McGill and University of Toronto: if they were in the U.S., where would they rank?

[Anonymous]

Toronto’s Asian population is growing by leaps and bounds. And I suspect that will translate into more competition for the country’s two top schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:U of T: top 20. most similar to Cal, Cornell

McGill: top 30. most similar to NYU

Mi would rank them even higher.

Any U.S. student who gets into one of the top Canadian universities would be a fool not to go there.

[Anonymous]

We will know in a year or two when they are US schools.

[Anonymous]

Realistically, they'd be equivalent to mid-to-high-tier public schools in the U.S. Research output from UofT would be T20, though that doesn't mean much for undergrads, if at all.

[Anonymous]

“Any U.S. student who gets into one of the top Canadian universities would be a fool not to go there.”

Ridiculous statement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

“Any U.S. student who gets into one of the top Canadian universities would be a fool not to go there.”

Ridiculous statement

Yeah, ok.

Why don’t you try turning off the Fox News cool-aid, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U of T: top 20. most similar to Cal, Cornell

McGill: top 30. most similar to NYU

Mi would rank them even higher.

Any U.S. student who gets into one of the top Canadian universities would be a fool not to go there.

This is not an accurate statement.

Maclean's college/university guide is an excellent resource.

McGill & U Toronto have very large classes usually for one's first two years. Heavy drinking culture at McGill (which can be dangerous for new freshmen based on decades long tradition. Think dangerous hazing essentially.)

McGill & U Toronto might rank close to U Michigan and UC-Berkeley.

[Anonymous]

The problem with Canadian school is grade deflation. You can do amazing and get a 3.0, but that will kill you when you apply to grad schools in the US. I went to McGill and did great (but worse than a 3.0) and ended up going to a crap law school and transferring to a T20 after the first year. Just something to think about…

[Anonymous]

UT barely scraping Top 30. Great school but low endowment. Mcgill T40

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they are mediocre maybe mid-level state schools like Jmu or UMBC, they are very easy to get into and massive not that impressive outside of canada. UVA, UMD, and even Virginia Tech have lower acceptance rates.

This is simply untrue and probably posted by a parent worried about their own child’s admission prospects to a Canadian university.

[Anonymous]

If you’re a US student who can’t get into St. George campus, would it make sense to go to like Scarborough? How many people in US would ever know difference when you graduate? Would resume just say Univ of Toronto?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's easier to get into McGill than Harvard but harder to graduate from

Matriculate to Harvard and you've already won. Matriculate to McGill, and the game's just getting started.

Lol, I know lots of "losers" who went to Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Toronto - top 20
McGill - top 35

McGill would be similar than UK schools like Durham or St Andrews in that T30-t35 US level.

[Anonymous]

In term of admission rate, UT is 40%+, endowment money is 3.5B with 100k students, undergraduate tuition is about USD5000/year.

How could it be in par with T30 schools in U.S, even T50?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In term of admission rate, UT is 40%+, endowment money is 3.5B with 100k students, undergraduate tuition is about USD5000/year.

How could it be in par with T30 schools in U.S, even T50?

Because Americans for some reason equate admissions rate with quality of university.
Northeastern is a piece of crap compared to Toronto McGill or any of the top 15 UK universities, and yet, it’s admission rate is lower.

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