<p>This survey is unusual. The top rated schools are the small, undistinguished and unknown schools. McGill and University of Toronto are at or near the bottom of each category. </p>
<p>The nature of the questions asked seems to favor small schools that offer a “warm and fuzzy” environment.</p>
<p>yeah, it needs to be taken with a grain of salt, but if you are coming to mcgill you probably have a ‘big school’ mentality anyways. so i would compare these results to the other large canadian schools, some of which are comparable to the quality of mcgill.</p>
<p>you’d get the same kind of results in the US, Boston U would definitely rate lower than say a Wesleyan for many of the categories. So when comparing these results, remember to compare student/campus atmosphere, as well as academic reputation.</p>
<p>If you look at the official Macleans University Academic Rankings for 2010 (which cost money) McGill would undoubtedly be in the top 3 for most categories. Though this too must be taken with a grain of salt (as is always the case with rankings) as several schools refuse to submit information.</p>
<p>Interesting article. When I was at McGill in the late 1990’s, the President of Princeton, Harold Shapiro, and the Principal of McGill, Bernard Shapiro, were twin brothers! Both were McGill grads.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if that was a sarcastic question, because I feel like the answer is pretty obvious, while Princeton ensures its students succeed, it sounds like they coddle you too much and don’t allow you to grow. Because of the setting and atmosphere of McGill as a larger institution, I feel McGill would, but I am obviously biased having only one institution to compare.</p>
<p>FYI: to all who care, three former/present McGillians playing for team Canada in the Womens Gold Medal Hockey game tomorrow. But I’m still rooting for USA.</p>