SOP Guidelines for McGill University

McGill is a private University founded in 1821. Known for being the best institution in the whole of Canada for higher learning. With students converging here from 150 different countries of the world. The student body of this college is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country.

The university is known around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs. It supports teaching superiority and creates catchy and unique learning experiences for learners. McGill University's mission involves the advancement of learning and the creation and spread of knowledge, by serving the best possible education, by implementing scholarly activities and research judged to be excellent as per the highest international standards, and by providing service to society.

With an acceptance rate of 41% in 2019. McGill University enrolled around 6k students for UG and 2.3K for graduate programs. The university opens applications for the intake of students in the fall! There is no admission to this college during summers or winters. This university is the top 3 universities in Canada and guarantees placement within the 3 months of your graduation.

The word limit given by McGill University is 1300-1400 words.

Now writing an SOP can prove to be quite a difficult task as most of the students start writing themselves, but instead of covering every important aspect, they eventually get lost midway.

Firstly pen down everything you would want to include in your SOP, and then.

Guidelines for Uploading a Document

Make sure your documents meet the following criteria -

• PDF format is preferred when it comes to these documents
• PDF files should not have a digital signature
• Do not include password protection, Afterall admission committee also needs to open the file.
• Scanning in the asked resolution is mandatory (300 dpi)
• Scan in Black and White
• Make sure every time your name appears in full format, you do not address yourself by just your first name. Use your first and last name both.
• Make sure that every document you upload is legible. Make sure that every critical and identifying mark and information is legible.
• Make sure the size of the file is less than 3 MB. To lower the size, try the following - 
• Lower the resolution
• Reduce the height and width of the image.
• Keep lowering the setting until you reach the asked size
• Page orientation - Make sure that your documents match the original page orientation criteria
• Make sure you don't upload all the admission documents in just one file. The checklist requirement that has been selected for uploading should match the sample document uploaded.
• Name according to these conventions -
• Using () Brackets or (“) quotations in the file name is a strict NO NO!
• Keep the name short and relevant
• Seperate words with an underscore (_)
• Proofread your documents before submitting them because, after that, they can neither be edited nor deleted.