<p>Hey! I have recently been interested with applying to Canadian post-secondary institutions, and wanted to see where I would line up. A few friends I talked to said that I would probably be accepted at these schools, but I'm wondering about the possibility of merit scholarships that I might receive?</p>
<p>Chosen major: Engineering</p>
<p>GPA Unweighted: 3.86
GPA Weighted: 4.13</p>
<p>ACT: 36/36/36/36 (Composite: 36)
SAT I: 800 CR, 780 M, 750 W
SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 760 Physics</p>
<p>AP:
Calculus BC - 4
Physics Mechanics - 5
English Lang/Comp - 5</p>
<p>-Full IB Diploma high school (taking exams in May)
-Top 10 public high school in the US
-Science/computer related extracurriculars (not sure what Canadian schools actually look at these)</p>
<p>McGill does NOT look at ECs when you have a perfect 36 ACT and a 3.86 GPA. In a school like that, the frontier between a safety and a reach is pretty thin, and only on that frontier will it look at ECs. But, then again, you’re much better than the worst people who get into biomedical, chemical or civil engineering, who have a 3.7+ GPA and 30+ on the ACT. (McGill’s website lists not the middle 50% but the worst one admitted)</p>
<p>McGill: Safety
U Toronto: Safety (U Toronto is a safety at 30+ on the ACT with your GPA)
Waterloo: Safety</p>
<p>I agree with Catria, most Canadian universities focus on grades. I’ll be surprised if u don’t get into those schools. U’ve taken all the required courses though. right?</p>
<p>I think you’ll definitely get into U Toronto with those stats, probably UBC as well. I applied to UT and UB several years ago (ultimately chose Gtown) and I even got a scholarship at UBC, although I applied for Life sciences. Don’t stress too much about it, your stats are great, you’ll get into one of those three.</p>
<p>And even UBC doesn’t set the EC bar overly high… even when compared to American schools that are reachable by 3.3/25 students (since a 3.3/25 student would find UBC to be a reach)</p>
<p>All are big safeties, Canadian universities are too easy to get into. Why aren’t you applying to the Ivy league? You’ll earn a very small salary here, and live your life in a small apartment in the middle of Toronto.</p>
<p>Other than for Cornell, the Ivies suck, engineering-wise. UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard and Brown aren’t even on the same page as U Toronto for engineering… Perhaps you mean Caltech, MIT, UIUC or Berkeley; is the Canadian engineering job market so poor that an engineer will really earn a very small salary and live in a small apartment in the middle of Toronto?</p>
<p>Speaking as an applicant to each of these schools, I don’t really see why you’re wasting your time there when you could be at Caltech or MIT.
Your stats are better than mine anyway.</p>
<p>Of course, admission at the top US schools is a crapshoot, but admission at top Canadian schools shouldn’t be an issue for you. I’d say that even EngSci wouldn’t be a problem.</p>
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