<p>As a professor who has worked in both US and Canada, having taught at Ivy league, state and top Canadian schools, a few thoughts.</p>
<p>āGraduate schoolā is a very generic termā it very much depends on what field, masters, professional, PhD. For that reason, it is very hard to provide any general answer for any question about āgraduate schoolā </p>
<p>Having said that, almost all graduate programs could not care less about whether oneās degree is American or not. The vast majority, if not all, take students from around the world, choose the best from which they have to choose. Such is the nature of graduate education. They DO care about the quality of the university one attended and for a PhD, the quality of the research and the individual people one has worked with. </p>
<p>McGill ranks among one of the top schools in the world in terms of general reputation, as well as renowned in numerous fields of study.</p>
<p>If you are thinking in terms of particular graduate degrees (ie. in particular areas of study), look at the particular relevant department at any school you are considering (it varies by field, not school!). </p>
<p>To illustrate, this is from the McGill Chemistry website. Relevant to those interested in pursuing graduate working chemistry (as but one example, and the same may not be said for say history or biology at Mcgill-- as with most undergraduate degrees, it often idepends on the reputation of the department in oneās respective field):</p>
<p>Research Degrees</p>
<p>In a typical year, all of our Honours graduates continue to research degrees in Graduate Schools. Our students have been accepted to Cambridge and Imperial College (U.K.), Zurich (Switzerland), Harvard, Caltech, Scripps, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and all major universities of Canada. Six students have been awarded National Science and Engineering Research Council Fellowships for Graduate Studies in the past two years alone. Ten were given NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Awards. Many Majors students also continue in Graduate School. [An Honours degree is not necessary for graduate study in chemistry; it does however provide valuable research experience before undertaking the PhD degree]. In a typical year, 40% of our B.Sc. graduates continue to PhD degrees, and another 10% enter Medical School.</p>
<p>Medical School</p>
<p>Every year, students from this department take their B. Sc. degrees in chemistry and enter Medical Schools both in Canada and the United States. A chemistry degree provides all of the prerequisite courses necessary for medical application, and students aware that this is their goal normally register for the BioOrganic Option in our Majors program. Typically one student of every ten in our undergraduate chemistry programs will end up going to medical school. This is understandable in that modern medical research is taking place almost entirely at the molecular level, in the realm of chemistry.</p>
<p>Law School</p>
<p>Although not a common occurrence, students have gone from Otto Maass into Law School. Several recent graduates are in major law schools both here and in the U.S. One of the most lucrative fields in the world is Patent Law, and one of the most rapidly expanding is Environmental Protection laws. Most attorneys simply do not have a technical background, yet the development and protection of patents is of crucial importance in our high-tech society. At the center is research into drugs, polymers, and above all, solid state electronics. All of these fields are chemistry-based, but very few attorneys are capable of writing, or understanding, the technical details. Lawyers having chemistry degrees are in great demand.</p>
<p>Masters in Business Administration, the M. B. A.</p>
<p>We live in a technological world, and the need for people having science degrees to assume roles in industrial management has never been greater. Frequently, we have found our students moving from the B. Sc. into management positions often obtaining the M.B.A. degree either directly following graduation, or within a few years of leaving. The opportunities for business managers with a scientific background are great; the rewards are as well.</p>