Hello all,

I attend school in California and I wish to go to school in Canada. My eleventh grade marks (which are terrible) are here:

MUN (Model United Nations/ Speech and Debate): first term: B / currently B+
Precalculus: first term: B / currently: B
AP (Adavanced Placement) English: B / currently: C
Chemistry Honors: B- / currently: C-
Spanish III: first term: C / currently: D (65%)
AP US History: C / C-
Volleyball: A / A (I just have to show up)


Next years courses are the following: (I promise A+ 100 % marks)



AP Calculus AB
MUN Advanced committee
AP Civics and Economy
AP Literature
AP Physics C
AP Chemistry
AP Spanish (may change)

SAT: 1900
ACT: 29


Extracurriculars:

Volleyball Varsity: (maybe 12th grade. I need those marks to be 100% so I might let it go)
FTC (First Tech Challenege) Robotics Team: WHS Robotics
Founded first Robotics club in my high school
FRC (First Robotics Competition) Team and Team Captain: FUS RObotics (yes Skyrim based team :) )
President of Robotics club
10+ hours of community service at a Temple weekly
On the Temple's nonprofit committee (Director of Technology)
Video Broadcasting: side hobby
Key Club: (Volunteering organization)

I wish to go into uWaterloo's Mechatronics Program as I love robotics.


Please do reply.

...and now you know why standardized testing exists south of the border. Even Canadian schools use the SAT scores a lot of the time.

As for the OP's question, mechatronics is one of the harder programs to guess on since it's pretty competitive to get into. Apply and see is all I can say.

Sorry about that, I guarantee to get 100% in next year's classes

if u want to get into engineering in waterloo, any marks lower than 70% will result in automatic rejection of ur application...ur ec's look good, especially robotics (thats what will stand out most for a lot of ppl)...for mechatronics..its recommended to get at least 90% average...which isn't actually difficult at all, but seeing ur grade 11 marks u might have to manage ur time a bit better next year to stand a chance

Wait... You're guaranteed to get 100% in every single one of your courses? Are you sure you attend a school and not a food bank..? I don't think you can ever get rejected with a 100% average... if that's even possible in the first place haha.

Grade inflation much? I know tons of people who had way higher SAT scores and have averages in the 80s...

Unfortunately SAT is not as equally valued nowadays in my area. One could have a 85% and get into a university with a low SAT.

Who said I was thinking that I could get in? I'm sorry if I had irritated you. From what I had been told when I called Waterloo, they said they would see my total average from the six prerequisites under engineering and my AIF. Sad thing here in the US is that universities look only at 9-11. Also the D is temporary ( grades update rarely).

Ok I understand

Acceptance to university is one thing.Keeping up with the workload is another. A student who gets C's and D's who wants to get into Waterloo will be in a world of shock...Canadian Students (who in fact have a tougher syllabus and marking scale) who have 90+ in high school struggle to pass some courses in Waterloo Engineering. Reevaluate yourself.