Mcgill's Macdonald Campus
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Welcome to McGill’s Macdonald Campus The essential guide for new students 2019-20 This booklet offers general information and pointers for getting started as a new student. Please note that the information in this booklet, including dates and deadlines, may be subject to change. McGill’s website for new students offers much more detailed and up-to-date information. Please check it out at: www.mcgill.ca/accepted Table of contents Campus Connect invitation 5 What to do first 6 Submit your required documents 7 McGill 101: online orientation 7 Freshman students 8 Advising, registration and ID cards 9 IT Services 10 Tuition and billing 11 Housing, oneCard 12 Scholarships, request a Buddy 13 Library and bookstore 14 Arrival, Frosh and Orientation 15 Francophone and Indigenous students 16 Health and Dental Care 17 Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) 17 Macdonald Campus services 18 Life outside your classes 19 Inter-campus shuttle bus 19 International students 20 Pre-Arrival Orientation Webinars 21 Resources and contacts 22 What to do and when 24 Macdonald Campus driving directions 27 How to use this guide Throughout this booklet, you will be referred to websites for more comprehensive information. The Resources and Contacts section on pages 22-23 of this booklet lists all of the addresses, telephone numbers and websites you will need to plan your arrival and get settled in at McGill. Every department, office or service mentioned in this booklet is listed there. International students should refer to pages 20-21 for important information on coming to Canada to study. More information can be found on the website at: www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents 3 Welcome to the McGill community Congratulations on being admitted to McGill University. Starting a new chapter in your life is exciting. It involves a major change and may mean leaving the home you grew up in and moving to a new city or even a new country. Of course, this step also involves logistical challenges that we are happy to assist you with. This essential guide provides you with information you will need about registering, settling into campus life, and getting to know the Macdonald Campus community. Studying at McGill’s Macdonald Campus is much more than spending time in lecture halls and classrooms – your courses will likely include laboratories, trips to fields and forests, and exposure to active learning classrooms. Because we offer an intimate Anja Geitmann, PhD educational setting, you will get to know your classmates well, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and and you will discover that your professors and the Macdonald Environmental Sciences staff are accessible, friendly and eager to help. We really want you to feel at home quickly, so don’t be afraid to ask for help or advice! The Student Affairs Office in Laird Hall will help you navigate your academic program. The Student Services Office assists you with information about career options, financial aid and also provides mental and physical health services. Get involved with the Students’ Society, one of the student clubs, or check out the athletics facilities, the Glenfinnan Arena and the Arboretum. Be sure to explore the local community of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, and take advantage of all that Montreal has to offer. It is important to dedicate time and energy to your classwork, but you should also seize the moment to enjoy your new life, pursue established hobbies, explore your surroundings and build a network of peers and friends. The friends you make at university will be the social network surrounding you for many years to come. The first step towards building your own community is simple – just introduce yourself to that other new student sitting next to you in class. That person is likely as new to Macdonald Campus as you are and will appreciate you reaching out. Sharing this new experience will make it all the more memorable! I wish you every success as you embark on your academic program and this new chapter in your life. Sincerely, Anja Geitmann, PhD Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 4 For students starting in September... Activity Schedule 09h00 Registration begins, foyer of Centennial Centre 09h30 Information Session 10h30 Meet with Academic Advisors 11h00 Campus and Residence Tours Let us know you’re coming . Please RSVP by April 10. To RSVP: • go to McGill in Mind at: mcgillinmind.mcgill.ca MACDONALD CAMPUS CONNECT • enter your McGill ID and Minerva PIN in the Admitted Students ADMITTED STUDENT VISIT DAY login box • click on New Student Events Choosing a university that is right for you is • select the event of your choice an important decision that is fast approaching. and click Register Me To help you decide if McGill’s Macdonald Campus is where you want to be, we have organized an information If you can’t make it