Torch - Fall/Winter 2018-19

Top Areas of Study

Arts and Social Sciences

Business Management/ Commerce

Sciences (Biology, Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry)

Engineering (Computer, Biomedical, Mechanical, Surveying)

Grades

99% Graduated as Ontario Scholars

$ 1.4 M Scholarships (renewable & non-renewable) offered to graduates

A+ 90–100 % A 80–89 % B 70–79 %

73

50

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Passing Grade: 50%

Alexandra Jucan

Cassie Reale

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY INTEGRATED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND HEALTH SCIENCES

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING

Cassie Reale loved leading the Gators as Captain (and goalie) of Havergal’s U20 Hockey team in her graduating year. During her six years at the school, she was involved in a variety of sports, including hockey, basketball and softball. “I learned a lot of leadership skills through sports,” she says. She was honoured as Athlete of the Year in Grade 10 and won the Greisman Cup for softball in her graduating year. During her time in the Senior School, she was a member of House Executive and the Junior School Council and was elected as one of the Senior Year Presidents. Reale is currently studying Engineering at Princeton University, where she is also goalie for the Princeton Tigers Women’s Hockey team. With a passion for the math side of engineering, she hopes to pursue a career in operations, research and financial engineering, developing algorithms for businesses. She looks forward to staying connected with the Havergal community as an Old Girl and hopes to change the status of female athletes by advocating for more equal opportunities.

Alexandra Jucan had a good gut feeling about Havergal when she came for her tour. “The school seemed very friendly, open and inclusive,” she says. Coming to Havergal in Grade 7, she was involved in a variety of activities, including visual arts, field hockey, tennis, snowboarding, golf, Model UN and AIM camp in the summers. Over the years, her teachers continued to nurture her interests in art and science, which led her to look into different paths of study that combined the two. “I was studying cell generation and tissue engineering in Physics and I realized that this is what I am interested in doing as a career,” she says. “I like medicine and health sciences, but I also enjoy engineering and math. I want to use my creativity to develop the solutions to problems, which is the engineering side of science.” Jucan is currently studying Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences at McMaster University, which is the perfect fit for her to fully develop her academic interests.