<p>Hello everyone, </p>
<p>I'm about to enter my final year of High school, I'm a citizen of Quebec studying at a College Prep, American High school in Kuwait. I'm hoping to Major in Political Science at McGill University in the fall of 2013 and I was hoping for some insight into my chances for admission. </p>
<p>My 10th Grade overall GPA was low, 2.86, due to a sickness in the family; I'm hoping to cite Special Circumstances in my application.
I finished 11th Grade with a 3.7 and a 3.6 GPA for first and second semester, respectively, without any Honors or AP courses.
I'm going into 12th grade with good expectations in terms of my GPA.
Throughout 10th and 11th Grade I have consistently gotten A's (there are no A+'s at my school) in both my History and English Courses.
I'm enrolled to take AP US History this coming year.
I know that McGill does not look at Recommendation Letters or Extracurricular so I won't bother mentioning anything past the fact that I am heavily involved in extracurriculars as well as sports, also, I am hoping to play Rugby for McGill in the coming years.<br>
I took the SAT this past May on a whim, without any preparation, I got a total score of 1760 (640 R, 570 W, 550 M). I am definitely going to retake it this November and I can see a very likely improvement on all the scores.
I am also planning on taking SAT II's in US History and English this following year. (I have no idea how those will turn out.)</p>
<p>That's all the information I can think of, any responses would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to spend the summer being as productive as I can, researching possible universities and where I will be spending the next four years of my life. </p>
<p>Thank you, all.</p>
<p>There’s no where on the application for you to site any special circumstances from what I remember so not sure if you can count too much on that.</p>
<p>For Arts they require you to take the SAT and any 2 SAT II Subject Tests.
B+ average in grades 10, 11 and 12; B+ in each English; each SAT I and II 650</p>
<p>They dont look at AP’s much as they only really consider it for advanced credit so not sure how much they care about you taking that next year.</p>
<p>Your SAT is a bit low. I think about a 2000 is competitive for McGill. Should probably try to retake and improve on that score.</p>
<p>To amend ^: applicants do have the opportunity to list athletic involvement, and it is factored into the admission process. McGill isn’t know for attracting athletes due to a relative lack of sports scholarships - symptomatic of the general funding shortfall - so I imagine your rugby might help to bolster your academics somewhat. </p>
<p>Of course, this is all contingent on the application not changing in the past few years >_></p>
<p>My bad, apparantly you can list such stuff but I’m not sure how much it will help tbh unless it was a very serious problem. It would probably excuse your results in grade 10 at the max and they would consider only 11 and 12 if I had to venture a guess. Anyway, it cant hurt so good luck with that.</p>
<p>@Hieronymus, I really dont think there is a place for athletic involvement. I remember doing the application this year and it had no such section. I think its only for those who are trying for scholarships or something.</p>
<p>Yes, the application for scholarships include an extensive review of extracurricular involvement. </p>
<p>But the regular undergraduate application also specifically asks whether the applicant intends to pursue any athletics at McGill. Unfortunately, the Fall application period isn’t open yet, so we are unable to verify one way or the other. But this is something the OP should keep in mind, and would probably like to know about.</p>
<p>Thank you all, I appreciate the responses.</p>