My 73% average jumped to 93% from grade 11; excellent EC (Waterloo Engineering)

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<p>My grade 11 average was horrible (75%), due to a 60% in Biology, 70% in History, and a 80% in math. The reason for these horrible grade 11 grades was the result of putting my entire dedication on personal projects and ECs. For example:</p>

<p>Youngest to speak at a large TedX in my city at age 16
Top trending developer on Github for one month
Built some popular open souce contributions
Was featured in an article on TechCrunch and Mashable
DECA Chapter President for 3 years && attended ICDC (International business competition) in grade 11
1 year intern at a startup and product design firm, building apps for fortune 500 companies (age 15)
Did countless hours of volunteer stuff, like teaching kids how to code.</p>

<p>I was able to raise my grades in grade 12, and now my grades are as follows (at least for term 1):</p>

<p>English: 100%
Computer science: 90%
Physics: 90%
Advanced Functions: 90%
Calc: 92%
Chem: 90%</p>

<p>Assuming I graduate with these grades, what are my chances of getting into:</p>

<p>Waterloo Systems Design Engineering
Waterloo Software Engineering
Waterloo Computer (hardware) Engineering</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>This next question is off topic, but what are my chances for getting into state Unis (Stanford, Rhode Island Design School, Georgia Tech, Penn), given that my grade 9 - 11 marks were horrid?</p>

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<p>Ive never heard of waterloo… Theres no way you can get into stanford…lol. You never mentioned your sat or act.</p>

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<p>Your grades are low for Waterloo engineering. Their software engineering program has probably the highest admissions average in Canada. Go to <a href=“Admission requirements | Undergraduate Programs | University of Waterloo”>Admission requirements | Undergraduate Programs | University of Waterloo; to find the admission requirements. </p>

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<p>My grade 12 marks are competitive, though I was mainly hoping my ECs would cut it. The grade 11 marks are the ones I’m worried about, which I hear from some that Waterloo doesn’t look at. From others, I hear that they do.</p>