<p>Here are the Times of London/QS/USNews rankings for world universites for the Humanities:</p>
<p>[World’s</a> Best Universities: Arts and Humanities Universities - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2009/10/20/worlds-best-universities-arts-and-humanities-universities.html]World’s”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2009/10/20/worlds-best-universities-arts-and-humanities-universities.html)</p>
<p>McGill is #14 worldwide in humanities, tied with Cornell and ahead of Brown and Penn. Despite being a French city, Montreal has produced many English authors: Mordecai Richler and Kathy Reichs (of “Bones” fame) are my favorites. </p>
<p>In what way is the administration supposed to be terrible? McGill is a large school and there is a lot of “red tape” but if you follow the rules (register when you are supposed to etc.) you should have few problems. If you don’t follow the administrative rules, you will have issues. BTW, social rules at McGill are minimal. </p>
<p>Many freshman classes are large, a few are huge. But if you are comparing McGill to big state schools as you say, you will find big/huge classes there too first year. The classes at McGill become progressively smaller each year. A friend went to Indiana University, a top school, and told me he had business classes with over 300 students even in his junior year. I never had a business class at McGill with more than 50 students, even first year. </p>
<p>As for law school in the US, A McGill degree in any major is highly respected. </p>
<p>klmnop, can you add to this?</p>