Opinion of my chances at gaining admission to: University of Victoria, Tornoto, British Columbia,etc

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<p>Hello everyone. I am just trying to see where people believe I have a chance to gain acceptance to. </p>

<p>I'm interested in these Canadian schools: UBC, University of Toronto, Vancouver Island, Uni of Victoria, McGill, Queen's & York.</p>

<p>My stats:
Currently in 3rd year at a male catholic prep school.
Grades: around a 3.5 gpa/ about a 90%
I will not have any AP's, but about 1-3 honors classes by the time I graduate next year.
I am in varsity crew year round. Practice schedule only allows for 3 school EC
I scored 1800 on my SAT and will take ACT soon.
Math is a hard course for me, I am always in B's but all others classes are B+ to A+</p>

<p>My top 3 choices are UBC Vancouver, Toronto, McGill.</p>

<p>I am open to what I will study; In order of preference are my possible majors: neuroscience, psychology, exercise science, English, international affairs. </p>

<p>Quick About me: High school was first time in private school. I have always been a "coaster", where i would only apply myself to the minimum to get a b+/A-. But I woke up at the end of 2nd year that I can go to some great school and I have the brain to do it. So i have started to fully apply myself, 1st semester of this year I increased from a 90 to a 91, and the trend keeps going up. I am described to be professional, mature, intelligent, introspective, great writer. </p>

<p>questions:</p>

<p>-My private school is selective and well accredited, you must have a reasonably high average in middle school to gain admittance, with that being said, all classes are basically ran one level up compared to public schools. For instance, (the lowest class level) College prep is ran like honors, honors is ran like AP, and AP classes are ran like college. My friend in public school has a 2.8 gpa, 2 AP's and a couple honors, when we compared our school work, his AP classes were like my College Prep/honor classes. How do the admission offices take into account for this scenario? I have a higher GPA than my friend but he takes better classes, will I be penalized in decision making? comments?</p>

<p>-What schools of the ones I listed do you think I have a decent shot at making it in, which are reach, which i should hope for a miracle.</p>

<p>-How do I stand compared to my 3 top choices?</p>

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<li>My coach says I have a really good lightweight rowing machine time, how are these schools and sports recruiting? How popular is crew recruiting in CA? Does Canada have a version of the NCAA that i need to register if I wish to be recruited? </li>
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<p>Any thoughts, comments, tips, suggestions, what schools you think I have a better chance to get into than the others etc. Anything would be greatly Appreciated. Thank you for your time & responses </p>

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<p>An SAT of 1800 would be automatic rejection for most programs at McGill and would make McGill a reach for the least selective programs. </p>

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<p>I so disagree with TomSrOfBoston. My son’s plan B was McGill but he chose to go to the US on a combined athletic and academic scholarship. The system here is extremely different. Universities look at your grades, not SAT scores. My son went to a challenging private Catholic school where a high B average is better than an A in a regular school and he would have gotten into McGill easily. As for athletics, the CIS system is very different from NCAA. While some kids do stay here and compete within CIS, a large majority go to the US. You will not find here the same level of support as in the US…no comparison unless you are a carded athlete with a national body and get serious funding from your sport. As far as I can tell, the reason US students come here is because they can get a big name school for less than half the cost of a big name school in the US. The reason why Canadian students go to the US is to compete at a high level at minimal or no cost while getting access to a support system that helps them stay on top of academics.</p>

<p>You mentioned that you do crew…you really need to look into whether the schools actually have crew. Crew is big in the US but not here. You may not even find it offered.</p>

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<p>Here are McGill’s published minimum SAT standards by program:
<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/admissionsguide/standards/unitedstates”>http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/admissionsguide/standards/unitedstates&lt;/a&gt;
the more selective programs have a minimum of 1950 plus a minimum of 650 in both SAT II tests. McGill, unlike many Canadian schools, requires and puts a heavy weight on SAT/ACT scores. </p>

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<p>faninthestands, Canadian universities certainly do look at SAT scores for American students. I’m not sure why you think otherwise.</p>

<p>kidyom, there aren’t athletic scholarships in Canada.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for answering iv learned some things, any others would be appreciated</p>

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<p>Aim for 29+ on the ACT…</p>