<p>Its getting close to crunch time...I have deposits at both schools and i cant decide</p>
<p>Im an american and one of my objectives is to attempt to transfer to a top US school next year so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>I suppose I prefer Queens at this point but I honestly dont know enough about McGill. I know that I prefer smaller cities and enjoy house parties as opposed to clubs....Does McGill really involve a total city life like NYU or BU? Do people party at houses at times or is it entirely city-oriented?</p>
<p>Any additional information or suggestions would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Dude, Go to McGill, wait till u see Montreal with ur eyes.. and u'll forget that whole NYU scene in minutes.. :) suggestion: Go to McGill if u can pull it off :)
cheers</p>
<p>Queen's is a bit better in terms of reputation and prestige. McGill is sometimes thought of as second-rate when compared to the likes of Queen's and the University of Toronto, while Queen's is more world-competitive. Although in certain areas, they are pretty neck-to-neck, like here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/w4os%5B/url%5D">http://tinyurl.com/w4os</a></p>
<p>Queen's is more of a quiet life, though, yes.</p>
<p>OK, Gary I want you to know something.. here Goes..
Toronto or McGill go hand in hand academically ! Now Toronto and McGill are Tier 1!! - like sorta yale or columbia.. :) it's like queens and UBC vs Toronto & McGill .. definitely the latter.. it's Yale or Columbia vs. Berkeley or NYU</p>
<p>I live in Ottawa, so right between the two. I know people at both, and both have recieved fantastic feedback.</p>
<p>I can't speak to international prestige, though I'm tempted to say that McGill is more well-known internationally (my cousin found work in the U.S as an architect almost immediately after graduating.) </p>
<p>As for location-- </p>
<p>Kingston feels very small-- more like a town than a city. It's also home to I believe three universities, so it definitely has that "college town" atmosphere. There is a main street with clothing stores, pubs, coffee shops, etc. that most people seem to spend a lot of time at. The campus definitely feels like a campus-- very few buildings around it aren't owned or at least inhabited by Queen's students. The campus is quite pretty-- lots of old stone buildings, close to the water, etc. There's probably more of a bar scene than a club scene, and I suppose you would find more house parties and more of traditional "college" atmosphere in Kingston.</p>
<p>Montreal is a fantastic city, and I think you can also find what you're looking for there. I've been going at least a few times a year since I was born (my Dad is a Montrealler), and unlike cities like New York which can feel overwhelming, Montreal never seems to feel as big as it is. You can likely find house parties or res parties if that's more your style (and I'm not sure how old you are, but the drinking age is 18, not 19 like in Ontario). Even if you're not into the club scene, there's a lot of culture in Montreal that you won't find in Kingston-- the Jazz festival is huge, the Just For Laughs comedy festival, what's becoming a really "in" music scene thanks to bands like The Arcade Fire, etc. One thing-- I know as a Canadian, I can work in the U.S on campus my first year. I don't know if you can work off-campus in either Kingston or Montreal, but if you can, you'll find that it's much easier to get a job in Kingston without being fluent in French than it is in Montreal, which might be something to think about. </p>
<p>I hope that helped a little. I guess it really just comes down to your personal taste!</p>
<p>three universities in Kingston??? I must be blind to have missed 2 universities for my entire life apparently I missed main street to? Where did you get this information september? There's downtown but there's like 50 streets downtown filled with stores and there's a huge mall in the suburbs and another plaza that is continuously growing, it has 20 massive stores right now and another 4 or 5 are in construction. Mainstreet, pffft you think Ottawa and Toronto are the only cities in Ontario?</p>
<p>Queen's and RMC are both located in Kingston. St. Lawrence College (granted, not a university, but a school with university-aged students) also has a campus in Kingston.</p>
<p>I'll also clarify that I was talking about the area surrounding the Queen's campus. You'll notice I didn't capitalize "main". That is because I was referring to the main street IN THE AREA, Princess Street. Perhaps I should have said "a main street around campus that Queen's students frequent" or something along those lines. </p>
<p>And no, I do realize that there are other cities in Canada.</p>
<p>RMC = Royal Military College. The main street thing I realized my mistake so sorry about that but still two colleges one university and all three suck! haha but I'll stop arguing now. Sorry.</p>
<p>McGill is considered far better in the US than Queens... Practically no Americans have ever heard of Queens, while some down there regard McGill as the "Harvard of Canada" (which btw is absurd, but some magazine described McGill as such, so they're just going off that).</p>
<p>Then the McLean's university rankings also put Mcill slightly ahead of Queens overall. A bunch of people will tell you that Queens is better, but they're probably just over-zealous Queens students (of whom there's a lot!). </p>
<p>are you joking? Ontario is parochial, while Montreal is international. McGill is a thousand times better than queens. and I live in Ontario and i'd go as far as say that about where i live. jeez some people ...</p>
<p>I'd like to revive this discussion for this year's applicants. I was accepted at both McGill (BCom and BA) and at Queen's (BA). Unfortunately, I only visited McGill and never saw Queen's. Which school is more international? And I'm not speaking about ethnicities since that would include all of the diverse Canadians. I'm talking about nationalities.</p>
<p>I want to study economics, plan to go on to do a MBA in the US or Europe (I'm European btw), and do sumemr internships at banks in the US or Europe during my studies.</p>
<p>Which school is more difficult in terms of grades?</p>
<p>Considering my briefly described plans, what would you recommend: Queen's or McGill? And I know Queen's is smaller than McGill and all of that. I'm just referring to the points mentioned above. Thanks for your help!!!</p>
<p>McGill is considered better only internationally. I don't know why. For B.Comm You talk about Queen's, Ivey, Toronto, SFU and them for biz. For Engineering, I normally hear about McGill. Simply because people in the US haven't 'heard' of the school, doesn't make it a bad school. The citizens of the US are known for a fair amount of ignorance as far as the domestic status/conditions of other countries in the world is concerned. I would personally go to queens for Biz . But do a bit more research. The Queen's deadline is Monday, you have some time.</p>
<p>I do know that Queen's is wicked competitive. Not, student's kill each other competitive, just, the work is HARD competitive.</p>
<p>Why? McGill is only more prestigious outside Canada. As far as the quality of education go and the challenge with it, I am thinking Queen's and McGill look to be about the same (and I have done quite a bit of research on this). The professors at Queens are also good. Macleans might be a joke, but stats are stats, and Queen's profs rank 1st in Awards won, and has slightly more profs with PhDs. But McGill gets more grants.</p>
<p>If you want to talk about social life, well, it depends on your flavor of it. As a party town English/French Montreal beats out little old Kingston any day. That town is just more fun to be in, whilst Kingston seems to be the smaller, university town. Most of you fun at Queen's will happen on the Campus itself. McGill, it will happen everywhere, but more in the town than back at home base. I don't know the party rep of McGill, but Queen's is the "Study Hard, Party Hard" school. School spirit at queen's SEEMS to be great, but we have all heard of the rumors of racism. Can't say much about mcGill.</p>
<p>In my opinion, you can't go wrong with either school, if you plan to be leaving soon (and you might change your mind when the fun starts.) At this point just choose one that 'fits' you. You are going to be there for a year at least, make it an enjoyable one.</p>