Canadian Student Chances

coolness_rookie
Sun, 27 May 2007 10:15:51 +0000

I think I can be of help since I am currently a high school student in Canada and will be at Princeton next year (got accepted to Cornell and Princeton, and waitlisted at Yale). Although I am considered South Korean because I only have a Korean citizenship, a friend of mine from my school got into Harvard and Dartmouth (will be attending Harvard) this year, so I know roughly what is expected of Canadians to get into some of the top schools.

Your academics definitely qualify you for those schools. My friend who got into Harvard had about 94% average, 2nd in class, and 800M, 730CR, 800W. Your academics seem a little bit more impressive than my friend’s, which is great. However, your extra-curriculars seem to be lacking. I can’t see much passion in your EC’s, because you don’t seem to have any major awards to back you up (unless you forgot to list them).

I’d say match for Cornell and Dartmouth, reach for schools like Princeton. But don’t worry. People on CC predicted that Princeton was a reach for me, but I got in with lots of financial aid despite being South Korean. I am pretty sure essays are what saved me. So if you write awesome essays, you have a shot at any university.