McGill Student Life

SwimmingDad
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:38:50 +0000

Father of a current U0 here. You will definitely work hard at McGill…the rumors of its workload and rigor are true…but you will also have as active of a social life as you choose. My son (and many other students) definitely take advantage of being in a city with an 18 drinking age (Cafe Campus and Tokyo seem to be big U0 hangouts)…though drinking does not need to be part of the social life (lots to do for non-drinkers). He recently attended Igloofest…billed as the world’s coldest music festival. Lots of on campus clubs and activities. Festivals, museums, going out to dinner…lots to do. Montreal is an awesome city and very, very student friendly. That said, if he needs to stay in on a weekend night to study there are always other people doing that. And frankly, I think that is one of the things he likes the best about it.

In terms of Frosh videos, I’m still partial to the Arts Frosh video of a couple of years ago. (My son described Frosh as the most fun he has ever had in his life.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj1uJKgTIoU