<p>@ fledgling: U of T’s acceptance rate, according to Princeton Review’s Best 371 colleges, is well over 50%, partly because it’s a self-selected applicant pool, partly because there’re just so many qualified students that apply there. I’ve noticed you on SAT/College Admission etc forums before, if I recall your stats right, all Canadian universities can serve as safeties for you.</p>
<p>Fledgling. I would contact the schools directly about your situation, if it matters. </p>
<p>You would be identified as domestic for the purposes of tuition. But international for the purposes of admissions (those from American HSs have to provide different qualifications). Admissions is attached to where one went to HS, not their citizenship per se.</p>
<p>@ mathematicism: Wow, I didn’t know my stats were actually that good lol. But thanks! :D</p>
<p>@ starbright: Oh, I see. Makes sense. </p>
<p>One more question: which school would be better for a Political Science/foreign language major - U of T, or UBC?</p>
<p>is kelloggs here? Or actually, anyone else. I saw kelloggs post a thread about the national society of high school scholars or w/e. I got a letter too. anyone else get one?</p>
<p>The fee isn’t too bad, but is it even worth putting on a resume? I dont want to get scammed or anything.</p>
<p>And I got 2100 on my practice SAT yesterday. I will write again soon,and if my score is around the same, we can conclude that PR diagnostic was BS.</p>
<p>from what i’ve heard from bloggers on cc (before cc closed all my threads 
) is that the society is completely a scam. </p>
<p>everyone who gets over 3.5 gets these invites so its not prestigious at all. it is negligible if not even harmful to ur application if u include it in ur application.</p>
<p>^aight, thanks for letting me know. and why did CC close all your threads?</p>
<p>and kelloggs, i got 2100 on practice SAT yesterday! pretty happy becuase that low 1900s on PR scared me to death. i hope to get to over 2250 by May SAT and around 2300 by June SAT. thanks for all the help you gave me.</p>
<p>@fledgling
I think you had better create your own thread because this thread is for Cdns aiming for ‘US’ schools not ‘Cdn’ schools…lest we create confusion. thanx.:)</p>
<p>^ OK, I’ll do that. 
Then again, I’m also aiming for U.S. schools, since I already live here. I was just curious as to what people thought of making Canadian schools potential safeties. I’m also TOTALLY jealous of kelloggss for receiving a likely letter to Columbia (my dream school!) :O</p>
<p>congrats viggy. keep practicing and u should get over 2250 easy!</p>
<p>yea, I hope so! Fingers crossed over here. I would really, really love to get into a BS-MD program that is non-binding. That way I can see how undergrad goes…if I rape sh_t and get a sick GPA…i’ll apply out to other med schools, but if I’m like “ahh, w/e I just wanna chill”, I can do that and still go to med school. </p>
<p>The binding ones are kinda dumb. Good thing is, I would be applying to 3-4 schools regardless of whether they had BS-MD programs! So, it’s almost like a bonus for me. It’s great. I hope it all works out at the end of the day because I cannot see myself stressing for 4 years about med school. I’d rather have it in the back of my pocket! lol</p>
<p>I see a slight misconception here. At least for Canadians, basically, if you have over an 85% average (6 best gr 12 courses), you will get into basically any university you want. Of course, there are a few exceptions. Engsci at U of T, Health sci/Art sci at McMaster, Math/biotech CA at Waterloo, etc.
Now, U of T definitely does NOT have a self-selective pool - everyone applies to life sci at U of T and everyone gets in. I’ve never heard of a decent high school student get rejected from any program except the ones aforementioned. So do not worry about getting into a Canadian university. Getting in isn’t the hard part - it’s staying in it.</p>
<p>^ omg! name buddies!! hahahahahahaha</p>
<p>true…tons of dropouts at UT engineering and Waterloo engineering too (from what i’ve heard).</p>
<p>yeah i heard that too.
thats y i try to get into the states!</p>
<p>^ And you succeeded. Congratulations; Columbia is an AWESOME place. :D</p>
<p>@ViggyRam "true…tons of dropouts at UT engineering and Waterloo engineering too (from what i’ve heard). "</p>
<p>The graduation rates at Toronto and Waterloo engineering are over 85% (among the highest in Ontario). [Council</a> of Ontario Universities Related Sites Common University Data Ontario (CUDO)](<a href=“http://www.cou.on.ca/_bin/relatedSites/cudo.cfm]Council”>http://www.cou.on.ca/_bin/relatedSites/cudo.cfm)</p>
<p>But, I mean for UToronto ENg. Sci and stuff,these accepted students have 93+ averages, same with WATERLOO, I meant like the borderline students who “just made it”. Also, at other schools, where admission is way less competitive, these students may get into engineering or something, but will likely drop out (schools like Windsor and stuff).</p>
<p>But UT and Waterloo, i would expect that…i kinda got my logic reversed. maybe like regular toronto life sci. or something…i would expect maybe dropouts in that.</p>
<p>Accepted at Oberlin college with a 10k/year scholarship!
My parents don’t really like that school very much though I think it’s a good fit for me.
Let’s see how the ivies go!!</p>
<p>^ Congratulations!! :)</p>
<p>way to go futurephysician! isn’t oberlin like an LAC? if it is, then the small class sizes and such would be nice to have</p>