McGill vs. Georgetown vs. Northwestern?

DadTwoGirls
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 03:06:21 +0000

McGill has higher acceptance rate because admissions in Canada is quite predictable, and based primarily on grades (with SAT being a cutoff). Students who don’t have the grades mostly don’t apply.

In Canada, the top students get into the top schools. The ones that don’t work hard in university then get weeded out by academic demands of the program. This is a sharp contrast to the US where admissions is based on a bunch of stuff much of which goes beyond academics. The result is that in the US students don’t know where they will get in so they apply widely and hope. A student with an unweighted 4.0 can be turned down while a student from the same school and same classes with a 3.5 gets in. This results in students applying to a lot of places and corresponding low acceptance rates, but does not speak to the academic strength of the students who are accepted.

Definitely, don’t be concerned about the high acceptance rate at McGill.The students at McGill will be very strong and will be academically focused. The academics will be very rigorous. You will need to work hard, and will learn a lot.