i’d accept you!

Hey I am a grade 12 student at Upper Canada and I would like to know what my odds are at getting into Trinity College life sciences. I am in the IB so ill give you my mark breakdown

Hight level biology = 5+ (87%)
HL history = 6 (93%)
HL English = 5 (85%)
Standard level math = 4+ (79%)
SL chemistry = 5 (85%)
SL latin = 6 (93%)

Extra curriculars
Public speaking – did many keynote addresses
debating club
cross country team member
volunteering at a walk in clinic
Tutoring – havent done a tonne but have done some

I just want to know what my odds are at getting it…maybe some comparisons to other people’s acceptance marks and such. Thanks!

I’ve tried jokes, I’ve tried threats, I’ve tried desperate begging, but nothing seems to work. High school applicants still keep sending me their transcript summaries, as if submitting this vile information would be beneficial in any way to them (let alone to me…). I guess the only thing left for me to do is give the little information I have regarding the admission process. I’ll try to explain it patiently, and maybe you’ll get my point.

Here’s a little excerpt from the admissions and awards site, dealing with IB applications:

Although applicants with predicted scores of at least 28 can be considered for admission to some programs, more competitive programs require at least 30 and as much as 35 on predicted scores.

?More competitive programs’? What on earth are those?? Well, take a look at the admission requirements for the different streams. Some programs, like life-science, require specific courses, while others, like humanities, require less. Not to start a debate about how that reflects the university’s (and society’s in general) attitude towards stuff like literature and linguistics, it’s obvious by the list of requirements which categories are more ?competitive’. Those competitive streams require a higher average. But here’s the catch! Nowhere can one find the exact advanced functions grade required to get in to, say, computer science. This vagueness is totally intentional, and is the means by which the lords of university admission can keep their cards as close as possible. Now you see how heart-wrenching it is for me to get all those grades of yours? Honestly, there’s not a whole lot I can tell you with that list of numbers and percentages.

So what the &%$# can I give you? Well, I can tell you this: I’m not sure about your prospects in the life science category. Maybe your math is enough, maybe it isn’t. I don’t speak IB. But what you should do is apply for the social science and humanities admission categories as well. That way, even if you don’t get into life science, you still have a fair chance to get admitted to UofT, and once you’re admitted you can enroll into as many life science courses as you fancy. The students admitted to life science get some priority in terms of course enrolment, but usually there’s no problem for others to enroll. Capish?

As for Trinity- who knows? (well, the actual question is ?who cares’, but that’s for another forum). I know that they require you to select them as your first choice on OUAC, and that you need to complete some personal profile. Again, they don’t volunteer a whole lot of info besides that, and again the lack of transparency is not accidental. From your list of extracurriculars I gather that you are a fine young member of society, and I would love for you to have my grandchildren. What does that have to do with your Trinity prospects? You got it- I don’t know. Information like successful Trinitians’ acceptance marks is just not the kind of knowledge I can obtain. Sorry. If there’s any more experienced Trinity enthusiast out there with some credible information, this is their chance to speak up, but I doubt that would do any good.