<p>(Have yet to take subject tests in Math 1, Bio and Physics)</p>
<p>AP:
Bio-3
English: 5</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Sailing team at my school, junior sailing instructor over the summer, volunteer in non-profit bookstore, physics research intern at local institution, started and led robotics competition at my school, writer for science section of my school newspaper, and I play guitar.</p>
<p>Awards: nothing academically, but I have a good lot of sailing awards</p>
<p>Senior yr schedule: AP Physics B, AP Lit, AP Spanish, Precalc, AP Stat, Computer Science (not AP), AP US History</p>
<p>My prime concerns are that my SAT score isn’t very good and that I’m not taking Calculus… but either way, any ideas?</p>
<p>Uoft doesn’t care about ECs for anything accept for getting off the wait list (supposedly). Your gpa is great and your total SAT superscore is pretty good so just on that basis you stand a chance. Your low math score may raise some eyebrows, so it would be a good idea to retake the SAT. If you get a 700 or better I would say your in.</p>
<p>Or take the ACT and get a 30+ on the Math and Science sections…</p>
<p>As far as Toronto is concerned, do you see yourself taking all four years of either physics or astronomy? Then you declare a Specialist major in either field, and all the advice above assume you are declaring a Specialist major* in physics or astronomy.</p>
<p>Otherwise, you can declare your secondary major right away and bide your time until such time that you see fit to declare either as your primary major.</p>
<p>@Catria, what is a “secondary major”? I graduated from uoft this past year, and the options for a student’s POST(s) was either a specialist, a double major or a major and a minor. Students declare their POST(s) at the end of their first year at uoft. Even if you declare physics as a major rather than a specialist, you are still likely doing 4 years (since you require 100 level, 200 level and3/400 level courses to complete the major) of it, it is just not your entire course load each semester. The OP will need the introductory physics and math courses in his first year to be even be able to declare physics as his minor, major or specialist, so he really should try to get accepted as a physics student when s/he applies because these students have priority when enrolling for these required classes, and take it from me if you do not have enrollment priority for the class you want at uoft, you will likely not get into that course.</p>
<p>I always believed that the double major arrangement had a primary major and a secondary major… but taking the ACT and getting 30+ in the math and science subscores still stands.</p>
<p>Totally agree with your comment on taking the ACT, since Canadian universities are fine with either ACT or SAT scores. However I don’t know how this would be better than just retaking the SAT, since the OP has already done it once, is the ACT easier for the Math and sciences section?</p>