<p>are even canadian. perhaps i was wrong with regards to international opinion but in canada Mcgill has the most prestige clearly. And no i’m not misguided because Mcgill’s prestige haas nothing to do with Montreal and as many people on this board say, rankings don’t always mean everything even though Toronto is NOT always ranked number 1. Even if they were I’m talkng about prestige and that is by opinion, and as i said, I’ve never heard of anyone say Toronto is better in Canada.</p>
<p>Score, perhaps you haven’t heard that because you’re very young. Most teenagers aren’t as knowledgeable about what individuals in the academic, business, legal, medical, literary communities think. As I said, having lived in Canada for 30+ years as an adult, I can assure you that U of T has the top reputation in those groups of any school in Canada, and yes, that means prestige, if you want to call it that. Most of your friends may want to go to McGill, and that’s fine, but it still remains that the top school reputation is much deserved at U of T. This is Canadian opinion I’m talking about here, not international.</p>
<p>My fault. I was basing this more on international because I know, firsthand with Americans from my traveling, that Mcgilll is considered the best in Canada in the states or places I have been. Although, I still question your beliefs because I’m not just basing this on my friends opinions, they don’t really have any. I’m basing this more on the opinions of friends of my parents and people who I have talked to, teachers ect. None went to Mcgill, many went to Queen’s in fact, and they all say McGill is the best in Canada. This really is an opinion i guess, I was just interested because i had, personally, never heard anyone say that Toronto was the best. For someone who said that in rankings that Toronto is always on top for business, med school etc look at this <a href=“Macleans.ca - Canada’s magazine”>Macleans.ca - Canada’s magazine; and maclleans, i’ve learned, is our parallel to US news so this is thought to be a respectable ranking. As you can see they are tied, so I doon’t think it is fair to say Toronto is better by using rankings as “proof”.</p>
<p>there are various respected rankings, including those done by the Times Higher Education thing (lol) and the Chinese university ranking that place Toronto above McGill, and vice versa. So at least internationally, it’s kind of an uncertainty. I did find it strange that Collegeboard.com has college info for McGill and UBC, but not Toronto. I guess that’s due to US students’ interest.</p>
<p>I am a Canadian and I can assure you Score 911, U of T is considered the top university in the country and I am not knocking McGill which is an excellent unversity. btw, newsweek came out with their own worldwide ranking and U of T is 18 and McGill 42.</p>
<p>i am from vancouver, actually live not too far away from UBC and i know professors and tons of students @ ubc plus ive lived in the town all my life…and i would say that U of T is better in my opinion and referring to your prestige inquiry i would say that in canada u of t is considered the best school however mcgill would most likely have more name recognition with americans if that means anything to you…but yeah u of t in canada is pretty much as good as it gets and thats coming from a BC native</p>
<p>I am a Canadian living in Europe for the last 2 years. From my time around various universities here, Europeans and internationals who live in Europe overwhelmingly consider the University of Toronto to be the top Canadian university. UBC and McGill are considered very good though by those who have heard of them.</p>
<p>The phenomenon of McGill being considered more prestigious than Toronto seems to be unique to American high school seniors, and possibly their parents as well. Does McGill have some major marketing campaign going on in the US to try to earn more revenue from international student fees? Perhaps it is the fact that McGill is named after a person, similar to top private schools in the US? Or maybe it’s the far smaller student body that makes McGill seem more comparable to elite colleges in the northeast United States many Americans wish they could have gotten into.</p>
<p>I think someone said something about Queens or Western being considered on par with Toronto UBC and McGill… I wish it was true but it isn’t. Pretty much nobody has even heard of Queens or Western on this side of the pond.</p>
<p>Not that I’m happy about this or anything, I’d like to see Canadian unis get more of the recognition they deserve. I’d also like to see them attract more internationals, and from a little further afield than the northern US.</p>