<p>My brother is a senior at McGill and so far he has a 3.52 GPA, majoring in Political Science and taking a lot of history classes (For the record, he had only an 1180 on his SAT, which shows you how useful the SAT is in predicting college success). Will this help me get into McGill? Here’s my profile.</p>
<p>-Residence: New York City
-Gender: Male
-Intended Major: History or Social Sciences</p>
<p>SAT I:
Critical Reading: 670
Math: 650
Writing: 700</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
Literature: 590 (sucks, I know - because I’m so slow and I had to leave the last 9 questions blank)
Math I: 650</p>
<p>GPA:
Sophomore: 88.5
Junior: 89.6
Senior (First trimester): 92.0
Class Rank: n/a
***I go to a small private school, but although many private schools have grade inflation, mine does not. I know my average is a bit low for Lafayette but I have been improving every year, and my average is consistently lowered by math and foreign language. I do better in History, English, Science and unique classes to my school like Philosophy and Broadcast-Journalism.</p>
<p>APs:
European History (Self-Study, not offered as class). Exam Grade: 4
American History - taking this year
English - taking this year</p>
<p>ECs:
Newspaper writer and editor (3 years)
Model UN (2 years)
Key Club (1 year)</p>
<p>Recommendatings (Does McGill use recommendations?)
Two very good recommendations (or so they say) from two very qualified teachers who graduated from Harvard and University of Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Recognitions:
-I won the “Gold Honors” award for academic excellence in my junior year (5 were awarded out of 51 students)
-I won the “Citizenship Award” for reasons I can’t explain in my junior year (2 were awarded out of 51 students)
-I was in the Honors Math and Science Program for my 9th grade year (at a different high school)
-Honorable Mention for the “Math AMC” Test</p>
<p>Other:
-I took an Introduction to Sociology Class during the summer at New York University (a class that combined college students and qualified high school students) and got an A-.</p>
<p>So what do you think my chances at McGill are?</p>