<p>While many intro classes range from 100+ to 1000+, I heard many people love Montreal. I’ve got some questions for current McGill students:</p>
<li>How is academics? How many hours (in average) do you study everyday?</li>
<li>Are the professors personal and approchable? </li>
<li>How “independent” should you be in order to be an “A” or “A-” undergrad student?</li>
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<p>Congrats on acceptance!</p>
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<li>I'm a dual degree student and I'm currently enrolled in six academic classes this semester- I spend about 3-6 hrs a day completing assignments/readings... i'd say that's average for most mcgill students.</li>
<li>yes! you'll find non-approachable profs wherever you go- but i have found my profs at mcgill to be very approachable... they keep to their office hours and are very keen to answering questions during lectures.</li>
<li> it's hard- but to be a top student at mcgill you really have to dedicate yourself. depending on your faculty of course- but you really gotta be on top of your game.</li>
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<p>i ditto rideltrain's comments. i found my first semester at mcgill particularly hard as I had to adjust from high school to second year quickly. I think I spend about 4-6 hours a day studying, doing assignments and studying to get on top of class material. On the matter of professor approachability, it really depends on your instructor, as every professor is different and remember, especially in the sciences, they mostly have research committments as well so being approachable after lectures may be difficult. They usually have fixed office hours where you can ask them individual questions or they always have a way that they can be reached, either by telephone or e-mail. </p>
<p>I think you should be pretty independent if you want to do well. That was something I had to learn the hard way in my first semester as professors generally don't tell you what you really need to do to pull of the good grades and it is really up to you to investigate for yourself and work independently to achieve them. They expect you to go about things on your own which includes finding out what to study for specifically for exams and if your writing an essay/assignment, help is also minimal. </p>
<p>I think this is the same for any major university and don't be too hard on yourself the first semester because that's when people are hit hard by just how much higher the level is from high school, but you'll adjust soon enough.</p>
<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I’m an International Student, and I really want my own room and also a private bathroom. I was leaning toward C4 but the Single rooms apparently don’t show up as an option. 
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<p>Does anyone know anything about La Citadell ? </p>
<p>Also, about Greenbrair Apartments? Doesn’t it get real annoying cooking all the time ?
Can you “subscribe” to the regualar meal plans ? </p>
<p>Also this is propbably the first time I’m going to be exposed to harsh winters, so something close would be most fitting, I supposse, still HELP HELP HELP PLEASE 
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<p>Thankyou :)</p>
<p>Hope, what you’ve asked is completely off the topic. You should not be posting in this thread. Please refer to housing threads or international student threads.</p>
<p>While many intro classes range from 100+ to 1000+, I heard many people love Montreal. I’ve got some questions for current McGill students:</p>
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<li>first off, I don’t think there are any 1000+ classes. The biggest lecture hall fits about 700 students. </li>
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<li>How is academics? How many hours (in average) do you study everyday?</li>
<li><p>Depends on the course load, but on average, 4-5 hours. But sometimes less, since some courses are considered “bird courses.”</p></li>
<li><p>Are the professors personal and approchable? </p></li>
<li><p>Depends on the prof. Check ratemyprof.com, pretty reliable.</p></li>
<li><p>How “independent” should you be in order to be an “A” or “A-” undergrad student?</p></li>
<li><p>Depends on your faculty, but U0 science seems like it’s possible to get A or A- in. I’m just finishing U0 arts, and holy, staying on B and B- was tough.</p></li>
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<p>Oh Academics at McGill…the first thing would say that good marks are do-able. For example somehow I have better marks here than in high school, then again I’m taking classes that I truly enjoy. </p>
<p>McGill students pride themselves on study hard, party harder. Overall as a Management student I’ll say that I probably put in (outside of Finals) a good three or four hours a day studying. Mind you this is with my laptop on, listening to music and maybe checking Facebook/NYTimes/Bloomberg every 15-20 minutes. </p>
<p>As in terms of being independent, the professors are much more approachable than you’ll think, but at the same time most of the time you’ll have to learn at least some of the material on your own or from your incredibly-capable peers (think about it they made it to McGill). So far it seems to be working I have the “A or A-” average you seem to be looking for</p>
<p>However most McGill students do enjoy a break, which is when bird classes come into play. Sadly I don’t have much elective room, considering I am in a 3 year degree with core classes, major requirements and I’m heading off to exchange next year. However some notorious classes for being relatively easy include Art of Listening, Science of Storms and Natural Disasters. A killer class that is misleading (much harder than it seems) is World of Chemistry. Nice profs, fun class, killer tests.</p>