To my knowlege all of the residences have a room with a piano. And yup, they're open to everyone. You don't have to be in music to play it at Mac...I have friends who were in the pit bands for musicals who weren't

Mac puts on musicals...that involve students who aren't fine arts students? Thats awesome. So between that and the whole pianos in residence thing I just may be sold

McMaster Musical Theatre, McMaster Thespian Company, the Engineering Musical, the Honours Production Series are four companies I can think of off-hand that don't require fine arts students. Technically, I don't think any of them do...

You don't need to be in fine arts. Also, you can be part of the theatre productions ... even audition as one of the actors/actresses, and not be in the theater/film program at all. Loads of options


McMaster Musical Theatre:
Their website - http://www.macmusicaltheatre .ca
Contact info: try [email protected] or [email protected] mail.com

I also highly suggest you contact Jeff Ferguson, he knows all about Mac's musical theater productions click here for his profile and a link to message him.

Hi, does anyone know when McMaster will tell the students which residents they'll be living in?

Originally Posted by dtrann

Hi, does anyone know when McMaster will tell the students which residents they'll be living in?

I'm pretty sure they said early July.

On McMaster's Housing website, they mentioned that the residence assignments will be out by mid-July.

I just got my res assignment today

hello,
I am an international student from Malaysia and
I had been offered an admission to the McMaster residence.
I got the Bates residence and Regular mean plan A.

the payment that i shoud pay is CAD5830(for Bates) and CAD2900(for
meal plan).
So the total is CAD8730.
(the other fees eg tuition fee are being paid by my sponsor, only
these two payment i need to pay my self).

There are monthly payment plan(mpp).
However, i didnt understand with the calcultaion,
can you show me the amount of payment that i shoud pay for each plan?

How about the entrance scholarships? I achieved 91% in my grade12.

I really hope that you can help me in this matter.
thanks.

Originally Posted by peters

hello,
I am an international student from Malaysia and
I had been offered an admission to the McMaster residence.
I got the Bates residence and Regular mean plan A.

the payment that i shoud pay is CAD5830(for Bates) and CAD2900(for
meal plan).
So the total is CAD8730.
(the other fees eg tuition fee are being paid by my sponsor, only
these two payment i need to pay my self).

There are monthly payment plan(mpp).
However, i didnt understand with the calcultaion,
can you show me the amount of payment that i shoud pay for each plan?

How about the entrance scholarships? I achieved 91% in my grade12.

I really hope that you can help me in this matter.
thanks.

Hi peters,

I'm not too sure about the specifics with the MPP, but here's a pdf file from the McMaster Student Accounts and Cashiers Office you can read through regarding the payment plans. If that doesn't help, I'd suggest calling the Student Accounts and Cashiers, Monday to Friday from 11 am - 4 pm at (905) 525-9140 ext: 24478 or send an e-mail to [email protected] ster.ca

Just keep in mind that if you choose any payment plan other than 'Payment in Full'...for example, if you choose the MPP, then interest will be charged at an annual rate of 14.4% (1.2% per month subject to change).

Also, with a 91%, you'd receive an entrance scholarship of $2,000 which is renewable for up to 4 years (sorry, it's actually only renewable in the second year now), as long as you achieve a sessional average of 80% (equivalent to a 9.5 on McMaster University's grading system) each year. If you happen to be awarded with the scholarship, it should show up in your Student Account (on MUGSI), but they might still be processing all the grades for the first-years.

Hope that helps and good luck!

Hey peters, I JUST found something that might be a lot more useful to you.

Here is a 'newsletter' posted by the Student Accounts and Cashiers Office specifically discussing about the MPP.

Whoa, the scholarship is renewable for 4 years? I thought I read somewhere that it was 2 years... odd. That just raises one question for me. If you don't get that 9.5 this year and just happen to get it second year will you get the scholarship in the third year?

Originally Posted by jhan523

Whoa, the scholarship is renewable for 4 years? I thought I read somewhere that it was 2 years... odd. That just raises one question for me. If you don't get that 9.5 this year and just happen to get it second year will you get the scholarship in the third year?

Quoted from here: "McMaster's 2008 Entrance Awards Program - Scholarships for entering undergraduate students are provided exclusively for students qualifying for admission to Level 1 of a first baccalaureate degree in a full time program in the Fall/Winter session."

So I believe you can't be eligible for any 'Entrance Awards' (the scholarships) after year 1 if you weren't eligible for year 1. Hope that makes sense.

Originally Posted by jhan523

Whoa, the scholarship is renewable for 4 years? I thought I read somewhere that it was 2 years... odd. That just raises one question for me. If you don't get that 9.5 this year and just happen to get it second year will you get the scholarship in the third year?

Hi. I think eycc11 is talking about the conditions for previous entrance scholorships. For the 2008 entrance scholorships (the ones given to incoming first year students this year) your scholorship is only renewable in the second year!!

If you do not maintain the 9.5 average from your first year, you will not get it renewed and you will not get the other part of the scholorship!

Hope this clarifies things.

Quoted from Financial Aid site:
"McMaster's Entrance Awards are renewable in the second year of University study provided students remain full-time and achieve a 9.5 (approximately 80%) sessional average. No application is required as awards are based upon final high school grades."

Originally Posted by Eva C

Hi. I think eycc11 is talking about the conditions for previous entrance scholorships. For the 2008 entrance scholorships (the ones given to incoming first year students this year) your scholorship is only renewable in the second year!!

Ah, I'm so sorry. I didn't realize. I read that, but I didn't think it meant...that, but just meant it's still renewable in the next year and possibly the years after as well. My mistake! =\

Thanks for correcting me, Eva C!

Hmm...do our scholarships remain the same though? As in, are they still renewable for up to 4 years? I hope so! =P