McGill University

This university has a lot of money so they have very nice looking building, but really it is all they have. The professoral quality is awful, the prices are higher than other universities for no good reason other than being a "world" university", a reputation it maintains thanks to money. If you really value knowledge over credentials, then McGill is not the university for you.

Canada. Oh Canada. One of the most heavily marketed countries in the world. When you research Canada you are marketed one of the most “beautiful” and “welcoming” countries in the world. It couldn’t be further from the truth. When my wife and I graduated high school we decided to move to Canada to start our lives and we couldn’t think of a better place to call home. We imagined our lives were going to finally be established - after uni, we would find jobs there, buy a home and start a family. How wrong we were. Canada is a complete farce. For international residents, it’s almost impossible to integrate - socially, culturally and practically. Despite being extremely financially well off and stable(over a million in investments), we were unable to even get a mortgage when attempting to purchase property because of our ‘international’ status. Attempting to get a permanent residence cost money, time, stress and would’ve required us to move away from the semi-home we established. With our international status, we were forced to pay ridiculously high amounts of tuition - which then couldn’t be put to good use afterwards, since it was difficult to find decent jobs that didn’t prioritize local residents. Furthermore, as good tax paying residents - we got terrible service. Poor health care, and absolutely ZERO infrastructure. The infrastructure is an absolute joke. It’s none existent. Travel is an absolute no go in Canada because any domestic flight will cost you upwards of 400 per person. Which makes sense when you take into account how massive Canada is with a population smaller then Californias. But since then my wife and I have relocated to The Netherlands and we couldn’t be happier. We got approved for a mortgage within 4 months of living here, and everything just makes sense here. The government really do care about there citizens and your tax money actually brings you somewhere. Be cautions of all the great reviews you read about living in Canada online, because most of them are most probably fake. Canada NEEDS immigrants and those universities are a money making business that will go to any length to get you to pay them money. Even if it means paying people in less wealthy countries to flood the internet with positive reviews about Canada.

This school is huge and beautiful. It was so enjoyable walking around the campus. There was not a lot students when I visited but sometimes, there were still students running to class or biking around. So photogenic at the same time.

The school likes to pretend it‘s the Yale or Harvard of Canada but it’s nowhere close, has far too much prestige and deserves none of it. Classes with shallow material. No student support (if there is any, it’s very, very unaccessible - good luck being able to make any appointment ever). Disinterested and tired professors with a lack of energy. You can get more value for the tuition paid here through YouTube videos, masterclasses, almost any other form of learning that actually tries to grab the viewer’s attention and teach something meaningfully. Here, the professors do not seem to feel like they even need to try. Very poor on-campus atmosphere as students are miserable and confused due to the lack of support during difficult times. It was a big mistake to come here rather than go to the US; the only good decision was leaving before it was too late.

Great school where I got a degree that helped me work at top tech companies. Professors can be bad with a cushy tenure and teaching for them is just a nuisance, but they have a good network of volunteering tutors, mental help programs, scholarships, etc to help you get through college. Lots of events and parties to be found, both official ones and not. Depending on the faculty, people can get pretty competitive and not share notes etc so it’s very much a clique-based group study environment. Better become friends with the right people! Student run societies can be disorganized and often things get pretty political, but the overall culture is that of excellence and this college really helped me “learn how to learn”. Cafeterias are pretty overpriced but coffee shop in Adams is good. Hunt for those samosa sales. They’re addictive! I gladly donate to my department almost every year, but their calls can start getting a bit annoying, especially when they call multiple times a year to ask for money. With all that said, I would come back here and do it all over again if I had a Time Machine!

Very good university top ranked in the country. Campus is very nice. It is right in the city but behind of the campus there is Mont Royal which you can go and have a walk between classes.

What a gorgeous campus! And just to make it better you can access Mont Royal Park through the campus

The campus is so gorgeous, especially on a sunny day! We came on a Sunday so a lot of the buildings were closed, but we were still able to enjoy the architecture from the outside, as well as take a look in the Redpath Library.