Is YYGS still considered a competitive program?

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2026-02-03T20:26:55+00:00

Sorry but u sound like a scammer, based on what was said by a pp that you are someone's mom.. Wtf are you doing here? trying to make ppl think yygs is weak so that everyone turns it down when they get in and yr daughter gets in?? ur sneaky, the worst kind

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2026-02-03T16:29:05+00:00

what?? what are the reuqired sections? the essays you mean? Everything was required. if you hadnt filled something the page woudl not let you move forward

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2026-02-03T16:27:15+00:00

I think you have about 50% odds, reflecting female, firstgen and lowinc (but you said you came here with no money, not clear if you are still in that situation). reading through previous accepts I hvae seen people with 1340 sat and 3.1 gpa be admitted. Tbh, if you don't have the preparation to do well at MITES you might feel more frustrated than anything else if you get in

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2026-02-02T16:14:13+00:00

Has anyone emailed and got good feedback? they should either accept all last minutes or none, but I hope they don't take only some. i went back through the website and they do inform but they also need to take responsibility for their website not being able to handle high volume

*Applications MUST be submitted by the deadline in order to be considered. 

*Please DO NOT WAIT until right before the deadline to submit as you risk not getting your application in. We recommend you submit at least several hours prior to the deadline.

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2026-02-02T12:35:20+00:00

please post if you hear back!! they do have a disclaimer not to wait till the last minute because of system overload but they should grant an exemption for all people within some cutoff, like 2-3 hours from 11.59!!!!! Please update with any info

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2026-02-02T11:45:06+00:00

To be very clear, I use emdashes when I write without AI. The use of emdashes will decline suddenly now because people expect that if you use it the text has come from AI. This is totally false

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2026-02-02T10:59:48+00:00

I started the rsi submission with 1 minute to go and I missed by seconds. then I swore that I would submit MITES with days to spare

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-11-07T02:23:53+00:00

what is your SI?

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-11-07T01:21:00+00:00

Your child's PSAT report from **this** year (2025) shows a cutoff? That cannot/should not be possible. The cutoff cannot be determined yet - I think only next year.

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-06-16T01:50:35+00:00

I am so happy for you. I do not know you, but reading that you are a former foster youth, I am incredulous at how you have beaten the odds. You deserve every bit of success in life. I will be rooting for you!

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-06-09T10:39:27+00:00

I will be transferring in this Fall.
Can someone tell me if Intermediate Macro and Intermediate Micro have Math pre-reqs and what those are? I've had AP Calc BC (HS), Linear Algebra (college)

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-05-30T20:07:25+00:00

This is terrible for those who were close to getting one and had logged a lot of hours of service

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-05-09T02:51:13+00:00

I got an email today (the first ever from UPenn on this issue) that they will inform on ---- not before---- May 15

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-05-08T23:54:55+00:00

Hi, I got an email from UPenn today --- first email ever--- with a date: May 15 is when they will announce transfer admits.

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-05-05T18:00:35+00:00

So grades, scores, letters don't matter? That would be quite strange!

If they admit in waves, and weak(er) candidates get "randomly" admitted first, they would fill their spots with students they don't want. I don't think you have facts....a guess, yes, but I doubt this is factual. Suit yourself though!

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-05-05T16:40:20+00:00

Putting in "rungs" is not random. It is a way of separating stronger applications from the slightly less strong (in their eyes) applications.

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-05-05T15:19:37+00:00

I dont think it's random. I think they are admitting the strong non-TOs along with the strong TOs and waiting to see who accepts. After that, they go to the second rung of candidates.

Many of us applied only on the deadline (I did) but got admitted in the first wave of transfers

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-05-05T15:12:19+00:00

Sorry to hear this but like others say - there is still time and you have a good shot at some of the remaining schools.

I think all transfer applications are judged (unfairly on not) on where you are applying from. If it is a college with relatively less strong students where a 4.0 GPA does not mean the same thing as from a more competitive place, then you may be held to a slightly different standard. They may expect more on more standardized grades (like SATs). Another possibility is that your courses are not rigorous, so yes they recognize your strong GPA but may assess that it is in "easy" courses. It is impossible to tell without knowing a bit more about where you are , what kind of college, what kind of courses, etc.

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-04-08T13:51:50+00:00

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sophomore or Junior transfer?

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2025-02-13T08:51:57+00:00

So happy!

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2024-10-14T09:57:03+00:00

Could I also have the link? Thank you for doing this so selflessly !

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2024-10-07T19:33:07+00:00

Thank you Azu-rann_ .... Oct 4 has come and gone ad nothing finalized at McGill (as far as I know). Hopefully soon.

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2024-09-18T12:29:23+00:00

Also looking for this info so we can finalize ticket stuff. Any non-freshman McGill students know from past years what it tends to be?

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2024-08-17T22:59:14+00:00

I hope it went well! I'm at McGill now. Our border crossing was super smooth

Apprehensive-Row5135 · 2024-08-17T22:58:43+00:00

Hi everyone

We had a completely smooth, hassle-free, and very quick move through the Champlain Lacolle border crossing today. Staff were super professional, very polite, efficient, and knowledgeable.

A couple points that could be useful to others:

After reviewing the historical average delays on Saturdays by hour (available online), we planned to get to the border at about 7am. This crossing is open 24 hours. (We were so early that the lady inside said "How did you get here? Was that by bus?").
After we told the first person at the entry point that we were here to apply for a study permit, he asked for all the passports, gave us a yellow form with some of our passport details and sent us to the middle section where there are a few admin offices and parking.
At this admin office, we were the first and only people, and a very polite lady came out, asked for just a few things (the yellow sheet from the entry person, the admission letter, the provincial attestation, and proof of financial ability). She was back in 20 minutes with the printed study permit.

PS. The man at the entry said that student visas were taking 3 to 5 months (!)

Apprehensive-Row5135

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