freemarketapologist

Hi, 4th year BA student. CGPA: 3.9+ WGPA UofT: ~4 WGPA for Ottawa: 3.95+ WGPA for Queen's: ~4 WGPA for Western: ~4 MCAT: Met Western's cutoffs last year (Non-SWOMEN-I am also non SWOMEN if that was not clear) CASPER: Rough. Found it hard. EC's: Play music in a band, LOTS of research (5 labs with 3 of them being LONG TERM, the other two for 1 year and 1 summer, 4 publications (1 1st author)), Tutoring, Long distance runner, A few awards for GPA, Hospital volunteering, Shadowed and did clinical research with a physician. Member of a group that meets weekly to discuss ethics. (Pretty standard EC's. I think this might be my problem.) 1st year was rough, almost all essay courses, brought down GPA significantly. 4th year looks like it'll be the same problem. 2nd and third year were all science courses which went well. (SHOULD HAVE MAJORED IN A SCIENCE! Oh well, too late now!) Applied to UofT, Queen's, Mac, Western, Ottawa. (Deliberately did not post exact GPA or MCAT scores. I did meet cutoffs for Western last year though. Worried about them changing significantly. Too many points up in Bio or Chem and I'm in trouble. CARS shouldn't be an issue)

CGPA is a 3.97 and you almost failed first year with a C-? Great GPA repair, VERY impressive. Do you have 2 years at 60/40 with 30 credits? If so, GREAT shot at a Western interview. How many years did your Undergrad take? (You say you're 23, so 5 years?) Did you take a full course load every year? Even without, GPA for UofT is great. EC's are weak. Maybe join some clubs? Might have trouble at UBC, need a more impressive CV EC wise. Queen's is a black box, so hard to say, but probably need more EC's. For Mac, 130 CARS, 3.97 GPA, decent CASPER and you should have an interview. Ottawa, What's your WGPA (Most recent year x 3, next year x 2, next year x 1)? I think your big hurdle is EC activities. Try to gain more experience. Do things you enjoy. Any hobbies? Play music? Tutor a subject you excel at? Mentor a kid from a local high school. All of these could be rewarding. DO NOT do anything JUST to get into medical school. Do what you enjoy, and medical schools will get a better sense of who you are as a person. Your goal should be to improve yourself, not just your CV. The AdComs will respond to that.

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