will i get into life science??
01-11-2011 at 06:42 PM
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will i get into life science??
i did pretty bad this year and i applied for life science at mcmaster. what are my chances of getting into the program??
february report card
(estimated marks, give or take 1%)
english :83
functions :96
calculus :90
data :90
biology :80
chemistry :83
physics :80
average :86
average (top 6) :87
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01-11-2011 at 06:45 PM
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Long answer: Yes.
Short answer: No.
Being serious: you'll be fine. 87% I believe is the cut-off.
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01-11-2011 at 06:50 PM
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lol @ 80 in high school bio
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01-11-2011 at 06:52 PM
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looks fine .
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01-11-2011 at 06:53 PM
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lol @ 80 in high school bio
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yeah that's actually pretty bad
how hard is it to memorize 1/4th of what you have to memorize for a university biology course on the same subjects in twice the given time? |
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01-11-2011 at 06:53 PM
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I know a guy in Life Sci I who had an 84.6% in grade 12. However, officially the cut off was 86.x%
Just work extra hard in these coming months to guarantee your spot, but if you do hold your predicted average I would say that you will get in.
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yeah that's actually pretty bad
how hard is it to memorize 1/4th of what you have to memorize for a university biology course on the same subjects in twice the given time?
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Don't forget to factor in how bad some HS teachers are. I had an 86% in grade 12 chem because the teacher 'didn't believe in 100%'. That 86% was the highest mark she had given in over a decade. Perhaps she just has a bad teacher.
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01-11-2011 at 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by REPLEKIA/.
I know a guy in Life Sci I who had an 84.6% in grade 12. However, officially the cut off was 86.x%
Just work extra hard in these coming months to guarantee your spot, but if you do hold your predicted average I would say that you will get in.
Don't forget to factor in how bad some HS teachers are. I had an 86% in grade 12 chem because the teacher 'didn't believe in 100%'. That 86% was the highest mark she had given in over a decade. Perhaps she just has a bad teacher.
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Yeah but you felt reaaaaaaaaaaaally good about getting the HIGHEST MARK IN THE CLASS IN OVER A DECADE DIDN'T YOU YOU SMUG EMM EFFER.
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01-11-2011 at 07:05 PM
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I think you'll be fine. I know quite a few people who got in with low 80s when I was applying 2 years ago. Just do your best in the next few months!
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Yeah but you felt reaaaaaaaaaaaally good about getting the HIGHEST MARK IN THE CLASS IN OVER A DECADE DIDN'T YOU YOU SMUG EMM EFFER.
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Actually, not really. I did feel smug when my 95 in physics got boosted to a 100 because the other class cheated on the exam. Apparently instead of punishing them they just raised our marks to even it out. Boo Yah! |
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Actually, not really. I did feel smug when my 95 in physics got boosted to a 100 because the other class cheated on the exam. Apparently instead of punishing them they just raised our marks to even it out. Boo Yah!
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Stop that, Dave. |
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01-11-2011 at 07:25 PM
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Stop that, Dave.
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It's just pride in his accomplishments. I see nothing wrong with it 
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It's just pride in his accomplishments. I see nothing wrong with it |
STOP THAT, SARA.
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01-11-2011 at 07:29 PM
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It's just pride in his accomplishments. I see nothing wrong with it |
It's more of me picking on Kendoon in good spirits. The first post was just pointing out that some teachers refuse to give high marks. The purpose in pointing out my mark was the highest was that you really couldn't do well with that teacher despite being smart, so it's not particularly fair to pick on an 80. besides, they changed the curriculum so grade 12 chem covers different topics from when we all took it. The second time was me poking fun at kendoon.
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STOP THAT, SARA.
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was the best "stop" image I could find.
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01-11-2011 at 07:31 PM
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I do not get poked.
I do the poking.
Euphemistically.
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It's more of me picking on Kendoon in good spirits. The first post was just pointing out that some teachers refuse to give high marks. The purpose in pointing out my mark was the highest was that you really couldn't do well with that teacher despite being smart, so it's not particularly fair to pick on an 80. besides, they changed the curriculum so grade 12 chem covers different topics from when we all took it. The second time was me poking fun at kendoon.
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Very true. I can tell. I realized, poking fun at Kendoon is actually quite fun.
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