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Result: Accepted to St. George! Timestamp: 8:33am (EST) wGPA: 3.98 MCAT: above cut offs ECs: Hospital volunteering, research heavy (no pubs), poster presentations & awards, community involvements. Essays: Wrote them from the heart, but last minute, had some typos. Interview: felt ok, started doubting everything I said afterwards. Year: Final year UG Geography: IP Have been using this forum for the past 5 years for guidance, and as someone with no connections whatsoever in medicine when I first started on this journey, I am thankful for the help and support I have received here. Hope it continues to be a source of knowledge and guidance for many more to come! To those not successful this year- please know you are amazing and wonderful individuals and that a med school admissions decision does not change that.

With that GPA and MCAT you're golden. The MCAT alone and your stellar CARS will carry you to a interview at Western, Mac and Queens. Also, to me your ECS look diverse and above average for ON schools, including Toronto.

Hi All, I would like advice on areas of improvement and my chances. Year 1: 3.72 (10 courses) Year 2: 4.0 (10 courses) Year 3: 4.0 (10 courses) Not eligible for U of T weighting, complicated situation but essentially before year 1 have 2 courses from the summer and 3 courses from the winter at a different university. Mac cGPA: 3.88, Ottawa: 3.95, U of T cGPA: 3.90 Research (UG): · Volunteer RA in lab 1 (summer 2014, 40hrs/week, clinical research) · Volunteer RA lab 2 for 1 year (summer + year 2), ran studies for grad student (8hrs/week) · Lab 3 (wet lab): summer student (worked >40hrs/week), presented poster, received award. From this lab: conducted own project during summer, continued in year 3 as part of course and volunteered aside in same lab), presented posters at 3-4 UG research conferences, received 1 award, continuing this summer. ECs during undergrad: Hospital volunteering in year 1 & summer afterwards (1 year, 4 hours/week) Peer Tutor for 2 courses (years 2 and 3) Club Founder and Co-President (summer-Fall 2015, 8 months)- 5-6hours/week Work study position during year 3 (8-10 hours/week) Peer Educator (with health center on campus): 2 hours/ week, year 2 First year mentor (year 3, ~1 hour/ week) President of a city-level youth organization (heavy involvement in year 1, discontinued afterwards to focus on school) Awards: - Year 2: received a scholarship for academic achievement and community involvement from university - 2 poster awards High School ECs: Tutor at library- 3 years, 2hrs/week until program discontinued, Hospital co-op (1 summer, 35 hrs/week for 2 months), Hospital volunteering (2 years, 3 hours/ week), Workshop presenter for children (ran 3-4 workshops, total ~40 hours or so), Editor in chief of school paper, president of a club, secretary of another club, Participated in multiple enrichment programs, received multiple awards for grades & EC involvement. MCAT: 506 (126 CARS, 128 Bio, 127 PS, 125 Psych/Soc), rewriting this summer, last year did not study for the Psych section and did minimal prep for CARS). ON resident. I was rejected pre-interview this year from Ottawa, McMaster and Queens; applied for practice with OMSAS and application process, also hadn’t received MCAT scores when submitted application. Where can I apply and any suggestions on which areas of my ECs I can improve? One issue is that I don’t have any long term involvements because it has been a difficult transition to undergrad and I find that I need to spend a lot more time to get competitive grades than others and don’t have as much time for ECs. This past year for instance (year 3), due to a work study job on campus and a challenging course load, I had to discontinue my club involvement (but made sure it was appropriately handed over). Also, I don’t have as much hospital volunteering experience during undergrad because I felt that I had learned enough and gained sufficient experience during high school and want to try other new/interesting activities. Would really appreciate honest opinion and ways that I can make my application competitive. Also, are there any OOP schools I should apply to?

Faith From far away lands we come, with dreams in our eyes and hope in our hearts; ever wonder just how much this journey has moulded us into who we are today?

Easily Eliza said to her younger sister, "Everything will make sense in the end, have faith."