In fact McGill places number one overall in one of the categories listed in the Princeton Review's new Student Advantage Guide to the Best 310 Universities . It's a dubious honour, though. The Princeton Review editors claim that of the best 310 universities in North America, McGill is the school where class discussions are most rare.
Professors pontificate and students keep their lips zipped, says the publication.
McGill and the University of Toronto are the only Canadian universities mentioned in the book, the latest in the popular Princeton Review series of university guidebooks. The Review surveys 100 students at each of the universities it features to arrive at its conclusions. The University of Toronto might best us in Maclean's , but it's given a rough ride by the Princeton Review. On the whole, McGill fares well. The University's high academic standards draw praise from the students questioned, as does the diversity of McGill's student body and the friendly way in which most students interact.