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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just visited McGill last week, and the tour guide told the group that the university plans to raise tuition for international students next year. Not sure by how much, but apparently they also plan to expand/increase merit aid as well. It sounded like the school was trying to avoid passing on tuition increases to Quebec students, but also didn’t want to overly discourage international applicants (currently about 1/4 of their enrollment).

I don’t know any more details than that, but just be aware that this year’s McGill numbers might not reflect next year’s.

Also, if people think they’re going to avoid all the protests by going to school in Canada—McGill still has a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus (even though spring semester is over), and there was an unrelated faculty protest going on elsewhere on campus. Although the latter were exceedingly polite, and cheerfully parted to let the tour group through. [/quote]

This is all true. I have a relative at McGill who was recently teargassed while protesting and there is an encampment. The tuition is exceptionally cheap for Canadians, but my understanding is that the Quebec provincial government is trying to change the formula that would basically raise the price for all non-Quebecois Canadians and lower it for students from French-speaking countries elsewhere. This is apparently controversial and I don't know how firmly baked it is.

I don't know what the current tuition rates for Americans are (although it shouldn't be hard to find); I have heard from my relative that the cost of housing in Montreal is very high and most students live off campus for at least 3 years.[/quote]

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