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Mise en contexte : Les critères de mon année d'admission en médecine était ceux-ci : 50% CASPer / 50% Notes scolaires. La cote minimale universitaire était de 32,389, la cote moyenne 34,216 et ma cote était de 32,810. J'ai été placé sur la liste d'attente en 20-ish position, ce qui m'a valu une offre d'admission dans la première vague. Vu la faiblesse de ma cote, il est logique de croire que j'ai bien réussi le CASPer. Il est également à noter que c’était mon 3e CASPer. Préparation : J'ai commencé par lire l’information sur le site examencasper.com. La FAQ est pertinente, ainsi que la section ressource, où se trouve un webinaire d'un peu plus d'une heure que j'ai trouvé particulièrement instructif. Il est particulièrement intéressant de noter les valeurs de l’examen CASPer, qui sont la collaboration, la communication, l’empathie, l'équité, l'éthique, la motivation, la résolution de problème, le professionnalisme, la résilience et la conscience de soi. Ces valeurs sont ce qui se rapproche le plus de critères de correction, il faut donc laisser transparaître que nous possédons ces valeurs. Il est également pertinent de prendre en compte les valeurs de la Faculté de médecine d'ulaval, soit l'expertise clinique (non démontrable au CASPer), la communication, la collaboration, l'érudition, la promotion de la santé, le leadership et le professionnalisme. Les valeurs communes au CASPer et à la Faculté sont selon moi les plus essentielles. Il existe une agence anglaise de formation payante au test CASPer nommée **DELETED**. Je ne l'ai pas utilisé, vu que j’ai vu un peu partout que **DELETED** forme tous ses étudiants de la même façon et que ça parait lors de la correction quand un étudiant à utiliser **DELETED**. Par contre, cette agence donne d'excellents conseils de rédaction. Ce que j'ai fait, c'est d'utiliser les capsules gratuites sur Youtube de **DELETED**, qui donne la base d'une rédaction efficace, tout en nous permettant de conserver une spontanéité naturelle qui permet de différencier son CASPer des autres. **DELETED** apporte un point que je suis particulièrement d'accord, qui est de rester sans jugement et de ne rien prendre pour acquis dans les situations qui nous sont présentées. Précisément, j’ai écouté les capsules suivantes : « CASPer Test Prep : How to Prepare For and Ace Your CASPer Test », « 5 Official CASPer Questions and Our Expert Response », « 5 Pro Tips to Ace ANY CASPer Question & Scenario » et « 4 Things You Must Avoid On The CASPer Test » La chaîne YouTube est « **DELETED** Academic Consulting Inc. ». Il y a également des YouTubeurs qui peuvent être pertinents, j'ai notamment écouté la vidéo « My Top 5 Tips to CRUSH The CASPer » de Darius Med. Dans ma préparation, je me suis créé un document contenant une liste de qualité, de défauts, de forces et de faiblesses avec une mise en contexte et une explication de chacun, une situation problématique que j’ai rencontrée et ma réaction à cette situation, ma démarche de résolution de problème, une situation conflictuelle et ma réaction, une situation stressante et ma réaction, ma démarche complète de résolution de conflit (pour ça je suis retourné à la façon enseignée au primaire, elle est très efficace). J'ai aussi dressé une liste de priorité ainsi que les valeurs que j’ai à cœur. Finalement j’ai inscrit certaines expériences de vie pertinentes et le bénévolat que j’ai fait, afin de m’inspirer des réponses durant le test. J’ai appris les grandes lignes de ce document avant de commencer mon examen, afin de bien le connaître, car pendant l’examen il n’y pas de temps de le consulter. J'ai effectué les questions et les situations en exemple sur le site du CASPer et des questions du même format que j’ai trouvé sur internet, notamment celles de l'Université McMaster (pas sûr que ça soit cette uni ou une autre). Finalement tout le monde est différent. Certains s’attaquent au CASPer sans aucune préparation et réussissent, mais selon mon expérience et celle de mon entourage, ce sont des cas d'exception qui ont de bonnes cote R/CRU. Il n'y a pas d'étude à faire pour le CASPer mais une bonne préparation est essentielle, comme on se prépare avant de passer des entrevues. Ça termine donc ma préparation au CASPer. Si dans les prochaines années **DELETED** retire ses vidéos vous aurez juste à m'aviser, j’ai conservé dans mes notes l'essence de ce qui est dit dans les vidéos. Je ne l’ai pas inscrit par respect pour la propriété intellectuelle, car les vidéos sont disponibles en date de juillet 2020.

Hello! J'arrive un peu en retard dans la discussion, mais j'avoue que je me suis senti un peu interpellé par le sujet précédent concernant les cotes plus basses et j'avais envie de partager un peu mon histoire, pour les futurs appliquants qui ont envie de la lire . J'ai fait mes études collégiales en art et en photographie mais je n'ai jamais gradué du cégèp! Entre mes 19 et 20 ans, j'étais un peu rebelle et mes parents m'ont gentiment recommandé de me trouver un endroit pour vivre, ce que j'ai fait. J'ai travaillé à temps partiel dans les bars et dans le domaine de la photographie jusqu'à mes 21 ans, ou j'ai réalisé que ce n'était pas la vie que je désirais. Médecine avait toujours été un petit rêve qui était selon moi, inateignable considérant mes notes et mon parcours... Et bien je me suis retroussé les manches et je suis retourné à l'université faire mes préalables en sciences (méchant défis et j'ai réussi!!!!), pour ensuite être accepté en microbiologie, en espérant pouvoir finir mon bac et appliquer en médecine. Mes parents (aussi merveilleux soit-ils), ne m'ont pas aidé monétairement depuis que je suis partie de la maison. J'ai donc fait l'entièreté de mes études en travaillant 25-30h semaines afin de payer mon appart, mes factures d'école...et pamal tout en fait (et j'étais à l'université à temps plein). Malgré tout ça, j'ai réussi à garder une moyenne de 3,94/4,3, mais des nuits blanches, j'en ai bavée aussi:(..Et je suis extrêmement fière de mon parcours scolaire et de ce que j'ai accompli aujourd'hui. Plusieurs m'ont répétés que mes notes ne seraient jamais suffisantes pour entrer en médecine...et 3 ans d'essais plus tard, Ulaval à décidé de me donner ma chance! Chance que je n'aurais probablement jamais eu s'ils n'avaient pas modifié leurs conditions d'admission.., et j'en suis tellement reconnaissante!!! Tous ça pour dire que...Je comprend ceux qui trouvent ça injuste que des gens avec des cotes moins élévés sont acceptés, à cause d'un test tel que le Casper (en faite j'étais comme vous avant, mais moi je trouvais ça injuste que personne ne veulent me donner ma chance à cause de mes notes (qui sont quand même très bonne...mais trop basse face à la compétition). Et selon moi, y'aura jamais de système parfait pour les admissions en med. Toutefois, il est important de se rapeller que personne ne part sur le même pied d'égalité, on a tous des backgrounds différents, on vient de situation socio-économique différentes, de familles différentes, cultures, etc, ET tous ça a un impact sur notre parcours! Je ne pense pas qu'un simple chiffre numérique peut déterminer si quelqu'un à buché plus qu'un autre ou si il est plus en mesure de devenir un bon médecin. Malgré ma cote plus faible, je crois avoir un beau background rempli d'embuches et de victoires qui feront de moi un excellent médecin...Entouka je l'espère :)! PS: Vous avez pas idée à quel point je capote de pouvoir ENFIN faire des études SANS AVOIR À TRAVAILLER EN MÊME TEMPS, j'feel complètement folle lol (en plus dans mon domaine de rêve :D). Bon désolé pour le chapitre de roman lol! Encore une fois, félicitation à tous les admis! Et pour les futurs appliquant, ...ne laissez pas les autres vous dire que vous ne pouvez pas le faire...avec de l'effort et de la persévérance, je crois que tout est atteignable! Et je vous souhaite le MEILLEUR sincérement! Beaucoup d'amour à tous Edit: et dans mes 3 années d'essais, j'ai obtenu une maîtrise en microbiologie! Soyez fort!

This thread inspired me and gave me hope to pursue my medical school dream. Thank you to all that have posted on here before. You have all truly touched my heart. It is because of your stories, that today, I also have the pleasure of posting here and sharing my own journey. When I was younger and about to head to university, I had a tough time choosing between pursuing a business degree or a science degree. At that time, I knew my interests were in biology and psychology, but seeing my parents labouring hard on the farm, I felt pressured to help support the family and make money fast. So, I decided to pursue a finance degree, work in investment banking, and provide enough money to make my family comfortable, then pursue my interests afterward. It was a naïve and misguided plan. From the first moment in business school, I already felt like I didn’t fit in. This feeling got worse 4 years later when I began working in investment banking. The hours were grueling, and I was completely uninterested in what I was doing. I kept at it for 2.5 years because it helped me pay my debts, supported my family, and made my parents proud. But one day, I reached my breaking point. I was out of shape, burnt out, and depressed. I woke up dreading the new day to begin. So, I finally quit, at the shock of my parents. They didn’t understand why I would give up a lucrative and prestigious career. I didn’t know how to explain it to them either. So, I decided to travel. Backpacked by myself across Southeast Asia for 6 months. When I was in Cambodia wandering the night markets, I walked past a bookstand selling novels for $1 USD. Not sure if it was fate or intuition, but I chose to buy the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It was a book that changed my life. It helped me rediscover my passion and interests in life. I started focusing on things that I loved to do. Travel. Eat. Exercise. Health. Science. Languages. During this process of self-discovery, I developed a strong interest in healthcare and medicine. However, I was still too afraid to pursue it. The time, the commitment, and the financial burden all seemed too daunting. I also convinced myself that I wasn’t good enough to be a doctor. That I wouldn’t be able to handle the responsibilities that came with life and death. So, I became a travel agent instead. I had a lot of fun, met many amazing people, and excelled at the role. I traveled to over 35 countries. Life was exciting, and I felt content. However, the idea of medicine never left my mind. It kept gnawing at me every day and I eventually began to feel too comfortable at my job. It was at this time I met my fiancée (on Tinder, lol.) He was in his 3rd year of pharmacy and applying to medicine at the same time. His mother was a nurse. His grandmother was a military doctor. I was suddenly immersed in a world of healthcare. Watching my fiancée work hard and challenge himself every day made something click in me. I started to think that I might still have a chance at medical school. Couple months later, I went on a Mediterranean cruise with my family. I was sitting in the hot tub and decided to strike up a conversation with the person next to me. We talked, and he asked me what I did. I'm not sure what came over me, but for the first time in my life, I told someone out loud, "I'm going to become a doctor." It was a liberating moment. Everything suddenly felt real and achievable. And fate would have it, the person whom I was talking was an army doctor who graduated from McGill Medical School. He was traveling with his wife in Europe before beginning his next station in the UK. He said, "Go for it!" And I did. I quit my job in December 2016 and began studying for the MCAT full time. I also enrolled in 2 semesters of English to obtain enough credits to meet the UBC admission requirements. After 5 years without reading a textbook, it was a brutal transition. And with zero science prerequisites under my belt, it was so much harder than I thought. Furthermore, some of my friends and family did not take me seriously and discouragingly told me not to "waste my time." It was a challenging few months. Many days, I felt overwhelmed. But, I survived due to a wonderful support network. I listened to those who believed in me and ignored the ones who were negative. I acknowledged my weaknesses and sought help and advice. I studied 8-10 hours a day, 6 days a week, for 7 months and self-taught myself the sciences. I took the exam in July 2017 and achieved a score of 508. It was below the average admission score, but good enough to give the application a try. I applied widely to as many schools as I could. 5 schools rejected me. 3 schools interviewed me. And a miracle happened. I got an acceptance. It was an unbelievable moment. I felt all the worry, pain, and doubt just wash away. All the time I spent, all the risks I took, all the sacrifices I made, paid off. Everything was worth it and I was the happiest girl in the world. Finally, at 27 years old, I will begin medical school in Fall of 2018. The moral of my story: Don’t ever let anyone tell you what you can or cannot achieve. Only you can decide that for yourself. Also, remember that: "We are, at any moment, capable of pursuing our dreams... And, when you want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho If medicine is your dream, don't give up. Never, ever give up.  I sincerely wish you the best of luck on your journey.

