1. what were ur stats in hs (grades ecs contests and stuff like that)

  2. im not an admissions officer and it is always on a case by case basis, so i cant answer this definitively. my personal opinion is that with your grades and ecs its defintiely worth giving it a shot, they are competitive. however, from my experience, ive yet to meet a uw side csbba in my year with a lower admission average than my 97.5. and note that this average is with a full ib course load. that being said, i feel like csbba is very ec based and looks for high grades + solid ecs + wellroundedness (having non academic smarts), so pour your heart and soul into aif, wish you the best of luck!

  3. laxative at night and exercise in the evening if i can, helps get the poop out early in the morning so i can leave the house feeling comfy. if im out during lunch i eat minimal

  4. best advice i can give is to put out consistent effort during the whole two years. you'll see a lot of exam study tips and people grinding hard during exam period, but you can actually make that significantly less distressing by giving your best work during the program. this means taking each unit test and assignment as seriously as the exam, and being on top of all the content that youre learning atm. by the time exams hit you'll be suprised by how little studying can get you through because you wouldve already been decently comfortable. in a community that hyperfocuses a lot on a singular exam and ia, this basic advice is often neglected. that being said, pace yourself and dont burn out before exams

  5. you can check out the admission stats on this spreadsheet that students make every year, theres also a graph out there that maps all the eng admission chances?

  6. scroll down? it should be under your bill on quest

  7. time to disappoint all my teachers and my ib coordinator 😆😆

  8. i did french up to gr10, could pull a 5 with low confidence and a lot of work. when choosing ib courses i took spanish ab instead of french b and its the best decision i ever made. as long as french as a language doesnt matter to you, spanish will save you a lot of hassel and just make ib life a bit easier

  9. study the whole subject the day before the exam (bio pls love me tmrw)

  10. nope these conversions are from your ib level to your local percentage grades. you can score, say a 80% on the test, which equates to a level 7, which then equates to a 97% in your local system. it'd be ridiculous if these were grade boundaries.

  11. ive said this so many times but unless he's giving you legacy & fat donation to the school & admissions connections, he has no right to expect you to get into a t20. he also has no right to expect you to have a gf unless he gives you incredibly great genes & the time for it. he has no right to comment on your personality and motivation unless he supports you in everything you do (which he clearly doesnt) & fosters a healthy nurturing environement where you can explore your own interests (which he clearly doesnt). i hope you do better and eventually emotionally heal from this

  12. a) transferring into cs especially coop is near impossible. please dont bet on it. this isnt america, program/major is much more set in stone. b) see if there's anything in sciences that you like and can try for a similar/related career path with c) why not just take a gap year at this point. reapply to states with a better (realistic) list of schools, apply to uw math and cs. you clearly havent properly thought through college apps and wasnt well prepared, maybe take the time to do that

  13. would go for queens if you get the offer. can't really speak on the others. i personally feel pretty meh about an econ major in canada as the path to finance, and would prefer a bba/finance program

  14. Why are you getting downvoted lol. You're right

  15. loll yeah exactly uoft is kinda overrated for undergrad in general must agree with that

  16. Idk man, prospective Cs major as well. Researching into Toronto specifically, it looks highly overrated.

  17. look more into waterloo more known for particularly strong cs, and has a better environment for cs imo

  18. im sorry to hear about what you're going through, but your resiliance makes me believe that you'll get through it and come out a even better person.

  19. And my parents criticized me for not working hard enough, therefore 0 offers till today.

  20. ahahah dw! mine also used to complain about me being lazy, but honestly they're just paranoid about making sure we do well and don't look back and regret our actions. often the criticism is toxic and hurtful, but ive started to see that they come from the best intentions, but just might not know how to express it in a more mild way. best of luck and im sure you'll end up somewhere you're happy with

  21. A similar thing happened to me. I got into a really good school but did not match aid so I don't think i can attend. The difference is really low. My mom cried so much. I just felt so guilty but I explained to her why it doesn't really matter. As much as I would die to go to that school, its not worth the turmoil my parents have to go through to afford it. I don't want them to. They already work so hard

  22. yep, and i now see that there's much more beyond going to a dream school and having the dream college experience. and it hurts seeing them care so much about giving us that experience. but there's a lot more down the line, and the best we can do is to show that we can be happy regardless of what happens at this stage

  23. was really excited about my major choice until I realized how shit the job prospects were and everyone who had that job pretty much said to major in something else or be rich and connected af.

  24. sAME like kid im doing this for you, you better get a degree in playing the triangle or something

  25. This is because you are from canada lol. For a lot of people living in third world countries or other "poor" countries, colleges are way worse than US ones. Getting into a good college in America is the only means to get a good education. You have great options in your country but a lot of us don't.

  26. hm didnt mean to come off as ignorant or anything. as i said, my point is that american acceptances/rejections don't say much about the individual. they shouldn't become dejected by it and know that there's still a lot in the future.

  27. this is slightly yikes.. do you truly identify as female or a non binary that fits in strongly with females? this is kind of a moral grey zone, and its up to you to decide if youre going to identify as female just because of the school or because you genuinely do, and wouldve transitioned regardless of the school. i do think your attitude towards taking transitioning and the schools is a bit disineguous, and the fact that you applied despite being unclear and not transparent about your gender identification, seems almost like you're abusing the system, which is hurtful to other applicants and hurts the purpose of an all-girls school in the first place. obviously no one can stop you if you just transition and go, itd work out. but i think the ultimate question is: say the school rejected you, would you still transition or be female conforming? can you get past the moral hurdle?

  28. take a good look at your local options, and make sure all the schools you apply to you would choose above your local one. this might mean taking out some 'safety' type schools. obv if you are dead set on going to the states for undergrad then ignore this

  29. Thanks for this long reply. Maybe I misjudged waterloo. If I get in, I’ll definitely tour. I agree with whole thing about US vs Canada. Totally different cultures regarding college. In the US getting into college (especially Ivy League colleges) can be a nearly all consuming family mission, and once your in, you stay connected to the school your whole life, donating perhaps, and then trying to get your kids in as well. “Where you went” is a big identity thing here. I don’t think it’s like that at all in Canada. From what I’ve heard it’s just like oh you like CS well waterloo has very good CS so that’s where you’d apply and hopefully go. Idk you’d know better lol.

  30. yeah american college apps definitely felt super emotionally draining and more involved. probably because school is much more recognized than major. in canada the program at what school matters a ton more, like uw's cs has like 4% acceptance rate? something absurd like that, but life sci probably has 70% lolll. also probably the fact that grades & ecs to a lesser extent can basically guarantee you an acceptance, nothing unpredictable or luck based. very strictly meritocracy ig. theres definitely some crazy middle schoolers now who are like i lOVe cS muST go to uW

  31. Interesting. Hope my grades are up to par since I never did find a good way to convert American grades to your Canadian averages. Using the conversions online made no sense.

  32. lmaoo i dont understand it either, im sure the schools will figure then out, gl with the rest of your decisions and where ever you choose to go!

  33. probably until around when you ask for them. depends on your school and their pg rounds

  34. simply ask them why they dont have connections 😔 unless they give you double legacy and big donation to the school and admissions connections, they have no right to judge

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