<p>Is it true that the SATs are not analyzed as heavily by Canadian universities as they are by American ones? I haven't taken them yet (currently, I'm a junior).</p>
<p>I'm in the International Baccalaureate.</p>
<p>GPA freshman year: around 3.85.
GPA sophomore year: 4.06 (4.17 in second semester)</p>
<p>I plan to maintain a GPA well above 4.00 for the rest of high school.
I would like to study medicine.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Drama (drama class, plays, drama club, International School Theatre Association trip to Prague, Medecins Sans Frontieres charity...I plan to do more but I don't really know what I should do).</p>
<p>Also, does the fact that I'm a Canadian citizen (of Ontario, not Quebec) disadvantage me, because I would have to pay less than international students?</p>
<p>“Is it true that the SATs are not analyzed as heavily by Canadian universities as they are by American ones?”
Yes. And McGill doesn’t require any SAT scores from Canadian students. It’s basically 100% based on your GPA.</p>
<p>“Also, does the fact that I’m a Canadian citizen (of Ontario, not Quebec) disadvantage me, because I would have to pay less than international students?”
Not at all.</p>
<p>^he is right. Canadians don’t need standardized test scores, only GPA. There is a website with the cutoff percentages for different programs. As long as you are slightly above that, then your chances are immense.</p>
<p>The cutoffs for the Faculty of Science (life sciences), for example, have been increasing 1-2% per year the last few years. It was 91.5% for those applying for Fall 2010, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s 93% this year, especially considering there were a few cases of 93%+ getting rejected last year.</p>
<p>If you went to an american high school you’ll be treated as an american applicant, but you can pay out of province tuition because of your citizenship.</p>