Université de Montréal (Canada)

Date: Apr 06 2013
Major: Undecided (This Major's Salary over time)
OK so, for an anglophone or a english speaking (mostly) individual, this might NOT be where you want to end up. Though the English litt. Dept. is great! But if you are to take undergraduate programs in french, you must master the language first OR fast. You will be tested… For francophones and superb bilinguals, this is a "not bad" university: Some students complain that they are treated like highschool students. They are VERY proud of the french language and participate heavily in student associations. Thus, for us anglophones: Tread carefullyyy! OK, seriously though, MY experience (subject to biases = Warning, do not take this for faith)in the BIO department was great: Great teacher (only had one for now = biased opinion) but complains often about the school. In the psy department I have had great teachers except for one… Ok nooow this is NOT to be taken seriously, this is what I have noticed and I am sharing my observations: Profs NOT coming from Qc and/or not born in Quebec, tend to have greater knowledge as to HOW to teach their course material… Having parents work in Education for 25+ years, I grew up in both educational systems: French (father = Univesite de Sherbrooke) and English (mother = Carlton/McGill). What I'm trying to explain is that, I believe that English education has advantages over french, example: Scientific researches. Most articles published are shared and viewed in English…it takes time before it is translated to french : Bishop's University has a Neuroscience program…UdeM does not… Most profs here don't know how epigenetics influences the world of psychology! Finally: Not so bad Uni for francos, might want to consider more carefully for anglos/bilingual!… BTW Im not saying McGill is better, having a competitive edge over most students doesnt make you better at what you want to do in life and McGIll is all about competitive edge… Again, from what I hear (biased opinion I guess).