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Outstanding students

Fall 2003


"I chose McGill because I knew about its recognition internationally and also its academic reputation."

Amos Odero.

Amos Odero was in the top five percent nationally in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education and was active in student government and athletics in his high school. The first-year science student plans to study medicine.




Quick facts

  • McGill has one of the most international student bodies and faculty in North America.
  • 90% of McGill students ranked in the top 10% of their high school graduating class.
  • At 89%, the average entering grade of first-year students at McGill is one of the highest in Canada.
  • McGill University ranked first overall in the category of "Campus race/class relations friendliest" in The Princeton Review: The Best 357 Colleges. McGill ranked third for "Great college towns."
  • McGill students have won more Rhodes Scholarships (125) than those of any other Canadian university.

Students graph.

McGill attracts the most promising students from around the world to study in over 340 programs and 21 schools and faculties.


Students by yhe number.

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