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I would probably move up Villanova if the cost difference were significant. Since McGill and BC are basically tied, that’s obviously a place to look at cost as well.</p>
<p>bump .</p>
<p>BC for suree!</p>
<p>gotta go with BC</p>
<p>The best research universities often provide the worst undergraduate education. If research is the focus, professors are more focused on publishing and grant writing than on teaching. The U of Minnesota point is a good one. Look at Penn State versus Swarthmore or Boston University versus Amherst College. The big publics are generally going to be research focused and better known internationally. </p>
<p>McGill is okay if you like ice fishing and ugly chicks but there are better undergraduate options. There is no reason an american should go to college in canada (or Mexico) unless they can’t get into a decent american college. Would you go to a surgeon that went to a top med school in El Salvador?</p>
<p>BC !! but if villanova offered your more money i would think twice. They are seem very similar</p>
<p>@SJUHawk
“McGill is okay if you like ice fishing and ugly chicks but there are better undergraduate options. There is no reason an american should go to college in canada (or Mexico) unless they can’t get into a decent american college.”</p>
<p>Based on your posting history, you are an “expert” on all colleges. If you looked beyond your own backyard, you would not make such an ignorant statement.</p>
<p>If you are a St Joe’s student, your postings do nothing to enhance the reputation of your school.</p>
<p>McGill University. </p>
<p>Great research university. Great looking women and in a fun and interest city. Only downside is it can be darn cold there.</p>
<p>BC. I love the “idea” of McGill and Montreal, but I suspect that the reality is that student life there is not going to be the intensive, campus-based experience that it would be at BC.</p>
<p>SJUHawk has to be the most ignorant person I have come across on this board. ugh, ignorance has always annoyed me and it continues to do so. You just compared Canada to El Salvador? and to Mexico? what?</p>
<p>gadad:</p>
<p>You are correct! At McGill, half your life is spent in the amazing city of Montreal! That is a great advantage to McGill. You can only experience so much on a campus, the city fills in the rest.</p>
<p>At many schools (don’t know about BC specifically), the “intensive campus experience” involves a lot of underage drinking. In Montreal, the drinking age is 18 and you can drink responsibly, legally, in on campus or off campus bars. Beer is served at Freshman Orientation at McGill!</p>
<p>McGill! For sureeeeee :)</p>
<p>To SJUHawk:</p>
<p>Your reply on this thread is single-handedly the most idiotic and elementary post I have yet to see on College Confidential</p>
<p>sigh.
McGill if you pay domestic tuition. otherwise you have to battle it against BC.
consider the strength of departments</p>
<p>Thanks GMH. I like when people react to the truth. Seriously, no american needs to go to Canada for an education. Americans go to Canada to hunt Moose. Canadians come to America for an education.</p>
<p>SJUHawk wrote:
That’s a silly statement. Harvard, Stanford and Berkeley are the most highly regarded research universities in the world. Are you saying that because of their size and/or % of resources devoted to graduate students that they must therefore (as though they were budget constrained) provide lousy undergraduate education? If so, in what area – English? Physics? Econ? Biology?</p>
<p>I said often, not always. The size of the student body and the student to faculty ratio is very important. Harvard has ridiculous amounts of money and has something like a 6:1 student : faculty ratio. Still some people choose top LAC’s over Harvard. Why, because they want more interaction and availability of professors. Same with Pomona, Mudd over Stanford. If you can get into Michigan you can probably get into Middlebury. Where do you think you get a better undergraduate education?</p>
<p>SJUHawk</p>
<p>If you are typical of St. Joseph’s University students/alumni, St. Joe’s should have its accredidation withdrawn.</p>
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<p>sigh, i thought people only said that as a casual joke about a false stereotype…it’s really shocking to find someone who actually believes it.</p>
<p>mcgill for sure.</p>