<p>well, i can't this year, it was too late when i planned on doing so, instead i'm taking summer school. Next year, i plan on applying to rsi, just for the heck of it. You're def right abou there being no summer programs in canada, at least no prestigious ones. btw, did you get my message?</p>
<p>laurennema, what exactly is a grade distribution sheet? and are they only issued for well-known public schools or top private schools?</p>
<p>Well my school does it just to emphasize the fact that not everyone, meaning no one, gets all top grades. Some classes No one will get a top grade.
Some classes everyone makes great grades because everyone is brilliant.</p>
<p>Canada did not participate in RSI this year, from what I heard, which is why I did not apply.</p>
<p>Seth Blue - You should inquire into that, make sure that the year you apply, which will be next year, that Canada will be a participating nation.</p>
<p>thanks chancellor_phoenix, but why did canada not participate?</p>
<p>so many Canadians.</p>
<p>there are a couple of summer programs in Canada (like shad)- I'm going this summer- anyone else?</p>
<p>I heard about RSI after I got in (like a week before the international deadline) so I didn't even consider applying. haha :P</p>
<p>yea, well, princetonwannabe, have you gotten into princeton, harvard, or columbia yet? I saw your stats, and they were seriously impressive. How can you have such nice stats and still be rejected from mit?</p>
<p>i was deferred by Princeton and am still waiting for Harvard and Columbia amongst other schools... However, seth blue, everyone on this board has strengths and weaknesses, and it's usually the weakness that gets the applicant rejected when the strenghs aren't enough to cover it up...</p>
<p>I emailed the coordinator of RSI and he said that Canada isn't a participating nation....for all the years or just for this year?</p>
<p>all those years. It's not canada is not participating.. they're putting it in a nice way.. we have to be invited to participate i think.. it's not a program where your country can choose to particiate. it has to be elegible..</p>
<p>i'll put it in a nice way: canada is a pathetic so-called nation.</p>
<p><em>shrugs</em> You have to put it in perspective; at least you have the opportunity to even apply to Harvard and the resources to have a competitive chance. Think about the other countries that don't at all.</p>
<p>anyway.. applying from Canada doesn't give applicant that much of a better chance than say even some Asia countries... it's a lot harder to get in from Canada than the United States.</p>
<p>princetonwannabe, are you a canadian resident? and you applied to columbia? i read they give almost no financial aid to internationals</p>
<p>I don't think comparing canada to third world countries is exactly fair. To put it bluntly, with canada being rated the so-called "best country to live in" by the UN, you'd think it would have more potential and offer better academic opportunities. My ivy dream has essentially gone down the drain......not really, but i'm not as optimistic as before, now i see the dificulty in every opportunity.</p>
<p>*sigh...where's the Canadian pride...lol...i know exactly what u mean, we seem to depend on the states for everything...^^</p>
<p>canadian pride is non-existent, that's why our country is so weak. well, not really, but you get the idea. Just to elaborate, i mentioned the word "patriotism" in class last year, and half the class was like "ummm, what is patriotism?", to which the teacher answered, "well, it's sort of hard to explain..." get the picture? :)</p>
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I beg to differ. I'm damn proud of my country.</p>
<p>I think most Canadians are patroitic and proud of their country, but patroitism is completely unrelated to the abysmal incompetence of our education system; our public high school systems are clearly unable to compete with the likes of Singapore and the United States and there in lies the problem.</p>