<p>yup! congrats!</p>
<p>sats
math- 760
verbal- 620
writiing- 750</p>
<p>gpa
w-4.26
uw-3.8</p>
<p>im from the U.S.</p>
<p>From the USA</p>
<p>Admitted to Arts</p>
<p>GPA: 3.93/4.0 weighted
Rank: Don't rank, top 5-10% of class at a uber selective Jesuit prep school
ACT: 33
SAT: 690/710/730</p>
<p>SAT II: Lit 680 / Bio E 750 / US Hist. 780</p>
<p>"Further Review Required" for me. They've just updated and it says that they've received everything so I guess they're looking over it again.</p>
<p>Yeah! I was accepted to McGill this morning. On the website it says I am "Admitted pending final results". </p>
<p>BTW, incase you forgot, I'm the one who made this thread in the first place, so my scores are listed in the first post!</p>
<p>congrats hyruleguardian! that's awesome! is mcgill your first choice?</p>
<p>Hyrule: Hey, congrats to you....I guess there was a place for a person like you after all (G).</p>
<p>I hope McGill turns out to be all you wish.</p>
<p>I have a question for Canadians. Do you all go for an extra full year of school beyond Americans? My D loves McGill and would really like to apply next year (she's a junior) but she is young (will turn 18 in the fall of her first college year). I am thinking this is a disadvantage for her. Plus she is not a stellar student. Her stats are low compared to most people above. Can you defer for a year so she could have a year of growing up?</p>
<p>we go up to gr. 12 as well-up until 2003, we also had OAC, basically gr. 13, but now we have a 12-grade system (though we have an extra year of kindergarten). Quebec students continue to have a 13th year (called cegep) i believe, not positive though. </p>
<p>the reason why there is occasionally an age discrepancy compared to the US is because our system mandates that you are sorted according to your year of birth (ie, im a senior and all of us were born in 1988, barring extraordinary circumstances), while i know that my second counsins in wisconsin are going through a slightly different system, according to the school year born in (people with a birthday after september are placed in the year below them). i'm not sure about the intricacies of that system though, sorry for the vague definition of what i believe your system to be like!</p>
<p>basically, most canadian students, like your daughter, turn 18 in the year that they enter university-i turn 18 in july, and i have friends who turn 18 in december of their first year. this won't be a disadvantage for her, and her situation will not be an uncommon one.</p>
<p>i don't know exact figures about what McGill requires for SAT scores, etc. but the ones listed above aren't necessary as far as i know, though prgrams may vary. as far as requirements for general arts at McGill, for Ontario students, is close to 85%+. i know that American students tend to have lower requirements because McGill naturally loves the higher tuition that they pay. </p>
<p>lastly, you'll have to ask McGill their policy on deferral-i'm not sure about that one.</p>
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<p>In Quebec, after kindergarden, you have 6 years of primary school then 5 years of secondary school, and this is the end of general education (that is, equivalent to a high school diploma). After that a lot of students go to Cegep, and pre-university programs last 2 years (so that's 13 years of schooling after kindergarden). Those already start specializing in stuff like natural sciences, social sciences, letters, arts, etc, though there exists intensive science-arts-letters programs for the smart undecisive kids, and there are required "general" courses in French, English, phys ed and philosophy that everyone must take. There are also technical programs, which are usually 3 years and do not lead to university (that is, they are not meant to, but you can go from a technical diploma to university as well).</p>
<p>As students already specialized in cegep and have 13 years of scholarity, there is no freshman year in the Quebec university system and bachelor degrees are designed to take 3 years to complete (4 for engineers). Of course, a university like McGill does offer the U0 for the large number of out-of-province and international students.</p>
<p>Admitted to International Management</p>
<p>Korean citizen studying in the USA. </p>
<p>SAT: 2290
GPA: 5.0 / 6.0
(weird grading scale; up and down by 0.5)</p>
<p>Also a varsity lacrosse recruit.</p>
<p>Yes, McGill is my first choice! I'm still going to visit a couple of other colleges I was accepted to just incase, but in all likelihood so long as I can just stay healthy, not completely flunk in my final trimester of school, and don't have an unexpected change of heart I'm going to McGill!</p>
<p>Speaking of which, how bad do you think I would have to do for McGill to revoke their acceptance anyway? After all, they did say that I was admitted "pending final results". Not that I'm going to intentionally slack off, but do you think I should be okay as long as I keep my average above an 80?</p>
<p>Oh gosh, yes, you'll be fine. They say "pending final results" to EVERYONE, so it doesn't mean you're "on the border" or anything like that. Universities kind of expect kids to relax a bit around the end of their senior years. It basically is just their way of making sure you don't start failing everything. 80+ is way more than enough. They won't even kick you out if you get a C or D ;) Or so I was told last year... I wouldn't worry about it at all!</p>
<p>I, too, have "Admitted Pending Final Results" as my status, and the requirements are AP scores and proof of graduation. Does everyone have those 2 requirements, or do I need to get certain scores on this year's AP exam to be admitted? In other words, is it safe for me to say that I am into McGill and need to relax until other colleges post their decisions? Thanks</p>
<p>Safe to say you're in... just be sure to graduate and you'll be fine! APs are really just for possible advanced credits. I don't think I've ever heard of people being unaccepted because of grades - it's more just security for them to make sure you don't slack off completely or something.</p>
<p>Yeah, it just means you need to graduate. They can't take you in without a diploma.</p>
<p>HyruleGuardian, what were your statistics? It seems to me that you might be at the same academic standing as I am. And congratulations on your acceptance</p>
<p>doriselin, my statistics are listed in my first post of this thread. Other things I had that may have helped me were that I got a 5 on an AP European History Test, an A- in Sociology in a summer course taken at NYU, and excellent recommendations.</p>
<p>What is McGill's admittance rate? Is it highly selective?</p>
<p>I think McGill's admittance rate is somewhere between 40-50%. McGill is a highly selective school, but not as selective as some of the top colleges in the United States. But nevertheless, a ton of extremely qualified students go to McGill, from all over the world. And even then, don't let the admittance rate fool you. For example, the University of Michican at Ann Arbor has an admittance rate of well over 50%. It doesn't necessarily mean that schools like Michican and McGill aren't great schools that are highly selective, it might just mean that a lot of highly qualified students apply there.</p>