Accepted/Rejected/Waitlisted??? (for current applicants)

[Guest Ian Wong]

Hi all,

 

Here's a quick questionnaire regarding the admissions process at Alberta. We ran this questionnaire last year, and I'd like to keep it going on an annual basis so we can generate some profiles of applicants who have been accepted, rejected, or placed on a waitlist for each school. If you are applying this year, please take a few minutes to fill out the below questions.

 

Please keep all replies focussed as answers to the below; I will delete any non-answers in this thread. If you have any questions, please start a new thread so that this one stays on topic. Please check out the big thread in the General Premed Forum as well to let us know which schools accepted you, and which ones waitlisted you or rejected you: pub125.ezboard.com/fpremed101frm0.showMessage?topicID=648.topic

 

If you can copy and paste the below form, and fill it out, that'd be awesome. If you want to contribute your GPA and MCAT stats in addition, that's great too.

 

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I'm a (Province) resident in (undergraduate or graduate) studies. My GPA was (XYZ) and my MCAT scores were:

 

Physical Sciences: (x)

Verbal: (y)

Biological Sciences: (z)

Written Sample: (z)

 

I was (accepted/rejected/waitlisted) by Alberta. This is my (first/second/third/more than third) time applying to this school.

 

Of all the schools I applied to, I'd like to attend (XYZ Med School) as my first choice.

 

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Ian

[Guest QG]

I'm a BC resident in undergraduate studies.

 

I was rejected by UA. This is my first time applying to this school.

 

Of all the schools I applied to, I'd like to attend UBC as my first choice.

 

GPA: 85-90%

MCAT: 30+

[Guest Sumi23]

I'm a BC resident in undergraduate studies.

 

I was rejected by UA. This is my first time applying to this school.

 

Of all the schools I applied to, I'd like to attend Queen's as my first choice.

 

GPA: 84%

MCAT: 30N

[Guest ManitobaMed]

I'm a Manitoba resident who just completed undergraduate studies.

 

I was offered a place on the alternate list by Alberta but will be turning down the spot. This was my 1st time applying to this school.

 

Of all the schools I applied to, I will be attending the University of Manitoba as my first choice. (The U of A was a very close second.)

 

Pre-req gpa: ~8.5

Best 3 of 4 years: ~8.5

MCAT average: 11.7

[Guest Me]

I'm an Alberta Resident who completed an undergraduate degree (Bsc Honors).

 

I was rejected by U of A; this was my first time applying. I think that it was my first choice, and I'm pretty sure it still is!

 

Pre-req and gpa (best 3 of 4 years) were both about 3.9

 

MCAT = 8B-9V-10P-R

[Guest summervirus]

Wowsers... I just came across this website by accident... I was actually searching for housing information and the search engine directed me here (cool site btw)... anyway...

 

I'm an Alberta resident. I just completed my third year of undergraduate studies. I was headed towards a degree in biochemistry (honours).

 

I was accepted by Alberta. This is my second time applying to this school.

 

My GPA is 3.9+

My MCAT scores are 35+, N (yeah, I know the N sucks... :eek )

[Guest praeludium]

I'm an Alberta resident who just finished undergrad in Quebec.

 

I have applied twice, been waitlisted twice, and accepted off the waitlist the second time.

 

UA is my first choice whoopee!

 

My 4yr GPA is a modest 3.79 (looking at all the 3.9s around this place). My MCATs were 9V, 13B, 13P, Q (yep, the distribution really screwed me for some Ontario med interviews!)

[Guest kernelhoover]

Hey all,

 

I'm an Alberta resident who finished a BSc. (honours) in biochemistry last year. My cumulative gpa was ~8.3 and my preq gpa was ~8.5. I received 8V 13PS and 14BS on the MCAT.

 

I was accepted by the University of Alberta (and the University of Toronto). This is my second time applying to this school.

I'll be attending the University of Alberta in the fall.

 

See you all there.

[Guest Megs]

Hi everyone

I am an in-province resident who finished undergraduate studies in May 2002 (BScH in Biology). GPA ~3.9. MCAT 27R

 

I was accepted by U of A. This was my second time applying. I received interviews both years, but was rejected without waitlisting last year.

 

Of all my choices (interviews at UBC, UofO, UofA, no interview at UofC), U of A is my top choice. See you in the fall!!!

[Guest fox]

Hi everyone

 

I am Alberta resident who finished a Master's in January at U of A. My overall GPA was 8.48 and my pre-req GPA was 8.6. My MCAT score was 30R.

 

I was accepted by U of A. This is my second time applying. I received an interview last year, but was rejected.

 

I am planning on attending U of A in the fall (interviewed at DAL, Western, and Calgary). See you all then!

[Guest 66mario]

I am an Alberta resident who completed an engineering degree last year at U of C.

GPA: 8.3 - 8.4

MCAT: 10 10 10 S

I was accepted by U of A. This is my first time applying.

Western is my first choice.

[Guest Jerika81]

I'm an Alberta resident and just finished my Honours BSc at U of C. My cumulative GPA was 8.65, my pre-req GPA hasn't been updated yet so I'm not sure what to make of that. MCATs VR 11, BS 9, PS 12, WS R.

 

I was waitlisted by U of A.

I was rejected by Queens.

I was waitlisted by UWO.

I was accepted by U of C.

 

I would like to attend UWO as my first choice.

[Guest sassy101]

I am a Sask resident who was accepted off the waitlist. My GPA was ~ 8.5 ( both pre-req and overall ). I have a double honors degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry. My MCAT score was 30P. Alberta was definately my first choice.

