Canadian Transfer!!

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<p>Hey Everyone,</p>

<p>So if anyone could give me ANY advice, it would be extremely helpful and I would really appreciate it. I'm a Canadian student and I currently attend the University of Toronto. The only thing is, I hate it there. I mean, I am aware of how good the school is but I didn't want to go there to begin with. I'm pretty surprised that I even got in with my grades. My HS GPA wasn't good. To be exact it was 3.3. I began to procrastinate/slack off at the end of my junior year and it was all downhill from there. I formed bad habits and found it difficult to correct them. I thought that things would be different once I started university but they weren't. I was pretty disappointed when I didn't get into a school of my choice and I was stuck commuting to a school close to home. I wasn't able to meet many new people and I hated the atmosphere of the school. I was basically really unhappy there. Anyway, to make a long story short ... I ended up dropping out by the time midterms came around. Now I'm back, I'm focused and I know that I will do well. I've studied most of my course material during my time off and believe that I will be ready for everything this year. Only thing is that I still dislike the school and don't believe that I'm getting the experience I want at that university. I also believe that I am ready to leave home and try things on my own. I want to attend a school in the United States and I was wondering if any of you could offer me some advice. </p>

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<p>The schools I'm considering are: Brown, Cornell, Stanford, UCLA, USC, UC San Diego, Columbia, NYU, U Penn, U Chicago, John Hopkins, Northwestern, or Washington U. </p>

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@""]</p> <p><p>What would I have to do to make myself a good candidate for any one of these schools? </p></p> <p>[/QUOTE]<br> <br></li><br> <li><br><br> [QUOTE=""

<p>If I were able to maintain a 4.0 GPA for the first semester, would I be able to apply (and get in) for Fall 2009?</p>

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@""]</p> <p><p>Is the application process any different for Canadians?</p></p> <p>[/QUOTE]<br> <br></li><br> <li><br><br> [QUOTE=""]</p> <p><p>Would I have to do the SAT's (they aren't necessary for admission into a Canadian U so it isn't common for Canadian students to take them) ? </p></p> <p>[/QUOTE]<br> <br></li><br> <li><br><br> [QUOTE=""]</p> <p><p>Has anyone gone through something similar (in terms of being a Canadian transfer student) ?</p></p> <p>[/QUOTE]<br> <br></li><br> <li><br><br> [QUOTE=""

<p>What other schools should I consider</p>

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<p>I welcome and appreciate any advice or information anyone can share with me. I really really want to transfer out of this school to a good uni in the States so I will do anything possible to accomplish this. </p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

[Ronaldo1988]

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<li>Get a 4.0 GPA... then talk about next step.</li>
<li>Application is almost the same.. the thing u should check out is financial aid, which might be different from the one for domestic students.</li>
<li>SAT should be necessary. U may have to take SAT I and at least 2 subjects of SAT 2 for most of the schools on ur list.</li>
<li>Correct the habits you mentioned first, and don't always complain about the environment. Don't always speak ill of your school before you have made most out of education there. </li>
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<p>Good luck!</p>