<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Oh yeah, they're cake. Let me guess, you made a perfect score then. </div> I made a 2080 with virtually no prep. But by then I'd already decided to stay in Canada, so I didn't bother with the SAT II.
<div class="quote_poster">Locke Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I made a 2080 with virtually no prep. But by then I'd already decided to stay in Canada, so I didn't bother with the SAT II.</div> 2080? **** me, what is that on a scale of 1600? IE: What did you get on Math and Verbal, respectively? The 2400 scale is ****** up. BTW - What do you mean by 'no prep'? Preparation? Who the **** studies for the SAT anyway?
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">2080? **** me, what is that on a scale of 1600? IE: What did you get on Math and Verbal, respectively? The 2400 scale is ****** up. BTW - What do you mean by 'no prep'? Preparation? Who the **** studies for the SAT anyway?</div> I got no idea man. I only did it last May. As for the respective scores, I'll have to check later. I thought you kids in the States have tutors and ****? One of my friends has a tutor and all.
<div class="quote_poster">Locke Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I got no idea man. I only did it last May. As for the respective scores, I'll have to check later. I thought you kids in the States have tutors and ****? One of my friends has a tutor and all.</div> Lol, maybe. I knew some of that went on, but I always figured it was just the brain-dead athletes who needed minimum scores that took up those services. Who knows though, all I know is that I went into the ACT hungover, finding out I was taking them about ten minutes before test time.
Karma, I don't really think you'll have trouble getting into York. Their undergraduate is easy to get into, the stuff after that is a little tougher. Also, York usually sends their acceptance letters way before everyone else. Locke, the college you choose at UofT depends on your subject. For the humanities, go for Victoria, St. Mike's, or Trinity (I guess). University College was pretty popular for psych students I think. Can't remember the rest. If you're commuting, at the end of the day it hardly makes a difference. If you aren't, I think New College has real nice residences (don't take my word for it).
I'm gonna be doing res and gonna study commerce. Yeah, I've heard about New College having new residences. That's probably going to be my second choice behind Trinity.
Since I'm living on res, should I go for a job during the semester and try to balance it out (since I do need the money anyway) or focus completely on studying during the semester and just work everyday for the 4 months off?
Wait, there's a THIRD Trinity? I have a friend who's playing soccer for a school in Texas named Trinity. It's one of America's top liberal arts schools, and then there's Trinity in Ireland. Popular name, eh? Where's this one?
I got a 1900 on the SATs: 690 for Reading, 650 for Math, and 560 for Writing. VC, what kind of colleges would accept me with those kinds of scores if I don't retake them again?
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Wait, there's a THIRD Trinity? I have a friend who's playing soccer for a school in Texas named Trinity. It's one of America's top liberal arts schools, and then there's Trinity in Ireland. Popular name, eh? Where's this one?</div> This is a college in the University of Toronto downtown campus. Not really a school in itself, just that the campus is divided into seven 'colleges', but same classes are taught throughout the colleges. Aznx, from what I heard, a 1900 should be good for every school outside of Ivy League. Or something like that.
<div class="quote_poster">Karma Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Commerce is business/accounting, and business = math, and math means my failure. My cousin took the BBA degree at UTSC and he said Commerce is somewhat easier then that, but still difficult nonetheless. It requires a lot of math as well. I am horrible with numbers. For political science (or any other social science), I think one of the requirements is a science course, and I've already checked out the course descriptions, most of which say that the math requirement for "natural science" courses are "minimum grade 10 skills". Since I actually got a 47 in Grade 10 math, I'm not quite confident heading into that category. </div> i took a bunch of management courses and don't remember doing much math, aside from the basic stuff of course.
<div class="quote_poster">AznxBaller Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I got a 1900 on the SATs: 690 for Reading, 650 for Math, and 560 for Writing. VC, what kind of colleges would accept me with those kinds of scores if I don't retake them again?</div> Those are great scores, sans the writing (which is odd because you're such a good writer on JBB ), so it really depends on the college. M.I.T., for example, doesn't give a **** about your Verbal or Writing scores, just your Math really. Here's a great list of the top American colleges (most people generally regard this list as the most legitimate list out there) - http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/r...tudoc_brief.php Out of those schools, here are some colleges I think you'd have a chance at with those scores - V = Average Verbal, M = Average Math Southern Cal (V: 665, M: 690) Boston College (V: 655, M: 680) Georgia Tech (V: 650, M: 695) College of William and Mary (V: 680, M: 670) Vanderbilt (V: 685, M: 700) Case Western Reserve (V: 650, M: 690) Wake Forest (V: 660, M: 675) University of Washington (V: 590, M: 620) What kind of schools are you looking at? <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Aznx, from what I heard, a 1900 should be good for every school outside of Ivy League. Or something like that.</div> That's not true at all. Some of the hardest schools in America to get into aren't Ivy League schools. Wash U. in STL, M.I.T., Cal-Tech, Michigan, UCLA, UNC, Duke, and Notre Dame, among others, are all arguably harder to get into. American schools also put a lot of emphasis on your high school transcript, your extracurricular activities, your recommendation letters, and you admissions essays. A good test score is far from a sure-fire ticket to get into a good college.
