<p>Hi... I was just wondering with my grades and scores, will McGill in Canada be a good safety school.</p>
<p>Grades:
freshman sophomore years: mostly As some Bs
junior senior yeas: IB Diploma - predicted 40/42 (all 7s in higher level, 766 in standard level)
School does not provide GPA or Rank
SAT: 2190 (640 CR, 800M, 750 W)
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800, Chinese 800
APs (Self Study): Calc BC 4, AB subscore 5, Physics B 5</p>
<p>I'm a Canadian citizen applying from Hong Kong.</p>
<p>The other schools I'll be applying to are:
Princeton
MIT
UChicago
Duke
Dartmouth
Cornell
Emory
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Have you thought about affording the schools you are applying to?
Will you be a full pay student & not needing financial aid? Best to think about costs!</p>
<p>No idea if this applies to Canadian citizens but can McGill ever be considered a “safety” for anyone? I had always understood that it was highly selective…</p>
<p>Actually, I thought McGill admissions was strictly numbers based and if you have the goods, and it appears to me the the OP does, it’s an ideal safety. Nobody’s going to critique your essays or ECs at McGill if you make the cut numerically.</p>
<p>Our school’s Naviance supports this and there is a clear line distinguishing those admitted and those rejected. No fuzzy area. </p>
<p>The admissions standards (grades, SATS and SATIIs) vary by degree program and by applicant type (Canadian HS, US HS, Intnl HS). Grades in particular courses matter. Check it out on the website. </p>
<p>fireppp: Will you qualify for (out-of-province) Canadian tuition rates? My DH is Canadian but our children are attending US schools --I couldn’t find info on the website about the tuition charged for Canadian’s living abroad in HS. Curious.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies guys. I really appreciate it. Here’s a little more about me:</p>
<p>I’ll be applying to Bachelor of Science and Arts 1st Choice undeclared and bachelor of science second choice undeclared as well. As for the financial aspects, it is actually a huge factor in my decision to apply to McGill. You see, I actually have a dual citizenship for U.S and Canada, so I should qualify for both financial aid from top schools in the US and out of province fees at McGill. However, I suspect that even after financial aid, McGill will be a lot cheaper. I have some friends that have been in similar situations to me and they all qualified for out of province fees.</p>
<p>@pathways: as a Canadian or dual citizen, your kids would qualify for out of province tuition even if coming out of a US high school. If they were born in Quebec, they would qualify for the incredibly low Quebec tuition rate.</p>
<p>Since you are international, you want to be shooting for the 75% percentile.
High reaches: Princeton, Dartmouth, and MIT (75% percentiles within 20 points of 800 in all sections for the most recent class)
Reaches: UChicago, Duke, and Cornell
Match: Emory and CM
Guaranteed admission with your stats (even if you weren’t Canadian citizen): McGill and UofT</p>
<p>Yeah. Even though I have American citizenship, I think I’ll still be in the international applicant pool. Therefore, acceptance to my top choice schools are unlikely, which is why I’m applying to McGill for safety. As for UofT, I know it’s a good school, but I’ve actually ruled it out for personal reasons. It’s true that I want to pursue graduate school in the United States, so does McGill really have a better reputation than say CMU and Emory? And how does McGill affect my chances of getting in to graduate school in the US?</p>
<p>McGill is purely numbers based as someone said.</p>
<p>You have the numbers, so it is a good safety, yes.</p>
<p>Cost is less than US schools too (even if u werent a canadian citizen) so it is a great choice for those who can’t afford much either.</p>
<p>Bachelor of Arts and Sciences is the HARDEST program to get into. The bachelor of science though is a safety for you.</p>
<p>On a side note, I’d recommend the later anyway because you are free to take a lot more electives…the BA and BSC gives you rarely any time to pursue any electives. Go with one, and take a bunch of electives. If you end up feeling that the Arts is where u want to go, you can always switch schools.</p>
<p>I applied there myself My sister goes there now and likes it.</p>
My sister goes there now and likes it.</p>