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By the looks of things, you're kind of toast for the application cycle that will happen in your fourth year. From what I remember (and I could be mistaken), Western will consider your best year, and then will accept you on the condition that your fourth year also meets standards (which I think is 3.75). All your eggs will be in one basket, though, and even that acceptance has strings attached. This does not mean that you won't be competitive for future applications, but you're really going to have to hammer out your last two years if you want this degree's GPA to be competitive. People in worse positions have gotten in, but if things don't start going your way, it might be necessary to do a second UG (this is the road I had to go down). I don't expect your GPA to be competitive in the OOP pools across the country, as these are exceptionally competitive (at Dal, there are over 600 applicants for 9 seats. This degree of competition is standard). Best of luck!

It's been three years since I first applied to med school. It's been two since I first held a letter of rejection in my hand. It's been 8 months since a summer of grueling anticipation came to an unfruitful end. It's been 6 hours since I found out I was accepted. Well, this post has been a long time in the making. I've been accepted to Dalhousie for the class of 2014. I'm a New Brunswick applicant. This is my third time applying, as I was rejected post-interview for the class of 2012, I was waitlisted for the class of 2013 (made it to position 2 by the end of the summer), and now at long last I've been accepted to the class of 2014. Talk about running the gamut, haha. First off, the required information: MCAT - 10-10-11-S GPA: 3.6ish best 2 years OMSAS Interview experience: I feel like I connected well with my interviewers. When I mentioned some of my ECs and described my workload of 20 credit hours of engineering every semester, as well as working 20-40 hours per week, as well as training for swimming 10 hours each week, their eyes lit up (particularly when I mentioned 'army medic'). I had a great interview experience. ECs: I have a lot of these. I'm currently an army medic. From May 2009 until Oct 2009 I worked 40 hours/wk as an autism specialist. From May 2007 until Oct 2008 I volunteered in my city's pediatrics ward. I have 3 years of varsity swimming under my belt, and I've represented my province at Canada Games. From Sept 2006 until May 2007 I coached the Special Olympics swim team... the list goes on quite a bit further. I'm glad I've had to opportunity to do these things, and I hope to continue to be active in my community now that I am finally 'in'. So, why has it taken 3 years? You can scroll back to my previous years' posts to see, but the Coles notes are that during my first attempt, I was ridiculously under-prepared. I'm not sure what happened during my second attempt, but it must not have been awful, since I still made it high on the waitlist (what a rotten summer of waiting that was, haha). Thanks to all of you who have supported me along the way. Congratulations to those who have been accepted. For future applicants, I'll only say that if this is something you truly want, there is a seat waiting for you (provided you're willing to make the required sacrifices to distinguish yourself from the rest of the pack). Thank you everyone!

Hey, I just realized that I've never posted my 2008 interview experience. Sorry to those of you who got excited when you saw there was a new post in this thread, but it's just some old fart trying to make sure he adds as much to this thread as possible . 2008 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE (My stats have changed considerably since 2008, but here is what they were when I first applied) Residency Status: IP (New Brunswick) MCAT: 10-8-10-S GPA: most recent 2 years: 3.6 OMSAS (graduated a year early from BScKin... I probably should have just stuck around for another year and picked up the 3.8ish) ECs: At this point, my main ECs were two years varsity athlete, Canada Games Swimmer, 8 months hospital volunteer, 6 months physician shadowing, 8 months special olympics swimming coach. Outcome: Rejected post interview Interview Experience: Well, this was definitely my downfall. I was ridiculously under-prepared, and I didn't do any research besides briefly skim over the Dal website. Although my interviewers found me to be personable, they thought my answers were overly simple and didn't address all aspects of the prompt (looking back, I would definitely agree with them). From what I remember of my feedback session, my main weaknesses were interview and MCAT (I was surprised to hear about that last one). My assessment scores ranged from 57 to 62, and I think that waitlist started at 69 (but I'd say I'm only about 30% sure on that part). Ok, there it is. Better late than never I guess. I've since started a second degree (Chemical Engineering) and have beefed up my ECs, as well as rewritten the MCAT. I officially made it to number 4 on the waitlist last year (unofficially number 2), so hopefully this is the year I get in . Fingers crossed until March 15.

