<p>k so im planning on applying to top canadian Us as safties and US us as matches and reaches but my main problem right now is the minimal ECs. the only ec i have is mathletes in grade 9. this is because grade 9 was not in my high school but in my j. high. math team was the only thing appealing to me out of the little EC opportunities we got in that school. in grade 10, my first year of HS i wasn't very motivated to get involved. i only knew the people from my first school and it was a completely new environment so i kind of stayed away. but i really wanna start taking it seriously and getting involved. will these two years hurt me? will colleges consider these reasons ok?</p>
<p>hey i'm in the same position as you...</p>
<p>i don't think you need matches if you use canadian Us as safeties, as they are already as good/better than US matches...
also, ECs don't matter as much in Canadian Unis.</p>
<p>for example, UBC takes anyone who has 30+ in IB.</p>
<p>yeah i know but I wanna keep my options open and maybe apply to ivies and top publics to see if i can get in.</p>