<p>These are my top two choices and since I don't hear back for a while, I was wondering if you all could help my nerves. I am applying for Economics so for McGill I applied to the Faculty of Arts and Desautels Faculty of Management.</p>
<p>Grades:
Freshman Year-3.4 (Private School)
Sophomore Year-3.4 (Private School/C in math)
Junior Year-3.85 first semester, 4.0 second semester (Public School)
Senior Year-Not sure yet, probably 3.6-3.85 range (Public School)</p>
<p>AP's: Bio 4, US History 4, Lang 4, currently taking Psych, BC Calculus, and Literature.</p>
<p>SAT: 640R, 800W, 770M
SATII: 790 Bio, 760 MathI, 680 US History</p>
<p>EC: Age Group National Champion in Short Track Speedskating, competed in Olympic Trials.
(I know this doesn't help for McGill...)</p>
<p>If anyone could chance me that would be awesome. Thanks!</p>
<p>Do you think I have a chance? McGill is my first choice but it’s nice having options.
Edit: Sorry I didn’t see your request. Will do in a sec. If you could get a couple more people to look at my thread that would be awesome.</p>
<p>since you’ve had some improvement possibly. Though its an ivy and would still be unpredictable. You never know though so apply. would you mind chancing back btw?</p>
<p>Already did.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is definitely my most difficult school to get into, though my interview went great because my interviewer saw an article about me right before leaving the house. Lucked out there. Also, my old private school is highly prestigious and well-regarded among Ivy-League schools (Sidwell Friends if you’re wondering) but it also deflates grades heavily. I’m hoping they simply see my SAT reading score as an achilles heel and overlook it.</p>
<p>Is there any chance you could help me get more people to chance me? I’m scared out of my mind because not only is McGill my top choice school but the training around there for my sport is world-class, which is hard to find in such a small sport.</p>
<p>McGill’s admission process is somewhat different then that of a typical American university. The selectivity of admissions varies greatly based on department. Also different is the fact that admissions at McGill is based on an aplicant exceeding a bunch of minimum standards (ie. gpa was above X for EACH of grades 10, 11 and 12, All SAT1s and IIs above X) </p>
<p>Here is a list of the minimum requirements for different departments at McGill: [Admission</a> standards (US) | Applying to Undergraduate Studies - McGill University](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/admissionsguide/standards/unitedstates]Admission”>http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/admissionsguide/standards/unitedstates)</p>
<p>If you exceed each of them then your odds of getting accepted are quite good. If you are below the minimums in one or more areas your chances of getting accepted drop drastically.</p>
<p>Fortunately Arts is one of the easiest faculties to get into and looking at your stats (grades 10-12, McGill doesn’t look at grade 9 marks) I would put you as a low match. You will most likely get accepted.</p>
<p>McGill’s business school (Desaults) is more selective than arts and you are below some of the minimums (ie. SATI score less than 650). This doesn’t necessarily damn your application but it does hurt your chances, therefore I would but Desaults into low to mid reach category.</p>
<p>By the way how did you come down to a choice between Dartmouth and McGill? They are very different schools. Dartmouth is almost like a LAC and has a strong focus on undergraduate education. McGill is a large research university.</p>
<p>Update on my grades: I got all the grades that I wanted! As in a B in BC calculus and an A in everything else. That makes a 3.85 GPA. How do my chances look now?
I want to go into investment banking, a field in which prestige is the one factor earning people jobs. McGill and Dartmouth have that and would allow me to continue skating.</p>