Time Stamp: 9:12 am ET Accepted/WL/R: ACCEPTED (London)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWOMEN (Y/N): N 2YGPA: 3.82 (possibly 3.9 but i don't think 1 of my years counted) MCAT (CP/CARS/BB): 128/129/127 Interview Experience: I felt good immediately after, but then I started second guessing and doubting myself a minute later. Spent March/April dreading a waitlist/R. Looking back now - Westerns interview gives you a great opportunity to share who you are. I was positive and upbeat throughout my interview and really showed them how happy I was to be there. I shared my stories and tried to show them who I was with every single question. I'm the first person in my family to go to university and now the first person to go to medical school. It feels surreal to get to this point. If medicine is truly what you want, KEEP GOING. Find that school that fits your strengths and give it your all. All you need is one. I feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. If any one of you feels like you need someone to talk to or want more information or advice feel free to send me a message. So many people have helped me on this forum and written up such thoughtful and helpful responses. I know i couldn't have done this alone. I have a lot of people to thank Cannot believe I'm finally here

Result: Accepted (VFMP) off the Wait-list 6/8/2020 Geography: IP Early or Regular Deadline: Regular Timestamp: 3:45 PM PST aGPA: 85.1% ~22.5 AQMCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 513 (128/126/129/130)Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): SFU Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 2015 ECs: ~34 NAQ last year. Various things: Volunteered at shelters, Big Brother, some clinical volunteering, NSERC (no pubs), helped the elderly, charities etc etc etc. My application included a lot of my hobbies as I tried to paint a picture of who I really am: I like wrenching on cars so I restored an old Japanese car. I really enjoy photography, and drawing. I also repaired computers and phones on the side. I provided evidence for all my hobbies with links (an album for example). I've had quite a few jobs as well from selling cars to manual labor. For example when the town of Fort Mcmurray burned down I lived in a camp near there for 2 months to help with the clean up. Interview: 7 stations went okay, bombed 2 stations (I might as well have gone in there and screeched for 7 minutes). My essay wasn't great. I can't believe I am posting this. After 4 applications of straight rejections and 4 MCATs, I finally got wait listed and accepted in the 5th application and 3rd interview. This has been...quite a long and difficult journey. You can look back on my 8 year old account and see all the times when I lost hope completely or when I was researching schools in Poland/Australia/D.O. Schools. No way in hell I expected this. I had completely given up. Last year I quit my job and practiced 250-400 hours for the interview and got below average and rejected. I had practiced with residents, med students, other applicants, professors, teachers, my parents, friends, I gave it my everything so to be rejected like that was a clear message that I am not cut out to be a doctor. I moved on completely. I decided to do a second degree in Computer Science, nothing even health care related. The past 10 years of my life were considered forfeit. I talked to an advisor at SFU about CS requirements and he told me I have everything I need for Jan 2020 intake. Two weeks later as I am applying, they changed their requirements to needing more math courses, I was no longer qualified and UBC's BCS (CS) program wasn't until next September. I was in complete despair at this point. I felt like anything I tried to do with my life, there was a massive obstacle. Like there was some divine force preventing me from progressing while everyone else moved on. It was really hard to not have these negative thoughts. It was the uncertainty around getting into CS for January at SFU that led me to decide to apply to UBC Med one more time, I wasn't planning on it. After UBC MD application was sent in, the CS department decided to ignore their own requirements and admitted me. Finally, I could move on. December comes around and I was surprised to get the interview and grateful, but really did not have the energy or time during my studies to practice like that again. I practiced 2 weeks before the interview and went in. Bombed two stations utterly and completely, and the rest were okay. Nothing as good as my last year's interview. I walked out out LSC thinking to myself this is the last time i'll walk here. A chapter in my life had ended. I just wanted to go home, I had midterms. I didn't even eat the pizza. I didn't think about medical school or the interview again and focused on my studies. In May I get an email that I got waitlisted. I was really surprised but not that excited, given results of the last 4 years, I probably wasn't very high on the list anyways. I was too jaded to be excited. Yesterday was like something out of a dream. I was writing out a strongly worded email to UPS for damaging my car's coilovers when my gmail widget popped up "UBC Undergrad Admis..". I thought it's probably a COVID 19 message or they started rejecting people earlier because the waitlist isn't moving. I opened the email and it said "Congratulations". I stared blankly at the email for 20-30 seconds. I won't go into detail what happened afterwards, you can just imagine what happened. As I trembled for the next hour, I thought to myself...they made a mistake. There's no way. How? The interview was awful. How did this happen. There's got to be a mistake. It honestly still hasn't sunk in yet. I am not going to write that perseverance pays off. This could've easily gone the other way and I know many for whom it did not pay off. Despite all the years of applying and taking rejection after rejection and seriously starting to think there's something wrong with me, I still think I got very lucky. There are risks to pursuing this path. I always thought not having backup would make me more motivated for volunteering and doing well in school and that might have been true, but I think the only thing that changed this year was my attitude towards the whole thing ( I didn't do anything new compared to the previous year's application, just a few more hours in what I already had). I didn't have desperation in my eyes anymore, the interview was taking up my time that could've been used for my midterms. The prospects and promises of the CS degree seemed a lot more realistic vs going up against a hyper competitive application pool. I had other plans, I was pursuing something else at the same time. Something else I enjoyed, but it wasn't necessarily my dream. The outcome of this interview was no longer a zero sum game. It wasn't really as important as last year when there was so much to lose. It had become something I had to do. And perhaps that attitude is something they like. Perhaps it comes off as being more confident. If future applicants have questions about my ECs feel free to PM me! I look forward to meeting my classmates soon! (well with covid...maybe soon?)

Allo! C'est une grosse question! Je n'étais pas sure de te répondre au début, car c'est assez personnel. Et puis je me suis dis que j'ai pas à être gênée de ma situation. Je ne sais pas par contre si je réponds avec la bonne technique car c'est la première fois que j'essaie ^^ J'ai appliqué en médecine à ma deuxième année de cégep et j'ai été accepté du premier coup à Ulaval. J'ai adoré mon préclinique. rendu à l'externat, je n'aimais pas vraiment ça. Je trouvais rough la game de se faire valoir surtout dans les stages que je n'avais pas d'intérêts dutout. Je me disais que c'était parce que j'avais pleins de stages de spécialités compétitifs que je n'aimais pas ça et que ça serait mieux en med fam(J'ai toujours voulu faire ça ( je pensais ...) ). Un peu la même histoire dans ma résidence.Super belle gagne, mais stress de plus en plus présent, peu de temps pour activités et impressions que la médecine = me définit comme personne et le centre de ma vie très présente. Je me disais que quand je n'aurais plus à faire d'urgence et que je serais patronne ça irait mieux, que j'aurais de la liberté sur mon horaire etc... J'ai été pratiquée en région parce que j'aime le style de vie de la région et le plein-air. Le problème en région, c'est qu'il y a peu de médecins pour +++++ de tâches. Donc je me suis mise à travailler beaucoup trop, de garde 24/7 1 semaine sur 3, ramener du travail la fds le soir etc. en raison des PREM, AMP, exigence de chaque milieu, l'expérience et la lourdeur du travail est très différente et je suis peut-être mal tombée. Je ne veux pas décourager les gens de faire ce choix. Ma personnalité voulant toujours faire le max pour tous, rendait difficile de dire non. Je me rajoutais des bureaux, j'acceptais trop de plaintes donc je finissais en retard etc... Tout ça m'a mené à des problèmes de santés mentales assez sévères pour arrêter de travailler en novembre dernier, malgré moi, car j'avais beaucoup de culpabilité de laisser mes collègues juste avant les fêtes. Heureusement, avant que ma santé dégringole, j'ai appliqué en pharmacie juste avant la date limite de novembre 2020. À ce moment là dans ma tête c'était un plan B, une porte de sortie. Je pensais revenir sur pied ultra rapidement (erreur). En janvier, il y a eut les quelques suicides dans la communauté médicale qui m'ont beaucoup touchés. J'ai accepté le fait que je n'étais pas bien dans ce travail et que ça nuisait à ma santé. Je n'aurais jamais pensé être en arrêt de travail si jeune. C'est vraiment dur pour l'estime de soi. Les semaines ont passés et j'ai beaucoup réfléchis à ce que je voulais pour moi. Cette décision a été extrêmement difficile à prendre. Pas facile de laisser derrière autant d'études et d'engagment. L'idée de retourner à l'école m'intéresse beaucoup, mais ça implique quand même laisser mon conjoint et ses enfants que j'adore derrière pour 4 ans... Bref, je me suis écoutée et je suis contente de l'avoir fait. Si J'avais travailler ailleurs, je ne sais pas comment je serais en ce moment. Mon contexte de vie, mon conjoint, la région que j'adore, mon orienté vers la pharmacie et j'espère vraiment que ça va marcher, parce que c'est vraiment ce que je veux faire. Mon chum est pharmacien propriétaire, j'ai donc pu voir le travail de pharmacienne de très proche et ça correspond beaucoup plus à ce que je veux pour moi. J'attends avec impatience ma réponse, je suis ultra déçue qu'ils aient repoussés la date...

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After 6 years of applying to UBC Medicine... going through all the possibilities (regrets before interview, to regrets after interview, to regrets after waitlist, to being ineligible for 2 whole years), I seriously cannot believe I'm writing this... It had always seemed like it's something too good to be true, yet here I am. There are many people I would like to thank (and letting them know will take a solid week) from the bottom of my heart for the support, encouragement, and love they have provided me within this long and incredible journey I have been through. I write this with shock, excitement, and full of heart. TIME STAMP: 11:56 AM PST (May 10, 2019) Result: ACCEPTED VFMP (1st choice) !! Early or Regular Deadline: Regular Deadline GPA or AGPA (if applicable): ~84% MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 514 – (130 / 125 / 130 / 129) Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): BSc in 2014 Geography (IP/OOP): IP Extracurricular Activities (awards, achievements, volunteering, employment, research, etc.): I had written this description already in a separate post I made, but will be copying it here as well: Founded and lead a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for variety of causes via annual musical concerts, with the last 2 events focused on contributing to schizophrenia (5 years and counting); founded and led another charity aiding developing nations via Save the Children fund (6 years); extensive leadership and volunteering with UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy (8.5 years and counting); long-term ER volunteer and volunteer trainer and program coordinator (8.5 years and counting); long-term St. John Ambulance volunteer and Divisional Administration Officer (2000+ hours over 5 years, and counting); independently provide guidance and support to immigrants and families as they adjust to life in Vancouver/Canada (9+ years and counting); lots and lots of capacity to work with others including skin cancer research/holding workshops for high school students across Metro Vancouver, volunteering with med students and residents via UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, working closely with refugees and youth with physical and/or intellectual disabilities, and more (combined 3300+ hours); and lots and lots of diversity including clinical research as a volunteer, shadowing pediatric surgeons, toxicology research as a volunteer, epigenomics research at Michael Smith Labs, loads of piano and competitions, oil painting, and more. I also work 3 jobs right now, 1 full-time and 2 part-time jobs; full-time is being a research assistant at UBCH working on a project focused on treatment-refractory schizophrenia (over 2 years); part-time jobs include tutoring students in grade 4-12 in math and academic reading with a company, and also tutoring for the MCAT with a company. 1 Publication (1st author) on the application (had a poster publication/presentation on June 7th which couldn't be included unfortunately, and a few are expected to come soon). Lots of awards (mainly from high school) and one high performance activity for winning multiple awards with St. John Ambulance. The intention of this post is to try and help people down the line, so that's why I'm including lots of details. Interview: I finished my interview initially feeling good about my answers. I had a terrific interview experience! I felt each interviewer was well engaged in my responses and discussions; they all smiled and nodded as I was answering questions and follow-ups. But then the 3-month period started and man oh man oh man was I second-guessing myself... I kept doubting my answers and my confidence started to drop a little bit each week that had passed. I knew at minimum I did 5/10 stations that I would categorize as "good" and at absolute most 8/10 stations. But overall, especially leading to D-Day, I was completely unsure how I did, but I don't know if I was being too self-critical or not. At the end of the day, I still overthought everything haha. Turned out to be okay I guess! I would like to sincerely congratulate everyone who received an offer this year and sincerely congratulate in advance those who will be receiving offers from the waitlist! It's an overwhelmingly amazing feeling that I get a chance to be in class with you folks – I cannot wait to meet each and every one of you as we finally set to make our dreams become a reality . For those who didn't receive the news they were hoping for, I can definitely understand how you feel, believe me... Disappointing news can be demoralizing, but let me tell you that you were selected to interview for a reason; you all have incredible potential so please keep your chin held up high and do not allow, even for a single moment, a decision to define who you are. As my case can further add to the supporting evidence, persistence is absolutely key.

