CEGEP for US Applicant to McGill?

mathmomvt
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:39:18 +0000

Hi Sally, I wonder if you can expand on your statement that Canadian schools spoon-feed students less than American schools do. My kids have dual citizenship and can thus attend Canadian schools for the lower Canadian citizen price. We have been looking into some of the stronger engineering schools for my 2nd son, but I definitely wouldn’t currently describe him as independent and able to advocate for himself. So I’d like to hear more about how you perceive the differences between Canadian and American schools. From an admissions perspective, it seems to me that Canadian schools are less concerned about leadership, well-roundedness, etc. and are happy to accept a student “merely” on the basis of excellent grades and test results (which makes them a good fit for my son whose best assets are his grades and test results).