Chances for Canadian schools: UBC, UofT, McGill

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<p>What are my chances of getting into U of British Columbia, U of Toronto, and McGill as an American high school student?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.86 (unweighted)
ACT: 31 (retaking in fall)
SAT: 2050 </p>

<p>I have taken the most rigorous curriculum available to me at my very small school. Only 6 APs by graduation, but that's all that has been available to me.</p>

<p>My ECs are pretty good (could be stronger), but I don't think Canadian schools care much about them.</p>

<p>If I forgot anything, just ask.</p>

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<p>You have very good grades and pretty good test scores so you should have a good chance at getting in to any of those three schools.
What major are you planning to go for? Because different programs have different admission requirements. In general humanities are the easiest to get into while the natural sciences are harder and engineering tends to be the most competitive undergrad to get into.</p>

<p>McGill shows the minimum grade requirements for american applicants:
[Admissions</a> Standards - U.S. High School | Applying to Undergraduate Studies - McGill University](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/standards/unitedstates]Admissions”>http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/standards/unitedstates)</p>

<p>UofT’s list is less specific but still helpful (This site is for the faculty of arts and science, other faculties have their own requirements):
[Admission</a> Requirements ?](<a href=“http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/futurestudents/internationalstudents/admissions]Admission”>http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/futurestudents/internationalstudents/admissions)</p>

<p>Here are the requirements for American students at UBC:
<a href=“https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/okanagan/uscurric.ezc[/url]”>https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/okanagan/uscurric.ezc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I hope this helps.</p>

<p>PS: you are right, most Canadian universities don’t care about ECs just grades and test scores.</p>

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<p>I’m looking into biology/biochem majors. Specifically, “Microbiology and Immunology” at UBC, “Cell and Molecular Biology” at U of T, and “Cell Biology” at McGill.</p>

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<p>With your grades you should be fine, for those majors. I would say that you should likely get accepted to at least 2 out of three of these schools, if not all of them.</p>

<p>I hope you get a chance to visit these universities, they all look gorgeous, but they are very big.</p>

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<p>UBC does care about ECs but U Toronto and McGill only do so when admitting off the waitlist. However, UBC would not care about ECs to the extent, say, Berkeley would.</p>

<p>U Toronto: Low match
McGill: Low match
UBC: Safety (ECs pending)</p>

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<p>Does anyone know when these applications become available for fall 2014?</p>