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Date & Time: June 1, 2015 at 3:37 PM Result: Accepted off high waitlist (Windsor campus) Best 2 years GPA: 3.96 + 3.88 MCAT: 10/11/12 (third write - first two were sub-30) ECs: Couple of exec positions in clubs (key may have been long-term commitment), intramural sports, 2 years of research, piano and music theory education, hospital volunteering. Nothing too special but again, important to show long-standing activity in several areas. Interview: Went fairly well. I was comfortable and got the panel to laugh a few times while maintaining an air of seriousness and confidence. Established a positive rapport immediately and wasn't too worried about any of the questions. Year: Did part-time studies one year after finishing my UG (took a few courses that were pre-reqs to some OOP schools). In the end, didn't need them at all. non-SWOMEN applicant EDIT: Offered a spot at the London campus. Accepted on June 5, around noon.

Timestamp: 12:24 PM Result: high waitlist Program: MD Year: Finished UG 2014, one year part-time GPA: 3.92 MCAT (PS/VR/BS): 10/11/12 SWOMEN: no Interview: I think it went fairly well. Made them smile and laugh a few times but remained serious and enthusiastic/confident. Rapport was good.

Also curious about that^

Anyone read the Medical School Interviews outlined in OPs first post? Would you recommend I pick it up?

First write: 9/9/9 Second write: 10/7/12 Not really sure what happened in verbal but it completely destroyed my mark. Should I write a third time? Goal is somewhere in Canada.

So we should refrain from including research done as part of a lab course? Will this disqualify our application?

cGPA: 3.64 VR: 7 Any point in even writing Casper?

Scored 9/9/9 last year and 10/7/12 this year I think a re-write is a certainty no?

Really messed up first year (GPA ~ 3.16) but second and third years have been good (3.78 and 3.96). It looks so bad I think when you factor in first year but the rising trend should be a plus (do they even see this)? MCAT: 27R (9/9/9) - rewriting this August for hopefully a 30+. ECs: - more than 400 hours of hospital volunteering (General Internal Medicine, Endoscopy Clinic, Hospital Elderly Life Program) - VP fundraiser and treasurer of a school club, general member at others - 160 international volunteer hours (worked at a shelter for elderly/homeless) - finished all 10 grades of RCM piano, along with various 1st place awards at major competitions (Kiwanis, Davenport) - finished all 5 grades of music theory - play soccer and swim in my free time I am a H. Bio undergrad with a minor in psych. Doubt this really matters. Any ideas on where to apply? For now, thinking of just UofT, Mac, Western (given the 11 in verbal this summer), and Queens. I only have half a year of orgo, physics and english, which limits me currently from applying to Ottawa, out west or the States. Suggestions?

-clicked- A popular television show reveals more about a nation than the editorial page of a newspaper does. "Get crazy! Get wild! Let's do it get loud! If you wanna have fun let's do something crazy!" This is the opening theme to the television show that is sweeping the nation "Jersey Shore". Based on the lives of eight Italian-Americans, the show documents their wild escapades at various nightclubs during the summer. It is surprising that it has received such high ratings and has become MTV's most popular show in history. Seeing as there are a plethora of reality TV shows today, this is no easy feat. It's popularity among TV viewers across the nation stems from the fact that it deals a lot with partying and getting intoxicated - a rather common occurence among the young adults of today's society. It is rather shocking that so many people on the street can reiterate the details of the previous episode, but cannot, for the life of them, speak about the recent atrocities committed in Oslo which resulted in over 80 people being murdered. Violence has become so commonplace and desensitization has reached the point where people are no longer focused on events happening around the world. Instead, many youths today, which represent the majority of the population, choose to stay ignorant of such topics as the approaching oil crisis or the slow withdrawal into yet another recession. Events occuring on another continent may just as well occur on another planet as far as the majority of today's youth are concerned. Simply stated, if it does not directly concern or coincide with one's interests, people today merely ignore the world around them. There has been a slow shift in recent years academically; less students are going to university and pursuing higher levels of education and more students are dropping out with just a high school diploma. Jersey Shore serves as the perfect example as to where the interest of the nation's youths lie and can show an outsider just how much priority drinking and partying takes over knowledge and interest in world news today. Although the minds of many young people today revolve around partying, there are quite a handful of people who still dream of achieving success and pursue their careers with the utmost determination. The effects of TV shows such as Jersey Shore are not so apparent in European countries where the goal of many young students is to gain admission to esteemed universities in order to make a living. The recent outbreak of riots across England have shown the world just how much people desire to get an education. Many rioters are in fact students who have either been denied admission to school or who simply cannot afford to pay for further education at the post-secondary and graduate levels. It would be quite safe to conclude that the primary concern of these students is not the pursuit of pleasure, but rather more rewarding aspects of life such as receiving a quality education. That is not to say that people in England do not watch Jersey Shore but this reflects the fact that students overseas treat reality TV shows as just that - something to watch to pass the time on their break from studying. Whether or not a popular TV show reveals more about a nation than the newspaper in that nation can be determined by the mindset of the people who watch that show. Viewers in North America have reacted to Jersey Shore in such a way that it dictates a lot of the decisions that they make. For example, it is very easy to find people on social networking sites, such as Facebook, who have named theirselves after the characters of Jersey Shore and developed the mindset of the show - going clubbing every night and drinking - when there are far more rewarding activites to take part in. Many residents in Italy are probably shocked to see their compatriots make utter fools of themselves on nation TV. One can find articles in the Italian gazzeto that ridicules such TV shows and this goes to show that despite the popularity of Jersey Shore, the Italian people remain steadfast in their values and morals and emphasis is still placed upon doing well in school and maturing into a hard-working citizen.

