Pumpkin! Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretomd Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Hmm. First and foremost, I would suggest you look at the official stats for previous entering classes at Mac (https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/md-program-admissions/how-we-select) and the selection formula (https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/md-program-admissions/how-we-select/selecting-our-students) McMaster's interview selection formula is pretty clear-cut. CARS is 32% of your pre-interview score, GPA is 32%, CASPer is 32%, and there's a 1%/4% boost for Masters/PhD. If you look at previous years' stats, there are a couple of students each year who get accepted to the school with CARS scores from 123-125 (and probably more than that get interviewed with those CARS scores), but this must mean that their GPA and/or CASPer is extremely stellar. Likewise, there are a couple dozen students who get accepted to the school with a GPA 3.00-3.59 (and probably more than that get interviewed with those GPAs), but this must mean that their CASPer and/or CARS is extremely stellar. Your overall GPA (I calculated it as 3.565, correct me if I'm wrong) would be below the entering average of ~3.84, which would put you at a disadvantage. Likewise with CARS. CASPer is an unknown quantity and there's no way to know how you would perform. It is possible that it could be a very stellar CASPer and secure an interview for you. The PhD boost could help. Probabilistically though, securing an interview with your GPA and CARS would be a challenge (although, again, not impossible). My recommendation would be to rewrite the MCAT. If you can secure a CARS score 128+, this would greatly increase your chances at an interview. I highly recommend going through Mac's selection formula and looking at the previous stats for yourself. I hope that helped. Let me know if you have any other questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedMaybe3563 Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 Very unlikely with a 124 CARS unfortunately. Ideally you want a 128/129. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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