- Reaction score
- 2,163
- Points
- 1,190
Gunner_Askett said:It would be great to get a response/responses from people who have been accepted to RMC after taking a fifth year or those who are involved in the acceptance process.
That's me! I graduated highschool in 2005, and even though I had all the prerequisites and grades to go to just about any school in Canada, I decided to stay back for an extra semester, or "victory lap", of highschool.
With the crowd of kids I hung out with in Highschool, not many of my friends actually graduated on time, so I got to hang out with them. Further, I got to play an extra and final season of football. I knew I didn't have the size to play University ball, and if I got into RMC they don't have football at all.
Finally, and most importantly, since in grade 12 I took university level science and math (as these were prerequisites for many of the programs I was considering) I was then free to take grade 12 university level "arts" courses such as Law and Social studies. I found theses courses to be unbelievably easy, and the marks I received in them greatly increased my application average.
The point I'm trying to get across here is that you don't need to rush things. After my one semester "victory lap" I worked full time in order to save money for school (in case I didn't get accepted into ROTP). When I did get accepted, all that money I'd saved up was a real bonus. (speaking of which... where the hell did it all go?... :cheers
I did not feel "left behind" by taking an extra year, and when I finally made my application choices I was a lot more sure of what I wanted to do with my life.
Gunner_Askett said:My main question is, Would I be more likely to be accepted if I took all the required courses and applied in grade 12 as opposed to spreading them out and applying in a fifth year?
Well, I don't actually know what the recruiters think, or if they have some policy of giving more points to those who "do it all" in 4 years instead of 5, but when my recruiter looked at my transcripts all he though was, "highschool student" and "good grades".
Also, you'll get to RMC and probably be drinking age. That was definitely a helper in first year