<p>On the official website, it indicates that applicants from the US should hear back between January 31 and March 31. How do they decide when to inform you of their decision?</p>
<p>Is it first come, first serve? Does it depend on whether or not you’re a sure thing? Or is it just random?</p>
<p>They say the chances of submitting early or late are exactly the same.</p>
<p>Yes, they do, but you must be skeptical. How could you possibly believe that when they won’t have seen the whole applicant pool. They start accepting as apps are received, on basically a rolling basis for US students.</p>
<p>Part of me didn’t want to even dignify part your ^^ post. </p>
<p>“How could you possibly believe that when…”</p>
<p>Maybe elite schools want to see the entire applicant pool, however, you confuse the nickname, “Harvard of the North” with the reality: McGill. </p>
<p>This is a money starved school that knows that a decent amount of it’s students will either drop out or change programs. To get in, you just need to abide by a formula (board score > x , x = some score they’ve decided ; subject specific GPA > y, y = some GPA; I estimate y ~ 3.6 or 3.5). What do they really care about looking at the entire pool (of american applicants) when they’re fairly open about their “first come, first serve” policy. </p>
<p>Obviously the really weak applicants that barely broke the formula will be delayed a decision (“further review required” or what ever), but for the most part: they don’t care about anything, as long as you satisfy their few requirements.</p>
<p>chill BIGTWIX… I’m only reiterating what they [admissions officers at McGill] told me, which is not my opinion. What you said is subjective, and i’m not saying it’s wrong, but we’ll never know if it’s right. </p>
<p>my post was so the OP knows the official word. I don’t think any of us is entitled to give judgemental opinions and say it with your confidence.</p>