mcgill--prestigious, or not?

IAmPOS
Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:39:37 +0000

It’s all relative. Compared to the elite American schools, McGill can’t compare. Compared to the majority of other Canadian schools, McGill is prestigious. But lots of people even in Canada still haven’t heard of it, whereas you’d be hard-pressed to find an adult in the US who hadn’t at least heard of Harvard. The fact that McGill’s admission standards are pretty low (compared to American schools that rank similar) probably has a lot to do with its lack of international prestige. U of T and UBC are the only other Canadian schools that rival it for the best reputation abroad.