What is the best school in Canada?

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<p>Mcgill, Toronto, UBC, Queens?</p>

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<p>McGill, much as I would like to say UBC or Queens (because of Anne of Green Gables)</p>

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<p>McGill. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>is Toronto anywhere near mcgill?</p>

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<p>You mean geographically or quality-wise? The University of Toronto is a huge school and among the best in Canada. So, yes, in many ways it’s “near” McGill (better in some things, worse in others, it depends on what aspect you’re considering). But, geographically speaking, it’s a 6 hours drive at least ;).</p>

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<p>[url=<a href=“Macleans.ca - Canada’s magazine”>Macleans.ca - Canada’s magazine]McGill[/url</a>] and [url=<a href=“Macleans.ca - Canada’s magazine”>Macleans.ca - Canada’s magazine]Toronto[/url</a>] are tied for #1.</p>

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<p>I’d say Toronto, but Toronto and McGill are basically tied</p>

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<p>I got an M.A. at Toronto. Great place in a great city. Can’t imagine an American going there and being disappoited or bored (unless big-time athletics were a priority). They are very serious about academics up there. They seem to make a real effort to get the top professors from all over the world, so out of the 9 professors I had classes with, there were 3 Americans, 4 Canadians, and one each from England and France. It seemed like McGill and Toronto were thought to be roughly equal in Canada, but Toronto probably has better name recognition in the US, because although most Americans (outside of academia) have never heard of either one, at least they can guess where the U of Toronto is located.</p>

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<p>McGill’s better known in the US, as there are much more Americans going to McGill than to UofT. No I won’t bother looking it up, but I do recall that McGill has over 2000 US students, while UofT doesn’t have even half as many.</p>

<p>Edit: 3.5 years old article stating 1600 for McGill vs 229 for UofT. It’s highly probable both numbers have increased since.</p>

<p><a href=“http://archives.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/10/04/canada.college.ap/[/url]”>http://archives.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/10/04/canada.college.ap/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>U of T has much better grad schools than McGill, particularly in Medicine and Law. But both schools are very good. I would say Queens is best for commerce.</p>

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<p>What about selectivity?</p>

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<p>canadian universities aren’t very selective since they are public universities. but certain programs, e.g. queens commerce, are very competitive.</p>

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<p>McGill’s technically more selective. And I wouldn’t say one school is “much better” than the other.</p>

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<p>McGill is known for being a good cheap foreign COllege in my area(my friends sister went to the smaller campus for her first year of college loved it but b/c of fam. problems couldnt return this year) Montreal is a city thats okk its a nice city in some areas i heard from family and friends(ive yet to be there)</p>

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<p>I’d say Toronto too. :)</p>

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<p>HA!</p>

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<p>What, no one’s going to stand up for UBC? </p>

<p>Or UQAC :p…</p>

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<p>i live in toronto but i’d say mcgill since i find montreal a much better place than toronto. it seems there’s more stuff happening around there than here. et j’aime que vous pouvez parlez le francais aussi. ;)</p>

<p>but you can’t go wrong with UoT or Mcgill. Although for some unknown reason, most in toronto don’t want to go to UoT. i guess they just find it boring staying in the same city. <em>shrugs</em></p>

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<p>Depends what you want to study.</p>

<p>Though overall, I’d say it’s McGill and UofT.</p>

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<p>McGill is the best for sure!!</p>