La 3e vague est sortie! and guess what? I'M INNNNNNNNNNNNN Merci guys!!!!! I couldn't have done it without y'all <3333 I'm over the moon right now, jpx pas me calmer fuckkkkk

It’s going to be a long one. I wrote all of this before I got in, because there is something wonderfully raw and vulnerable about documenting my reflections while I’m still on the outside looking in. I knew that if I was unsuccessful this cycle, I would still read it to remind myself of how far I’ve come. -- My non-trad path is nothing unusual- I suppose I am just a late bloomer who paid her dues after the fact. The biggest challenge for me, throughout this whole journey, was lacking the protective factors to cushion the falls. I have been financially independent, which means choices were often made to have a financial safety net rather than for improving my med school applications. I had no one within my social network to guide me; my family has not been supportive of my decisions, so I felt like I could never turn to them (as of now they still don’t know that I interviewed and got accepted). This forum taught me everything I needed to know about getting into medical school, and that being a physician is still a possibility for someone like me. I began university when I was 18, completely lacking in self-awareness and nowhere near ready to make any sort of decisions about my future. I went to UofT for life sciences. There’s that joke: “How many UofT students does it take to change a light bulb? Four; one to change it and three to crack under the pressure”. Well, I was one of the three. My time at UofT was the closest I’d come to being depressed. My marks were atrocious; I felt worthless and incompetent all the time. My family didn’t understand- and didn’t know how to- help me; no one told me “you should stop and figure your shit out before completely ruining your transcript”. I tried going to counselling but felt like I was not being listened to, so I never went back. Something was very wrong, I didn’t know what or how to fix it. Things at home were bad. In my final year, I cut all financial ties with my parents, and moved out- I needed to become my own person. The independence was exhilarating. The financial stress was real, but my mental health also improved 100%, and I gained the energy and mental clarity to finally start thinking about what I wanted in life. Unfortunately, at this point my marks (cGPA of 3.1, no year above 3.5) were useless for any post-grad program. I applied to Michener’s medical radiation program, a second-entry bachelor program, to become an X-ray tech. I got accepted, but opted to not attend-- for the first time, I thought about what I wanted in my career, and decided it was not for me. I decided to take a year off and consider other second degree options. I started to look into becoming a dietitian (other RDs on this forum, like Real Beef, were very helpful). This would be a competitive process with a lot more uncertainty than going to Michener. I had a lot to prove and nothing to show for it. I used the year to work several minimum wage jobs in healthcare to save up money for a year of unpaid dietetic internship that would follow my second undergrad, while getting volunteer experience in nutrition to start building my resume for dietetic internship applications. I started my second degree in nutrition with a lot of self-doubt. After UofT, I was uncertain that I could even pull off low 80s. I was sure that everyone was smarter than me, and that I was the loser who flunked a whole degree but still couldn’t keep up. But I also had a level of mental clarity and focus that I’d never felt before. And low and behold, I ended up finishing my first year with the highest average in my program. A 3.94. It was then that I realized I was onto something-for the first time, it seemed like medicine could be a possibility. I decided to extend my second degree into 3 years, to be eligible for Ottawa (ironically, I never interviewed at Ottawa), while building my application for dietetic internships. This led me to different opportunities in leadership, teaching, and working with low SES populations. After 2 years into my second degree, I wrote the MCAT while working full-time and self-teaching myself the material despite taking (and flunking) my pre-reqs 4-5 years before that. I was pleasantly surprised with a balanced 514 (however, with a CARS of 128, it was never good enough for Western). The year after, I graduated from my second degree with the highest cumulative average in my program. It took me 3 cycles to get my first and only interview at Queen’s. During my second cycle, I was completing my dietetic internship, which provided many opportunities to gain clinical and counselling skills, work with marginalized populations, lead QI projects, and work within interdisciplinary teams- I learned more about my interest and suitability for medicine in this 1 year than I had in my whole life prior to this. Internship was hard work, but also gave me small boosts of confidence and signs I am not a complete dumbass (e.g. a nephrologist who had no idea that I was applying to med, after listening to my renal case presentation, told me how impressed he was that I’ve shown level of knowledge that he’d only expect from a senior medical resident; 2 of my preceptors said that in their 10-20 years teaching, they’ve never seen a student work so hard to improve herself and be so dedicated to her patients; rotation after rotation I was praised for my critical thinking skills and natural ease in developing rapport with patients). This wasn’t just about ticking off boxes to get into med, but about developing my passion for hands-on learning and learning about my strengths and weaknesses as a professional. For the first time in my life, I thought “maybe I am good enough to become a doctor.” When I submitted my application for the third cycle, I had just graduated from internship and started working in public health in Northern Ontario. I moved here because I wanted to continue to step outside of my comfort zone. I wanted to do more advocacy and upstream work, and this was the place to do it. At around the time of decision day, I had applied to RD jobs in Alberta to gain IP status for U of C. So here’s what I’ve learned in the last five years: · Know yourself. Know your identity outside of being a premed. Figure out what your values are, what kind of a person you want to be, what drives you to take action, what triggers your mind to go down dark rabbit holes. This takes time and effort, and self-reflection from life experiences, but it helps to build resilience against the hurdles along the application process, medical training, and set-backs life in general. Knowing who you are and what you have to offer the world protects you against having your self-esteem and identity shattered when things don’t go as you had hoped; it gives you the courage to say “let’s try again.” when the world seems to tells you “you are not good enough.” Similarly, I hear too often that when people have spent their whole life dedicated to getting into med school, that when they finally get in, they feel a bit lost- “now what?”. I suppose that happens when you see getting in as a final destination rather than one of the stops along a never-ending journey of building yourself up. People around me couldn’t fathom where I got the persistence to keep at it despite facing setbacks and watching the years go by. It’s because I knew there is nothing valuable that a rejection can take away from me. I have been building myself up as a person. I am still going to be me, no matter what happens inside that interview room, and what May 8th brings. I still possess all the traits that I worked hard to develop and love about myself- my grit, self-awareness, intellectual curiosity, empathy, open-mindedness- and these are all going to carry me far in life, medicine or not. No rejection letter can take that away from me. · Figure out what you want to accomplish in medicine, outside of medicine. I always ask myself: what's appealing about a career as a physician, and how can I try to achieve it through another route? What skills do I want to use on a day to day basis in my career? What core values and beliefs will motivate me to do what I do in my career? I think reflecting on this helps to flesh out your motivations for pursuing medicine, helps to identify alternative career paths, and should you pursue an alternative path while you reapply, helps you to gain insights and skills that will be useful for medicine. Hopefully the adcoms will recognize this. If not, well, at least your satisfaction with your alternative path will still be pretty high. · Be kind to yourself. The playing field is not even, and you don’t need to add an additional layer of self-inflicted cruelty to the mix. It’s ok to not feel 100% determined all the time. When the self-doubt starts to creep in, sit on it, talk to someone (in my opinion, everyone should have a therapist). Use the insights from the above 2 points to ground yourself and as motivation to keep going. · Develop yourself in areas outside of academics. What saved me was working minimum wage jobs since I was 16 (I actually started out cleaning bathrooms, after I was fired from scooping ice cream for being too socially inept. True story.). 75% of my activities on my ABS were employment. I had to work, because I did not come from a background as privileged as that of many premeds. If the circumstances were different, perhaps I would’ve gotten in earlier. But the real world was the best teacher I’ve ever had- it helped me develop financial independence and literacy, character, resilience, and interpersonal skills that helped me along every step of this journey. It helped to shape my convictions of the kind of physician, what kind of person, I want to be. Ease yourself into uncomfortable situations today to build resilience against shit-hitting-the-fan moments later in life. --- I also want to say that sometimes on these forums, we read non-trad stories and it seems like people were 100% determined from the get-go while they stayed on this one path for 4-10 years. I know I wasn’t…and that’s ok. As a non-trad, you have more life decisions to make along your journey, some big, some small. I know that I had to make many decisions over the years to favour either my nutrition career, chances for med school, or my personal life- many times, these three conflicted. There’s no right way to go about it- it depends on your risk tolerance, other responsibilities in life, and priorities. Know yourself…this is so, so important. I feel so privileged that everything in my life lined up so perfectly to allow me to pursue this path long enough to eventually get accepted. I’m always happy to chat about second degrees, being an RD, or anything related. Stay positive and kind to yourself, PM101.

TIME STAMP: 9:00AM Result: Admitted with Condition (MDCM) cGPA: 3.80, pre-reqGPA: 3.4 MCAT: Not submitted ECs: Lots. Year: B.Sc. + B. Sc. + M. Sc. Interview preparation : Did 0 preparation. Not a single book. Nothing. Post-interview feeling right after : I had no regrets and I was proud. That was enough for me. Post-interview feeling weeks after : You start to question everything. That's normal. Let it go. Attempt : Fourth attempt IP/OOP/International: IP I never thought I would ever post on here. I was already enrolled for next semester to re-take my pre-requesites and I had paid the tuition for it. I had accepted that I would be refused. It is very hard to summarize a 10 years long journey in a few sentences. I could write a book about my journey, my feelings and my doubts. If I had to give advice to a future applicant, here is what I would say : Before getting accepted, try to accept the idea that it might never happen. Define yourself beyond your medical path. Don't do things because they would look good on a C.V. Live your life. Take every extra year as an opportunity to grow your life. Don't see it as an extra year of suffering and waiting. When you get accepted, everything makes sense. Every doubt you had suddenly turns into sparks of hope. It is very hard to describe. After you get accepted, life feels lighter but you realize that it's another journey that starts. I wish I could explain myself but I had the worst odds against me and I made it. Not because I am unique. Because I was lucky. I truly believe I am. Therefore, if it is your dream, follow your heart and never give up. Never give up. Never ever give up.