<div class="quote_poster">Will637 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Are student loans a good option when entering college?</div> Without question. If you've been accepted, colleges <u>want</u> you to attend, and they want you to be able to pay. Most loans are very flexible and don't have practically any interest on them.
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">2080? **** me, what is that on a scale of 1600? IE: What did you get on Math and Verbal, respectively? The 2400 scale is ****** up. BTW - What do you mean by 'no prep'? Preparation? Who the **** studies for the SAT anyway?</div> What'd you get on the 1600 version? I got 750 math (I missed 2 of the 58 ) and 660 on the verbal. And uh, I only got 2 hours of xanax induced sleep beforehand. Why is this thread NSFW by the way?
<div class="quote_poster">Chuck Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">What'd you get on the 1600 version? I got 750 math (I missed 2 of the 58 ) and 660 on the verbal. And uh, I only got 2 hours of xanax induced sleep beforehand. Why is this thread NSFW by the way?</div> I honestly don't remember, and I'm not just saying that because I'm embarrassed or anything. I just don't have my scores in front of me. They were probably lower than yours though. Either way, I sent my ACT scores off to most colleges instead, because I got a composite of 34. That's how I got accepted into a few Ivies with my shitty high school transcript. It's crazy, because I'm not that bright of a guy. I just know the rules of grammar well, mostly from posting on sites like this, and that's about 90% of the ACT. Oh well, I'm not going to complain... @ NSFW I just put that up there to bust Karma's balls.
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I honestly don't remember, and I'm not just saying that because I'm embarrassed or anything. I just don't have my scores in front of me. They were probably lower than yours though. Either way, I sent my ACT scores off to most colleges instead, because I got a composite of 34. That's how I got accepted into a few Ivies with my shitty high school transcript. It's crazy, because I'm not that bright of a guy. I just know the rules of grammar well, mostly from posting on sites like this, and that's about 90% of the ACT. Oh well, I'm not going to complain... @ NSFW I just put that up there to bust Karma's balls.</div> That's a hell of an ACT score. I never took the ACT. Didn't need to. I had no intention of applying to go out of state I wanted to find the school that was going to pay me the most dough to go there. Of course, it was in my city. I liked to imagine myself as a free agent in the NBA, my hometown was signing me, giving me a fat contract via bird rights. @ NSFW indeed. I was going through the thread trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with it.
<div class="quote_poster">Chuck Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">That's a hell of an ACT score. I never took the ACT. Didn't need to. I had no intention of applying to go out of state I wanted to find the school that was going to pay me the most dough to go there. Of course, it was in my city. I liked to imagine myself as a free agent in the NBA, my hometown was signing me, giving me a fat contract via bird rights. @ NSFW indeed. I was going through the thread trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with it.</div> Haha, yeah, I know what you mean. Unfortunately, I was kinda rebellious in high school and wanted to get the **** outta town. I had lots of friends and stuff, but for some reason I just thought life would be so much easier out of town, so I pretty much blew off all of the financial packages that in-state schools could offer. In hindsight, it was a mistake, because I look back on my time down south as some of the best times of my life. It's too fucking cold up north. That's something all you stupid canucks need to keep in mind. It's warm almost year-round in a lot of America. (I don't get it either.)
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> American schools also put a lot of emphasis on your high school transcript, your extracurricular activities, your recommendation letters, and you admissions essays. A good test score is far from a sure-fire ticket to get into a good college. </div> Canadian Uni's, atleast in Ontario from what I've heard, don't really care about your extracurriculars all that much, nor your reccomendation letters. We only have to do admission essays or "profiles" if your average is around the cutoff for your program I believe. I was actually going to get some reccomendation letters but my cousin told me not to bother with it as it doesn't really make a difference. If your marks are high enough, you'll get in.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo:</div><div class="quote_post">Those are great scores, sans the writing (which is odd because you're such a good writer on JBB ), so it really depends on the college. M.I.T., for example, doesn't give a **** about your Verbal or Writing scores, just your Math really. </div> Yeah, the essay really killed me. I'm the type of essay writer that needs to think about what he's doing before actually putting it on paper. But on the SATs, for whatever reason they only give you a limited amount of time to write it. I pretty much spent five minutes procrastinating, then the rest rushing through it blindly. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo:</div><div class="quote_post"> What kind of schools are you looking at? </div> I'm looking more towards the upper tier schools, probably just below the Ivy League range. I know I won't be able to get in with the 1900 I got on the SATs, but I'll be retaking those sometime later. Hopefully I'll be getting somewhere around a 2000 the second time around. Some schools I'm looking at though are NYU, UPenn, Columbia, BC, and UCLA (longshot).
