{"id":22026,"date":"2018-12-17T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=22026"},"modified":"2019-07-18T13:30:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:30:37","slug":"would-it-be-canadian-american-or-american-canadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=22026","title":{"rendered":"would it be canadian american or american canadian?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hi!<\/p>\n<p>im an american senior high school student that&#8217;s suuuper into attending u of t for electrical engineering. i think my case is a little different because im a canadian born citizen, but all of my education from grade 1 was completed in the usa. basically, my gpa is a 3.3\/4.0 and my sat a 1300\/1600 with a 21\/24 on the essay, and ecs are good (fencing team captain, intern job, volunteering, etc.). my question is&#8230; 1.) are admissions harder for american students and what are my chances OR because im a canadian would i be considered domestic? (i know this is true for fees) and 2.) well&#8230; anything you can share that would be relevant to this case in general. i finished my online student portal and im gonna submit it by the end of this week. im really passionate about potentially being able to attend u of t, and id be ecstatic if i would somehow be able to be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>im sorry if this is a little hard to answer!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; canadian born american<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hi!<\/p>\n<p>first of all, sorry for being MIA and the super delayed response. it is aska<strong>student<\/strong> after all and i had exams and finals too.<\/p>\n<p>anyways&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/xT1R9Jr3PVdHFTrYT6\/giphy.gif?cid=3640f6095c17d8ca5849674f4d3c88f6\" alt=\"hey arnold nicksplat GIF\" width=\"248\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>so, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.engineering.utoronto.ca\/admission-requirements\/international-applicants\/\">this link from the engineering website<\/a>, you will be &#8220;evaluated on the basis of the education system [you] followed, regardless of [your] country of citizenship.&#8221; meaning that yes, you will be evaluated as an international student.<\/p>\n<p>that being said, i&#8217;m not sure about the specific numbers\/ averages\/ SAT marks you need. all they say is &#8220;high grade point average and high scores.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/discover.engineering.utoronto.ca\/admission-requirements\/international-applicants\/u-s-high-school-system\/\"> this link<\/a> has some information about admission requirements specifically for US students as well as how you can submit your transcript.<\/p>\n<p>i suggest that you get <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.engineering.utoronto.ca\/contact-admissions\/\">in contact with the engineering admissions office<\/a> to get more information or if you have any further questions. they&#8217;ll have the most specific and up-to-date information.<\/p>\n<p>i hope this all helps!<\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hi! im an american senior high school student that&#8217;s suuuper into attending u of t for electrical engineering. i think my case is a little different because im a canadian born citizen, but all of my education from grade 1 was completed in the usa. basically, my gpa is a 3.3\/4.0 and my sat a 1300\/1600 with a 21\/24 on the essay, and ecs are good (fencing team captain, intern job, volunteering, etc.). my question is&#8230; 1.) are admissions harder for american students and what are my chances OR because im a canadian would i be considered domestic? (i know this is true for fees) and 2.) well&#8230; anything you can share that would be relevant to this case in general. i finished my online student portal and im gonna submit it by the end of this week. im really passionate about potentially being able to attend u of t, and id be ecstatic if i would somehow be able to be accepted. im sorry if this is a little hard to answer! &#8211; canadian born american \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! first of all, sorry for being MIA and the super delayed response. it is askastudent after all and i had exams and finals too. anyways&#8230; so, according to this link from the engineering website, you will be &#8220;evaluated on the basis of the education system [you] followed, regardless of [your] country of citizenship.&#8221; meaning that yes, you will be evaluated as an international student. that being said, i&#8217;m not sure about the specific numbers\/ averages\/ SAT marks you need. all they say is &#8220;high grade point average and high scores.&#8221; this link has some information about admission requirements specifically for US students as well as how you can submit your transcript. i suggest that you get in contact with the engineering admissions office to get more information or if you have any further questions. they&#8217;ll have the most specific and up-to-date information. i hope this all helps! xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,79,246,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-americans","category-applying-for-u-of-t","category-engineering"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}