I am a Canadian citizen currently attending school in the US. My top school, for sure, is McGill in Montreal. I am interested in the humanities and specifically literature. I am planning to apply to McGill in the fall, however I am very uncertain of my likelihood of being accepted. It would be very helpful if someone could fill me in on the statistics for The Faculty of Arts at McGill, and how I am shaping up (because I need to plan what other colleges to apply to, and if McGill seems like a straight shot I shouldn’t need to apply to too many others)
I still have another year of high school left, and I will be taking the test again but currently this is where I stand:
ACT Composite: 30, ACT Writing: 10
Weighted GPA: roughly~5.0 (I have taken five AP classes and will take another four senior year. Currently in junior year I have all As and one B)
Please inform me of my standing for application the faculty of arts.
Thanks!
You will be considered an American applicant since you are attending an American high school.
Here are the minimum requirements for admission for Americans:
http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/requirements/minima/usa
Meeting the minima does not guarantee acceptance. EC’s etc. are not considered.
Do you know about any of the standards? I am trying to determine which other schools I will need to apply to. It would be helpful if there was any information on what the average accepted GPA/ACT was. Do you know if I am within the range at The Faculty of Arts to be accepted with a 30ACT, and a ~3.9 uw GPA?
Additionally, in regards to the actual admissions process: I am aware that my McGill does not superscore, and I was wondering how the process works. Would I send in both of my ACT test scores (as I have taken it twice) and would they consider my highest sub scores, or look only at the test with the highest composite score? Because, it would be very advantageous if they examined my sub scores on one test as well as my composites and sub scores from the other test. Will all of my sub scores be considered?
My S from a US high school was accepted into the Faculty of Arts with a 31 ACT and 3.6 uw. Check out the link that @TomSrOfBoston posted above. It will tell you what the minima were for each Faculty. They will publish updated numbers in the Fall which will reflect what it took this year.
@SwimmingDad thanks for the info, that is encouraging as I have just recently re-taken the ACT and am hoping that mays core has improved by a point or two, so that I will be around 31 or 32. I think my uw GPA should be pretty good we shall see, but hopefully I will be about on par with entrance into the Faculty of Arts. Does anyone know roughly what the acceptance rate is for that faculty or if a 32 will just about guarantee acceptance?