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well iuuno if i will make to mcmaster anymore. does anyone now wht is goin to happen now. i applied for civil engineering.
My marks:
Calculus 75 ( midterm)
Adv funciton- 82
Physics-81
English-75
Chem-89
Religion-81 (midterm)
Will they accept students after the midterms. Like for example at june with our final marks. Cause i now i can bring up my cal mark for sure above 80+. Anyone with any ideas.
Average 80.5 Mcmaster 81-84
is there any way to bump it up to 81.. ????
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04-14-2010 at 04:00 PM
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so when u stay another year back what courses did u take and do they care for reapting the course. Also i am wondering about summerschool, to retake adv function even though it is a good mark. |
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04-14-2010 at 04:04 PM
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so when u stay another year back what courses did u take and do they care for reapting the course. Also i am wondering about summerschool.
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For Mac, not sure about others, they didn't care. My first around in Gr 12 I skipped everything, barely passed most of my courses. Not something I was too proud of, but w/e. Stayed back, re-did just about everything, had a 56? or something % first time, about a 89% second time around. Mac just looks at your final marks, summer or regular, doesn't matter. My courses were Physics, Calc, Adv Func, English, Religion, Fitness Gym, Programming and one other I can't remember atm.
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04-14-2010 at 05:34 PM
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so when u stay another year back what courses did u take and do they care for reapting the course. Also i am wondering about summerschool, to retake adv function even though it is a good mark.
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I stayed back a year last year and repeated functions, calc, and physics (some other courses aswell because I decided to stay in highschool for the full year).
However, If I didn't upgrade my marks I wouldn't have been accepted for sure. Just hope for the best and like what other people said, if you decided to stay back a year, its not that bad.
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Oh, and if no one told you, first year is common. So, only after that, will you get to pick your stream (aka, civil).
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Oh, and if no one told you, first year is common. So, only after that, will you get to pick your stream (aka, civil).
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You'll also have to do fairly well in your first year. Not talking 90% and higher, but at least decent to get into civil. That's a reason a lot of people don't like the fact first year is general at mac, because some people don't get their first choice and end up in something they hate. |
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Yup. And cutoffs vary from year to year.
I know biochem requires typically a 5.5-6, but i know someone who got in with a 4.5. Similar situation for biomed, etc. etc.
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04-14-2010 at 10:38 PM
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Yup. And cutoffs vary from year to year.
I know biochem requires typically a 5.5-6, but i know someone who got in with a 4.5. Similar situation for biomed, etc. etc.
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That also could be due to the free choice students, who are guaranteed into their second-year programs due to their high school grades (with the exception of Biomedical, of course). |
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Ask your HS teachers to bump you up....I'm pretty sure mine did  |
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this is why the entitlement generation is messing up education rite |
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04-14-2010 at 11:27 PM
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I think we all know that in HS, if your teachers like you, they will give you good marks-its sad, but true
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Terryboy, I'll be honest - you're not going to make it into McMaster Engineering. I hope you applied to Carleton.
Study hard and wait for your acceptance. Posting about it on a forum isnt going to change what it says.
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04-15-2010 at 12:32 AM
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That also could be due to the free choice students, who are guaranteed into their second-year programs due to their high school grades (with the exception of Biomedical, of course).
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Not necessarily. This guy im talking about went to the same highschool as me, so yeah. 
And, ive never heard of this free choice, im pretty sure all Eng I students are treated equally, meaning you need a 4.0 to get into a 2nd year stream.
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Nope. Two of my roommates both had free choice for their second year program, so long as they kept a 4.0. It only didn't apply to Biomedical.
I'm surprised so few people have heard of this, I've talked to like 10 people who have it.
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