That GPA makes you ineligible for pretty much everywhere. You'll make min cutoffs for interviews at U of C, but once all of your grades are considered post-interview, I don't think you'll make the cut. Any OOP school is definitely not a possibility. For U of A, do you have the following prerequs? These are taken directly from the U of A website: PREREQUISITE COURSES Full year equivalents (six transferable units of course weight) in each of: * General Chemistry (may include Inorganic Chemistry) o IB Chemistry (HL) with a grade of 6 or 7 is equivalent to a half year course - need to complete another half year General Chemistry to meet our requirement. o AP Chemistry students can apply to write a Credit by Special Assessment examination equivalent to half year 1XX course - need to complete another half year Chemistry course to meet our requirement. * Organic Chemistry * Biology o ( may include Microbiology, Zoology, Genetics, Botany, Physiology, Bacteriology, Immunology, Entomology) . o IB Biology (HL) with a grade of 6 or 7 is equivalent to a half year course - need to complete another half year Biology to meet our requirement. o AP Biology with a grade of 4 or 5 is equivalent to a half year course - need to complete another half year Biology to meet our requirement. * Physics o U of A Students: Physics 114 does NOT meet our physics requirement.. o UBC Students: Physics 100 does NOT meet our physics requirement. o IB Physics (HL) with a grade of 6 or 7 is equivalent to a full year and does meet our Physics requirement. o IB Physics (SL) with a grade of 6 or 7 is equivalent to a half year - need to completely another half year of Physicals to meet our requirement. o AP Physics B and AP Physics C with a grade of 4 or 5 is equivalent to a full year and will meet the Physics requirement o Astronomy, Astrology or Music & High Fidelity will NOT meet the Physics requirement. * English o English courses offered by the Department of English. Preference for one full year of English Literature courses, or one half year of English Literature and one half year of English Composition (DOES NOT include Classics, History or Philosophy). Ontario Residents: Grade 13 or OAC English DOES NOT fulfill the English requirement. o IB English (HL) with a grade of 6 or 7 is equivalent to a full year and does meet our English requirement. Half-year equivalents (three units of course weight) in each of: * Statistics: o AP Statistics with a grade of 4 or 5 is equivalent to half year statistics and does meet our Statistics requirement. * Biochemistry (Introductory) o Where possible, students are encouraged to take a full year Biochemistry course when continuing in a degree program. Your MCAT is slightly above average, but the grades are far below average for U of A. These are the averages for all entering students to U of A last year, 85% of which were Albertan students http://www.med.ualberta.ca/education/UME/admissions/dofm_stats.cfm Basically, I don't think medicine is a possibility for you.

Why medicine? Prestige, power, money, women.

For fu<k's sake, let me in.

Life's a b*tch, then you die.

Hey, I got my letter a few days ago, but I've been too busy figuring out my next steps to post, heh. I've been watilisted at number 11 for the NB pool. First off, the standard stats: First undergrad: BScKin (3.6 OMSAS Best 2 years, graduated 1 year early) Second undergrad: BSc Chem Eng, Biomedical Option (Just finished first year, GPA was not used for Dal) In both undergrads, I had a huge course load (average 7 classes per semester, some as high as 9). MCAT: First Attempt, 10-8-10-S, Second Attempt 10-10-11-S ECs: 2 years varsity athletics, canada games athlete, 2 years hospital volunteering experience (working directly with children in peds ward), 1 year special olympics coach, 1 year vice president of engineers without borders, 6 months job shadowing with physician, regular small things (orientation committee etc.) Work experience: Pulp mill summer student (not very relevant, but just for posterity's sake), summer kayaking guide, housekeeping crew at Panorama Mountain Village (basically a cleaning lady), online tutor (25 hrs/week during the schoolyear, did this for 2.5 years). Interview Experience: Some stations good, some stations excellent, no stations awful. One of my interviewers stopped the interview about 3 minutes in, said he had seen all he needed to see, and started to tell me about the program they had to offer at Dal. Frankly, I'm not 100% sure where the bottom fell out. It looks like I'm going to end up being 4th or 5th alternate by the time summer's end rolls around... so right at the top of the people who will ultimately be rejected. EDIT: I figured I'd update this and say that I wound up at 4th on the WL officially (even though there were 2 more who went to MUN instead, so it was really position 2, heh). For those checking this thread in the future, the NB pool moved 7 spots in total (but SJ campus should make this number substantially larger for the class of 2014).

I'm a New Brunswick resident with a BScKin and I am currently enroled in a BSc Chemical Engineering Degree (Biomedical Option). My GPA was a 3.6 on the OMSAS scale, and my MCAT scores were Physical Sciences: 10 Verbal: 10 Biological Sciences: 11 Written Sample: S This was the 2nd time I wrote the MCAT, and my previous scores were: Physical Sciences: 10 Verbal: 8 Biological Sciences: 10 Written Sample: S Interview Feeling/experience: I was really happy with how this went, and I expect it was a strength of my application. The interviewers were relaxed, and the questions allowed me to talk about some aspects of my life that I didn't think would come up in a med interview. By the end of it, we were joking around, and all in all it was a solid experience. My ECs include 2 years of varsity athletics (swimming), representing NB at Canada Games for swimming, shadowing/volunteering in hospitals since 2004 (but really only 6 months in 2004 and 18 months from May 2007 - October 2008), Vice President of Engineers Without Borders, and various other little small things (Orientation leader, etc.). I was rejected by Memorial. This is my first time applying to the school. I've got to say, this doesn't come as much of a surprise, as I've known that I would likely be getting the rejection as soon as I found out they need Christmas marks. I was enrolled in 26 Chem Eng Credit hours (8 courses) of pretty serious difficulty, and I only managed a 3.4 GPA on the 4.3 scale, so I knew this was going to be a real hit to my app. Also, I didn't put as much work into my essays as I did for my Dal ones. Like I said to my parents when I was talking with them on the phone, I feel about as bad right now as I do when I don't win the lotto. I didn't really expect to get anything, so Iwasn't surprised when that prediction came true. Of all the schools I have been given interviews at (Dal/MUN), I've usually had Dal as my first choice, but that may have changed a bit when I saw MUN's facilities, which I was really impressed by. As of right now, I'd say MUN would have been my first choice, but that may change when I see what Dal has to offer. EDIT: After my feedback session, it turns out that they recognized the difficulty of my course load, and the 3.43 GPA wasn't the reson I didn't get in. It turns out that although I was appeared likable, upbeat, confident, very well prepared and able to draw on personal experience, they would have liked to have heard more examples. Everything else was good, with the exception of my ABS, which was fair/good. Because of the lack of examples and not enough depth on some responses (I'm not sure how that happened, heh), my interview was fair.