<p>I am looking for some good, but not exceedingly difficult, Canadian schools to get into. Can any help me out and recommend some?</p>
<p>Alberta and Dalhousie come to mind.</p>
<p>Thank you for the quick reply! Let me elaborate a bit more on my situation. I barely passed high school. However, I have some strong points and extracurricular that I think are worth noting.</p>
<p>I am a book nerd and read a lot. A lot. I’ve read everything from Homer’s Odyssey to Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, to Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude. And of course everywhere in between. So I have a broad range of knowledge about all kinds of literature from all over the world from a lot of time periods.</p>
<p>I lift weights and am on the verge of becoming a personal trainer. I use to be anorexic until one day I had enough and just decided to get stronger. I went from 6’0" 109lbs to 180lbs. Along the way I learned a lot about exercise technique, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, and just everything needed to help others that are in the position I was in out. And I would really like to do this as well.</p>
<p>In addition to reading, I also like linguistics and languages. I currently study french and russian and I want to expand and also learn mandarin, and spanish. One of my motivations for going to school in Canada is because I would like to live and even work in Quebec during my summers to become completely fluent in my french.</p>
<p>In a few months I will be backpacking. I am heading to England where I will backpack through England, Scotland, Isle of Man, and Ireland for a few months. I am very exciting and I assume admissions officers like these things? I expect it to really broaden my cultural understandings.</p>
<p>I write a lot. I have a collection of short stories and poems. They’re not very good but they’re not suppose to be. I do it because I enjoy it and because I want to become a good writer. I intend to major in English and a science.</p>
<p>I worked at an optometry clinic for a year. I have knowledge of all the duties in an optometry clinic. I can take Visual Field scans, administer eye drops, do autorefractions, and have a good biological and physical understanding everything going on.</p>
<p>I have some community service things I can put down as well I did my last year of highschool I can write about.</p>
<p>And I am sure there are a few more things I can’t think of right now. Also I am currently attending a community college where my grades go up every semester. First semester were C’s, this semester I am expecting B’s, and then my last semester before I transfer I will be expecting A’s. These A’s will also be gotten in the high level courses I have worked up to. Colleges like upward trends correct?</p>
<p>The reason for barely passing highschool are some deepseated psychological problems I had. I am still working through them and I don’t like to use it as a crutch. This is why my grades as of right now are still where I wouldn’t want them to be.</p>
<p>So any more advice?</p>
<p>^ Are you Canadian?</p>
<p>From what I understand, the majority of Canadian universities do not care about extracurriculars unless they pertain to your field of study (ie math competitions).</p>
<p>I am not Canadian. Or American. I live in a Caribbean country. And that’s really a shame. I’d say I’m kind of screwed then wouldn’t you!</p>
<p>Also I want to be a teacher so I can help people like me and so I can travel. If that bares any weight or makes a difference.</p>
<p>You really don’t need to attend a brand-name college to teach. Any university will do, provided that you can comply with whatever restrictions regulate educators in the area you want to live in.</p>
<p>Well I don’t really care about the prestige of a school. But the thing is I’m not sure if I’ll want to stay a teacher and I’d like the option to pursue any degree I get to a master. This is where getting into a decent school becomes important. And I have my heart set on Canada. I’d like some snow, tired of the sun haha.</p>
<p>Is there anything you could suggest for someone in my situation?</p>
<p>Edit: Is there no way schools would admit you under conditions such as maintaining a certain GPA or you’re out. I understand I am in an awkward place, but it is my full intent to better myself and become the student I want to be, and isn’t that what college is about?</p>
<p>McMaster U maybe?</p>
<p>Personally, I’d apply to McGill, as well, since it sounds perfect for you. Nova Scotia in general may also be a good place to look for a school.</p>
<p>Did you post in the wrong thread, or are you making fun of me? McGill is a top school. I wouldn’t stand a chance.</p>
<p>Look at the University of Calgary. Not elite, but solid. I have no idea about transfer admissions, so read their website or contact the admissions office.</p>
<p>Maybe you should also check out Memorial University. Ditto for the above.</p>
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<p>Only reason I mentioned McGill is because it fits your criteria perfectly, besides its selectiveness. I would still apply as a “reach” just because it fits so well.</p>