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Hello cool, smart people. 



I'm an Albertan with a 3.71 OMSAS GPA over four years (worked it out last year) and I have a 521 MCAT (132/126/131/132). 


My ECs are decent. I'd probably throw them in as roughly average for the accepted applicant. 


I was just-wondering if this is anywhere close to what Queens wants from students-- cuz I'm not applying to any other Ontario schools (fucking CARS) and I don't know if it's worth it to go through the whole OMSAS thing just to make one application to Queens. 


Cheers!
 

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I think it's worth a shot! You have a decent chance! My friend applied with 125 for CARS, and she got an interview! I believe her overall score is 515! Although her ECs are above average and her cGPA is 3.8+.

 

Interesting. If there's a couple posters here who don't think 3.71 is prohibitively low, I'll give it a shot

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Queen's only uses your last 2 years if that's better for you. I would apply if I were you! 

 

Oh dang, no way. My cGPA is a 3.75 here at the U of A, but it went like 3.64 -->3.72--> 3.71--->3.89. My last year had only 9 courses instead of 10 though. 

 

 

I'll need to recalculate it. Interesting though. Do they take people below 3.8s though? 

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Oh dang, no way. My cGPA is a 3.75 here at the U of A, but it went like 3.64 -->3.72--> 3.71--->3.89. My last year had only 9 courses instead of 10 though. 

 

 

I'll need to recalculate it. Interesting though. Do they take people below 3.8s though? 

 

 

Queen's is not like Western where you need to have 5 courses per semester (Queens only require 3 courses/term, so 6 courses/year)!  Your most recent two years is around 3.80 though. So, I think you should really consider applying :)

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Queen's is not like Western where you need to have 5 courses per semester (Queens only require 3 courses/term, so 6 courses/year)!  Your most recent two years is around 3.80 though. So, I think you should really consider applying :)

 

I figure when it gets converted to the OMSAS GPA it'll probably drop into the 7s, but you do raise a pretty good point :P 

 

 

Shoot. I guess I'll have to apply then. Thanks so much for the help guys! Lemme know if any of y'all snagged a Queens spot with a GPA below 3.8

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If you take a look at the Interview Invites and the Accepted/Waitlisted/Rejected threads you can see the different GPA/MCAT/EC combos that got interviews/acceptances. I think there are several with cGPAs within the 3.7s and/or wGPAs < 3.8. Either way, I think you should apply - you honestly never know. I was planning on not applying to any school this past cycle because I thought that there was absolutely zero chance of getting an interview, so just give it a shot if money isn't a huge issue!

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Hello cool, smart people. 

 

 

 

I'm an Albertan with a 3.71 OMSAS GPA over four years (worked it out last year) and I have a 521 MCAT (132/126/131/132). 

 

 

My ECs are decent. I'd probably throw them in as roughly average for the accepted applicant. 

 

 

I was just-wondering if this is anywhere close to what Queens wants from students-- cuz I'm not applying to any other Ontario schools (fucking CARS) and I don't know if it's worth it to go through the whole OMSAS thing just to make one application to Queens. 

 

 

Cheers!

 

 

Hey! I think you should apply to Queens for sure. There is definitely a chance if your ECs are good. Also, if you would consider adding other OMSAS schools, I would consider Ottawa and U of T. Ottawa is wants you to submit the mcat but is not including it in its evaluation this year and U of T has 125 cutoffs so its worth a shot there too. Plus these schools use a wGPA, so your gpa is probably higher than 3.71 at these schools. Good luck!

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Sorry for stealing your thread but I'm wondering the same :P

I'm a BC resident with 3.80 (3.82/3.68/3.94) going to 4th year. MCAT 507 (131/124CARS/127/125). 

I have decent ECs. Should I bother applying?

 

 

  If you think your ECs are good, then you should apply! Plus, it seems like your cGPA is considered competitive. Go for it! 

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  If you think your ECs are good, then you should apply! Plus, it seems like your cGPA is considered competitive. Go for it! 

That's awesome to hear  :)

Does anyone else also think I might have a decent shot at queens? I don't want to spend $$ on something impossible haha.

Recap: 

BC resident

3.81 GPA

507 MCAT (131/124/127/125)

pretty amazing ECs i think

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That's awesome to hear  :)

Does anyone else also think I might have a decent shot at queens? I don't want to spend $$ on something impossible haha.

Recap: 

BC resident

3.81 GPA

507 MCAT (131/124/127/125)

pretty amazing ECs i think

 

Your CARS score is a bit low, not sure how that will favour for Queen's... I do know someone who got an interview with a 125 last year so take that if you may, if you have the money then go for it. I think the MCAT/GPA can be a bit lower if you have a MSc under your belt, if thats the case I'd deff toss one in, if you are just an UG.. probably not worth it IMO, but its your money, your decision

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I have the same question, wondering if I should apply to Queens or not due to low MCAT

GPA: 4.0

MCAT: 506 (Bio 128/ CP 127/ CARS 126, Psych 125)

ECs ok 

 

Depends really, are you IP, UG or MSc?

 

The only people I know who received interviews either had overall pretty good mcat scores (510+) or had MSc degrees and generally had a pretty good sketch.

 

Queen's is a blackbox so no one here can really tell you if you had a shot or not, of course if you had a slightly higher MCAT that would be more encouraging, however, there is always a shot.

 

If you have the $ then I'd say try it out and see what happens, if no... then re-write your MCAT

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