Well Cegep is ok but I have problems with it such as course selection (forcing everyone to take boring humanities....social science courses - even 3 gymn courses - to graduate).
Cegep would allow me to get into Mcgill Desautels or HEC. The good thing is that I could go straight to mcgill investment management (3 years) or HEC 3 years since I did a year extra.

Honestly, I don't think mcgill is as strong as it claims to be. Because I was certain I was not going to attend a university in Quebec, i toss the cegep requirements and took courses that I wanted such as international business, international economy, computer enhancement. Kinda more electives for my social science commerce.
Also, I want a degree that combines computer sicence with finance and Sauder seems to do it better than any other Canadian Schools (thought I would need to find a way to integrate finance into my combined major in computer science and business at sauder).

The downside is the cost, mcgill would cost me 1,700$ a year, Sauder will cost 18,000$ a year. If i get refuted at Sauder, I will have to do a year in cegep to make up for the mandatory courses i replace with electives. For cegep students, mcgill require our diploma. Obviously, I chose my course wisely in order to meet Sauder requirements.

Im telling you if I get refuted to Sauder im screwed, cause I was meeting mcgill requirements but I allow my grades to drop to improve my personnal profile (mcgill doesn't care about supplementary info).



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So if its in progress than your good. Nice core average though - did you include commerce course beside economics and math in it? On a side note, my school grading scale is 60% , how will my grades be affected when converted to 50%?

congratulation! GOOD job bro. Me its 80% average, 79% core average. When added business courses like intro to business it becomes around 86%.

I have a strong EC, but with few grammatical errors.


What program did you go for (combined or general)?
Did you receive any scholarships?

Congrats!! Thats awesome to hear. Also, thanks for letting us know.
Is it possible for you to call in and see what you got on your supp? .. it would be sweet to know what kind of sup you need to get in with 79%.
Also, can you let us know what they say about your grades being able to drop a little bit/ or not at all...?

Thanks!!

I transferred into general program year 2!

Brian has posted a comment on the transfer blog a while ago saying that marks can drop a bit after admission but cannot "crash and burn".

Congrats,

What are your averages?

thanks camrk!

im surprised to get an early acceptance since my average is only 71%. i think that my personal profile was what made the difference for the decision since i have strong EC including being part of the habitats for humanity organization which helps build homes for the less fortunate in africa.

did anyone else get accepted with similar gpa's as mine??

What does your status and acceptance say can you please copy and paste it so we can all see? :)

That's so awesome!!!!! What courses have you completed? @dreamteam

I'm in! Thanks for all the info you all provided along the way, and you can let me know in this thread if you have any questions as well.

My core is only around the mid-seventies, so I must have compensated through my personal profile. I've been rejected before, so just in case it could help anyone in the future to know what I did different this time, I focused on:
- making sure my 5 activities were diverse
- mentioning achievements related to the activities that proved I was successful at them
- having well-written answers that I revised constantly until there was no room for error.

Hey -

According to the blog, they're only doing the first read-through of the applications they're sending early admissions offers (and still haven't read some applications). I wouldn't consider not being one of the first to get early admission to be an indication that there was something wrong with your personal profile.

Conditions allegedly depend on who is applying and what kind of documentation they need to send in, but mine just gave the same conditions as what it took to be considered for admission in the first place - complete the required courses, maintain a 65% admissions average, and have a minimum of 60% in your first-year English requirement. Probably nothing remotely worth worrying about if you have such high grades.