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

Blobof
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:23:33 +0000

I don’t think it would. It certainly doesn’t hurt when applying for grad school pretty much anywhere.
U of Toronto is a much bigger university in a much bigger city, so in that sense it gets a visibility bias within Canada. In reality, though it is better in certain ways (and worse in others) than McGill, an overall ranking has little meaning. As far as quality of the alumni goes, I don’t think there’s that much of a difference, especially from an American point of view. UofT is probably a better place to go if you want to subsequently get a job in Toronto though (local connections…).
My guess would be McGill in both categories, but I’m no expert.
I do believe McGill is more prestigious than Bryn Mawr worldwide. In the US, I can’t say…