magnusson Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Hello Everyone, I was recently accepted into the schools mentioned above, can anyone at those universities tell me a bit about them so I can make up my mind? For the main difference is the price: Mcgill: $23000, could pay it with help from my parents. Northwestern: $76000, would have to ask for government help and afterwards come back to my country and work for twice the program duration. Any words of advice will be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 McGill has an excellent reputation in Canada. It is one of the top 2 universities. In the US, McGill is considered an ivy league school by some. Why are you hesitant to go there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusson Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 One of my undergrad teachers told me "never to pay for grad school", so that is way I'm a bit hesitant about Mcgill also the weather since I'm from a warm country (its 86 F right now!) and I was also attracted to northwestern due to the programs and institutes related to renewable energy and sustainability, and maybe work opportunities in the US. But Canada has a growing field of research into carbon sequestration using algae which is one of my research interests. Any other advise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalofan4255 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'll be attending the University of Toronto for an MSc in Sustainability Management within the Institute for Management and Innovation. IMI has a Master of Biotechnology that is already working quite well with companies in Canada, US, and the UK. Not sure if you've had a chance to take a look or have seen it yet...but U of T is generally regarded as #1 in Canada. http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/mbiotech/mbiotech/mbiotech/ In terms of your research interest...Toronto's geography department (which does a lot of work on this) is regarded as the best in Canada and top 10 globally, while similar departments at McGill are unranked actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusson Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 I considered it but It was too late, having an international degree meant that I had to take the Biology GRE, and didnñt have enough time to study for it, and if I try now I would have to wait another year to go to grad school. Anyone has advice on northwestern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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