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[quote=Anonymous]I went to private school in DC and attended McGull in mid 2000s. A few things:

- ditto what poster said about expecting students to be full adults. This is a reflection of the local culture too. If you are 18 you are a fully functioning adult.
- pro: lots of freedom
- con: lots of freedom
- con: winter hits in October and is around until April. Be prepared gear wise. It is not for the faint of heart.
- pro: winter sports
- pro/con: there is not a strong campus culture like there are in liberal arts schools in dc with dining halls and student hang out areas etc… most students live off campus, eat out/cool their own food. There is a subsection of US kids that reside in the few dorms but even then it is not like the US version where everything is taken care of for you
- pro/con: not a lot of handholding in classes. Self-driven. A lot of entry level classes are huge and attendance is not noted so you need to be accountable to yourself.
- pro: much more diverse and international than most US schools.
- pro: less sheltered so you will come out of the experience probably more mature than kids graduating from liberal arts schools in the US. I do not say this in a snooty way. I just mean in Montreal the attitude you are going to encounter is more like we are all humans just doing our thing. You aren’t going to encounter this sheltered air that the US tends to give college kids of here is a person in the body of an adult but who we still need to be gentle with because they are a kid. No, in Montreal from day 1 it is an even playing ground for all people and no one is special for being in university of whatnot. 
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