<p>Standardized Test Scores
5/09 SAT II: Biology-E: 680 US History: 760
6/09 SAT I: 1310 (2020) Math: 700 Reading: 610 (Writing: 710)
6/09 ACT w/Writing: Composite: 30 English: 26 Mathematics: 32 Reading: 35 Science: 27 Combined Reading/Writing: 27</p>
<p>which should i submit? my SAT and SAT II or ACT w/writing???
I will take another SAT in october and will aim for 2300, ive een studying really hard. Also what is the avg SAT for accepted students?</p>
<p>GPA: UW: 87 W: 98 (no 4 scale, just out of 100, does mcgill convert)
7AP Classes total (8 if counting AP HISTORY which was divided into two years)
7AP is the max that our school allows for students, so im taking the higest level courses.</p>
<p>My EC are plenty and good.</p>
<p>I am also an Korean international studying in Massachusetts. How does this play a role in my admission??</p>
<p>Also I want to major in biochemistry, but if I sign for their science school would I be more likely to get denied? How does choosing major work n effect the results?</p>
<p>tnx</p>
<p>EC’s don’t count at McGill, and, correct me if I’m wrong, but they don’t look at race or location either.
Your stats are a little on the low side with the middle 50% being…
CR 640-740 (~690)
M 650-720 (~685)
W 650-730 (~690)
ACT 29-32 (~30.5)</p>
<p>UW GPA is kind of low, I keep hearing a 90 average is what the school wants (or something like that)</p>
<p>Right now if I were you, I would send the ACT. A 2300 is tough to get but if you do get it, your chances look pretty solid.</p>
<p>i have roughly a 3.86/4.0 unweighted gpa (2 aps thus far)</p>
<p>is that gpa acceptable to mcgill?</p>
<p>A 3.86 is more than acceptable.</p>
<p>I get mostly B and B+ in honors and AP level. In my school Honors gets +10 points and AP gets +15 so when weighted most of my grades in honors comes out to be 95-100, and AP 100-105. We are a pretty solid school where the highest GPA is about 106W. Im hearing really good GPA like 4.3UW and 5.X W…Kinda worried</p>
<p>Most schools run on a 4.0 UW GPA scale and not a 4.3. If your unweighted GPA is an 87%, I would say that would be around a 3.5/4. But don’t take my word on that, that’s how it would be at my school pretty much</p>
<p>Some schools use a scale on 5 or 6, but for the vast majority of schools a 4.3UW is impossible as it’s a 4 scale.</p>
<p>My school didn’t even bother with letter grades, a 4.0 scale or weighting - they just gave you straight unweighted percentages.</p>
<p>I think it would somewhat be advantagous for me to show my rank although my school doesn’t rank.</p>
<p>It’s possible, but far from certain, I think.</p>
<p>Even if you’re school doesn’t rank, it almost definitely will give a percentile range. Virtually all schools will say “top 1%”,“top 5%”, “top 10%”, et cetera.</p>
<p>Because of this, I’m actually glad my school ranked - the range you’re given can never be better than your actual ranking. If you’re, say, number six of a hundred, you are 6% but get put down as “top 10%”. Even if you’re towards the bottom of the range, e.g. 9%, 9% is still better than “top 10%”.</p>
<p>I’ll talk to my guidance counselor about that then. tnx</p>
<p>You’ll most likely be accepted.</p>
<p>I don’t know how hard it is for international students to get into McGill… but I know that it’s not that hard for Quebec residents. People make a big fuss about McGill being one of the most prestigious schools in Canada and all, but I don’t see it.</p>
<p>For medicine and law (which are both taught at the undergraduate level in Quebec), McGill is top notch and it’s definitely hard to get accepted in those fields. As for other fields… meh, McGill has the name recognition, but that’s pretty much it in my opinion. It’s good, but not what it’s made out to be. Of course, for English speakers, it remains by far the best option in Quebec.</p>
<p>With that being said, I still encourage you to apply there. The campus is really nice and Montreal is an awesome city to live in.</p>
<p>thats interesting. I mean as of now McGill really isn’t my first choice but I wouldn’t mind spending “foriegn” money out of the US after 9 years of studying in a country that treats me like crap (idk how Canada is but 9 years is enough)</p>
<p>Just on what Canadian_EE said, McGill’s music and linguistics programs are definitely among the best in the world, probably better than law and medicine. The one faculty at McGill that is outstandingly weak is management - the business school is often claimed to be not at the same level as McGill’s other faculties.</p>
<p>Looking at your grades, easyabc, I’m not entirely sure if you’ll get in, but I think you have a good shot. You’re SAT IIs are acceptable, while on your SAT I, only your reading score is a problem - hopefully it’ll be better when you retake in October. Your GPA is a bit low for McGill (people with about that GPA from my school were watilisted), but I’m unsure to what extent taking 7 AP courses will negate that.</p>