Dear all current applicants and prospective applicants to UBC Medicine, My name is Neurophiliac as I’m obsessed with brains (in a good way, trust me ). I wanted to take this time to explain my story especially for those who haven’t received good news from UBC this year. In doing so, I am hoping that my story can become your inspiration to hold your head high, your motivation to push through with 100% of your energy, and your encouragement to consider not giving up. I want to put an emphasis on the consider part. As I’ve mentioned before, I absolutely have no right to tell you “hey, don’t give up”. After all, everyone has their own challenges that are unique to them, in which no one can fully comprehend or empathize with. But, I wish to ask of you for one thing: to please try. Please try to consider not giving up. Even when life seems impossible, if there is a will, there is a way. Later, I will get into some details of how to improve your NAQ via better application planning and writing. I hope what I share also helps prospective applicants to UBC Medicine to some degree. Story time. This is going to be a SUPER LONG one, so find a nice and comfortable seat, relax and maybe grab a nice cup of tea if you're wanting to read it all . I am a long-term applicant to UBC Medicine. This application is my 6th try, and it all started back in 2013/2014. That year, I submitted my first application to UBC Medicine while I was finishing up my final year of undergrad. I had a bunch of volunteering experiences, but wasn’t having high hopes for my application being successful. Sure enough, I received regrets pre-interview. I was quite disappointed, but thought of the bright side: At least, this was a great experience to familiarize myself with the application. In 2014, I met a variety of health care professionals and was given opportunities to pursue research, awesome volunteering positions, and much more, all of which I am most grateful to this day. I started brainstorming how I can make a positive impact on my community. One thing led to another and with the help of a small group of friends, I founded my own non-profit organization dedicated to helping communities via coordinating annual fundraising musical concerts and donating 100% of the proceeds to great causes. For the first year, my team members and I dedicated our event to my local hospital’s ER, as I was familiar with the ER since I had been volunteering there since 2011. The 2014/2015 application cycle came along, and I was excited to see how this application would turn out. I spent a lot of time carefully writing my application, rewording each entry, making sure the description is concise yet filled with details. When the interview status D-Day arrived, I was in tears of joy when I realized I received my first invite for UBC. Simply put, I could NOT stop dancing, so you can easily imagine the scene . I spent the next 2 months practicing for my interview, attended the large practice sessions and so on and so forth. In May, I was way more nervous than I had been for my interview notification. I decided to shut off my phone from the night before, check on Premed101 in the morning to see when everyone had received their results, and then to turn on my phone again. I did, but realized it was a rejection. I was devastated. I had a flashback of everything I had been through, knowing that I would need to repeat it all again. A week or two passed, and my head was cleared. My optimism resurfaced, and I realized what an accomplishment I’ve made: My NAQ had increased by ~10 points, from 24 (previous year) to ~34 (that year). Giving up now? No way, Jose! During that year, I did a whole bunch of new things ultimately enjoying what I did (as I still do), and as a byproduct it also helped my application. So, for the 2015/2016 application cycle, I spent more than 1 month to complete my application. I planned how to write every new entry, reworded my previous entries, and looked at all the details involved; once my application was complete, I also remodified it several times. When the interview notifications were released, I was ecstatic to know that I received another interview! Very much prepared, I decided to host the MMI Facebook group as I learned a lot from the individual leading the previous Facebook group from the previous year. I was so happy to meet some new people and also some of those who were reapplicants, in the same shoes as I was. Amidst the joy, there was one thing that had always been bothering me: My MCAT score. My old score was a mere 30, very mediocre. I sought guidance from my parents and they convinced me to sign up for an MCAT prep course – this was primarily because the new MCAT was rolled out, and I realized perhaps taking a prep course will prepare me for the new, tougher, longer exam. It was a very strange feeling to prepare for the interview and study for the MCAT again… something I did way back when I was preparing myself to begin my first application. I decided to study for the MCAT and write it in case things go south post-interview. Interview day came along, and I was ready. I did the best I could do and realized how different my interview experience was compared to the previous year; in other words, I felt a lot more confident. When offer notifications were about to be released in May, I was a mess – emotional rollercoaster since the second I woke up in the morning at 7 AM. I anxiously awaited my results. When the rejections wave passed and I got no notification, I suddenly felt an infinite spike of optimism and hope. But it was short-lived. At the time of the waitlist wave, I got a “ding!” on my phone and I knew what it was. I open my email and I see the subject line “UBC Undergrad Admissions: Application Status – Waitlist” and my heart sinks. Had I just survived that couple minutes of the wave, I would have been 180˚ different. Time passed and my head was cleared. I said, “Hey, this isn’t so bad! There is still hope, why am I so down?” I was grateful to have improved from last cycle at least. But the hope gradually dissipated when I wasn’t able to receive an offer from the waitlist. I improved from a Below Average to an Above Average, and my NAQ stayed at roughly ~34. Now, it was MCAT time. The next application cycle (2016/2017) for UBC, Admissions was allowing a final cycle where old MCAT exams were still being accepted. One of my very close friends who got accepted off the waitlist strongly advised me not to write the new MCAT, and just reapply and see what happens. God forbid, if I would get an ineligible score for UBC, none of my old MCAT exams would qualify as only the new attempt(s) count. But I was sure that my MCAT had to be the one thing holding me back. So, I registered for a late-June exam and started prepping my application for the early deadline. Late-June 2016 came and I was sitting at the exam centre at 7:30 AM, waiting to be registered. Wrote the exam, felt like crap, but somehow, I decided to score it – after all, I had put a lot of effort into it and spent a lot of money for my prep course, and I was sure that at least I got the minimums for UBC, so everything was going to be fine, right…? No…. Things didn’t turn out to be fine. My science sections were average but passing, just got the passing score on psych/soc with 124, but… but… but… I realized my CARS was 121 (the damn verbal reasoning, the bane of my existence, the archnemesis of my soul). It was freaking panic time now. I quickly registered for a late-August exam to at least get a passing score so that I am at least eligible. Late-August, 7:30 AM, same exam centre. The guy looks at me and says, “Oh hey, you were here before, right?” And I say with an uncomfortable laugh, “Oh yes, I’m trying to get a better score hopefully!” Wrote the exam, and felt actually a bit better about the CARS section. I still knew it was going to be horrible, but hopefully at least I get that 124. I go home and work on my application for the next week, finalize it and submit it for the early deadline. Late-September arrives. I am at my computer on the AAMC MCAT score release log-in screen. I enter my username, password, and click log in. I place a sheet of paper on my screen hiding all scores. The plan is to check chem/phys first, then bio, then psych/soc, and finally CARS. Chem/phys, bio, and psych/soc are all great actually – much better than before. I take the sheet of paper and unhide my CARS score. What…? Huh…? Surprise turns to disbelief, disbelief turns to anger, anger turns to panic and utter… utter fear. I see 119 besides CARS. How is this even possible…? You mean, I seriously got 1 point above the absolute minimum?? How… HOW… HOW?! Frustration, anger, panic. My head was exploding, blood pressure was low, and I was cold-sweating all over my body. The worse part was that many other bad things had happened to me that year, especially in the summer time. With this news added on, my world felt shattered… With the support of my friends and family, gradually optimism resurfaced again. With the volunteering connections I had built previously, one thing led to another and I transitioned into a full-time research position so smoothly, it felt like the sky opened and this job fell into my hands. In 2016, I started working at UBC Department of Psychiatry on a project focused on exploring the metabolic, genetic and immunological factors affecting those diagnosed with treatment-refractory schizophrenia, one of the most severe forms of mental illness. Also, in 2016, I reconnected with a dear, close friend via my cousin’s wedding who I had lost touch with since we were young. She became a very, very special person in my life. She lives in my previous home country (where I had immigrated from with my family as a child), so we had a long-distance relationship going. With the bad news of the MCAT and other things that were affecting me, suddenly 2016 didn’t seem so bad now. I worked for the whole year, did my volunteering, extracurricular activities and so forth, while restudying for my MCAT. Even though I was prepared, the last couple of exams took a huge toll on my confidence, and I was still very nervous for my exam. I registered for an early summer 2017 exam just in case I don’t make it. I write the exam, don’t know how to feel. My results come out, sciences have all improved even more, but my CARS… 122. Another big hit to my confidence. But hey, it’s okay because I have another opportunity to write an exam, right? I register for another in August 2017, and write the exam, feeling maybe I did it this time. Results come out. Sciences are spectacular, but CARS… 123… why is this happening…? Why is life s***ing on me like this…? You think previous times I had a major hit to my confidence? No way, Jose. This was the biggest hit to my confidence… A score of 123 is basically 1 or 2 correct answers from a 124. I was embarrassed. I felt so disappointed to let down my coworkers, close friends, and family who were all rooting for me. Another year of being ineligible… By the way, these 2 years of being ineligible, I was still applying to UBC because I didn’t want to break my consistency. I wanted UBC to see that I still care and I am still trying, even though they don’t do a file review when you’re ineligible. The fall of 2017 at least became one of the best times of my life. I took vacation from work and my family and I planned a trip to go visit my girlfriend and her family. While there, I proposed to her and I heard the sweetest “Yes” of my life. We had an engagement party and got legally married (on paper), since the two go together in my culture (and the wedding ceremony is usually within a year or two after). I then returned back to Canada soon after because I could only get a short vacation, and started working on her immigration application. I used the year to again work, actually working multiple jobs, doing a whole bunch of volunteering, doing way more than I have ever done to not have it appear that I’ve “plateaued”. Finally, 2018 comes and I start the whole routine of studying for the MCAT… all… over… again. At this point, I’m drenched in volunteering and work, while maintaining my MCAT studying schedule. Again, I register for an early summer exam just in case so that I have another opportunity late August. I write the exam, no idea how CARS went. I get my results back, and yet again… CARS is 123. At this point, my confidence has been kicked around, chipped, and 99% eaten away. But I put these thoughts away and force myself to think positively; after all, it’s only maximum 2 questions away to 124. I have one more chance for this next application cycle for August. Luckily, I’m able to register for another exam for August 25, 2018. Another 7:30 AM at the exam centre. I write it, and something inside ever so slightly tells me… maybe. As soon as the exam is over, I prepare myself to take a vacation to spend a month to visit my wife on the other side of the planet. I really enjoyed the trip; we spent quality time and made memories which will last forever. However, on the inside, mentally my mind is asking the “what if” regarding my CARS. This was my 6th attempt for the new MCAT exam… if this didn’t work, I had to think of something. Perhaps the Caribbean schools, or the European or Australian schools. But what would that mean for my wife? If she immigrated to Canada, where would she stay? Would she come with me? Would she stay in Canada and we have to live a few years of our lives apart other than the short visits? She wants to continue her education in Canada, so her studies matter a lot too. These lingering thoughts bothered me everywhere I went and I was neck-deep in internally-hidden anxiety. When I returned to Canada in late October after my vacation, my exam result had already been released in mid-September yet I hadn’t checked it (only released the scores to UBC). Even the thought of logging into AAMC makes my heart pump hard and sends my thoughts racing. But eventually, I control myself: “I can do it,” I say. I bring up the AAMC MCAT score release website screen, take 5 full, deep breaths before I log in even though I'm nauseous as hell. Again, I hide the scores on the screen with a piece of paper and check each with CARS last. My chem/phys is 130 (wonderful), bio is 130 (excellent), and psych/soc is 129 (wow, best I’ve had!). As I’m about to reveal CARS, internally and externally I start praying for just a 124 or more. I reveal… and… it’s a… 125. 125?! OMG!!! Surprise turns to disbelief, disbelief turns to joy, joy turns to tears and utter… utter happiness. I’ve made it… I’ve made it!!! I instantly feel so much weight, tons and tons of load get released off my shoulders. I can’t believe it finally happened. After 6 whole tries, I can finally be eligible again. And here I am. I have been through every part of the spectrum other than being accepted; rejected pre-interview, to rejected post-interview, to being waitlisted-rejected, to being ineligible. For me, it’s one of the best feelings in the world to be eligible to apply. And now with receiving an interview invitation… I do not even have the words to truly express how thankful and grateful I am. Through this whole process, I have learned one of the hardest ways to never take anything for granted, and always appreciate the things you have in this moment. Even though life seemed impossible, I never stopped fighting for what I really care about; I never gave up. Even if I don’t become accepted this cycle, I will continue to battle the challenges of my life and will not stop pursuing my dream. If medicine is your dream too, don’t let it remain a dream. Continue to push through the dark times because there is always good around you. The experiences that you accumulate in life will eventually aid you to become stronger, more mature, more professional, well-rounded, and more, which primarily help you become successful in life in general, but also with pursuing medicine. Know that whatever you do, you’re not wasting your time. I define “wasting your time” as when you’re sitting on your butt and not doing anything for your future. Down the road, no one will ask when you completed your MD, no one cares that you’re an amazing, experienced physician when you’re 50 as compared to when you could have been 47, for example. Medicine is a life-long career. What really matters is that you enter medical school when you’re ready, because that’s when you can take the most out of your program and be the best future physician you can be. Like I mentioned earlier, anything you do now will ultimately help you in what comes after MD, such as in CaRMS, which is quite important. Lastly, I want to point out one important note. Medicine is very important when it’s your passion. But, there are always things that are way more important than it, such as love, family, and friends. It was through my failures that I met my wife. If I had a choice to reverse time and be accepted to medicine back in 2016/2017 by not re-writing my MCAT (lots of ifs), I would have not taken this offer. Because then I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to gain experience in my work field that I have now, I wouldn’t have met all the wonderful people through my jobs, and most importantly… maybe I wouldn’t have met my wife. This just comes to show that medicine, although a true passion, shouldn't be on a pedestal. As I go with the flow, it will happen when it happens, as long as I don’t give up. Long story short, I strongly encourage you guys to please, at the least, consider not giving up yet. I’m sure you all have your personal challenges, but let my story inspire you. Let your inner optimism resurface, too. Gain the support of your family, relatives, friends, coworkers, and seek their guidance. And please know that I am here – if you’d like to chat, I would love to listen. If I can help in any way, please PM me.

I just want to wish everyone good luck!!! For those who get an interview, work your butt of to prepare!! For those who don't get to interview, continue to work your butt off to show the Canadian med school you are tough! For everyone, don't let responses from medical schools define you sense of self-worth! I know it is difficult not to attach your worth to your dream career, especially when you feel like you work harder than 99% of the people that get in. Just know you matter and a big part of he process is luck. Good luck everyone

Just got accepted to VFMP!!!!! I am in tears... I am in so much tears.... I just can't... I just can't even process this..... oh ... my.. god... I am still shocked this is unbelievable...

Allo à tous, gens du forum premed! C’est un post un peu hors-sujet, je vais être très honnête avec vous, mais je sentais le besoin de le faire. Je voulais simplement féliciter chacun d’entre vous qui avez réussi à entrer dans le programme de votre choix Vous avez de quoi être fier, vous avez passé à travers tout ça et en êtes sorti en champions! Petit shoutout à @Turquoise @Parmesan @bbpremed @nervana , @MK.@Jacky Wang @Mikasa, y’all were all super sweet to me and to others. Your positivity radiated through your posts et you will all be amazing doctors one day ! Pour les autres, entre autres @Symphonie @keipop @Monocorou même @Médicomage, merci d’être autant informé sur comment fonctionnent les admissions et nous avoir aidé à gérer le stress que toute cette aventure a généré Je me répète, cette année n’a pas été la mienne, ni celle de plusieurs autres ( @CATOBLEPASS, love you xx), mais j’ai presque hâte à l’an prochain, simplement pour pouvoir tous vous revoir, voir Turquoise devenir la nouvelle Keipop, Jacky le nouveau Symphonie... etc , revivre le stress collectif et l’attente interminable... On a beau dire que c’est horrible, c’est quand même plaisant quand tu es bien entouré En gros, petit post nostalgique qui compile un peu mon expérience dans ce forum depuis les 3 derniers mois Sur ce, Im probably gonna be logging off until next January (prolly also gonna come back to cheer on other peoples acceptances till august but meeeh, I can’t help it) Je laisse les mods juger de la nécessité de mon post, but till next time, portez-vous bien, restez les belles personnes positives que vous êtes and dream big

Je pense qu'il serait important de comprendre par ses actions que cette personne est probablement super anxieuse et nerveuse ces temps-ci: même si ces détails sont peut-être futiles à tes yeux, ça ne sert à rien de répondre de manière aussi brutale... Au contraire, la rassurer gentiment et lui dire avec de l'humour que personne ici ne peut le savoir est plutôt la chose à faire selon moi (empathie ++)! Règle 101 pour gérer une personne nerveuse. Les conseils Casper sont peut-être utiles pour bien le réussir, mais les appliquer dans la vraie vie est important aussi si tu veux être méd. Mon inbox est ouvert si vous hyperventilez ces temps-ci hihi, entraidons-nous!

