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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD had been to Colby and was there for a summer.  They have a great Enviro studies program but isnt a fan of the small size and party culture but knows it has a great reputation.

Barnard has phenomenal program in her interest area too and loves all women and network for future and its also not a super party culture.

Mcgill has exactly her interests too -- super cool programs that are small in a big school.  Loves Montreal, will learn French, dorms extra good.  She absolutely loves the idea of this option but not sure about giving up well regarded small lacs for McGill.  We see her looking for reasons to choose McGill over Barnard/Colby but wonders if it is as highly regarded as the others and if launching from Barnard would be much much better [/quote]

Doesn't sound like price is a factor, but McGill will be 35Kish for an int'l student vs. 90kish for Barnard/Colby.  [b]I would personally pick McGill (even beyond the price issue), but that's because of my perception that it's more selective than Barnard and Colby[/b] (among the most selective colleges in Canada vs. mid-tier American colleges).    But I don't know your kid or environmental science programs, so YMMV, and I was a Columbia College undergrad so I clearly have more urban preferences...
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By selectivity, Barnard places ~22nd among U.S. colleges and universities and Colby places ~31st. By objective measures, McGill does not approach this level of selectivity.
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