Chance me for McGill (American Student)

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<p>Hi, I would like to know if I had a chance at getting into McGill University to see if I should apply or not.</p>

<p>ACT:
Math: 31
English: 34
Science: 33
Writing: 32
Composite (with writing): 33</p>

<p>My overall unweighted gpa without any senior year classes is a 3.45 (counting Physical education/health/geography/ aka required requisites at my school)
My weighted overall gpa is around a 3.8</p>

<p>I also considered weighing my gpa without pe, health, geography, and also only counting grades 10, 11, and an prediction of first semester 12 grade grades (going hard to get all As this final semester)
weighted gpa: 4.2-4.42
unweighted would be around 3.75</p>

<p>also, how much of a factor do essays or letters of recommendation count? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Oh I forgot to add, so far has taken 4 ap courses and tests, scored 2 4s, 2 5s,
is taking 5 more ap tests this year</p>

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<p>Here are the minimum requirements for American applicants:
<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/admissionsguide/standards/unitedstates”>http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/admissionsguide/standards/unitedstates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Essays and letters of rec are not considered. McGill admits strictly by the numbers. There are no hooks either. </p>

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<p>@tomofboston, I have looked at that, thank you for referencing it. I am not sure what it means A- average grades. I got Mostly As, and a few Bs in my science and math classes. If you want I can give you more specifics on my grades. Does the higher act score account for the lower grades?</p>

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<p>@FatherSAT McGill is quite fussy over each of its admission minimas being met. Unlike US schools, they do not have a holistic process where a stellar part of your application can make up for a lackluster one.</p>

<p>If one of your grades is below the requirements, you may have a hard time getting in.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about it man. I got in with way way ■■■■■■■■ grades and scores than you. Here’s a tip, the Arts faculty is way easier to get into than science or management. Just make sure to have at least one application to arts and you will most likely be accepted.</p>

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<p>@wolfman123 I plan to go into sciences so how easy would it to be to switch into that major if I applied into the arts faculty.</p>

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<p>Since the admissions minima are higher for science, your application would be reevaluated. Otherwise you would have to transfer internally after first year, if your GPA is high enough. </p>

<p>It is not an automatic switch. </p>

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<p>Almost certain you are going to get in if you get high first semester senior year grades…
Apply to both Arts and Sciences. Chances are you will accepted to Arts right away and then later on for Science.</p>

<p>I applied to last year (US student) so feel free to ask me any questions!</p>

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<p>@lovecheer86‌ I have this problem as well. I really do not know what counts as an A- average? </p>

<p>I have a 3.97 GPA UW (1 B+ in calc AB AP) </p>

<p>How important are senior grades? What is the lowest possible mcgill will accept?</p>

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<p>@‌FatherSAT You will have to choose a department for the science part of the application, although you can apply to both arts and science.</p>

<p>McGill Arts: Safety
McGill Science: Safety (better off to ask for a physical science or else it isn’t a safety anymore)</p>

<p>@purified‌ SAT/ACT please… as well as the unit(s) applied to.</p>