to campus, day for newly admitted students to help you get to know the there are other ways to connect: Campus and all we have to offer. RENDEZVOUS - meet us in a city near you You and your parents are invited to join current students, academic and support staff WEBINARS - join us online Friday, April 12 Further information and schedules: mcgill.ca/accepted/events • tour our beautiful campus facebook.com/groups/ • attend an information session mcgill1920 • visit our residences • speak with Academic Advisors facebook.com/groups/ macdonald1920 Please come join us! The McGill Alumni Association hosts Send-Off events If you have also been admitted to a program on McGill’s downtown during the summer. campus and are planning on attending both Campus Connects on For more information and to find an event in your area, April 12, please let us know at [email protected] visit: www.alumni.mcgill.ca/ so we can help make sure that your visits are coordinated. community/students 5 Financial Planning and Accept your Deferring your offer Financial Aid offer of admission An important step in planning Coming to McGill? Start by It is possible to request a deferral of your finances is estimating how accepting your offer on Minerva. your offer of admission for one year. much money you’re likely to have Log in at www.mcgill.ca/minerva- See: mcgill.ca/accepted/ available to you for your university students, select Applicant Menu nextsteps/accepting/deferring- studies. This is why we encourage > Applicant Status, select the or-decling-your-offer you to apply for Financial Aid application and click Accept this early - so that you will have the offer. You will need a credit card Accept your information you need to properly to pay the $400 non-refundable estimate your resources before the deposit. residence offer deadline to accept your offer arrives. If you run into problems, just To guarantee a room in the The application deadline for our contact Service Point for Macdonald Campus Residences, Entrance Bursary Program is assistance. See: www.mcgill.ca/ confirm your room reservation 30 days from the date of formal accepted/contactus through Minerva and pay the acceptance to the university or June residence deposit by 11:59 P.M. 30th (whichever comes first). If you are decided on McGill, you can EST, June 3, 2019. Make sure you accept your first offer now. You will read the online information and For further information on still receive decisions on any other Community Living Guide carefully calculating your costs and on choices; your confirmation can be before accepting your offer (see financial aid : changed to another program by page 12). https://mcgill.ca/accepted/ filling in aService Point webform nextsteps/finances at: www.mcgill.ca/students/ Missed the residence deadline? servicepoint/modify As soon as possible, email: [email protected] 6 Send us your final Submit your legal McGill 101: online marks documents orientation To complete your admission we You are required to send us a Say goodbye to pre-university need your final official transcript number of legal documents, which confusion and frustration - McGill including confirmation of vary according to whether you are 101 has arrived! McGill 101 is an graduation. If you are coming from an international student, Canadian online info hub for all new McGill CEGEP or are an Ontario high citizen or Quebec resident. undergraduate students with school student (or graduate) with videos, quizzes, and much more. an OUAC number, we will receive Send in all your documents after With information on everything this information electronically. you have accepted your offer and from registration to courses to All other new students see: www. before you arrive on campus. This getting involved, McGill 101 is an mcgill.ca/accepted/nextsteps/ will ensure that your student record invaluable resource to kick-start finalmarks and tuition fees are up-to-date. your McGill career. Mailing and courier address for Submitting electronic copies of your All new undergraduate students official transcripts and documents documents is preferred. Please are automatically enrolled in McGill that cannot be uploaded: email them to: 101 in the spring and you will be Enrolment Services [email protected] notified of your enrolment by email. Management of Academic Although you will be accessing Records Unit For criteria and instructions: it from your myCourses, it is not McGill University mcgill.ca/legaldocuments/how a course, more like an online 3415 McTavish Street orientation. See: www.mcgill.ca/ Room MS-13 For information on what to submit: firstyear/undergraduate/pre- Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C8 www.mcgill.ca/accepted/ arrival/programs/mcgill-101 Canada nextsteps/documents 7 Freshman Students You are considered a freshman student if you have been admitted from high school, or have completed a French Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate with partial advanced standing in math and science.