Hello all,
this is my first post so I hope I am doing this correctly and the right eyes can see this. So first off I would like to say that I currently live in the United States but I plan on going to school in Canada due to tuition costs/family (I have Canadian citizenship) At the moment I have an older brother who is attending U of T and I would very much like to join him. Unfortunately I’m not sure if I meet the exact requirements to attend 
.For my freshman year of high school I did very bad, I was easily distracted and I was integrated with the wrong group. (I have detached myself from the group after sophomore year). Freshman year I ended with a 3.29 average, which when I look at always makes me feel so uneasy. Looking at this low GPA makes me extremely sad, and I lose hope because I know that every year counts. The following year, I somewhat did better but I wasn’t trying. I was easily distracted and I thought that everything was fine, and that I was doing good in school…Big mistake. I ended sophomore year with a 3.62, which again makes me feel terrible. Junior year I have gotten back on my feet. I am currently in a few AP and Honors levels classes including AP Physics, AP US History and Honors Pre-Calculus (you cannot take AP junior year). All of which I am doing well in. I think that at this point in my junior year I have either a 3.75-3.9 GPA (I’m not sure if this GPA is different for Canadian standards :l ) For all my other classes I have at least a 90/100, if not 100/100 in them. My senior year I will be taking four AP classes, 2 honors and 1 regular class. These classes are AP Calculus AB, AP Physics 2, AP Environmental Science, AP Computer Science, Honors Mock Trial (this class is a competitive legal course that required a application, the highest level is honors for this course), Theology and Philosophy as an English course, and International Relations Honors (this is also the highest level for this course). Aside from school, I also plan on taking the regular SAT. I have been preparing for the past year now and I am confident that I can do very well on it. I will also be taking the following subject tests: SAT 1&2 Mathematics, SAT Physics 1. On top of academics I have some extracurricular actives like piano, and soccer. I have been playing piano for 11 years now, and I will soon be taking an exam to enter a Royal British Music Academy, and I get a certificate and everything. There are 8 levels for the Music Academy, 1-8, 8 being the highest. My piano teacher believes that I can get to the 7th level. I am not sure how much this will help me but I’ve been told it can help a lot. (I’ve also done 6 years of Band at my school, I played Saxophone for these years) I play soccer for my town, though I do not think this is worth mentioning but it just goes to show that I am somewhat involved in physical activities. Lastly I am part of a national charity organization and have been active with it’s events. Earlier this month I ran for a Senior Class position, and unfortunately lost, though I was close to winning, again I’m not sure if this is worth mentioning. Well, that’s my story. All I wanna know is if I could possibly get into U of T, I want to join my brother up there and attend a good college. I appreciate all help with this topic, it means a lot to me.
Really not much to say without knowing your SAT/ACT scores. Assuming you’re back on track, and you get a 3.9+ in both your junior and senior years, you’ll be around a 3.6 GPA. A 3.6 GPA is pretty average, but you can compensate for it with a high score on the ACT or SAT + subject tests. Your extracurriculars really don’t matter, U of T doesn’t care about anything other than your GPA and test scores. My GPA was lower than what you can get, but I scored also scored a 36 STEM score on the ACT. I was accepted into the Computer Science program, which i believe is one of the more competitive majors at UofT.
U of T won’t care what your freshman and sophomore GPAs were. They only look at junior and senior grades.