Canadian_Med_Dream

Thanks for the response! I'll heed your advice on CMU and return secondaries quickly, and after that's done, DO is on the list. Really appreciate the support!

Central Michigan University is also pretty Canadian friendly, I was accepted with a 512 MCAT and ~3.8 GPA (although I think they liked my essays and ECs). Lots of Canadians there interviewing and accepted as well. Newer school though, and in a rural location.

Im sitting here spamming my F5 button from now, gotta get warmed up for tomorrow

Haha I think you can give it a rest for now. I'm sure you trained hard enough during invitation invites season

Lord knows how im going to get a minute of sleep tonight..

I don’t mean to put anybody down or discourage you from pursuing your dreams but is anyone else already expecting a rejection? I know it’s a pessimistic perspective but I’m personally not anxious because I’ve already accepted a very likely rejection. If it happens I’m not even going to be disappointed but if I get accepted then I’m just going to be very surprised and happy. Either way I feel like the “negative” perspective has been helping me accept whatever comes tomorrow. 

"ramadan is coming soon, you are blessed to get in don't worry"

Again, I wish that no CPR is involved! 

I hope how the Raptors are doing is not indicative of the news I receive on May 8th.... :'(

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Hello dear friends... we are 35 days away from THE DAY. 
Please enjoy these cute gifs/videos for self-care  
        
How are you guys keeping occupied for the next month-ish? 
  

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TIME STAMP: March 20 @ 4:47pm
Result: Invite (absolute insanity....just absolute insanity....)
Interview date: April 8 
wGPA: 3.87 
MCAT: met cutoffs but JUST barely (overall score is nothing impressive at all)
ECs: Lots of music stuff (RCM for piano at high level, played music/led a band for my youth group for 5+ years, self-taught guitar, song writing but tbh nothing really to show for it). Majored in an allied health profession in undergrad so really tried to incorporate my clinical experiences as much as I could. ZERO research...zilch...nada...nothing. Thought for sure that would make me dead on arrival (in combination with my sub-par wGPA). Had a bit of typical premed stuff - hospital volunteering, tutoring etc... Also tried to include some of my hobbies - stuff you would NEVER expect to see on a professional application lol. When I showed my app to a friend he said "Bro are you sure you want to include that?" I literally tossed them in there because (1) Yes I'm passionate about them (2) I thought there was no way I'd get interviewed so might as well show "all of me." 
tl;dr - BELOW average imo (but I guess not the adcom's opinion lol)
Essays: Spent way too many days thinking about them and not enough days writing them. In the end I'd say I was moderately content with them - some more than others.
Year: 1 year post undergrad
Geography: IP 

I cannot believe I got an interview. I really can't. I know its an interview and not an acceptance but still. I worked myself to death in undergrad and ended up still being (imo) no where near competitive for Canadian medical school admissions. So much self-doubt. So so so much of it. And yet here I am.

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