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Honestly there is no benefit to stressing about how to do well in Med1, just enjoy your summer. If you've gotten to this point already, you know how to study and you will learn to adapt quickly to Med school pace. The first block (Block A) is very relax on purpose so that you have the time to adjust. As for textbooks, when school starts, you're going to get all the textbooks you need "magically" given to you. You'll understand what that means in due time.

Just a tip for anyone who's in Quebec and worried about your pre-req GPA from Cegep, You can retake your pre-reqs at a Cegep during your undergrad, that way it won't affect your university GPA (if you're worried about that) but still will count in calculation of your pre-req GPA. I believe this is true, but maybe @McGillMedAmbassadors can confirm this

Damn. Wish I had of known this before, I didn't even have UoT on my list of applications for after my 2nd degree! Good to know for future applicants as it seems to be getting more difficult as certain schools (i.e. Western)

Your application gets rolled over automatically to the MDCM stream if not accepted into the MD/PhD program (based on reports from other students that went through the application)

Just want to add that I am pretty sure that McGill offers the most amount of weeks dedicated to elective rotations relative to other Canadian Medical schools.

Also to add onto that, scheduling your own shadowing experience once in medical school is extremely easy. People are much more receptive once you tell them you are a medical student versus an undergraduate student

It's not, It's purple for some reason. Should have been red

You have to make yourself affiliated to McGill community on facebook. Then request to join the mcgill med group and they will ask you to prove your acceptance

But at least you'll die a happy man/woman

I'm 25 and starting in the fall. Don't worry

There is. Don't give up i've been there and it works out

Read "Intern" by Sandeep Jauhar. It's just a great book overall that gives you kind of the mindset of how it is to come out of med school, with a light hearted twist

I also have a few questions regarding the curriculum for the first year: 1) What is R&E? 2) How does the "transition to clinical practice" differ from the rotations done in 3rd year? They seem to include the specialities that are often found during core rotations. 3) What does the "Research Fundamentals" entail? Is it a research methods course or is it a research project you undertake throughout your first year and a half?

You seem like the cookie cutter average applicant to Ontario schools. You have decent GPA, the most balanced MCAT possible, the traditional premed ECs (club member, shadowing, hospital volunteering). Now if i'm being honest, nothing really stands out to me from your application. It's all good, don't get me wrong, but no specific aspect seems great. I think you might look into doing some type of research aspect, not as a "2-month intern", but start your own project with a supervisor and commit to it for a year and try to get some type of meaningful result from there. I by no means am saying this in a negative way, I'm just trying to give you some honest feedback.

Yes you can reapply, but for McGill, they only use DegGPA. This means that if you reapply prior to having completed 45 credits - which is only possible in your 3rd year not 2nd - they will not consider any of your new grades achieved from your second Degree. This is very important for you to understand that the minimum amount of time it'll take you to reapply with new DegGPA will be in your THIRD year of your second degree.