1st (easiest) > 4th > 2nd > 3rd 1st (easiest): you feel like a million bucks going to medical school, spend the summer lounging and dipping in a pool; white coat ceremony you feel ever so blessed, smile for camera because you are sharply dressed. banks eager to loan you 250K at less than prime, no longer rely on ramen counting nickels and dime; no need to aim for 4, because courses are all pass or fail, fancy yourself high class reading "Desire Caught by the Tail". 4th (not bad) fall of 4th year is a hectic and busy with electives, going new places and taking staff's stupid directives; feeling good you're gonna match to your first, hiphop to the hospital feeding that energy burst. come carms panic set in and not feeling so hot, worry not match, unemployed and you'll go rot; match day, and you get your second prize, hey, at least my debt is only half your size. 2nd (so so): excitement of first year is already wearing thin, write a research paper only to throw it in the bin; do observership and feel like senior resident's tool, have no answer to the questions and look like a fool. go on vacation this summer and LOC is getting tight, can't repay, you know who'll call you day and night; how come everyone else know what they'll do? not match, and my pants will be soiled by poo. 3rd (worst): first day at the hospital don't know where things lie, hyperventilate at arounds feeling you are gonna die; get asked to name 20 diseases, you can only name seven, the other 13? they are named after guys already in heaven. try to set up electives at some distant faraway land, COVID hit, and they might as well chop off my hand; finally finished calls and clerkship is coming to a close, better ace my electives or gonna regret the life I chose.

Anatomical Pathology: Queens (Feb 16), Calgary (Feb 16), McGill (Feb 16), McMaster (Feb 16), Western (Feb 17), Manitoba (Feb 19), Alberta (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 22), Dalhousie (Feb 24), Université de Montreal (Feb 23), Université de Laval (Feb 23) Anesthesiology: NOSM (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 22), Alberta (Feb 23), Usask (Feb 25) Cardiac Surgery: Toronto (Feb 16), Manitoba (Feb 22), Alberta (Feb 23), Montreal (Feb 24), Ottawa (Feb 24 Dermatology: ULaval (Feb 23), Calgary (Feb 23) Diagnostic Radiology: Dalhousie (Feb 18), McGill (Feb 19), Queen’s (Feb 23), Saskatchewan (Feb 23), Manitoba (Feb 23), MUN (Feb 24), Calgary (Feb 24), Montreal (Feb 24), Laval (Feb 24), McMaster (Feb 25) Emergency Medicine: Ottawa (Feb 22), Queen's (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 25 -Phone call @12pm EST), Manitoba (Feb 25) Family Medicine: Joint Ontario IMG (feb15), Joint Quebec Francophone Schools (Feb 16), McGill Châteauguay (Feb 19), UBC Family Medicine (Feb 19th), McGill Gatineau (Feb 19), McGill Montreal Site (Feb 20) Dalhousie (Feb 23), Alberta (Feb 23), U of T (Feb 23), McMaster CMG (Feb 24) Dalhousie IMG ( feb24) Alberta IMG (Feb 24) Memorial (Feb 25) General Pathology: Calgary (Feb 9), Alberta (Feb 22), McMaster (Feb 23) General Surgery: MUN (Feb 9), Sherbrooke (Feb 18), McMaster Niagara Campus (Feb 20), McGill (Feb 21), Saskatchewan (23 Feb), Manitoba (Feb 23), Western (Feb 24), Laval (Feb 25) Hematological Pathology: Internal Medicine: Medical Genetics and Genomics: Calgary(Feb 10), Université de Montreal(19 Feb) Medical Microbiology: Manitoba (Feb 11), Calgary (Feb 18) Neurology: Toronto (Feb 19), Manitoba (Feb 22), Sherbrooke (Feb 23), Queen's (Feb 24), Dalhousie (Feb 24), Calgary (Feb 24), McGill (Feb 24), Alberta (Feb 25) Neurology - Paediatric: Alberta (Feb 9), McMaster (Feb 16), McGill (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 23) Neuropathology: Calgary (Feb 16) Neurosurgery: Saskatchewan (Feb 11), Manitoba (Feb 19), UBC (Feb 22), Sherbrooke (Feb 22), Toronto (Feb 23), Ottawa (Feb 23), Calgary (Feb 24), McGill (Feb 25), Alberta (Feb 25), Western (Feb 25) Nuclear Medicine: Sherbrooke (Feb 18), McGill (Feb 22), Manitoba (Feb 24) Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Ottawa IMG (Feb 12), Alberta CMG (Feb 22), McGill (Feb 25), Toronto CMG (Feb 25) Ophthalmology: Dalhousie (Feb 25), Saskatchewan (Feb 25), UBC (Feb 25) Orthopaedic Surgery: Dalhousie (Feb 19), UAlberta (Feb 22), Memorial (Feb 23), Sherbrooke (Feb 23), Toronto (Feb 24), Toronto IMG (Feb 24), McGill (Feb 24), Laval (Feb 25), UdeM/Montreal (Feb 25), McMaster (Feb 25), NOSM (Feb 25) Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: Toronto (Feb 22), McGill (Feb 23) Pediatrics: Western IMG (Feb 24), Manitoba IMG (Feb 24), UBC IMG (Feb.24), McMaster IMG (feb 24), UOttawa IMG (Feb 24) Plastic Surgery: Manitoba (Feb 16th), Ottawa (Feb 24), Toronto (Feb 24) PM&R: Calgary (Feb 11), Manitoba (Feb 16), Dalhousie (Feb 18), Queen's (Feb 19), Ottawa (Feb 19), Western (Feb 22), Saskatchewan (Feb 23), McMaster (Feb 23), Alberta (Feb 24), Toronto (Feb 24) Psychiatry: Manitoba (Feb 12), Memorial (Feb 17), McGill (Feb 17), Calgary (Feb 17), Toronto (Feb 19), Saskatoon (Feb 22), Regina (Feb 22), Sherbrooke - Moncton (Feb 22), Sherbrooke (Feb 22), UBC (Feb 22), Western (Feb 23), McMaster (Feb 23), Laval (Feb 23), NOSM (Feb 24), Alberta (Feb 24), Manitoba Winnipeg (Feb 25) Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Saskatchewan (Feb 9), Ottawa (Feb 21), Toronto (Feb 23), UBC (Feb 24), Alberta (Feb 24) Radiation Oncology: Calgary (Feb 9), Alberta (Feb 10), Montreal (Feb 10), McMaster(Feb 12), UBC (Feb 17) Urology: Montreal (Feb 23), Alberta (Feb 24), McMaster (Feb 25) Vascular Surgery: Manitoba (Feb 16th), Western (Feb 17th), Montreal (Feb 23) Just switching back to the original formatting - it's hard to see which invitations have gone out when the program names are all bolded :).

After having been a loooooooooong time lurker, I finally get to put my post here, in the non-trad success stories, a thread I have been reading since 2010-2011. I would say I am about as non-traditional as it gets. In the socio-economic gradient I come from, higher education is not really a thing. Most people graduate from high school, maybe do some college, and get comfortable in a middle class job until retirement. Which there is nothing wrong with. Unless, of course, you are me, graduating from high school many many years ago, and dreaming about medicine. The thing with coming from this kind of background is that there is no cultural capital to support you through learning the ropes of higher education. If there is one thing I have learned over the years, is that this “vertical transmission” of knowledge is implicit in many (most?) premed students, who have usually had the (implicit) knowledge that after high school, you go to you university, get good grades, make connections with professors and mentors who can support you. Obvious, right? Not for me, it wasn’t. I knew I wanted medicine, I knew it was my calling. But I didn’t know how to get there, and without the support of anyone, at 19, it was difficult to know how to do this. Here’s a quote from the high school career counsellor when I told her I wanted to go into medicine: “Mmmmm… I don’t know… why don’t you become an elementary school teacher instead?”. So I believed them. I believed those who said I could not make it, and after high school, I took a different path in another field. My career in this other field was successful in many ways: I have gained a profound emotional intelligence, I have learned to overcome obstacles, get back up and keep going when you hit a wall, I have learned to connect with people in a way that builds quality long lasting relationships and memorable short encounters. But this path ran its course, and it’s at 29 years old that I realized that it was time. I was yearning to be a doctor. But what were the odds? Here I was, low-income, with no degree, at an age where most people are graduating with a MD. But I had suppressed the part of me who wanted to go into medicine for long enough, and now it had resurfaced in a way I couldn’t ignore. So I started a degree from scratch. I had all the doubts in the world, but I had to at least try. I did well in my degree. Actually, I did well in the last few years of my degree. The return-to-school after a decade of using your right brain (my past career required a lot of creativity) and letting your left brain shrivel did no good for my first and to some extent second year grades. I was seeing the dream fade away. So I put my head down, and studied. Hard. I lost all my friends because I missed all their birthdays/baby showers/stags. But “I had a dream”, as they say. And I had to gamble it all, live in poverty while my peers were getting mortgages, lose all my friends, just in case it was worth it. Just in case I could get into medicine. And in 2012, after all these years of hard work, I was ready. I applied to medical school, hopeful and confident. And I failed to even get an interview. It was crushing. What med students and posters on this forum tell you when you don’t get in is to live your life as fully as you can, and do something that you find interesting. And I did. I completed a Master’s in a topic I loved (medicine-related), and found a job I thought would be great. And then another job, because the first one wasn’t as great as I thought it would be. And then another one. The problem was that all these jobs really felt, and were, like plan B, and medicine kept gnawing at me. I was in my early thirties by then, I had met someone, and I felt the societal pressure of it was time to get a job and get on with it. But you know what? Deep down, I knew that if I wouldn’t give it one more try, I would always wonder “what if”. My MCAT was still eligible for one more year, so I applied. And got rejected pre-interview. So I studied the MCAT again (while working full time), and I did well enough (not awesome but not awful) that I could apply again. And I did. And finally, finally, after 4 application cycles, got an interview. This was the most exciting news of my life. I prepared, read, practiced, bought new clothes. But mid-May came, and with it, my rejection post-interview. Damn. What a blow. And I am not getting any younger here. So the next application cycle (my fifth), I applied across Canada, and received 3 interviews. Mid-May came around, and this time I had a rejection from my home school (again), a waitlist, and… wait, what…is this… an acceptance?? “Dear medschool40&cool, on the behalf of the admission committee, we are pleased to accept you in our program”. My life flashed in front of my eyes at that moment. Me, in high school getting the highest grades but a scoff when I brought up med school. Me, in my early to mid twenties, living under the poverty line, and with no knowledge of the academic world. Me, with a dream. Me, rebuilding myself up, learning the ropes, developing relationships with mentors, writing first-author articles. Me, finally, getting into med school. Passing the threshold. Changing world. Getting into med school the closest I have ever been to a religious experience. I will, after all, be a MD. (Take that, guidance counsellor from high school). One last note: It is unusual to get into med school this late in life (I'm in my late thirties now). And I would lie if I would say I am not worried. I am worried about the stigma, for one. I am worried about fitting in to some extent. I am worried agism will play in whenever Carms comes. But I'll keep posting here and let you know, if you're interested, how this all plays out over the next 4 years.

I think this is an incredibly tone deaf post to make on a forum full of many people who are currently working on the front lines and bearing the brunt of multiple waves of trauma caused at this point largely by the choices of unvaccinated people. That's what I think.

