Recent content by eddotman

Cal Academy of Sciences is also great.

I don't think your degree specialization matters that much. I'm in sort of a similar situation as you, mikey123555. I'm a senior at a Canadian school (Guelph) studying Nanoscience/Physics and currently running a tech startup. I think the most important thing is just to find something interesting...

Toronto's EngSci program seems to have a pretty good reputation.

I'm from Ontario, and I'd say your choices are fine. I grew up in Waterloo, and I'd say that Toronto/Waterloo are both very solid choices (and I don't know much about Ottawa's math program so I can't say much there). Honestly, it's pretty easy to get into any undergrad Canadian program (as a...

If you have any interest in Canadian universities, the University of Guelph does this type of research.

Do as many math/physics competitions as possible (e.g. University of Waterloo hosts a number of these every year). If you can show that you're among the top in the country, then that will greatly help your chances of admission to competitive schools.

If you take the top handful of students from most countries, you get a pretty similar quality of ability across the board. Having been one of these students and knowing many other students who did this, it's worth mentioning that most of these students spend more time on their science fair...

Double degrees and double majors aren't all that uncommon in Canada. I'm not so sure that either one is better than the other -- I think they usually take about the same amount of time to do (5 years).

That sounds like an entirely reasonable course load. Most science/math students I know take 5-6 math/science courses per semester.

Here are some strategies I use for test-taking. I find that the more methodical you can make the process, the less stressful it is, and the less error-prone you become: - Underline relevant words and cross out irrelevant words as you read the problem. - In any algebraic steps, read them over...

So, in this problem, we're given pretty much all the lengths of the big triangle (I think only one length, AE, is not given) and one length of the inner triangle (EF). Recall that whenever you inscribe a triangle inside another triangle, you create a bunch of similar triangles. In other words...

Your image doesn't seem to work, but based on your labelling, I'm assuming that you've created a large triangle, ABC, and inscribed on its edges a smaller triangle, DEF, thus forming four interior triangles. The given data seems to completely specify the lengths of the outer triangle and the...

Mid 90s average is fine. Truth be told, once you're above 90+ average, no one really cares except for other students. You said you're in grade 11 right? There's plenty of time (read: rest of this year) to make your profile competitive. I was pretty much in your position at your age, and I said...

Looking at statcan (http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/famil21a-eng.htm), the average income for an individual after taxes is somewhere on the order of $30 000. If you're making $90 000, that's pretty damn good.

Most Canadian universities offer full scholarships (Toronto included) if you're really good. That is, not just in terms of marks, but in community service, leadership, etc. If you're up for it, apply to some bigger scholarships and then money won't be an issue. I think Toronto's is called the...