I applied to concordia university back then for " Digital Design " and they required a portfolio beside the certificates and all, i was in British School, so i was done with my GSCE's and A-Levels, anyways, i got accepted and i was preparing myself to move there, then, the screwed up Bin Laden did his hit and things got complicated and my parents gave up on the idea, as it was hard then for anyone from the middle east to go near there, lol.
but i had alot of friends moving their to study at Mguil ( i know i spelled it wrong, lol ). so yeah, if that didn't happen, i would have ended in canada myself, but too bad i didn't.