I applied to Bachelor of sceince, commerce and civil engineering at mcgill my unweighted Gpa from 10-12 is around 3.9 and my SAT is 1440( 650rw ,790 math) I made a big mistake by sending my Sat score and realized I’m below cutoffs for Sat english by 50 points which will probably lead me to getting rejected. I cannot go SAT optional anymore and McGill is my first choice univeristy. What can I do to that will help?
Unfortunately not much you can do. Are you an international non-US applicant? If so, did you provide proof of English proficiency? (which could maybe help offset the 650 EBRW score)
Have you applied to other schools, including at least one affordable highly likely/safety school?
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Well im doing american Hs outside the US and i gave the DET and got 145 i think thats around 7.5-8 ielts but other than that the only reason i was applying to mcgill was i get a fee discount because im from belgium so Ig ill just go elsewhere
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Have you considered other universities in Quebec? Concordia is quite good and is just up the street from McGill. It is a bit easier for admissions. There is some limited option to cross register for classes between the two schools. If your French is fluent then there are quite a few other universities in Quebec, with the Universite de Montreal being the largest and highest ranked of the schools that teach in French. I thought that the tuition break for citizens of Belgium applies to any university in Quebec, although I am not sure of this.
I would not completely give up on McGill, but if your application is in it might make sense to just forget about it and focus on getting applications into other schools.
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