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I might be the only Rye High cheerleader! Absolutely loved my time at RU. Was a former YorkU bio geek. I am packing up and leaving for NYC. Will miss the streets of Toronto! And perhaps the HNIC commentators.

Usually just a reader, but I feel like this would be an appropriate first post. Perhaps a word of encouragement. Canadian girl coming from a lesser known Canadian university (though my specific program is quite reputable), dismal GRE scores and a mediocre GPA. Submitted my application a few minutes before the deadline because my fingers are most nimble when my hearts pounding out of my chest. I've been accepted into Columbia, waitlisted for NYU. Currently debating the age old question of Columbia or NYU. With these "grades plus" applications, I feel like your portfolio, resume, LORs and essays can really fill the hole. I may just be lucky, who knows. Stay positive and just bang out your apps at your own pace, with your own style. When I read forums where people started apps in the summer, or revised their SOP with help of others, extreme anxiety came over me. I started feeling inadequate, especially with GRE and GPA comparisons being thrown around. In every possible way, I was under qualified. I felt behind schedule, whatever that meant to an applicant. I think passion pulled me through. Good luck, and let's defy some stats here, eh?