McGill, how "good" is it compared to U.S. colleges?

HyruleGuardian
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:01:56 +0000

mcgilldad, i agree with a lot of what you had to say but must disagree with a couple of things you said.

First of all I am an American student and had a 1320 on my SAT I (2020 with the Writing). So obviously a 1370 can’t be the “minimum” a student needs to get into McGill. 1370 seems more like McGill’s SAT average than its minimum. Four years ago, my brother got into McGill with an 1180 on his SAT I. He was well below the 25th percentile but was admitted for strong performances elsewhere.

Second of all I don’t think it is necessarily more difficult to get in for American students. On this I really am just speculating but I have heard that McGill is easiest to get into for Quebec students, but not necessarily as easy for the other Canadian provinces. I think McGill likes to accept international students.