<p>"Western’s business school is very reputable, but the school is overall a tad less well-known in the States. That doesn’t make it any less desirable, but simply explains why many here do not recommend it.</p>
<p>Overall, I would say that all three are peers for business. Western is weaker for the medical end, but if it has a good combined program that might more than make up for it."</p>
<p>noimagination, everything you say is correct. I should not have ignored Western. It is a fine university, and their business school is excellent. However, as a place to live, London pales next to Montreal, imo. London is something like the Hartford of Canada (insurance capital boring).</p>
<p>I attended McGill and found university life and the overall experience to be very positive. In fact, I found university life and the overall experience at McGill to be far more positive than at any of the US universities I attended. (That said, I didn’t have the opportunity to attend a Top 20 US university like Emory.)</p>
<p>There are plenty of student organizations one can join at McGill. The campus isn’t visually stunning, but it’s appealing enough. Class sizes may be elevated in introductory classes but are generally reasonable thereafter. In my experience, professors were usually accessible when you needed them. Moreover, McGill is a very inclusive campus where anyone can find their niche. By contrast, I didn’t find this to be the case at any of the four-year US universities I attended.</p>
<p>Take3, Thanks for your feedback on McGill.
If you don’t mind, can you share with us the US uni you attended? It will be useful in comparing student life.</p>
<p>Also, did you think McGill had a lot of GPA deflation? Cause I’ve been hearing much about that.</p>
<p>Yes, McGill had a lot of GPA deflation. This is in my opinion secondary to the fact that McGill tries to be academically challenging. As a result, some people don’t do well and thus earn lower grades. Regardless of the cause, you are indeed likely to earn a lower GPA at McGill than at even most other selective universities given the same amount of effort. But adcoms for graduate school have a high opinion of McGill and will usually be aware of the grade deflation.</p>
<p>FWIW, I started at the College of DuPage, an academically rigorous community college in Illinois. I then attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Transferring out, I took a few classes at a lower-tier state university within commuting distance of where I lived at the time while deciding what to do next. I eventually graduated from a small private university in the Midwestern US.</p>
<p>To add another viewpoint. I am an American from Boston, graduated McGill Desautels in 1999. I loved the city and took the opportunity to convert my four years of high school French into reasonably fluent bilingualism. After graduation, I got a job with a French bank in New York City (through a connection I developed at McGill). I worked for that bank for 9 years (including a two year assignment in Paris). I have no regets! I found the “university experience” at McGill to be exceptional, in and of itself and in combination with Montreal. At most universities in the US that guarantee four years of on campus housing, most students move off campus anyway after sophomore year. The “college experience” in the traditional sense is overrated and many who choose a school for that reason will be disappointed. </p>
<p>@take3: “The campus isn’t visually stunning” I found the view of the McGill campus from Sherbrooke St. to be exceptionally stunning. No other university in North America is in the middle of downtown yet has a real green campus. </p>
<p>@HST: " London, ON is the Hartford of Canada." A perfect analogy!!!</p>
<p>I think I am going to Emory (like 80% sure) unless something happens.
I plan on doing pre-med/business at Emory… I know its going to be a suuppper long four years, but I am sure it will pay off.</p>
<p>Yes, we can be Emory Canadians =)!</p>
<p>I would like to take this time to thank everyone that has put their time and effort in helping me make my decision. Thanks</p>
<p>It’s quite natural and reasonable to not really know what you want to do. But quite frankly you’re either in the b-school at Emory or you’re not. This, I’ll do pre-med and business is unrealistic and I even doubt it can be scheduled successfully. </p>
<p>So, you’re going to Emory because they have a top ranked b-school. That’s fine. But you also have mentioned thinking about getting your M.B.A. … so why do undergraduate business if you’re (perhaps) getting your M.B.A.? Step out and do something else. So, you’re spending a bunch more to go to Emory for something that doesn’t sound that well thought out. Because if you think going to Emory is going to increase your chances of getting into medical school over McGill - you are dreaming. Sorry to be so candid, but that’s how I see it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. And since you seem to know some information, can you comment on my plan and tell me if it is realistic (or am I dreaming?)</p>
<p>At Emory, you don’t ‘get in’ to bschool until junior year. There are about 6 prereqs for the bschool and most of them can be covered by APs.</p>
<p>So basically, I just have to follow the Emory GER and take as many sci courses as I can manage.</p>
<p>Its not that I think I will have higher chances to get into med school if I go to emory. I know med school has low acceptance rates so I am making a backup plan.</p>
<p>Also, many arts/econ/engineers/bschool majors get acceptance to Med.</p>
<p>So my plan is to take the bschool pre reqs and sci courses related to the MCAT and take it before I go to business.</p>
<p>And in the future, if i get rejected from Med school, I can go into the business field.</p>