dduk Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 I graduated in 2017 with a BSc and have been applying to medical schools for the past 3 years. This year will mark my fourth time applying. I was fortunate enough to receive an interview at UBC last year (barely met the cutoff as an IP), but I can't help feel uncertain about if I will receive another interview this year or not. I spend most of my time working part-time and volunteering (25-30 hours per week). I was enrolled in a course in Spring 2019 as well. This year, I plan to use my down-time to re-write the MCAT. I guess I am worried that I am not spending enough time doing activities, considering how some people work full-time or are full-time students and do more activities on top of that. Should I be doing more stuff? Just FYI MCAT: 512 (129,126,128,129) - 2017 GPA: 3.94 EC's: Good enough to barely meet the cutoff as an IP at UBC. Reference Letters: I am assuming that my academic reference is probably getting weaker ever year because of time, my other two letters are average I guess (hard to tell). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imgee Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 can someone who is better suited please explain why this person hasn't gotten into medical school, because I am at a loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medase Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 With such high stats (ignoring CARS), you scare me and the rest of the folks who are doing gap years to reapply for med school......... You might want to include your ECs and achievements so someone can figure out what's going on hollistically......so I can figure out if I should apply internationally next year.... Ontariomedschools 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon-e-mous Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Applying to med in Canada is such a crapshoot. So many qualified applicants and so few spots. I have now applied twice with similar stats to the OP and am prepared to probably end up applying again. Just gotta try to continue improving applications each cycle and hope for the best. Ontariomedschools 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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