<p>Hey, I need some adive urgently. My family has told me that we are moving to canada and that I need to apply to colleges there (for fall 2006!)! I know very little about colleges in Canada so I am in desparate need of some help.
My SAT score is 1980 (1400 old SAT) and my marks (on the south african system) are about 84% (aggregate). I really need some safeties, the reaches aren't hard to recognize! Can anyone give me some sugestions, given my stats?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Where are you moving to Canada (it's a big country)? The most likely place being Toronto, you might want to look up info and deadlines on universities in the area (University of Toronto, Queen's if I'm not mistaken, and Ryerson, I am probably forgetting a couple of colleges), or in Ontario in general. If you are going to Montreal (second destination of choice for immigrants to Canada), I'm afraid Concordia will be your only choice as your scores appear to low for McGill (unless you speak enough French to consider the other two universities there). Third most likely city you might be going to is Vancouver, so you might want to look up places like UBC and Simon Fraser...</p>
<p>i only know about ontario universities and some of the others blobof mentioned. </p>
<p>imo, it's not as selective as you might think.
some safeties probably would be york university (keele), ryerson like blobof mentioned, maybe university of western</p>
<p>if you could tell me what program you're interested in, i think i could help you better</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback! Though I am going to Canada (van couver by the way) I still want to do the liberal arts thing - major will probably be in mathematics - or if possible, I would like to find a university that offers actuarial science - I know waterloo does, is this out of my league?</p>
<p>for mathematics definitely waterloo is considered as one of the best schools in canada. when it comes to mathematics and technological courses (comp. sci, etc.), waterloo is considered number 1. they're rather selective though even for canadian residents but you know what, it never hurts to try. </p>
<p>again, i'm only relatively familiar with ontario universities. so i'm sorry if i can't provide other universities from other provinces. also i'm not quite sure what actuarial science is as my major is in the fine arts field, but i'll try to give you some list of universities that have good programs in the liberal arts.</p>
<p>some safeties here (in ontario) could include;
york university (keele) (<a href="http://www.yorku.ca/web/index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.yorku.ca/web/index.htm</a>) - has an individualized program where you can combine your interests, definitely worth a look</p>
<p>carleton university (<a href="http://www.carleton.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.carleton.ca/</a>) - nice campus and not as selective as waterloo </p>
<p>mcmaster (<a href="http://www.mcmaster.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.mcmaster.ca/</a>) - good university, they visited our school and i was pretty much impressed by their offerings, but again, it might be slightly competitive but try anyway</p>
<p>university of toronto - the st.george campus is tough to get into but try the missauga (<a href="http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/</a>) campus or the scarborough (<a href="http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/</a>) one, you might get in</p>
<p>here's a list of canadian universities just if you want to see for yourself if there's other schools that might pique your interest
<a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/canu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.uwaterloo.ca/canu/</a></p>
<p>Here are the websites for universities in British-Columbia, in no particular order:</p>
<p>UBC: <a href="http://www.ubc.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ubc.ca/</a>
Simon Fraser: <a href="http://www.sfu.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.sfu.ca/</a>
Royal Roads (I'd never heard of it before I looked up BC universities on wikipedia...): <a href="http://www.royalroads.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.royalroads.ca/</a>
UNBC: <a href="http://www.unbc.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.unbc.ca/</a>
University of Victoria: <a href="http://www.uvic.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.uvic.ca/</a>
Thompson Rivers University (also unknown to me before): <a href="http://www.tru.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.tru.ca/</a></p>
<p>waterloo for any sciences/math.
McGill is also VERY good in sciences
my cousins are in waterloo, mcgill, and toronto. the waterloo one loves it cuz he's doing computer science.</p>