[Extensity]

Hey,

I'm from Canada. Come this fall I'll be applying to universities in the United Kingdom. I'd appreciate it if you could "chance me."

Schools:

London School of Economics - Accounting & Finance
"Ontario: University Preparatory Courses - 90% (85% for BBB programmes at A level) in six grade 12 courses at least five of which must be University Preparatory Courses (4U). The sixth course could be a University/College Preparation Course (4M)."

Warwick - Accounting & Finance
"Typically we require at least 85% in High School Diploma, with 5 M or U courses with grades of 85%. IB also accepted."

Imperial College London - Mathematics with Statistics for Finance
"Scores of 85%-90% both overall and in relevant Grade 12 subjects as required."

University College London - Economics
"For entry into UCL’s undergraduate degree programmes, students who hold A-Levels, the International Baccalaureate or the Canadian High School/Secondary School qualifications with good grades will be considered.

For specific entry requirements for individual programmes, students are best advised to contact the undergraduate admissions tutor as listed in the Undergraduate Prospectus."

City University London - Investment & Financial Risk Management
"Please contact Admissions."

Grades:

Calculus (U) - 96%
Advanced Functions (U) - 96%
Data Management (U) - 100%
English (U) - 93%
Economics (U) - 100%
Resource Management (M) - 99%

From what I gather, you don't list your extracurricular activities in the United Kingdom. Rather, you write what's called a personal statement.

I've interned at a marketing research firm as well as a venture capital firm. I'm hoping to land a job in private wealth management.

I'm working on my Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) Designation. I should have my Investment Management Techniques (IMT®) by the time I apply.

Planning to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro by the time I apply.

I'm the captain of my school's varsity hockey team, and have two hundred or so odd community hours working at blood donor clinics, churches, and hockey rinks.

To anyone who can provide insight--thank you!

All the best ~

[Historophilia]

You'd probably better off asking in one of the forums for oversees students as many people other more general forums will not know enough about Canadian exams etc to be able to help you.

However one thing I would say is that the subjects you are thinking of applying for are too wide. Accounting and Finance, Maths and Stats and Economics are all very different subjects.

The most important thing you need to be doing when writing your Personal Statement is whay you want to study the subject, why it interests you, what you like about it etc. This will be very hard if you're trying to fit Accounting, Maths and Economics into it. While they may seem like similar subjects the actual courses will be very different and you need to narrow it down.

Pick one of the subjects from the ones you've looked at and apply to 5 places for that.

Also as regards all your extra curricular stuff, Universities are not interested unless it directly relates to the subject. So definitely mention your internships and the qualifications you're taking but don't bother talking about your hockey and volunteering.