What are my chances of getting into Uni of Toronto, Waterloo, Mcmaster, Calgary, and Alberta
I intend to major in Electrical Engineer, My HS UW GPA is 4.0, weighted is 4.14. I am entering my senior year. I have taken 6 aps: Calc BC, Physics 1, CSA, Chem, Precalculus, and Human Geo (5’s on Chem, Precalc, and Human, I am taking currently taking Calc BC, Physics 1 and CSA) . I got a 1440 on the SAT.
My extracurriculars is that I am a Vice Captain of my Varsity Sports Team, a Co-President of the Science Experiment Club, and I do arduino projects in my free time. I would like to know my chances for these unis.
I understand you are Canadian. But there is a poster here with a student who I think is attending or at least applied to Canadian colleges…and I think I tagged the right person…
Yes. I was born in Canada and went through high school in Canada, but have lived in the US for most of my life (mostly but not quite ever since). Both daughters and I have dual citizenship.
Yes. One daughter applied to McGill somewhere around about 13 years ago and they did not even ask about ECs. My other daughter applied to 5 small universities in eastern Canada and again none of them even asked about ECs. The most recent 2 years of education is what matters most. None of us applied to anything west of McGill (other relatives have, but I don’t know their high school stats).
This is excellent. One daughter got into McGill a while ago with marginally lower stats.
Three things. One is that admissions in Canada is very stats oriented, and your stats are excellent. Another thing is that there is enough space at the top universities in Canada for excellent Canadian students. However, admissions for engineering might be tougher compared to other fields, and none of us applied for engineering so I cannot be completely sure.
My best guess is that with these excellent stats, you are likely to see five acceptances (six if you also apply to UBC, which is tagged but not on the list in your original post), and that you might get at least one or two acceptances relatively quickly. There are a few other Canadians who have been on this web site from time to time and I do wonder if any of them know specifically about engineering.
Regarding the “there is enough space” point, a while ago I tried comparing the number of students at the U. of Toronto (all 3 campuses) to the 20 highest ranked universities in the US, using US News rankings. However, I did not consider actual numbers of students, but instead considered the number of students as a percentage of the population of the country that the school was in. Also, at the time US News happened to have a four way tie for 20, so that the “top 20 schools in the US” turned out to be 23 schools. I found that expressed as the percentage of the total population of the country that they were in, the University of Toronto has about twice the number of students compared to the top ranked 23 universities in the US. This is probably the main reason why admissions in Canada tends to be much more predictable compared to the US, particularly for a strong student with great stats.
Of course none of these schools will be easy once you get in. However, with an unweighted 4.0 GPA it looks like you are ready for the challenge, and every university on your list can give you a great education.
Regarding cost of attendance, I did ask at two universities in Canada, including one of the ones on your list, whether my daughter would qualify for Canadian tuition. I still remember the exact first sentence of one reply: “Your daughter is a Canadian citizen”. Since you are a Canadian citizen, my understanding is that you will pay the Canadian tuition. This will help with the cost of attendance when compared to international tuition.