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Allô! Bien que ton sentiment soit valide, je ne pense pas qu'il soit partagé par toustes. Le processus de sélection est complexe et très peu transparent et c'est normal de douter de soi. On ne sait pas grand chose sur le processus. Pas mal sûre que même un.e astronaute pourrait douter de ses chances! Il est clair que @zwiizwiia travaillé fort pour obtenir cette cote et son sentiment d'incertitude suite au déroulement de ses MEMs est aussi valide, même si ses chances restent statistiquement plus élevées. Je souligne que ce forum est un outil incroyable si on veut se sentir moins bon.ne.s que nos pairs (guilty!), surtout que les personnes qui partagent leur expérience semblent très investi.e.s dans leurs admissions et être très fort.e.s. Cependant, je trouve que c'est déplacé de dire à quelqu'un qu'iel manque d'empathie (manque de capacité à être un.e bon.ne médecin) parce qu'iel a des doutes que TU juges invalides. Je pense sincèrement qu'il faut garder de la place pour partager les défaites et les victoires de toutes les tailles : les deux peuvent coexister. Ceci dit, je suis désolée que son commentaire t'aie frustré.e.. Cependant, un.e bon.ne médecin est humain.e, est donc imparfait.e et peut manquer de jugement. Le/la bon.ne médecin est à l'écoute et est prêt.e à admettre que l'impact de ses actions ne soit pas celui escompté, ce que @zwiizwiia fait dans son dernier message. Je vous souhaite de rentrer à vous deux. Tout le meilleur, love ❤️

Bon matin à tous! Je sais qu'aujourd'hui sera une journée très chargée en émotion, j'ai passé par là l'an dernier. Je voulais vous raconter mon parcours en montagne russe pour entrer en med. Premièrement, pour moi l'université était un retour à l'école après avoir pratiqué un autre métier pendant quelques années à la sortie du cégep. Je n'avais vraiment pas les notes pour entrer en med du cegep (dans les 28.XX) donc j'ai décidé d'entreprendre des études universitaires dans le but d'effacer ma cote R trop basse vers une cote universitaire plus haute (je l'Espérais). Mon plan à la base était de faire 1 an en kin, 1 an en ergo ou nut (ce qui me permettait d'avoir le nombre de crédit requis à ce moment là pour être admissible) et ensuite de transférer vers la médecine. Il faut savoir qu'à ce moment le recalcul des cotes R avait été fait et parce que mes études de cégep dataient trop je n'avais pas été recalculé comme tout le monde donc la majorité des gens avait monter de cote et moi non (Premier bâton dans les roues). Ce qui c'est en suite passé est qu'après ma 1ere année de kin je n'ai pas été admise en ergo (2e bâtons dans les roues) et j'ai été refusé e nut aussi J'étais vrmt déçue je me disais comment est-ce que je peux espérer entrer en med un jour si je suis refusée dans des programmes moins contingentés !! (btw je ne dénigre pas ergo/nut ce n'était seulement pas réellement ça que je voulais faire dans la vie). Donc j'entre dans ma 2e année en kin un peu à reculons. Je m'inscris en med et en physio pour l'admission de l'automne suivant. Je reçois mes réponses, liste d'attente physio et refus quelques jours avant les MEM pour médecine. Très déçue pour med encore une fois. Je suis finalement admise en physio durant l'été. Je commence donc ma 3e année d'université et ma 1ere année de physio. J'apprends alors que les critères d'admission ont changé et que j'ai besoin de 60 crédits dans un même programme pour pouvoir être admissible à med une chance que j'ai fais mes 2 ans de kin finalement !! La covid embarque, annulation des MEM, casper comme processus de sélection... QUOI?? j'avais déjà fait le casper juste pour me pratiquer et maintenant il allait compter pour 50% de mon admission en med et je ne pouvais pas le reprendre. J'étais certaine de n'avoir pas tout donner à ce Casper et que c'était fini pour moi la med encore une fois. (3e bâtons dans les roues). L'année de physio passe et il y a un an en mai dernier les réponses sortent et je suis 44e sur la LA. Je ne sais pas trop si je dois me réjouire ou non parce que au moins je ne suis pas refusée, mais je suis quand même loin sur la liste je ne pense pas que ça va se rendre à moi. Finalement, 5 juin 2020 je reçois ma lettre d'admission Bref, avec toute cette histoire ce que je veux vous dire c'est que certains seront très heureux ajd et d'autres très chagrinés et découragés. Le parcours vers la médecine est difficile et plusieurs auront des revers avant d'y arriver. Ma cohorte est remplis de gens qui comme moi on dû s'essayer à plusieurs reprises et passer par des chemins très diversifier pour y arriver. N'abandonner pas ajd si vous n'avez pas la réponse voulue et si c'est réellement la job que vous voulez faire dans la vie. En espérant qu'au moins 5 min de votre journée se soit passé plus rapidement avec ma petite histoire ! Good luck

can't think of an opinion i disagree with more tbh. 1. Schools didn't exclude winter2020 grades for people that failed, they did it because it was an outlier. Many people thrived off of cancellations and empathetic professors and had their "first 4.0 semester". This high achievement is attributable to the pandemic and thus, is not a fair data point for peoples' performance. Thus, the most fair approach is to ignore it. 2. Please do not assume you have the competence or experience to occupy high-ranking academic positions in faculties of medicine that have been around longer than many COUNTRIES. I am Black, grew up quite poor and had no mentors or role models through my journey. I still pushed myself through every obstacle required to get into medical schools. I didn't complain, and still don't. Why? Because there are thousands of students who would kill for the chance to be in my position. You think premeds won't happily put themselves through the application process regardless of recent changes? The only revolution that needs to happen is with your attitude.

Well... this story is five years in the making so bear with me for length... It is quite the novel!! I wrote in the forum 2 years ago with hopes of gaining acceptance to UBC... hoping to write in this thread. Turns out it wasn't going to be that year, but finally... FINALLY .... this year. This is the year I get the honour of writing my success story!! For anyone struggling right now, it took me FOUR years of applications to get an acceptance! If you are continually improving yourself and your application/interview skills/grades/etc. stay focused on your goal and hang in there! I am 33 this year and began this journey five years ago while deciding to change careers from environmental/animal biology towards medicine. My first step was to go back to school for some prereqs for UBC during the summer. I had asked for time off from work and was so lucky to receive it. I completed the courses with good grades and began studying for the old MCAT. Then I saw that the MCAT was changing and got crazy stressed out so I signed up for a Princeton Review course to learn what exactly was going to be tested on this new MCAT. I found it difficult to focus my attention 100% on the MCAT as I was concurrently working fulltime. A tragedy struck my family and I had to take a month off from studying, and shortly thereafter decided to quit my safe, full-time job to float by on a part-time job and savings while dedicating myself 100% to my goal and dream: getting a good score on the MCAT and getting into medschool. I pushed my test date ahead once or maybe twice, can't remember, and when finally the day came for my test I arrived sleep-deprived because my cat had been sick all night and it was so hot out that I couldn't sleep... No matter! I scored decently well regardless (511) and forged onward with my first ever set of medical school applications! I applied broadly and received pre-interview rejections from all schools. I hadn't expected much because I knew it takes an average of 3 applications in Canada to get in. That fall (2015) I had gone back to school to take medically-relevant courses as I had not really done so during undergrad (just had done typical bio degree courses) so I had a lot to focus on regardless. I finished those up with awesome grades in April 2016 and began the process of reapplying. I rewrote all of my descriptions for UBC and added new activities and grades. I took some first aid courses and started working as a medic on construction/oil/gas sites. During the 2016-17 cycle I received one interview: UBC. I prepared extensively with the interview groups, taking time from work to focus on preparing. Interview day came and went and I felt confident but not overly hopeful so as to spare myself in case of rejection. Mid-May rolled around and the offers, rejections, and waitlist emails came out and I was gutted to find I had been rejected... No matter! Forging onward. It has only been 2 applications so far anyways... After a brief pity session I regained my composure and determination and set myself up for taking even more university courses and enrolling myself in an additional course that would eventually grant me employment as a paramedic. I felt the fire of my passion fueling me onward: “I will get in” was the feeling. I went back to school again at more than one institution and did a heavy load, full-time and got A+ in most of my classes... “This will be my year”... I got another interview with UBC for Feb 2018. Second interview, third application; this has to be my year! Mid-May 2018: post-interview rejection. “Ok.. I can recover.. I guess. One more try... I have all those courses I did... does that open any doors for me?? Oh, Queen's! McMaster?? Do I take the MCAT again? Ok, let's do that – I really don't want to”... I was scared I would get a worse score somehow... And to have to redo that test and work and ... “Let's just try re-applying again this year without redoing the MCAT... one last shot with this score and then I will re-evaluate”. I begin crafting my OMSAS applications, and re-doing my UBC application. All is well I think. I will probably get my UBC interview at least! (fingers were crossed) and maybe I would score an Ontario interview... December 2018 UBC interview results day comes: PRE-INTERVIEW REJECTION... My TFR dropped over 10-15 points, just like my jaw... my NAQ dropped from mid 30's to in the low 20's... What??? I was shocked... How??? I had added hours, courses, activities, my wording was excellent, I had been receiving interviews for two years in a row????? HOW!!!??? If you look back through the UBC threads around that time you will see that I wasn't doing well with the news and I wasn't expecting much from Queen's either as I had never received an interview with them thus far (I applied during my first application round in 2015-16 also). After feeling low for a few weeks or so I began to slowly gather my broken dream and tried to see a way to improve, again. Fifth time will be the charm I guess, mostly ignoring that I still had apps out in Ontario... I go on vacation to the Caribbean and forget for a while that OMSAS will be releasing interview invites. I don't have much hope but I check my email the morning of the second day of my vacation there to see I had received an interview!!! I cry with happiness!! This cycle may yet provide positive news!! I finish my vacation and return home. I take a month off work and set to focusing on my interview. I watched Ted talks, read, practiced solo and otherwise relaxed. Planned my trip to Ontario and set off in March 2019... The interview felt amazing. I loved the school, the people, the curriculum design... The panel was awesome, and I felt so confident when I got back to my hotel room. I spent the rest of the night in a positive buzz and then came home reservedly hopeful... The wait between interviews and decision day was agonizing... I had started to think about my 'what-ifs' for the year... If I get in – do I buy/rent? Do I get a new car? What about this? What about that? If I don't get in... redo MCAT? Go up north for work? Move to Alberta? Move to Ontario? Start Australia applications? Go to the States? What about Ireland... and on and on and on... to the point where I had considered quitting this goal and beginning to brain-storm alternate careers... I reluctantly decided I would give it one last try before giving up if I didn't get in for this cycle. This process had taken so many years from me and I felt stuck in limbo and stagnant. Mid-May rolls around... Waitlisted... Ok I guess that's better than being outright rejected, but man... MORE WAITING!!! I commit to my daily activities to stay busy. I have some hope but I try not to let it get too high – the waitlist for Queen's notoriously moves a lot, according to historical trends (as noted in the Queen's threads)... Many on the Queen's forum think that the first wave of waitlist offers are coming out May 28, 2 weeks after initial offers... I check my email like a crazy person early in the morning on May 28... and also the forums to see if there was any news yet... I go to bed (in the morning cuz I am a night person) only to be woken an hour later by a gardener with power tools... Okay, well if I am going to be awake for a bit again may as well see how the forum is doing... The waitlist thread is hot... “oh.. jeez, it's happening... let's see – yep people are getting offers. Better rip off the bandaid and check my email...” Queen's School of Medicine----- Oh my god. I don't even have to open this email to know what it is... Dear Clever_Smart_Boy_Like_Me, On behalf of the Admissions Committee of Queen's School of Medicine, we are pleased to provide to you a conditional offer of acceptance... I didn't even read any further than this, I just started sobbing...loudly... with the windows open... someone probably thought something terrible had happened... I start running around in my house sobbing and shaking!! All the years of hard work and determination and sacrifice I had made. All the hours I had spent working at this... Everything I had done in the past five years finally FINALLY paid off... I GOT INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL!! I feel almost moved to tears just writing this sentence. I called my dad and I couldn't even speak, I was just sobbing hysterically into the phone... between sobs I said “I got in” and started losing it again... he came over to my house right away with flowers and a card. I ran around all day telling those important to me that I finally got in. My family and I went to dinner that night to celebrate and I am planning a party to celebrate as well.. Logistics of this process have set in and I am working on all the info I have to provide for the school and getting finances in order and looking for a place to live but... the magnitude of this washes over me randomly throughout the day and I feel so elated and proud and like crying again all over. I AM GOING TO BE A DOCTOR!! I am the first in my immediate family to attend university. And within my family there are not many doctors (though I have learned I have at least 2?). This was a huge goal for me. From its inception in 2014 to its realization in 2019 I have grown so much as a person and with every decision I made towards improving myself and my application I reaffirmed my passion for medicine. It took five years of hard, gruelling work and determination, sleepless nights working on projects and courses, sacrifice, and planning to get where I am. It took four years of applications to get an acceptance. And I am finally in. I am finally in. QMED2023 PS: for those of you who are struggling or otherwise needing guidance on your applications I am willing to provide insight and advice

Same and its completetly unhealthy hahaha.... help. C'est unhealty ou thérapeutique. Ça fait du bien d'échanger avec des gens qui comprennent. Quand j'essaye d'expliquer à ma famille ou mes amis le processus d'admission, il me voit comme ça :

Since people found this funny, will update you on what I dreamed last night as it seems to be a continuation of that dream lol.... Dream: So its med acceptance day, but for a weird reason we didn't get emails but instead got letters mailed to us to tell us if we got accepted or not. With the letter is a rubric they used to score our interview. I read my letter and it say rejected but then I start looking at the rubric and realize someone didn't calculate the marks right as the math didn't make sense. Flash forward a bit and I am now at Ottawa talking to the dean about the mistake. He agrees there is a mistake and I should have gotten an offer but says that he can not correct the math. Only my interviewer can correct the math. So the rest of my dream is me trying to find Voldemort so he can correct the stupid rubric... I finally find him and I'm like ... "Mr. Dark Lord, I am sorry to bug you but you forgot to carry the one here..." Then I woke up... Waiting for med acceptances is messing with my head it seems.

