Hi all,
I’m a Canadian student currently in 12th grade. I’d really like to attend a US college. I applied to some to enrol as a Freshman for next year (Fall 2017, c/o 2021), but I don’t think I’ll gain admission to any. Below are my stats/info, and results thus far. Thanks for taking the time to read, I really appreciate it.
SAT : 1310 superscore (630 M 680 CR/W)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~90%
Weighted GPA: school does not weigh GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank (but somewhere in top 10%)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): local/provincial awards
ECs: competitive dance 20 hr/week, piano, volunteering, lifestyle blog, peer leadership, titleholder for pageant
Major: biochem
Country: Canada
School Type: private catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none :’)
Accepted: UBC, Mt. Allison
Rejected: Colby, Northwestern, Middlebury, Colgate
Waiting for: Barnard, Duke, Penn, Dartmouth, U of T Trin, McGill
I will likely be attending UBC this fall. I have done some research, and have concluded that transferring will be extremely difficult/not possible from UBC to the schools listed above. This leaves me with two options:
- gap year, re-apply as freshman
- take freshman year at UBC, apply ED to a US school as a freshman
My parents are very against me taking a gap year. They have said that they will pay for the additional year of school if I choose to re-apply to schools while enrolled in a college this fall.
Finally my question: Is this even possible? I’d be re-taking the SAT and hopefully apply to Penn or Northwestern ED.