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GPA GPA GPA Whatever you are more interested in. Biomed was jokes for me and impossible for others. Psychology classes were my lowest grades, highest for others. I hate psychology. Mr Duck

Don’t worry they’ll look for alternatives if it’s not valid mr duck

Dosent matter which uni, but as others mentioned that program will be much harder. Biomed / health sciences one of the easiest. Don’t let that discourage you, if you’re smart, go for it (personally I applied to engineering too but opted for biomed), with the caveat that gpa is almost everything for med applications good Luck Mr duck

uottawa typically sets a cutoff for Casper and weighs it against gpa for invites just have decent answers for all questions and should be fine mr duck

I don’t have much to add but that the degree is not what matters it’s getting a good gpa as long as you get the gpa you good

I get this question a lot, what to do if you need to do an extra year to reapply to med. Im hoping as many people can weigh in to make this useful. 1) talk to someone knowledgeable in Med applications, see what went wrong My first advice is to see what went wrong. If you got many interviews, chances are you have the grades and Casper, you need to work on life experience/interviewing. If you didn’t get interviews, then do more undergrad years to boost your grades. 2) my gpa is good enough what more can I add research is always a good thing to add in my opinion, only if you like it of course. These publications follow you for life, including your residency applications. If you enjoy it, perhaps do a masters in epidem or public health (many docs do this during residency or fellowship to get an academic position in a hospital). This time is therefore not « wasted ». If you can, try to do clinical research. Email doctors at TOH/CHEO (if you are in Ottawa) or a major academic health center as many will take non-med students to help with projects and this will give you medical exposure as well as relevant experience. 3) find an interest Doing additional years can be demoralizing. Find an interest / passion to help motivate you and destress you. Personally, I revamp my aquarium (lel). Plus, people love hearing about these during interviews. hopefully more people can weigh in on this, good luck with applications!! Mr Duck

I will also chime in! what undergraduate program do i need? or what is the steps i would first have to take to get to residency? As others said, undergraduate program does not matter, GPA matters. Of course if you love sciences (like I did!) do not shy away from going into programs such as biomedical sciences at uOttawa as you will likely excel in these classes (I did poorly in sociology/psychology courses, and found organic chem a breeze, so it really depends on your personal skill in these topics). I also found that taking anatomy and physiology classes as an undergraduate prepared me for medical school in a sense that you already have some extent of background knowledge and the pace required to learn the material. Those who did not have this definitely still excel, but some struggle when it is the first time. Getting involved in some sort of research (in my opinion) would be an added bonus. The medical field is evidenced based and being proficient in reading up and understanding the scientific literature is an asset. If you can get some experience by participating in research (even if it is in the basic sciences) that would definitely help you not only for your application but as a clinician. Only do it if you are interested. Hope that helps, Mr Duck

All I know is that MD/PHD typically hear back much sooner than the May release date for general acceptance. Given that is is already late April you would have likely heard back by now. Mr Duck

Masters experience is definitely an added bonus on application review. Nobody knows how much they weigh the application/CV review pre-interview as it seems to change yearly (in previous years we heard of pre-interview 50% CASPER 50% GPA! Now I am not sure if your CV counts for pre-interview). However for your score on CV, masters will help on top of your research experience. If you apply to MD/PHD, obviously a masters is almost required. Mr Duck

- Where do residents/med students generally live? I know of Freedom private, look it up it is a neighborhood right beside the Ottawa hospital general campus and Roger Guindon hall which is the medicine faculty. There is a free shuttle from TOH general campus and civic campus. - What is the best renting/housing option to reach the two hospitals? For medical students, the choice is again Freedom private (maybe for residents too but I am not sure). There is a complete housing list sent to newly accepted med students compiled by current med students, you can ask uOttawa med student admissions for this list (even if you are a resident and not a med student!). - What mode of transportation do most people use to get to the Civic/General hospitals? If you live beside the hospital, the inter-campus shuttle should be enough, and perhaps a car to go around the city to other destinations. - Is a car used by most? Sorry, I am a med student so I do not know! - For surgical rotations which start early in the morning, do you resort to cars or are there buses? Intercampus shuttle leaves as early as 6/6:30, but maybe you need to leave even earlier which means car is the better option. - For those who also moved to Ontario from another province, what logistics should I be aware of? I know I have to change my driver's license, health card. What are the other things I need to prepare or be aware of? What "surprised" you in your move? I unfortunately cannot help. I hope I helped a bit! Mr Duck

Your semesters with 4 courses will count as long as they can fetch the remaining courses from anywhere (summer, semesters with 6 classes, etc). You are allowed 1 P/F and likely this will be more lenient given COVID but hard to say. Keep at it! Mr Duck

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Although the semesters with more than 1 pass fail course will not count towards wGPA calculation, the credit itself for the course might still be taken into consideration (the exception might be the pre-req classes where they need at least a B). I would not lose hope just yet, email them and see. Mr Duck

It seems this year you submit 3 contact information of your referees and they will fill a form to rate you on different aspects and then a final question of: do you recommend this candidate to the MD program (yes/no). Referees had to always fill a form like this on top of the reference letters but it seems now they are openly admitting they never looked at the letters (lol). All the info is here: https://www.ouac.on.ca/guide/omsas-referees/ Mr Duck