McGill vs. Georgetown vs. Northwestern?

IWannaHelp
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 02:42:20 +0000

The top third of students at McGill are, in my opinion, superior to the top third of students at Georgetown or Northwestern.The top third of students at McGill are, in my opinion, superior to the top third of students at Georgetown or Northwestern. Many top Canadian students choose McGill because of “loyalty” to Canada of because their parents refuse to be full pay at top US schools. The bottom third of McGill students would be academically inferior to the bottom third of students at Northwestern or Georgetown.

The top quarter of the NU students have SAT score above 1560. I don’t believe the top-quarter of McGill students would achieve that. If what you said is true, McGill would have a very weird distribution. You have to remember Canada’s population is a lot smaller. Canadian top schools are no more concentrated with the best of the best; that’s not accounting for the fact that the best international students tend to choose US schools, not Canadian schools (I was international). By the way, I believe many top scorers in Canada are actually Asians who are more concentrated in schools in Vancouver and Toronto anyway.

That said, I do agree their coursework are just as rigorous with less grade inflation.