<p>i always read different things about mcGill admission and stuff.
Some stuff says they look at last 3 years of highschool, but many at similar areas to your intended major. Some says that for Arts and sciences, they look only at Junior and senior year.</p>
<p>Which on is it?</p>
<p>I am worried because freshman and sophomore year my gpa was 3.2</p>
<p>This year i ended with a 3.75uw and a 4.15w. I have changed a lot which is why i have such a huge upward trend. If i keep my good grades up till apply next year, i should be okay right?<br>
BTW, i have 29 ACT (30 math, 33 english) and by the time i apply i should have around a 32ACT at least (i have been studying like crazy and i have been improving steadily).</p>
<p>It varies depending on where you're from. I applied from Ontario. They only looked at my "Top 6" (the 6 courses in which I got the highest grades in Grade 12).</p>
<p>While I still had a fairly good average, I didn't take any honors classes freshman year, and everything worked out for me.</p>
<p>Well, actually, I was deferred and got in on sheer luck, but hey, the point is... Actually, I don't really know what the point is. Just forget about all that stuff, since you can't do anything about it anyway.</p>
<p>haha. thanks for the info meshuggener (if that was anything).
Yeah meshuggah. Well i already talked to you about meshuggah once before but yeah they are hecka good. I mean i dont usually listen to that stuff though, but it still is hecka good (am i confusing anyone with the word Hecka?).</p>
<p>SPEAKING OF MUSIC:
Music tastes at colleges are often overlooked, yet are VERY IMPORTANT!</p>
<p>What's the average music taste at Quebec? I like music that tends only to be popular in places outside the U.S., like dance and house music. Do they play that at the clubs, etc.? Because if acid rock turns out to be the joie de vivre there...</p>
<p>Offhand, I can't comment on the musical taste of Mcgill students, but Montreal is renowned for having superb indie rock and death metal scenes. I'd also guess the odds are greater that dance and house music are popular since... well, you can't get much worse than American taste in music...</p>
According to the McGill Facebook group, the most common musical tastes at McGill are rock of the classical/indie type. I like.
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<p>Classic rock? That's good news for me! Most of the music I listen to is Rock from the 70's and 80's. In fact, I'm listening to "Stairway to Heaven", by Led Zeppelin right now. :)</p>
<p>In a single word, I would define it as "****".</p>
<p>But basically what i mean by that is whatever we're fed, we'll listen to. Americans, for the most part, don't have taste. We don't typically care what we listen to, as long as it's on the radio and it has a safe, cliche beat and melody. No one likes to put effort into actually finding decent music. It's a generalization, but a pretty accurate one.</p>
<p>meshuggener, i must say, you certainly do reinforce the perception held by much of the world, of American arrogance. you seem to have quite a sense of superiority and entitlement. it all seems kind of pathetic to me, and totally unnecessary in a forum like this.</p>
<p>and you certainly don't have the right to speak for all Americans</p>
<p>I'm not speaking as an American, but as a musician. It's insulting that people like Britney Spears make millions of dollars off CDs with absolutely no original quality or musicianship, and records like that are a direct byproduct of the average American citizen's laziness. I can't fault record companies like Elektra for signing ****ty bands/"vocalists" just to make money: that's their intention, and they succeed by capitalizing on American's poor musical perspective. The record sales speak for themselves: if a band has anything resembling originality, technicality, or has a more challenging sound, it just typically won't sell well. And I'm not just talking about music like underground heavy metal, or avantgarde trip hop. Orchestras across the United States are suffering huge financial losses and many are considering ceasing their performances. You just don't see these things to the same degree in Europe or Russia or Japan, the other large economies of Western music. Therefore, it's an American phenomenon.</p>
<p>And since when is recognizing the flaws of your own country evidence of nationalist arrogance?</p>
<p>It's a damn shame about the orchestras; our nation has depreciated classical to such an extent that there are a third as many classical radio stations as there were fifteen years ago. I say we give it a revival.</p>
<p>By the way, very interesting diatribe, Meshuggener. I must say I agree with you completely.</p>
<p>i think america's problem with music is that it is not sophisticated at all. The appreciate simple beats and rhythms that took minutes to make. The don't appreaciate genuine technicality, but rather crappy strumming of basic A chords and C chords. Jack Johnson is their rolemodel when it comes to great guitar playing, when really, guitar greats like Hendrix, Vai, and Van Halen should be looked upon for revolutionary guitar manipulation and intricateness.</p>
<p>I mean it is perfectly acceptable for someone to dislike some of my more intense deathcore and metal core musics, but they should at least recognize the talent in the intricate time signatures and polyrythms. But no. In america, if it is not made by a machine, or produced by an acoustic guitar, it is a piece of ****.</p>
<p>nothing is wrong with acoustic. I listen to a handful of acoustic stuff. Just that when someone believes that knowing five guitar chords= amazing guitar skills, means something is wrong. Sure Jack johnson does it fine with his voice and style, but people have to be able to tell basic guitar simplicity, from advanced complexity...which most of the time people cant because if they hear something complex, they for some reason think it is unskilled nonsense.</p>