<p>Hi
I am a grade 11 student at a high school in Alberta Canada. I am currently doing grade 12 math (Math 30) and getting around 84 percent. I know Mcgill demand quiet a high average for the courses you submit and I feel I need to improve my mark. To do that, I am thinking of repeating the course at a summer school or even at school next year when I have a spare. Would that hurt my chance of getting into Mcgill?</p>
<p>One more thing, what are some of the most popular majors that are NOT associated with sciences (especially physics and chem) and what are the 6 subjects I need to submit for them and the average I should be getting(percentage-wise from Canadian high school) ?</p>
<p>I am quite worried about my grades right now and I hope I can get some good advices from here!</p>
<p>what are your other marks like? It's hard to tell whether repeating the course would be a good idea without having any idea of what else you like.</p>
<p>In terms of popular programs, I know that Political Science and International Development are quite big here. But then you have to ask yourself, do you really <em>want</em> to be in a big popular program? There are pros and cons to being in a big program vs being in a smaller one.</p>
<p>It's hard to give you advice about what to study without knowing what sort of fields you like :) Arts, business, life sciences, do you have a general idea what faculty you'll be applying for? How much that math grade will matter will largely depend on where you're headed. You sound pretty focused, though, I think you should be okay to get in.</p>
<p>well, I am more of an art person than science. I think buisness suits me a lot too. The thing is I got no other 30 courses right now but in general I am getting about the same as what I am getting in math, which I am not too sure are good enough for such prestigious school as Mcgill. But I am definately going to work hard to get higher in grade 12 (btw I heard they only look at your grade 12 courses and consider others not as important, is it true?) I hear a lot of engineering courses demands you to have averages of 90 + and I only hope that this is not the same for Arts and business.</p>
<p>If you're thinking of engineering, then sure you might want to up your GPA a bit to the 90s. But if you're thinking of arts, then 89% or so is the median entering average, so it's not too hard to get in.</p>
<p>Good luck and don't worry too much about repeating a course or anything. I don't think McGill will really mind/care, as long as your final GPA is above 86% or so.</p>