Rziae Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Hey guys! My GPA for each year is: Year 1: 3.22 Year 2: 3.62 (First semester = 3.26, Second semester = 3.98 (AKA When I pulled my shit together from personal problem) Year 3: 3.94 Year 4: Haven't started but I know I will get at least 3.96-3.98 I'm going to take the MCAT this summer and I know I will do great. I wanted to get your opinion on: Whether I should do a 5th year so my 4th year grades get considered or a masters? Edit: I forgot to mention my ECs: - Running a group of volunteers where we take food that's about to be thrown out, cook it and donate it to a woman's shelter. - Volunteers/perform laser therapy on patients - 200 hours+/3-4 years of continuous hospital volunteering in physiotherapy/occupational therapy --> lots of patient interaction - Administrative/Finance Executive of Diabetes club at Uni - Small volunteer jobs here and there involving medicine/or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 My reaction is not to graduate yet and do a 5th year. Rziae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Rziae said: Hey guys! My GPA for each year is: Year 1: 3.22 Year 2: 3.62 (First semester = 3.26, Second semester = 3.98 (AKA When I pulled my shit together from personal problem) Year 3: 3.94 Year 4: Haven't started but I know I will get at least 3.96-3.98 I'm going to take the MCAT this summer and I know I will do great. I wanted to get your opinion on: Whether I should do a 5th year so my 4th year grades get considered or a masters? Edit: I forgot to mention my ECs: - Running a group of volunteers where we take food that's about to be thrown out, cook it and donate it to a woman's shelter. - Volunteers/perform laser therapy on patients - 200 hours+/3-4 years of continuous hospital volunteering in physiotherapy/occupational therapy --> lots of patient interaction - Administrative/Finance Executive of Diabetes club at Uni - Small volunteer jobs here and there involving medicine/or not well I mean first great job on pulling things up! I am usually of the believe that the only way to really correct issues with UG grades is directly with more UG courses as well. Plus a master commits you to 2 years automatically. Can we get some more details? Does the u of t wGPA policy apply (considering a few courses are probably messing you up)? Do all of those years work with Western's policies - so the two year policy apply? One more year and Ottawa would likely be on board. Obviously the MCAT results are going to be important for the overall plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rziae Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 49 minutes ago, rmorelan said: well I mean first great job on pulling things up! I am usually of the believe that the only way to really correct issues with UG grades is directly with more UG courses as well. Plus a master commits you to 2 years automatically. Can we get some more details? Does the u of t wGPA policy apply (considering a few courses are probably messing you up)? Do all of those years work with Western's policies - so the two year policy apply? One more year and Ottawa would likely be on board. Obviously the MCAT results are going to be important for the overall plan Thank you! Yeah definitely, I agree. I think UofT is out of the question since, their GPA averages are almost a 4.0. Their wGPA is calculated so that 4 of the lowest grade courses are remove during the calculation. Considering my multiple course messups (mostly in first year and second), I dont think I can come close to a good enough wGPA. Yeah I was thinking of applying to Ottawa in my 5th year and maybe after my university. I'll be taking the MCAT this summer using prep 101. Wish my luck and thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Rziae said: Thank you! Yeah definitely, I agree. I think UofT is out of the question since, their GPA averages are almost a 4.0. Their wGPA is calculated so that 4 of the lowest grade courses are remove during the calculation. Considering my multiple course messups (mostly in first year and second), I dont think I can come close to a good enough wGPA. Yeah I was thinking of applying to Ottawa in my 5th year and maybe after my university. I'll be taking the MCAT this summer using prep 101. Wish my luck and thanks!! I wouldn't say it is that high and if you are in the right range I would still apply - you would be potentially removing 10 courses off your schedule after your 5th year. Odds may be reduced but still - you take every option to advance you can and yes of course good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rziae Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, rmorelan said: I wouldn't say it is that high and if you are in the right range I would still apply - you would be potentially removing 10 courses off your schedule after your 5th year. Odds may be reduced but still - you take every option to advance you can and yes of course good luck! Yeah! that actually makes sense. I calculated my 5 years excluding 10 of my courses and I estimate that it will be around ~3.94. I never thought of applying but this will be my backup just incase I don't get to the other places. thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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