<p>I just moved to the U.S. from Canada this summer, I am a senior right now in my new high school. I dont know what my GPA is yet but I had 94.2% in Canada. I am taking my very first SAT exam in November. I have taken some SAT practice tests, my best score is 550 CR, 660 Math, 660 Writing. (Total 1870)
Do I have a chance to McGill? Also, I did not sign up or prepare for the SAT II yet bcuz I didnt know, what's the latest SAT II score McGill accept?</p>
<p>I'm not sure, you can check, but I think it is December. I think the SAT is fine. Just get it up to 1900, and it should be ok. </p>
<p>Also, if you are taking AP/IB exams (like the IB Diploma), they will help a lot, because then, you won't need to submit SAT scores, just your IB scores, and it will be like a conditional thing.</p>
<p>94.2% is actually very good. From Alberta? I know people who have around 94% who got major scholarships - it was like, so easy. Plus, I am assuming you are Canadian, so they will be more lenient in your SAT evaluation. In fact, I know somebody in my Rez who got a major scholarship because she took the SAT reasoning and subject tests...McGill is so weird.</p>
<p>daniels is wrong. The median SAT per section is 680,690,680. 1900 is probably too low.</p>
<p>I got a 600 for Reading and a 620 for writing and I still got in by late January. Math 770 though. I can show you the results if you want proof.</p>
<p>Honestly, Canadians do not care about standardized testing: GPA is the most important thing. My GPA was a 4.2 weighted. That is it. I know somebody who did not even take the SATs, but he took many APs, and he still got in the same time I did. </p>
<p>Do not fear lol...there is very little that can stop you from getting into McGill.</p>
<p>You got a 1990, come on. The median is about 2050. Moreover, for American applicants, the SAT and 2 SAT II's or the ACT alone are REQUIRED for admittance. It is only for Canadians that only grades matter. I do think, however, that Mcgill accepts people with low GPAs. I have no idea how Mcgill's students are supposed to have the highest entering marks in Canada.</p>
<p>Data from collegeboard:</p>
<pre><code>* 16% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
* 39% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
* 34% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
* 10% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
* 1% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
</code></pre>
<p>SAT Critical Reading: 640 - 740 78%
SAT Math: 640 - 720 78%
SAT Writing: 650 - 720 78%
ACT Composite: 29 - 31 37%</p>
<p>2008 requirements for admittance to the arts:
B+ average in last three years; B+ in English each Gr 11 and 12; each SAT I and II 650 or ACT 28 </p>
<p>You underestimate the quality of the people Mcgill accepts, though compared to Ivy leagues and such the requirements are quite lax. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Danielsl, because I basically decided that if I don't get into Princeton, Stanford, etc then I'm going to Mcgill. I don't want to pay 50k a year to go to any place that isn't among the best, and mcgill would only be like 20k a year for me. I also figure that they might give me a scholarship.</p>
<p>Ok, I will be completely honest with you, coming from a McGill student, U1. McGill has some of the best students I have seen in my life (and I have studied in the many corners of the world from North America, Asia to Europe), and some of them are so damn intelligent, it is just unbelievable. However, the other half of McGill is composed of some of the worse students I have ever seen - these are the ENGINEERING students who still can't get logarithms at age 19, never mind finding the mean of a set of 9 numbers. Just proof-reading their essays makes me dizzy - and I wonder how they say my writing is poor. They party every night, Peel Pub, 737, Le Drugstore - get wasted - get high - anything but go to class and study. My CHEM 212 class started with 600 students, now less than 200 attend every Tuesday and Thursday...I wonder where they get the time to study. There are indeed some students who got in with 2380 SATs, and there are these students that got in with 1600s. I am serious - no more kidding.</p>
<p>And those statistics are old: they were the same 2 years ago. I was in the same position as you when I applied, you can ask my dad. I told him that I might not get in because my reading and writing are poor (they are independent of the superscore for almost all colleges), below the median, mean, wtv. But I still got in - no problem. There is a guy down the hall with an 1800 - proud of it as well.</p>
<p>From experience, McGill accepts weighted GPA until up to about 3.4, never seen anybody with a lower GPA. And when McGill says it has the highest entering GPA in Canada, they only compare over individual systems: CEGEP, U.S., Ontario, A-Levels, etc. and of course McGill's U.S. GPA is higher than U of T or Waterloo or wtv, since their best students are probably Canadian anyway.</p>
<p>And just so you know, in Ontario's system, you can get an average of 90% easily, because you can choose many electives, and they can be something really bird course that is still equivalent to Math or English.</p>
<p>And kungfumaster, you would probably need 30k a year, because you are international, but that is about 23-25k USD, which is like half of any top-tier private college.</p>
<p>Just take note that at McGill, you will be abused to the limit in every course. My high school buddies and I were sharing released exam papers, and I must say, Princeton and Harvard have Chemistry and Calculus exams that are just so easy...too easy. McGill's exams are way worse than theirs, plus, I would suppose that their teaching is better. And I would say that this is GOOD thing, because once you graduate, you will be good, very good, compared to those other people - and Grad and Med schools will take note of this. Everybody knows (at least in Canada, including employers) that McGill is hardcore.</p>