<p>I know Tufts is a really good fit for me but it's also extremely expensive so I will probably end up attending either McGill or Binghamton unless there is something about Tufts that is so much more superior to McGill and Bing that I don't know about?</p>
<p>Any thoughts on McGill vs. Bing? Thoughts specifically on the following would be great:</p>
<ul>
<li>Diversity</li>
<li>Student Body</li>
<li>Grad School Placement</li>
<li>Prestige</li>
</ul>
<p>Any other ideas/factors you think I should know would be helpful!</p>
<p>Are you Canadian? If so, McGill hands down.</p>
<p>Are you a NY resident? Which is cheaper for you, McGill or Binghamton?</p>
<p>McGill has a better “over all” reputation than Binghamton, and Montreal is a way cooler city than Binghamton. That said, Binghamton is a perfectly fine place to study, and if it is less expensive for you, it may be the better choice.</p>
<p>I attended McGill for two semesters and just visited Bing this weekend.</p>
<p>Even for an NYS resident, McGill is only going to be a few thousand dollars per year more expensive than Bing. I don’t have enough information to say exactly how much the difference is for you, because it depends on these factors:</p>
<ol>
<li>The tuition varies from faculty to faculty at McGill.</li>
<li>Some majors at McGill will have an 8% annual tuition increase for the next several years. Others won’t.</li>
<li>Nobody knows which way the exchange rate between US dollars and Canadian dollars will go.</li>
</ol>
<p>McGill is very diverse. The students tend to be intelligent, stimulating, hard-working and tolerant. Academically, it was quite challenging. (I can’t compare to Bing because I haven’t personally taken classes at Bing at this time.) Montr</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, everyone, it’s been helpful! As for tuition between McGill and Binghamton, there isn’t a great enough difference b/w the two that cost would be the tipping factor for me.</p>
<p>I’d like to hear more about academics too! I’ve heard that McGill classes are challenging which is fine by me but I’m kind of worried about grade deflation rumors…any thoughts?</p>
<p>Also, I’ve kind of gotten the impression that McGill students tend to be…colder and more distant? Any truth to that rumor? I don’t particularly need like 20,000 students packing the stadiums for school spirit but I just would like to be around a friendly and warm student body.</p>
<p>I didn’t find McGill students to be cold and distant. Canadians might be more reserved than Americans on the average. But this isn’t the same thing as being cold and distant.</p>
<p>If you attend McGill, expect to work hard. It’s hard to say whether McGill has grade deflation. It’s definitely true that McGill has high standards.</p>
<p>Well, if even I know that McGill is tough about giving out A’s than you know that Grad School Admission officials fully understand this. Thus it doesn’t matter, a B+ at McGill just gets raised accordingly. </p>
<p>McGill’s football team currently stinks so they’re not packing 20 thousand to a game. Hockey is very popular and many kids go even if they aren’t particularly into hockey. It’s just a lot of fun. </p>
<p>How are you in the cold? Montreal can have days in a row where it doesn’t get above -10 F and because it is in the city, darn windy too. </p>
<p>This can be a pro or minus depending on the student but I also like that you can drink at 18 in Canada. Kids that want to drink will drink at any school, but this eliminates the sneaking around nonsense.</p>