I CANT BREATHE. I CANT BREATHE. ACCEPTED. 5th time applying, 2nd time interviewing , IP Guys never fucking give up. I have two undergrads, I'm doing my masters, I redid 4 of my cegep classes (yes i was 25 and hustling it in cegep). 3,8 science GPA. IM OFF RUNNING SOMEWHERE SCREAMING THAT IM HAPPY. PM me for anything.

Contingent: universitaire Date de CASPer: 24 oct CRC/CRU: +34,5 Quartile: 4e (75 - 100) Impression CASPer: La plus grosse connerie que j'ai entendu de ma vie est ''il est impossible d'étudier pour le Casper''. CECI EST COMPLETEMENT FAUX. Je me suis préparé comme un fou en me pratiquant durant des heures toute l'été afin d'augmenter ma vitesse de frappe et ajuster mon contenu sur ce qu'ils demandent. Pour moi, ALTUS n'a AUCUNE expertise/légitimité afin de juger la compatibilité d'une personnalité avec le domaine de la santé. Commentaires/blague/insulte: J'ai rejoins ce forum il y a plus de 4ans et ceux qui trainent souvent ici savent à quel point je suis actif et combien cet objectif dans ma vie était important. Aujourd'hui je vois enfin le bout du tunnel et je vis le scénario que j'ai rêvé tant de fois. Honnêtement croyez en vous et soyez prêt a faire les sacrifices/changements nécessaires dans votre vie afin d'accomplir vos rêves. J'ai été au plus bas et les pronostic me donnaient tous perdant donc si j'ai réussi a inverser la tendance, vous pouvez aussi le faire!

Allô! Vu que vous êtes quand même plusieurs à me demander si j'ai peut-être des tips/stratégies pour bien répondre aux questions, j'ai pensé que c'est peut-être plus pertinent pour moi de vous écrire un petit guide (selon mon expérience personnelle bien sûr) pour avoir un peu une idée sur la stratégie que j'ai développée pour m'attaquer aux situations That said, prenez pas ma stratégie comme du cash, vous pouvez adapter ma stratégie pour avoir une qui vous fit mieux (ou bien de ne pas l'utiliser du tout si ça marche pas pour vous, it's completely okay! Je ne vais pas vraiment redire ce que les autres ont déjà dit (sauf une partie à la fin), mais pour faire un petit recap: skippez la révision théorique, pratiquez beaucoup, et créez-vous une structure que vous pouvez utiliser pour vous attaquer aux réponses. Aussi, dormez bien la veille et détendez-vous bien avant l'examen people, vous avez besoin d'être le plus relaxe possible avant l'examen (ou juste un mini peu stressé si le stress vous aide, mais pas beaucoup)!!! Perso, le sommeil ça aide énormément la cohérence de vos propos, et pour un examen où le temps est extrêmement limité (et vos propos sont aussi limités par votre vitesse de frappe), la concision et la cohérence ça aide vraiment beaucoup!!! Donc, sans tarder, la voici: Pour la question "qu'est-ce que tu ferais", j'ai établi une stratégie personnelle de comment m'attaquer à la question, tout en m'assurant de bien couvrir tous les aspects du problème et de ne rien oublier. Ce que je fais, c'est que je vais d'abord break down le scénario selon les 5 points PPRDJ: Identifier le Problème (c'est quoi le problème?) Identifier les Perspectives de tous les acteurs (c'est quoi que tout le monde pense du problème, et souhaite comme conséquence?) Identifier mon Rôle/mes Responsabilités dans la situation (c'est quoi mon rôle? qu'est-ce que je pourrais/devrais faire?) Énoncer ma Décision (qu'est ce que je fais?) Justifier ma décision (pourquoi j'ai décidé de faire ça) Voici un exemple pour que ce soit plus clair pour vous! Exemple: le scénario exemple sur le site CASPer où ton collègue a un parent qui vient de tomber malade, mais qui a aussi un très grand projet qu'il doit s'occuper, et il ne sait pas trop quoi faire. Problème - Si j'ai bien compris, un des parents de mon collègue est soudainement tombé malade, alors il est en détresse: il ne sait pas s'il devrait prioriser la santé de son parent, ou bien sa carrière. Perspectives - Je comprends pourquoi mon collègue aurait besoin de mes conseils comme il est un peu perdu et ne sait pas quoi faire - s'il priorise la santé de son parent durant un projet crucial, il risque de stagner, voire ruiner ses perspectives d'emploi, mais s'il priorise son emploi à la place, la santé de son parent serait gravement affectée. Responsabilité - Alors, étant son collègue, c'est ma responsabilité de travailler avec lui pour pouvoir lui donner les meilleurs conseils possibles, et ce dans les meilleurs intérêts de toutes les parties impliquées (dont sa vie professionnelle, la santé et le bien-être de ses parents, ainsi que ses priorités et contraintes en général), et de peut-être l'aider dans sa démarche également selon ma capacité, sans prendre trop de place dans sa prise de décision. Démarche et Justification - Premièrement, je vais m'assurer d'avoir une bonne discussion avec lui afin de savoir ses besoins et ses intérêts, et ce de façon confidentielle et sans aucun préjugé, pour comprendre sa situation, ses priorités et l'importance qu'il accorde à chacune de ses responsabilités - s'il se préoccupe davantage de la santé de ses parents, ou bien de ses perspectives d'emploi, ou si c'est vraiment les deux. Après, une fois que je connais un peu plus ses priorités et besoins, je vais lui proposer des pistes de solutions possibles tout en lui expliquant les conséquences reliées à chaque action et les alternatives possibles pour pouvoir travailler avec lui à identifier des meilleures situations possible - et ce, tout en prenant compte de sa situation afin qu'il puisse faire un choix éclairé, sans lui obliger à choisir aucune solution. Également, je vais m'assurer de vraiment trouver un moyen de balancer les besoins de tout le monde dans les solutions que je propose, pour que ce ne soit pas des solutions "tout-ou-rien" - c'est essentiel qu'aucune partie ne soit laissée de côté, et qu'il y ait un moyen de garder un certain équilibre. Par exemple, je peux lui proposer de rester travailler sur son projet tout en trouvant soit quelqu'un de sa famille, un proche, ou un professionnel à qui il peut faire confiance à s'occuper de son parent malade, tandis que lui il va pouvoir supporter financièrement et appeler son parent à chaque jour afin qu'il ne se sente pas mal. Également, je peux lui suggérer de d'expliquer la situation aux supérieurs et leur demander de partir, mais d'aussi leur proposer des solutions et de faire les arrangements nécessaires avec eux pour pouvoir respecter ses engagements et conserver son rendement. Afin d'assurer le rendement du projet, il peut trouver des collègues qui vont lui représenter pour le projet (ce qui pourrait être une responsabilité que je serais capable de relever selon ma situation), et il va pouvoir collaborer avec eux à distance, quand il va prendre soin de son parent malade. Après, je m'assurerais de vérifier avec mon collègue pour voir un peu si les positions que je propose sont dans la bonne voie, ou s'il en a d'autres qui correspondent mieux à sa réalité. Bref, vu que ma responsabilité est seulement d'aider mon collègue de trouver la meilleure solution possible, je vais seulement lui proposer des solutions selon ses priorités, et non choisir pour lui une solution. Bref, c'est SURRRRRR que vous n'allez pas rentrer ça dans l'espace de 5 minutes, mais essaie de condenser ça du mieux que vous pouvez (explore toujours les 2 côtés de la médaille, et des fois même un 3e, 4e, 5e, etc.) et vous devriez être good. Rappelez-vous qu'ils sont conscients du fait que vous avez juste 5 minutes pour répondre aux 3 questions, alors c'est très correct de manquer un peu à la dernière question et de ne pas pouvoir tout développer comme il faut. Et c'est un peu ça ce que vous devez faire pour la question la plus grosse du CASPer (normalement celle qui dit "qu'est-ce que tu ferais?"). Pour les 2 autres questions, ce sont plus des questions d'opinion personnelle (ex: "est-ce que les hommes et les femmes doivent avoir droit au même nombre de jours de congé de maternité/paternité?"), alors soyez original, authentique, et répondez vraiment comme si c'était des questions que vos amis/tes parents/vos frères et soeurs/etc. pourraient vous demander (dans un langage professionnel bien sûr). Aussi, point très controversé (seulement mon opinion personnelle, à prendre avez 1, 2, ou même 10 grains de sel si vous voulez): vous n'avez pas à être très très politically correct si vous ne l'êtes pas dans la vraie vie à base (d'ailleurs je pense que c'est best de l'être juste assez, mais pas trop, car la politically correctness en excès peut nuire à votre originalité/authenticité). Malgré tout, vous devez un peu appliquer le même principe de "aller chercher les perspectives de TOUT le monde qui sont impliqués par une telle politique" pour pouvoir bien justifier votre opinion. En effet, c'est vraiment votre justification qui compte, pas votre opinion. Et s'il y aurait une façon de vous démarquer? Non! Juste soyez vous-mêmes, soyez authentiques, dites ce que vous croyez vraiment et non ce que vous pensez que les évaluateurs veulent savoir/entendre. Les évaluateurs corrigent des milliers de candidats par jour, alors la seule façon que vous puissiez stand out dans leurs yeux, c'est de vraiment être original, proposer des bonnes solutions et des solutions un peu moins typiques (j'ai toujours fait ça, dans la vraie vie je suis une personne qui a beaucoup plus tendance de "think outside the box" et de proposer des solutions plus "bizarres" que traditionnelles, et je pense que c'est vraiment ça qui m'a aidé), et de vraiment considérer toutes les personnes impliquées dans cette situation. Et s'il est mieux de développer davantage la réponse à une question (3-4 lignes) et manquer une question par section au lieu de répondre à toutes les questions? Le best, c'est de ne pas manquer aucune question. Chaque question donne des points, et apprendre à répondre à toutes les questions, c'est développer une bonne gestion de temps, ce qui est essentiel en tout domaine de santé (et d'autres aussi). Toutefois, c'est très correct d'avoir une question incomplète! Dans le pire des cas ça pourrait marcher, si votre justification à la grosse question est un peu manquante, mais pratique-toi beaucoup pour éviter le plus possible que ce soit le cas! Donc, pour ma stratégie de gestion de temps, voici ce que j'avais fait pour m'assurer vraiment de tout répondre (et que je vous conseille personnellement de faire, mais c'est correct de ne pas la suivte si vous trouvez que ça ne marche pas vraiment pour vous comme stratégie!) skim les 3 questions (5 secondes) pour vous assurer de ne pas vous répéter dans vos réponses, et pour décider c'est laquelle des 3 LA grosse question qu'il faut développer beaucoup. Ensuite, répartissez votre temps. Voici ma répartition (que je recommande), 2:30-2:45 pour la grosse question, 1:00-1:15 pour chaque petite question. (ce que je fais et qui marche, je connais d'autres qui veulent 1:30 par question mais je pense que la grosse question mérite beaucoup plus que 1:30 perso!) C'est correct de manquer un peu de temps à la dernière question, mais essayez de ne pas manquer la question au complet! Pour les situations plus personnelles, prenez une soirée ou deux pour penser à TOUTES vos qualités et TOUS vos défauts (idéalement 5-7x chacun, peut être plus), et allez sonder un peu votre famille ou vos proches/amis/collègues/etc. pour avoir une meilleure idée/précision aussi avoir une deuxième opinion. Ensuite, écrivez-les dans un doc. Une fois que c'est noté, pensez à 2-3 expériences dans votre vie où vouz avez fait preuve de ces qualités/défauts, et analysez-les pour voir si vous aviez pu faire autrement, ou si c'était la bonne chose que vous avez fait (et pourquoi dans les 2 cas). Également, faites une liste de ~10x situations difficiles auxquelles vous avez dû faire face dans votre vie (leadership, collaboration, communication, conflit, difficulté à établir une priorité en présence de plusieurs engagements en même temps, avoir un choix difficile à faire, avoir une conversation difficile à faire, faire quelque chose à l'encontre de vos valeurs, etc.), que ce soit à l'école, au travail/bénévolat/etc., dans votre équipe sportive, dans votre famille, avec vos amis, etc. et même chose, analysez-les pour voir si vous aviez pu faire autrement ou si c'était la bonne chose que vous avez fait (et pourquoi dans les deux cas aussi). Bref, c'est vraiment long, mais je pense que c'est un peu ce que vous devez retenir pour bien réussir le CASPer! J'espère vous avoir aidé, et si jamais vous avez des questions, hésitez pas à me shooter un DM! (même s'il risque d'avoir un délai avant que je vous réponde, it's finals season for me ) Bon succès et bonne continuation, and last but not least, bonne chance!!!

