<p>I know McGill takes course rigor into consideration. I moved from a third world country during sophomore year and then moved one more time, so I haven't been able to take all AP/honors courses because of that. Will that be evident or do I have to send a letter? My gpa and test scores are excellent, so that's not a concern. Just the course rigor.</p>
<p>Extenuating circumstances is for when a serious illness kept you from doing well in school or if you became depressed after your parents were killed and were unable to attend school of a year. If your moving about affect you negatively, then a letter might be a appropriate, but since you say that you have good scores and grades, then they don’t really care that you couldn’t take ALL AP CLASSES… it’s not a requirement, and since you have to tell them that you have attended multiple schools on the application, they might be able to figure that out…</p>
<p>McGill wouldn’t consider that ‘extenuating circumstances,’ so I truly wouldn’t bother. As benellis says, it means something very serious must have happened, like having had cancer etc… If your marks are good, you’ll be better off not sending it.</p>