WashU vs. McGill (help asap please!)

mtldad
Thu, 29 May 2008 21:25:55 +0000

There’s another thing to keep in consideration. McGill has a high degree of commuter students. The Quebec school system is one where kids graduate after 11th grade (or, as they would say, Grade 11). Following that, students go to two years of CEGEP (it’s a french acronym). Following that, many (and, I mean, many) students continue on to McGill or Concordia University (also based in Montreal) for three years of university. Tuition for Quebec residents is incredibly inexpensive in comparison to any college in the U.S. (including any state school). So, a substantial part of the student body will be montreal-based, will live at home and will commute to school.

There are definitely dorms on-campus that will house students that are not from Montreal. However, there will not be the same sense of residential life that you will have at your “typical” American college.