<p>Huh… I guess US students count as internationals and hence the “competition”. </p>
<p>Keep in mind Canadian unversities don’t require any sort of standardized tests for Canadian students and unless you’re applying to a very specific/specialized undergrad program (not sure what Mcgill’s might be…), they only care about 10-11-12 results and the level of difficulty of the course load.</p>
<p>TBH the system’s really flawed up here in Canada… the universities that list “must have a 85% avg to be considered a competitive applicant” is a bit of a joke since my friends who have 75-80% avgs get in anyway. </p>
<p>The standardized tests for international applicants is simply to gauge the legitimacy of your school grades since it’s different than the Canadian system and has different standards (ie grade inflation filtering). IMO your tests will likely reflect a school system that reflects the Canadian one, backed up by your grades.</p>
<p>I’m not suggesting in anyway that you’ll get in no problem. I’m just trying to ease your anxiety about your achievements not being good enough to be considered!</p>
<p>They won’t care about anything other than your best SAT score; they probably won’t care about the cheating unless it’s specifically noted in your transcripts. My friend was suspended twice in high-school and got into UBC quite easily. </p>
<p>Since most Canadian schools end up dealing with tens of thousands of applicants, they don’t have very complex application processes. Your stats are all good; you have as good a chance as anyone.</p>
<p>Also, as a side note - since the top Canadian schools are all publicly funded, they love the $$$ from international students. McGill might be different, but I know UBC and UofT would definitely let you in with lower marks than a Canadian.</p>
<p>I’m currently in track, and I’ll stay in it for 1st semester - but i must say, i hate the living DAYLIGHT out of track.</p>
<p>for american schools, I know that 2nd semester senior year matters very little.</p>
<p>but for mcgill, not only does 1st semester of 12th grade share equal importance as any semester in junior year, they also ask for 2nd semester as well (from what the phone operator told me) - </p>
<p>so… can anyone clarify this? my JUNE report card of next year will matter for Mcgill?
if so, will it look bad if i switch out of track for that? the materials are due in march, so I’m a tad confused. here in the states, we have to submit the june report card to universities just to show them that we didn’t fail. but for canada…</p>
<p>Second semester senior grades matter to the extent that if you go from a 3.7 overall to a 1.5 say in your final senester, your acceptance could be rescinded. This is the case at most any school. </p>
<p>As for track, McGill does not consider EC’s or athletics in admission.</p>
<p>Although your marks were not that strong in earlier years, you seem like you still have a decent chance. While McGill is selective and arguably the best school in Canada it does not have as strenuous requirements as lets say the best school in the US and I believe the essay is a different kind and does not have as much weight as it would in the US. That being said, maintain you’re course load and grades and I would say its a target not a reach for you. Best of luck!</p>
<p>But you are fluent in Russian? If you plan to claim this on your app then I would suggest submitting a suplemental in Russian just to verify. One of my friends who is fluent in Catalan did this, as there was no other way to demonstrate his proficiency.</p>
<p>Well 2 things, first of all, i doubt they will recind you an acceptance for dropping track. That is if you drop after you apply. </p>
<p>Target school means that you’re likely to get in while a reach school is one you hope to get into that might be a bit out of your range though. So yes, quite possible :)</p>
<p>should in general, should I even send in my euro score (3) or will that look bad and be unecessary… or will they really want to see a correlated score with the class.</p>
<p>and also, due to to the fact that I want to major in something like linguistics/international relations (arts) they apparently only look at english grades (as jake barnes had said) -
nonetheless, I took precalculus, got 2 A’s and am thinking about taking AP calculus (it’s not too bad; i’m good at math) - will that help at all for an Arts major? or will they look away from it.</p>
<p>And how about American schools… would they want to see calculus even though i’m applying for an arts major?</p>
<p>is the WF horrible??? (refer to the original post)
it’s on my transcript for 10th grade. will i need to explain myself? or will the A in honors british literature be ok…</p>
<p>McGill speaks english~ so you don’t need to worry haha
Canadian schools don’t really look at gr 9 and 10 marks. McGill is one of the few that put an emphasis on ECs…but I think you are a pretty strong candidate overall, so you have a good chance! ^^</p>
<p>wait are you sure they like EC’s? I was told that mcgill especially doesn’t want any supplementary things… i thought it was just GPA and SAT. also are you SURE about 10th grade for an AMERICAN applicant?</p>
<p>Yes, American applicants are evaluated on grade 10,11 and 12 grades. McGill only looks at EC’s and rec letters if you apply for a major scholarship, not for admission.</p>
<p>The most important thing is your ACT or SAT. 30 is good enough for your program I think. But i agree with most people, bump up your GPA a little, but bump up the ACT/SAT too.</p>