of Canada anywhere on the McGill website or in their brochures. It is a way for McGill students to diss University of Toronto or Queen’s students. At Stanford, they have T shirts that read “Stanford, the Harvard of California” and “Harvard, the Stanford of the East Coast”.</p>

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<p>^ Haha that reminds of when JFK said he was a graduate of “The Michigan of the East” (Harvard)</p>

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<p>I’d like to clarify my earlier comment that raised some fur.</p>

<p>If you are a student from the Detroit suburbs and go to Ann Arbor, you will find yourself among many of your own. While some students will take advantage of the diversity at UMichigan, others will stay among their own. I thought the idea that a student at the top ranked public university in the US and only 50 miles from Canada had never heard of McGill a sign of this.</p>

<p>Money matters aside, if a Michigander went away to college, whether to McGill, Boston College or USC, for example, he would be forced to leave his comfort zone and become aware of the wider world. This does not only apply to Americans. There are many Canadian students from outside Quebec who refuse to even consider McGill as an option because they do not want to live among “the French”. It is their loss.</p>

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<p>I thought the idea that a student at the top ranked public university in the US and only 50 miles from Canada had never heard of McGill a sign of this.</p>

<p>Detroit shares a narrow maritime border with Canada but McGill is over 600 miles away from Ann Arbor. The student can’t exactly see McGill from his house.</p>

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<p>Everyone knows the University of Windsor. Windsor is where 19 year olds can drink legally.</p>

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<p>“Detroit shares a narrow maritime border with Canada but McGill is over 600 miles away from Ann Arbor. The student can’t exactly see McGill from his house.”</p>

<p>Exactly my point! You need to broaden your horizons beyond what you can see from your house. You should be able to do that in Ann Arbor but you are not required to do it.</p>

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<p>How exactly is learning about the existence of a lesser university in a different country so important to broadening one’s horizon?</p>

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<p>No further comment needed.</p>

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<p>^^^^Trust me, there are plenty of people where you came from who aren’t familiar with McGill either.</p>

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Um… How many of the average McGill students can name the eight Ivy League schools?</p>

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<p>McGill and Michigan have very similar demographics. At Michigan, 60% come from the state, compared to 45% at McGill. At Michigan, 80% from from the region (the Midwest) compared to 75% at McGill who come from the rest of Canada. At Michigan, 20% come from cultuarly different areas of the US (South, West and East coasts) and from abroad, compared to 25% at McGill, half of which come from the US and the other half of which are international.</p>

<p>Overall, I doubt one school has a more Worldly student body than the other. Both are very diverse.</p>

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<p>Um… How many of the average McGill students can name the eight Ivy League schools? </p>

<p>Or have a clue about WUSTL, Rice, Vanderbilt, etc. This is a lame argument and has no bearing on the academics or quality of student at either school.</p>

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<p>Except as a general rule Canadians are much more aware of American institutions than Americans are of Canadian institutions :wink: Used to be a comedy skit all about this phenom on CBC where they went around asking random Americans questions about Canada. Quite humorous.</p>

<p>Alexander, you are preaching to the choir, as McSon is at Mich’s School of Music and we know it’s awesome and tough to beat and top ranked. However, in his particular discipline, Schulick is viewed by many to be roughly equivalent.</p>

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<p>“Except as a general rule Canadians are much more aware of American institutions than Americans are of Canadian institutions”</p>

<p>Naturally. Little brother is always more interested with what bog brother is up to. It rarely goes the other way around.</p>