<p>harpgirl27: the asterisks are put in by CC; for some reason they think the web address should be filtered out. (I only know because I’ve tried to post a link from there on CC).</p>
<p>Spetsnaz Op: that site has 1 or 2 very vocal, shaw we say, snobs; you’ll notice there are only 3 or so Ivy League schools that are considered good and pretty much everything else is either a TTT (third tier toilet in their lingo) or a “trade school” (this would include MIT & Cal Tech!). It was the first I ever realized that certain Ivy people think schools like Cornell & Penn are garbage. I’m quite sure those posters have never been to McGill; but the Canadian grade inflation issue is something to consider. So any way, read all you can everywhere you can, don’t take anything as fact, see what common themes might be said about a school - but most of all talk to people who actually go to the school and visit it yourself. And thats what’s available here at CC and thats what I’m trying to find out here.</p>
<p>Here are some other sites I found about McGill:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.studentsreview.com/Canada/Quebec_MGU_c.html[/url]”>http://www.studentsreview.com/Canada/Quebec_MGU_c.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/IDD.asp?orderLineNum=540132-1&inunId=7374&typeVC=InstVC&sponsor=36[/url]”>http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/IDD.asp?orderLineNum=540132-1&inunId=7374&typeVC=InstVC&sponsor=36</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/7374.html[/url]”>http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/7374.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.xap.com/gotocollege/campustour/undergraduate/3511/McGill_University/McGill_University1.html[/url]”>http://www.xap.com/gotocollege/campustour/undergraduate/3511/McGill_University/McGill_University1.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://ratemyprofessor.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1439&orderby=TDept[/url]”>http://ratemyprofessor.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1439&orderby=TDept</a></p>
<p>As an American, I am trying to determine whether the detriments of having a Canadian degree and college experience out weigh the benefits. I am trying to determine the portability of a Canadian bachelors degree especially for admission to top US grad schools because I like the idea of going for an economical undergrad school and not being in debt entering grad school (and possibly having money to study abroad or owning a car). The question that is hard to answer is where do schools like McGill and Queen’s rank compared to US colleges?</p>