-clicked- Lies are often less harmful than the truth. "You can't handle the truth!" The famous line from the Tom Cruise movie effectively outlines an action that seems almost instinctive to some humans. In many cases, when people are put on the spot, their first reaction is to lie. It is not known exactly why people have such an automatice tendency to lie, but one can hazard a guess and simply state that oftentimes, the truth causes more damage than good. Lying to other people is beneficial to the liar, as he/she can then exploit the victim. Through lies, one can convince others of various falsities; this enables the liar to manipulate others. Lies are told on a daily basis, and have often been the cause of horrific events. One need only think of the events surrounding the eruption of World War II and theunderlying cause of it - one very outspokenyet mentally unstable man - Hitler. Hitler single-handedly convinced the entire German nation that the cause of the poverty and economic situation at the time had been brought about by a single group of people - the Jews. Branching from this completely absurd mentality, he began preaching about the "perfect race" or the Aryan race. Gradually, he deceived the German people more and more, forcing them to believe that everyone without blond hair and blue eyes was an enemy and an obstacle to the development of the Aryan race. To the German people at that time, these lies were treated like the words spoken by God himself. Hitler presented a solution to the horrible lifestyle that had developed in many German cities and the people fell for it. To them, these lies were a sort of miracle and helped stregthen their facist state of mind and engulf Europe in War. Although humans seem to have an almost innate ability to lie, it is more often than not, beneficial to the person to tell the truth. In regards to telling people the truth, George W. Bush should have done so when he chose to invade Iraq at the beginning of the 21st century. Looking for "weapons of mass destruction", the American soldiers searchedfor years without finding a single explosive device. By lying to the American nation and the world, Bush painted a very deceitful picture of himself - it may have been to his benefit to tell the truth from the beginning. Lying not only raised people's hopes of apprehending the people responsible for the 9/11 attacks but it also drew doubt into the mind's of skeptics across the world. 10 odd years later, a single "WMD" has yet to be found and the U.S has got a new president. Had Bush been truthful and honest from day one, many thousands of lives would have been spared in search of these imaginary weapons. However, he lied, and many people paid the ultimate price. It is very tempting to lie when under pressure. For some people, it is very tempting to lie even when nothing will come out of the lie. What determines whether or not lies areless harmful than the truth is the severity of the lie and the consequences of finding out the truth. Pathological liars are known to lie pretty much about everythingand this is a special case in which the person does not realize that telling the truth will not harm them in any way. They think that they must lie to other people in order to receive some sort of recognition for their efforts. Small lies are usually not harmful and pose no threat to the liar whereas big lies can have severe repercussionsfor all involved in the lie. For example, lying about where somebody was may not seem harmful but it quickly becomes a serious issue when the whereabouts of that somebody arecrucial to solving a homicide. Under such circumstances, lying may not only get someone into trouble, but it may end up destroying an innocent person's life forever.

-clicked- The popular music of each generation rejects the conventions of previous generations. I haven't had much practice in writing essays for the MCAT (actually I haven't had any practice) but here goes: Each generation brings into the world new people with new tastes in music. Recently, the popularity of certain genres of music always seems to fluctuate - depending on the status of the world at the time. The rise of house, R&B and electronic music serves to signify the rapid advances in technology that have taken place over the last few decades. Long gone are the mellow tunes of The Beatles or the melancholic melodies of Pink Floyd. Instead, today's radio stations are constantly buzzing with songs that portray single gangster men going out to a metaphorical club, looking for girls to take home for the night and smoking various drugs for personal pleasure, all while shooting up opposing gang members. This type of music seems to be very popular today, and completely rejects the conventions of generations gone-by, which placed emphasis on "being happy" and "not worrying". This is not to say that the youth of today do not listen to Bob Marley - more teenagers are smoking marijuana and committing crimes now than ever before. However, the message is no longer the same. Bob Marley preached for peace, while artists today such as "soulja Boy" make millions of dollars rapping about their Friday nights and seem to support violence and criminal behaviour. However, this has not always been the case throughout history. The music of the Baroque and Classical Eras serves to remind us of the fact that music has not always undergone such fluctuations in popularity. The music of the classical era, made famous by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven, is not so much different that that of Handel and Bach written a century previously. There is, of course, marked differences between Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique and Bach's Preludes and Fugues, but these differences are not in stark contrast to each other. Peace and violence are two completely opposite ideas, whereas fugal development of melody does not differ greatly from "sturm und drung" effects achieved by Beethoven in his works. It seems as though the popularity of music has been fluctuating at a much greater degree in recent decades than ever before. The majority of the world population is between the ages of 14-30 and consequently, the popularity of music is by and large determined by teenagers and young adults. It is rare to see the average teenager today describe to you the works of Schubert or Wagner if they do not have a background in musical history or have a personal interest in such music. What determines whether or not the popular music of one generation rejects the conventions of previous generations seems to be the lives of the aforementioned individuals belonging to the age group 14-30. Today, many more songs are dedicated to gang life and pursuing your fantasies at ridiculously expensive resorts, and less and less songs seem to deal with the morals and virtues that have been around for millenia.