ehh… just logging into this site is a telling account of my many academic failures these past five years. But it’s time to move on.
I graduated high school in 2012 and enrolled at community college for engineering science that same fall. Grades were terrible the first few semesters… I believe I failed a basic composition course 2-3 times. Grades slowly improved and I found myself 3 credits short of the AA. I am to this day missing those credits. If I recall correctly my latest GPA was a 3.17 or somewhere near there.
I seem to have forged a bit of direction in my life after all these years. I’ve been entertaining the idea of going back to university for biomedical engineering. However, I am disillusioned by the private education system in this country, and have also just been seeking to get away. Montreal seemed like a great place, and from there I discovered McGill. Little did I know it’s acclaimed to be the harvard of Canada.
Their engineering department requires a minimum 3.3-3.7GPA for international transfer students. Mine is a meager 3.17. If I was to return to the college this spring and load up on classes I could probably surpass the 3.3 mark. But given the time and money spent, it’s quite a gamble. Not only that, but McGill requires documentation well in advance of the beginning of the fall semester. My life has been “on hold” for long enough, and I already think that waiting until next september is pushing it.
What would you folks do here? Is there anything else I could do to improve my chances? Someone I should have a conversation with maybe? Thanks