The Law

When in doubt, never look back

Lol, oh dear God mental image. She melts all my problems away.

WOOO!!! Congrats!

You are correct, Ontario schools use the MCAT as a cutoff only. A few years ago, I was aware that Western used it a little bit in their final mark calculation, but I do not know if this is currently the case. For out of Ontario, Manitoba places heavy emphasis on the MCAT. Alberta also places a large emphasis on the MCAT. Dalhousie might for the final score of the application, but I am not sure so cannot really comment.

Also, to add to register's once again, incredible post (great job!)... You should also consider the importance of the MCAT in the entire scheme of the application. At certain schools, the MCAT only serves as a tool to determine who gets an interview or not (either as a strict cutoff, or a soft cutoff; see below for definition). Following this stage, the mark you got is not important, since it is not factored into who gains admission. Note: A strict cutoff is one where falling below the cutoffs in any section will result in your automatic rejection. End of story. Whereas, failing to meet a soft cutoff will not necessarily result in your rejection, provided you have a very compelling application. On the opposite side of the spectra, there are schools that use the marks you got on the MCAT as both, a tool to determine who receives an interview and also, a tool to determine who gains acceptance. In this type of admission policy, the better your score is, the more likely you are to gain admission since the MCAT does hold importance in deciding the overall grade of your application. Edit: Just to add, very high MCAT scores will also give you a very good shot at many US medical schools, since the MCAT holds a lot of weight at most US schools.

lmao, sell it to the premed club at your school

This is the best post I've seen in a while.

Lmao, this is so awesome. DFTT.

Now, I have fully reviewed this and it is pure genius. Register needs an award.

GOLD star.

waitlisted too...

I think we need to stop debating whose degree is "higher."

While I think this is a factor, I believe it to be a minor factor. I do not think the general public is well aware of just how difficult it is to get into medical school. Sure they know it's hard, but I don't think that it is the first thing that is on their mind regarding their perceptions of the career. I think Buffy pool hit it right on the head, but I also think that because of the nature of the job, doctors are directly impacting people in the community all of the time. People need doctors - they are their guide through many of the most difficult problems a person will face in his or her lifetime. This importance of the role that a physician has in his or her patients' lives helps to inflate peoples' perceptions of the career.

haha me too. WOOT UWO!

People who are applying from the school are contributing this info. There is obviously no guarantee, the only way you can know 100% sure without a doubt (if you have trust issues lol) is by applying yourself.

Lucky Law is at UWO

Hey Sony, Great work. And yeah lost, we're gonna have fun in 4th yearr lool

She has to express her undying affection for you someway. loll

Umm could someone please explain this visa stuff to someone who doesn't know much about it? H1b, J1 what're all these visas

Great posts guys. So pretty much, you guys cover the same material as the other schools, but you do it through the objectives you guys come up with in tutorials? Then you guys present the objectives in the tutorial a while later? Haha yeah those are the words I was looking for!

Hey guys, I think we should have a thread here for this topic. I have heard so many rumours surrounding PBL, as have many others on this forum... "Oh my gosh, how can you learn medicine if it's all PBL"... "It's hard to find direction... you don't know how well you are doing"... etc etc. I was hoping some of you Mac students could just tell us what the program is like. Is it true that you have almost no lecture? What do you find are the pros and cons of having a large component of the program being PBL? Do you find that it puts you at any disadvantage/disadvantage? Any other topics that you think are important, please discuss those too! Thanks for your feedback!

Woo hooo!

bump... bump...

This is from the old EZboard, I just thought it would be useful to have on here. If you're aware of any changes to this list... make sure you post them! The message below is copied from SDN (http://www.studentdoctor.net) ... because it may be useful to people, and it's easier to find old threads here than there. Schools that are marked with an asterisk ( * ) have been PERSONALLY identified by an SDN member that they interview regular Canadians Baylor Boston Univ. Brown Case Western Columbia* Dartmouth* Duke University * Einstein * Emory Finch/Chicago Medical School* Georgetown George Washington * Harvard* Hawaii* Hopkins* Jefferson * Maryland Meharry* MCW (Medical College of Wisconsin)* Michigan State University-CHM* U of Minnesota – Twin Cities Mt. Sinai * Northwestern* NYMC* U of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Ohio State * -- NO LONGER ACCEPTS CANADIANS/INTERNATIONALS Penn State * Rosalind Franklin University Saint Louis University* Stanford Stony Brook SUNY - Syracuse (Upstate Medical University)* Tufts * Tulane * Univ of Chicago--Pritzker UCLA UCSF University of Connecticut University of Pennsylvania Vanderbilt * Vermont Virginia Commonwealth University Wake Forest * Washington Univeristy (St. Louis) * Wayne State * Weill Medical School (Cornell) Yale University* For private schools, NO MCP in Philly NO Rochester (unless you have gone there for undergrad) Aid: Harvard, Columbia, Stanford and Yale Scholarships: CWRU, Wash U in St. Louis Tuition break (for Canadians only?): UCONN, in-state tuition starting 2nd year of med school UPDATE: Special thanks to token for providing a much needed update to the list: Here’s an alternative list of schools that you can assume are Canadian friendly.This list is very conservative. I started with the schools that I personally know are Canadian friendly (because either someone here or someone I know interviewed there) and we can add to it from there. However it is entirely possible that there are schools missing, so do your own research! (Also please PM me or a mod if you have more info to add, especially re: financial aid and escrows). Black – PM101 certified Canadian friendly. You will likely still be at a disadvantage compared to American applicants, but they do accept Canadians. Red – require at least 1 year's tuition in escrow prior to matriculation Orange – will only take international students who have completed some undergraduate coursework in the US Green – offers financial aid and/or merit scholarships to Canadians Grey – should be Canadian friendly based on MSAR/USNews international statistics, but can’t be directly verified California: the two top UCs have varying histories wrt accepting international students. They both screen for secondaries however. Stanford like all other private top tiers is citizenship-neutral. Loma Linda - SDA (or compatible belief systems) only! UCLA UCSF Stanford Connecticut: University of Connecticut Yale DCish: Georgetown George Washington Georgia: Emory Hawaii Illinois: University of Chicago – Pritzker Northwestern Rosalind Franklin Kentucky: University of Kentucky Louisiana: Tulane Maryland: Johns Hopkins University of Maryland Massachusetts: Boston University Harvard Tufts Michigan: Michigan State Wayne State Minnesota: Mayo Medical School University of Minnesota Missouri Saint Louis University Washington University at St Louis New Hampshire: Dartmouth New York: Albany Albert Einstein (Yeshiva) Columbia Cornell New York Medical College New York University Mount Sinai SUNY Upstate Stonybrook North Carolina: Duke University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Wake Forest University Ohio: Case Western Reserve Pennysvlania: Jefferson University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University Rhode Island: Brown – effectively, since there are so few places for students not already enrolled in their BS/MD program Tennessee: Vanderbilt Meharry Texas: note, you cannot apply to Texas schools through AMCAS. You must apply through their own dedicated application service, TMDSAS. Baylor UT Medical Branch @ Galveston UT Southwestern Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University EVMS Wisconsin: Medical College of Wisconsin