[Guest Ali]

Hi I am an Alberta resident, who has done three years of Biochem honors at the UofA. This was the first year that I applied, and was accepted. Yay! This was my top choice. My pr-req GPA is 8.6, overall GPA 8.5 and MCAT was 11 on all sections, with a Q on the writing. See you all in the fall.

 

 

[Guest Dr Love]

I'm originally a BC resident (but I did both my undergraduate and graduate studies at University of Calgary). My GPA was 3.85 in undergrad (I don't know the conversion to UofA scale), and 3.90 in my course based masters program and my MCAT scores were:

 

Physical Sciences: (11)

Verbal: (9)

Biological Sciences: (11)

Written Sample: (M)

 

I was accepted by University of Alberta. This is my second time applying to this school.

 

I only applied to U of A so I guess this was my first choice.

[Guest chemgirl]

I'm an Alberta resident in graduate studies. My GPA was 8.03 (prereq 8.5) and my MCAT scores were:

 

Physical Sciences: 11

Verbal: 11

Biological Sciences: 11

Don't remember WS but it was the second highest letter possible and irrelevant for Alberta for this year, anyways.

 

I was rejected by Alberta. This is my first time applying to this school.

 

Of all the schools I applied to, I'd like to attend Alberta as my first choice.

 

PS: I strongly recommend anyone who gets rejected to talk with Marlene. She was so helpful to me and gave me lots of hope for next year!

[Guest Kiwi Kwok]

I'm a in-province resident who just finished a Zoology Honours degree. My GPA was 3.8 and my MCAT scores were:

 

Physical Sciences: (11)

Verbal: (10)

Biological Sciences: (12)

Written Sample: (P)

 

I was waitlisted, then accepted by Alberta in June. This is my second time applying to this school.

 

Of all the schools I applied to (waitlisted at U of C), I'd like to attend U of A as my first choice (seeing as I didn't have much of a choice!).

[Guest swedeboy]

I'm an Alberta resident in graduate studies at U of A. I also did my undergrad at U of A in engineering physics. My GPA was 3.67 (with a prer-req GPA of 3.97) and my MCAT scores were:

 

Physical Sciences: 15

Verbal: 10

Biological Sciences: 11

Written Sample: Q

 

I was accepted by U of A. Yay! This is my first time applying to this school.

 

Of the one school which I applied to, I'd like to attend U of A as my first choice.

[Guest chemgirl]

I am also an Alberta resident, I am also in graduate studies. I am in my fourth year of my PhD in biochem. My undergrad is also in biochem at the U of A.

 

My overall average is 3.7 and my prereq average is 3.81.

 

My MCAT scores are:

 

Verbal: 11

Physical: 11

BioSci: 11

Writing Sample: Don't remember, I wrote it in 1999!

 

I was ACCEPTED by the U of A. Finally! This is my third time applying to this school.

[Guest ec416]

I am an Ontario resident and graduated from Systems Design engineering at UW.

 

My overall average is 3.9 and my prereq average is 3.9. (These are U of A #s, my OMSAS GPA is somewhat lower)

 

My MCAT scores are:

Verbal: 11

Physical: 11

BioSci: 11

Writing Sample: R

 

I was accepted by the U of A. This is my first time applying to this school.

[Guest bananacreampie]

Hi,

I am an Alberta resident and I am in the 4th year of my undergrad degree (in kinesiology).

 

GPA: 3.9

Pre-req GPA: 3.97

 

V: 11

PS: 13

PS: 13

Writing: O

 

I was accepted by U of A and this is my first time applying.

 

I only applied to U of C and U of A.

[Guest Med2B]

I am an Alberta resident in my fourth year of my BSc in Biochem.

 

My overall average is 3.9 and my prereq average is 3.98.

 

My MCAT scores are:

 

Verbal: 12/13

Physical: 14/15

BioSci: 12/15

Writing Sample: Q

 

I also applied to UofC, Queens, UWO, and UofT.

 

I was accepted by the UofA.

 

I applied last year but was rejected.

[Guest cosmeticgrl]

I'm an Alberta resident in graduate studies. My GPA was (3.7 for undergrad and 4.0 for a PhD) and my MCAT scores were:

 

Physical Sciences: (11)

Verbal: (12)

Biological Sciences: (15)

Written Sample: (N)

 

I was accepted by Alberta. This is my first time applying to this school.

 

Of all the schools I applied to, I'd like to attend U of T as my first choice.

 

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[Guest thesaug]

I'm an Ontario resident and just graduated from Chemical Engineering at UWO (4 years). My GPA was 3.95 MCAT scores were:

 

Physical Sciences: (10)

Verbal: (9)

Biological Sciences: (10)

Written Sample: (Q)

 

I was accepted by Alberta, UofT and UofO. This is my first time applying to Alberta. I will be accepting UofT's offer so another spot will be opening up at UofA. Good luck to everyone!

[Guest pjdavis]

I have been wait-listed at the U of A (well placed on the Alternare Candidate List, I love the euphanisms). Here are my stats

 

Pre-Req 3.8 something

Over-All 3.6 something

 

MCAT 9V, 11PS, 12BS, R WS.

 

Good luck to all on the wait-list. Congrats to those who have been accepted, and if you were rejected post-interview I was in the same boat last year so there is hope!

 

-pjdavis

 

P.S(Edit)- Glad to say I was finally offered admission on the 6th of July, 2004 at 11:15 a.m. WOHOOO:rollin