any chance at all

sebcartwright
Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:47:13 +0000

Your Canadian citizenship won’t help you - it’s really only students in Quebec already who have a leg up. Your SATs would be absolutely unacceptable; the minima are CR/Writing 620-250 and the math would be 560-650, and these are only minima - most accepted students will be above these ranges. Your GPA is also lower than most McGill students, who would be at least in the high 80s/low 90s on a 100-point scale. SAT IIs would also be required.

Because McGill plays non-law admissions very much “by the numbers”, your extra-curriculars and dual-citizenship won’t help you. You will probably be better off applying to a US school that takes a holistic admissions approach, where essays, activities and recommendations will have a greater effect on the decision.