My son does not have many achievements in (a particular talent area) but he is really good at it. Can he still apply?

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Achievements in a talent area (eg. Olympiads, NSG rankings, competitions, position, etc) form one component of our evaluation of each student.  They are useful as students who are talented in a particular area would usually have some participation beyond the normal classroom/cca.

If your son does not have any of these achievements, we still welcome him to apply if he really has talent/abilities in that domain as evidenced in other ways (whether it is through his results or other activities).

My son does not have many achievements in (a particular talent area) but he is really good at it. Can he still apply?

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