CEGEP for US Applicant to McGill?

tomofboston
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:34:16 +0000

I am an American alumnus of McGill (1999). I have posted extensively on the McGill thread in the past.

By “not spoon feeding” its students they mean the following: There is an excellent array of academic and personal support services at McGill. If a student is having academic or personal problems these services are readily available. However, it would be up to the student to seek out and take advantage of what McGill offers. If a student falters, there may not be someone who will proactively reach out to him.

I have read that at some elite US schools, professors are required to meet one on one with students who do poorly on the midterm. If poor performance continues, the student will be summoned to the dean’s office for a scolding/strong offer of assistance. That will NOT happen at McGill or any large Canadian university.

While McGill only looks at the numbers for admission, most students are well rounded and many take leadership positions in student organizations. I look at the posts on CC and students have these incredibly long list of EC’s. I wonder how much of that is puffery if not downright fabrication?

Accredited engineering programs in Canada are fully recognized as equivalent to ABET accredited programs in the US due to a bilateral agreement between Engineers Canada and ABET. McGill Engineering is fully accredited.

I read on one webste that “McGill requires its student to grow up quickly. For some it is terrifying, for others it is just their cup of tea.”

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