<p>Hey guys, im actually not a senior yet but im a sophomore. So ive been thinking for the past few months that Im actually doing horrible. Not doing horrible but below average than anyone else. My dream is to go to SUNY Buffalo or a university near Toronto, Canada. The thing is freshmen year I had like an 88 average 1st term, and 92 average second term. Now sophomore year my 1st term ended up with a 86. But this year I was transfered into an honor program where I have 1 IB class which is Chemistry and English Honors and Im actually ahead one grade ahead in math. Im in Trigonometry instead of geometry. Anyways so if you average 88,92, and 86 it doesnt look so good. Not good enough in my opinion to get into SUNY Buffalo. I dont know how to explain my situation. But im just somewhat failing my tests in classes. Like what my teachers are saying its only going to get harder and not easier. Im guessing 2nd term i will have somewhere around 85 or 86 average. Ive been looking at this year's admission acceptance forum in here. People have like 90 average , 3.7 + gpa. Its just putting me down. Maybe all the low gpa students arent in this forum? But my chances.... I only have 2 more terms left to raise my gpa. And its not helping. My situation is somewhat low gpa. And for my sat i wont have outstanding scores. Im not a good test taker. Im probably just going to end up in the 550-600 range in each. I have some ECs. But not a lot. Hows my sophomore year doing? Will i be able to get into a SUNY or SUNY buffalo with an 3.3 Gpa ? Like around 87% gpa? I feel like im a failure and im just going to end up in cunys.</p>
<p>Wow seriously ? 140 + views and not 1 person is gonna say if i have a chance of going in or not</p>
<p>I’ll assume 1700 overall (or 1150 CR+M).</p>
<p>UB: Match</p>
<p>Try SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Brockport or, if you can afford it, York, Ryerson or U Toronto.</p>
<p>I would love to go to U Toronto, however I don’t have the grades or SAT score to get in. I have a 3.3 gpa atm. Students show over 95%+ over all to U of T and showed 2100 SAT score overall to them. Its like telling me to apply to harvard. /:</p>
<p>If you put your act together at a SUNY you can then try to transfer to U Toronto…</p>
<p>I dont know much about colleges and universities but when could I transfer ? ><. after 1 semester ? Or i have to wait longer</p>
<p>Finish your GE first, then transfer :D</p>
<p>i don’t understand American scoring! How an 80 something average is ‘horrible’. And I saw a mother complaining on another forum how her daughter’s european teachers were ‘so strict’ because they thought a C was a good score in IB. a C (around 70%) is a good score in IB! my teacher’s would say the same, it transfers to a 6 on a scale of 1-7. At an australian school high 80’s on average would be considered a top student, that’san A average here.when I was in France an 11/25 was the top score on a test, which was normal! I don’t understand why American grades are so inflated</p>
<p>Because american school standards on grading is different. I dont know about other countries but i know somewhat about canada for example. Their passing grade is 50 ours is a 65. Their 80s could get them in good universities where as our 90s would get us into good universities. My grades might seem good in other country but in america , im not meeting their standards. My 80 is like a 65-70 in canadian schools 
idk if thats a good comparison but its somewhat like that. Its just the number that looks high or somewhat. But in reality its equal if you convert scores.</p>
<p>I thought Ontario had the most inflated high school grades in Canada, where you could take a typical Ontario 80% student and it would be almost impossible to tell the difference (other than by social studies) between the two. If you had an 80% average in Quebec or Alberta, though, then it would be like a 3.7 American student, if not better.</p>
<p>U Toronto can actually be brought within range without the need for a 2100 on the SAT. I respect that, in your situation, it is the reachiest school that might tempt you, and it’s about as hard to get into as Stony Brook, ECs notwithstanding. You only really need a ~89% GPA and a 1850-ish on the SAT, if you apply at U Toronto for something not called engineering or Rotman. And U Toronto is a safety for the 95%/2100 students you saw attending the place.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Toronto Scatterplots | Parchment - College admissions predictions.](<a href=“University of Toronto Scatterplots | Parchment - College admissions predictions.”>University of Toronto Scatterplots | Parchment - College admissions predictions.) This is the closest thing to a U Toronto Naviance chart I found, only this is the average of the SAT subscores on the Y-axis with unweighted on the X-axis.</p>
<p>If you think going to U Toronto as a transfer student is a better idea than going there as a freshman, it is best to do the move as a junior-level transfer.</p>
<p>so how do American colleges take into account grading disparities for international students (like me) haha I’m the top student in most of my classes (IB diploma program) But I haven’t seen a 90% for a long time, you only need 80% for a score of 7 which is perfect (7/7) so I guess they would look at it like that? But what about non-international courses. If they were looking at an australian with a high eighties average at a good private school they would be looking at a very good student! Do they accommodate for that?</p>