<p>The Web Chat on the McGill website doesn’t work, so I have a bunch of questions and I don’t know who to ask. Some of them might seem kind of dumb, but…</p>
<li>Do breaks in Canada coincide with breaks in US colleges?</li>
<li>How much time should I expect each day to do schoolwork? (I got into the Faculty of Science)</li>
<li>I play the violin but I’m not super amazing or anything, as in I’m not in the school of music. Is there a way for me to continue playing in any sort of ensemble?</li>
<li>Can / Do students bring laptops to class?</li>
<li>I am a Canadian citizen living in the US. I lived in Canada from the age of 7 to 10. What do I need to do about health insurance?</li>
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<p>And this isn’t really an important question but why do colleges have online chats in the morning when kids have school?</p>
<p>1) no. American thanksgiving isn’t = Canadian. Canadian thanksgiving is 1 monday off, in the beginning of october. </p>
<p>2) for your freshman year, it all depends. Are you smart? (of course that’s a loaded question…). If you want straight A’s, you won’t be able to party every night. It also really depends on what courses you’re taking. If you take an arts elective like philosophy, or a history elective, you could be doing an hour to an hour and a half of reading every other night. I only had math and science courses last semester, so my work load was basically at my discretion. I did my webwork usually a week early, and my capa, on a good week, a day or two early. The linear algebra cirriculum has changed, but when I took it, I never practiced from the book, I just did the webwork. </p>
<p>WHAT I DID WORKED FOR ME, HOWEVER, IT MIGHT NOT WORK FOR YOU. </p>
<p>the answer to this question should be taken with a grain of salt. You might find yourself having to work less, or more than me. This semester is much harder than the last (thanks to the introduction of integral calculus, mathematically based chemistry, and electromagnetism), so I’ve had to change my entire work ethic. I’m now in the library a size-able amount of time, where as last semester I NEVER went to the library…You can glean what you like from that.</p>
<p>3) there are ensembles here that casual players can join. I don’t know how you go about doing that, but I know a friend of mine did.
4) People bring laptops to class, but for the most part, use them to do everything but take notes.
5)no idea…do you have a SIN? talk to mcgill about what you have to do. I imagine your lack of recent residency, and your parents not paying canadian taxes in a while would mean you’d have to re-establish residency.</p>
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<li><p>No. McGill has no spring break (they have a February one). We don’t celebrate any American holidays and most Canadian holidays happen to fall on a Monday or Friday so you get one day off giving you a long weekend. This day by the way, is made up later in the year.</p></li>
<li><p>Lots</p></li>
<li><p>Yep.</p></li>
<li><p>All the time, it’s usefulness might be limited in classes where you do a lot of drawing though. </p></li>
<li><p>You’re probably gonna have to ask McGill that one.</p></li>
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<p>I have a general question too.
How good is the business undergraduate program?
I’ve heard it referred to as “a joke” faculty but also
one of its most renown ones</p>
<p>We all think business is a joke because quite frankly i dont think they get owned to the extent some people in other faculties do, and the sad thing is they’ll end up with higher paying jobs when its all said and done.</p>
<p>Its a little bit of hate and a tad bit of envy that motivates these jokes and sentiments</p>
<p>They get fridays off too…*** is up with that???</p>
<p>re winter break–exams tend to end right before Christmas and the spring semester starts the first week of January (you may have exams over as early as mid December though)–American winter break tends to be around 5 or 6 weeks long–so,it is at least a 3 week difference–I believe once holidays and breaks are factored in, McGill students go to school 3 weeks longer that students in American schools</p>
<p>I am not sure about the management one (to the poster above),
but as far as I have heard, Honors Econ in faculty of Arts, is one of the most, if not the most, brutal concentrations as McGill.</p>
<p>talk to wutangfinancial on the forums. If I recall, he said he was in it for a short period of time.</p>
<p>This is inconsistently applied in Quebec where they consider that if you are a student then you should be covered by your old system i.e. other province or out of country insurance. So when my daughter applied (US and Canadian passports but never previously lived in Canada therefore a Quebec resident) they refused to cover her but gave her an appeal form if she chose to contest their decision. She was so intimidated by the whole process she did not appeal. I’m not sure that was the right course or whether in fact the initial determination of her status was correct but that’s what happened.</p>
<p>“I have a general question too.
How good is the business undergraduate program?
I’ve heard it referred to as “a joke” faculty but also
one of its most renown ones” -frenchfry2001</p>
<p>My brother, who is currently studying at McGill, once told me an amusing story about a situation in one of his classes. Once a student asked a history professor if he could write an assignment in point form. The professor replied: “Ummm. No this is a history class, and students are expected to write in full and complete sentences.”</p>
<p>Many people joke how the business students aren’t able to put complete sentences together. However, their programs only require information be conveyed in point form or in charts and graphs.</p>
<p>Honours econ continues to have a 60-70% failure rate. Don’t do it untill you have taken some math courses. If you get good grades in Calc 1,2 and linear 133, then do honours econ.</p>