<p>I'm applying to Mcgill for the sciences (computer science) and I'm kind of confused on the testing requirements. Can I just submit an ACT plus writing score, or do I also need two SAT II's?</p>
<p>Also, I'm wondering if testing requirements are any different for me because I'm an American with dual Canadian citizenship? And I don't have to pay international tuition even though I'm not a resident, right?</p>
<p>You submit the ACT with writing OR the SAT I and two SAT II’s.</p>
<p>If you are coming out of a US high school, you follow the US requirements. If admitted, you will pay the Canadian tuition rate.</p>
<p>And, if you are a Canadian citizen who has never resided in Canada, it is possible to pay the Quebec tuition, which is lower than the out-of-province Canadian tuition. However, some paperwork is involved!</p>
<p>@ENaMom:</p>
<p>I sincerely doubt the OP will be able to get Quebec residency status. The 14 criteria are listed here and they are pretty strict. [The</a> 14 Quebec Residency Situations](<a href=“Quebec resident tuition status - Concordia University”>Quebec resident tuition status - Concordia University)</p>
<p>Barring him/her having a parent who IS currently lining in Quebec, being descended from a native nation of Quebec or being married to a Quebecor the OP will not get Quebec residency status and will have to pay the same out of province rates.</p>
<p>You know what is really strange however? Students from France get to pay Quebec rates. The fact that foreign students (whose family have never paid Canadian taxes, never-mind Quebec taxes) pay less than Canadian Citizens to go to a Canadian University located in Quebec is pretty shocking. Quebec politics at its finest.</p>
<p>NamelessStatistic, Situation #8 on the link you posted is the one that a Canadian citizen who has never resided in Canada before might use to satisfy the requirement. Speaking from personal experience, it is doable. And yes, I agree, it is Quebec politics at its finest…</p>
<p>I might add, as far as I know, that this type of Quebec residency is only residency in the eyes of McGill for tuition purposes. It does not, on its own, qualify the student for provincial health care, etc. That is a process in and of itself and one we have not yet addressed, and to be honest, something I don’t yet fully understand.</p>
<p>@ENaMom:
You may be right, under note 4 at the bottom of the criteria #8 page they say: “Students who are Canadian citizens but have lived outside Canada all their life before beginning their studies at Concordia may sometimes qualify under this situation.”</p>
<p>So actually living in Canada your whole life as opposed to a foreign country (any country, doesn’t even have to be a French speaking one) before gong to school in Quebec is actually seen as a negative in the eyes of the Quebec government… who knew?</p>
<p>As to the health insurance I know from looking at the fee calculator that international students are charged about $1500 for health insurance, so after that they should be covered. If the OP can qualify off the bat for Quebec medicare he/she might be able to get around this, but seeing as the OP has never paid into the medicare system this might be difficult.</p>
<p>I’ve also thought it odd that a French citizen pays the Quebec tuition rate but a francophone Canadian from Ontario or New Brunswick must pay the Canadian tuition rate.</p>
<p>@tomofboston</p>
<p>Even the PQ would not be able to get away with that. It would be brought up as a charter violation instantly as discrimination (like the ban on religious clothing is now). The preferential treatment is kind of a work around for the government to try and pump up the number of French speaking students vs English speaking students, without being challenged in court. The PQ intended for these students to go to the Francophone institutions, like UdeM and UQUAM, but the irony is that the majority of them go to McGill and Concordia and are learning English, much to the government’s chagrin.</p>
<p>Even so, the French-speaking internationals that do go to Francophone institutions are likely to be found at B-schools and engineering.</p>
<p>@Catria</p>
<p>At McGill, speaking English. The PQ government is paying for French students to go to McGill and practice their English… and that is what is hilarious.</p>