<p>On a more serious note in response to the original post, McGill 's location is outstanding and, from a male perspective, the male to female ratio is wonderful. In my opinion, McGill is on par with the University of Wisconsin and the Univ of California at San Diego. McGill’s undergraduate education is not at the level of the other schools, Emory, Northwestern or Virginia, mentioned in the original post, in my opinion. Of the six students that I know from the U.S. who are currently attending McGill, their primary consideration was cost, then location & reputation.(At least one has dual U.S./Canadian citizenship and may be enjoying even lower tuition than is available to other U.S. students.) An interesting note, also noted in this thread’s original post, is that the harshest criticisms of, and most negative comments about, McGill come from McGill undergraduate students. The compliments regarding McGill can be found in the U.S. college guidebooks such as PR, CP & Fiske. I recognize that it takes a very mature and determined student to navigate the first year or two of any large university and I am envious of anyone attending McGill Univ. due to the location, culture and sense of adventure of living & learning in a foreign culture. P.S. Both Wisconsin & UCSD are very highly regarded universities,as you probably know.The student to teacher ratio is 7 to 1 at Northwestern and at Emory, while Virginia, McGill , Wisconsin & UCSD range from 13 to 1, to 19 to 1.</p>