I know everyone is really nervous about the decisions that are about to come out. Just know if you don’t get accepted, it doesn’t mean you aren’t smart and it doesn’t mean you should give up! It’s a very competitive field!

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Perdre la foi en ces admissions une année à la fois. En concordance avec un commentaire précédent, les admissions en méd sont rendues une vraie loterie. Aucune analyse et considération des expériences personnelles en milieu de santé et connexes. Aucune analyse de l'entregent et des capacités en communications des candidats. Aucune analyse des valeurs et réactions face à des problèmes en temps réel. Aucun ajustement pour les étudiants n'ayant pas eu recourt aux cotes réussites (bonnes chance cette année et les années avenirs à ceux/celles qui n'ont pas voulu en mettre). Aucune considération de l'implication étudiante et celle dans sa communauté. Et bien non, le tout repose sur un test de 1h30 corrigé par une compagnie third-party. Le cutoff à 31 était justement pour permettre une plus grande qualité des candidats de par leurs aptitudes humaines en entrevue. N'étant plus le cas, ce cutoff devrait revenir à celui des dernières années. À moins d'une annonce majeur lundi, on a la solide preuve d'un nivellement vers le bas, d'un délassement du processus d'admission et franchement un manque de respect envers tous les ces jeunes qui travaillent comme des acharnés pendant des longues années pour atteindre leurs rêves. On nous demande d'être parfait pratiquement partout, de respecter toutes les échéances à des dates différentes entre les universités, de passer par dessus tous les bâtons que le processus nous mets dans les roues (application novembre, minimum 60 crédits dans un prog.) mais quand il s'agit d'évaluer les candidats de façon juste, quand l'université a 1 an pour prévoir le coup et ne le font pas, ça me scandalise au plus haut point.

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I just thought that amongst all this sadness for people who didn't get a spot I'd just share my story as I'm sure some of you can relate and others can hopefully draw some inspiration. Also I just need to vent. This was my 4th cycle, I've gotten in at schools in the US and Europe but I just really wanted to stay in Canada because this is my home. After not getting in post undergrad I did a master's program that has allowed me to obtain a role as a health care professional. I've got over two thousand hours of frontline healthcare experience. All I've ever wanted was an interview to show these schools that I WILL be a great doctor. Just a chance to show them that stats aren't everything (I've got a great GPA, but 126 CARS). Having worked in healthcare, knowing how to talk to patients and working with doctors, nurses and allied health on almost a daily basis, I knew I was ready to slay the interview (despite what Mac said about us thinking we would do better on the interview than we actually would). This year for the first time I got my wish, and got that opportunity..only to ultimately lose out on the chance to show what makes me unique and demonstrate my readiness to be a physician. TO A LOTTERY no less. It's been a really really tough pill to swallow but I'm not giving up just yet. I know that I will be a great physician, it's not a matter of IF but WHEN. As hard as it is let's all keep our heads up. Congrats to everyone that's gotten in. All of this waiting is just going to make it that much sweeter when we are finally there. Peace and love

Hey guys!!!!! I am literally going crazy right now!!!!! I barely can breath I just got the email from chantal that I got off the waitlist!!!!!!!! I HOPE YOU GUYS HEAR BACK ASAP

OMG JE HURLE - TROP DE JOIE !!!!!!!!!! Réponse : (offre/LA (rang)/refus) et rang sur la liste d’excellence selon la catégorie: LA - Rang 1 Réponse de l'UdeM : Aucune idée, mais c’est une faculté d’armée , même si je suis pris, j’irais pas la. Réponse de McGill: j’ai pas appliqué Catégorie : collégienne/universitaire : Universitaire Cote : CRC/Cote Laval : 31,974 Impressions sur le CASPer : Moyen Commentaires : Si je suis accepté en pharmacie à ULaval, je vais laisser ma place pour quelqu’un qui veut vraiment être dentiste. J’ai 26 ans et c’est la 4e fois que j’applique. J’ai fini mon cegep avec une cote R catastrophique. J’ai commencé à suivre des cours libres afin de monter ma cote R et d’être accepté dans un bac. J’ai fini mes 4 ans de bac au complet et j’essayais d’appliquer à chaque putain d’année! NE JAMAIS PERDRE ESPOIR!

Hm... après une étude empirique détaillée et une thèse doctorale défendue avec une fermeté inexorable, je pense qu'avec 39,4 c'est assez critique... voire une position entre le 100ième et 200ième rang sur la liste d'attente à udem...

TIME STAMP: 9:00 AM (yesterday morning, obvs) Result: Admitted Casper Quartile: 4th GPA: 3.86 (Medicine GPA according to the workbook, though this seemed to include science prereq courses that I took as an independent student.... I think my real undergrad GPA was something like 3.75) Feeling About MMI (please be mindful of NDA): I felt like I performed a solid 8/10 insofar as communication and listening are concerned; 9/10 in terms of empathy, attitude and professionality; 5/10 for problem-solving and analyzing; 10/10 for authenticity. I really just tried to be as honest and real as possible in all scenarios. I felt good right afterwards, but definitely experienced the typical 'coulda, shoulda, woulda' regrets and cringed at some of the things I thought I said over the following 6 weeks. But then I just reminded myself that I was being honest and did my best the whole way through, so what else could I do? Current year of study: Graduated in 2006 IP/OOP/International: IP Comments: I am an older (oldest?) candidate, liberal arts major who spent most of my adult life working a few careers (teacher, professional musician/songwriter, marketing director) and generally spent my time trying to understand the human condition and connecting with other people. (Hey @OldFart! I hear you on many counts! Love the username!) I decided in my mid-thirties to become a physician so that I could help other people and serve the community while challenging myself intellectually. With no science background I had to study my arse off while working full-time to learn organic chemistry, calculus, mechanics, optics, etc. to get the basic prereqs to qualify for McGill. After several failed applications (including even a Masters in OT application), I resigned from a well-paid, cushy marketing job at the beginning of the pandemic and put my heart where my mouth was and became a medical orderly at a CHSLD. Aside from the obvious tragedies and suffering, jumping off the deep end like this was a fantastic experience that only reaffirmed my desire to help others in healthcare. While it has taken me several years, I can finally, happily say that this quixotic pursuit has paid off. Here's to the underdogs out there who are pursuing this! And to everyone else: good on you, too; you are all undoubtedly great people (if you don't believe that, try to think more about it). Above all, be kind to yourselves and others. From what I have personally experienced, this is an almost non-sensical journey. You have to embrace the absurd as much as believing in yourself. It's a tricky wave to surf. Really excited to start this next half of my life and meet many of you in the flesh! <3

OFFRE D'ADMISSION CONDITIONNELLE CATÉGORIE COLLÉGIENNE RECEIVEDDDD AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH . J'ai tellement rêvé longtemps de cette lettre d'admission dans MON NUMBER 1 CHOICE MED ULAVAL and its finally here im on cloud 9. Je voudrais juste dire aux futurs appliquants de NE JAMAIS perdre espoir si DAY 1 vous êtes en liste d'attente, c'est déjà un accomplissement énorme. Patientez et YOUR TIME WILL COME. On est tous plus près de nos rêves qu'on ne le pense. NE PERDEZ PAS DE VUE VOS OBJECTIFS ET N'ÉCOUTEZ JAMAIS LES GENS QUI VOUS DISENT QUE C IMPOSSIBLE

OMG !!! Acceptée à Udem !!!! Juste pour vous dire ça fait 5 ans que j'appliques et j'ai un cote TRÈS limite à Udem (l'année passée j'avais 32.7 donc j'estime environ 33.2-33.5 MAX cette année !!). J'ai été acceptée à Mcgill contingent universitaire, Udem contingent universitaire, LA Sherbrooke marché du travail et acceptée ULaval marché du travail aussi. J'en reviens pas !!!!

Bon je remarque que la discussion ici échauffe beaucoup les émotions. Je pense qu'il y a des bons points des 2 côtés et mon but n'est pas de prendre parti. Par contre - Je veux rappeler que ce forum ne sert pas à juger les motivations des autres. Certes, le forum est très bien pour donner des conseils aux autres et s'entraider, mais je ne crois pas que certaines choses qui ont été dites soient pertinentes. On ne peut pas assumer que quelqu'un veut aller en médecine car elle a entendu dans les médias que les médecins sont millionnaires. On ne peut pas assumer que quelqu'un veut aller en médecine pour le statut social et le prestige. Au final, nous sommes tous et toutes des anonymes sur un site web. On ne se connaît pas et je ne trouve pas qu'assumer de telles choses sur les autres soit productifs. Par ailleurs, je suis d'accord qu'aucun bac ne peut préparer à 100% aux études en médecine. Le seul programme qui pourrait te préparer aux études en médecine, c'est le doctorat en médecine. Toutefois, les aptitudes de travail, le raisonnement scientifique, la capacité de consulter la littérature scientifique et même se familiariser avec les sciences fondamentales... ce sont tous des exemples parmi tant d'autres qui démontrent que faire un bac avant médecine n'est pas un gaspillage. Je suis d'avis que la Connaissance n'est jamais gaspillée. Pour le point de 6 ans. Quand tu rentreras en médecine, tu verras que les étudiants qui souvent impressionnent le plus, ce sont les PhD. On s'entend que le PhD moyen a plusieurs années d'études/recherche derrière la cravate. Le nombre d'années qu'une personne fait avant médecine n'est pas gage de ses compétences comme clinicien dans le futur. En plus, au Canada anglais et aux États-Unis, je rappelle que le bac est le moindre requis pour rentrer en médecine. Il n'est pas rare de voir des gens avec des MSc ou bien des gens du marché du travail. Donc je vois pas ce qu'il y a de choquant devant une personne qui a fait 1 ou 2 bacs. On ne connait pas cette personne, on ne connaît pas sa vie pour dire si faire 6 ans d'études est mauvais. Quand tu seras en médecine, tu réaliseras qu'une des beautés du programme de médecine, c'est la diversité des cheminements. Des gens qui viennent de tous les angles de la vie, et c'est super importants. Car qui dit parcours différents, dit médecins différents. Et c'est super important d'avoir une diversité chez nos médecins pour mieux servir notre communauté. Je ne pense que l'intervention a été faite pour un but mesquin. Mais je pense qu'il faut faire attention dans notre manière de dire les choses. Note finale : je te confirme que les médecins ne connaissent pas mieux la pharmaco que les pharmaciens. Les experts du médicament, ce sont eux. C'est pas pour rien que les médecins consultent autant les pharmaciens pour s'assurer que leur plan de traitement fait du sens Il y a une raison pourquoi le travail du pharmacien, c'est notamment de vérifier que le patient ait reçu la prescription adéquate. Et habituellement, les gens qui sont pharmaciens en médecine performent trèès bien. Même ceux qui n'ont pas fini pharma en fait

ADMISSION !!!!! J'en reviens pas!!! J'ai littéralement fixé mon écran pendant 5 minutes sans aucune réaction. Je comprenais pas!!! Après 2 ans de cégep de HESS, 2 ans d'uni, enfin j'ai atteint mon objectif ! - réponse : admission - contingent : universitaire régulier, en cours de bac - stats (cote, MEM, #LA) : cote 35.7, MEM 550. 1ère fois aux MEM Pour les autres refusés ou sur la LA, SVP n'abandonnez pas !! Vous êtes capable, je le pense vraiment.

À mon avis, ce n’est pas une question de « motivation ». Pour moi ce n’est pas normal de travailler 80h par semaine, peu importe ton emploi. Je ne crois pas que c’est quelque chose qui est à prendre ou à laisser dans le genre de « si tu ne veux pas ou ne peux pas le faire, alors c’est que tu n’es pas suffisamment motivé et tu devrais choisir un autre métier ou que tu n’aimes pas la profession ». Je suis également d’avis qu’il n’est pas possible de « trouver du temps pour faire autre chose » quand on travaille 80h par semaine. Tant mieux si certaines personnes se contentent de peu, mais je crois que la vaste majorité des gens ne seront pas heureux et sain mentalement avec un tel rythme de vie. Je pense que c’est important ce travailler pour briser le statut quo et arriver créer un système de santé qui permet un équilibre travail/vie personnelle pour l’ensemble des professionnels de la santé, même les étudiants en externat….

Unfortunately not. How do covid variants make you feel like a guinea pig? Or are you saying the different types of vaccine? You understand that there can be more than one medicine that treats something right? Clearly, you're not. "Science" overwhelmingly suggests getting the vaccine is the most rational choice.

I calmed down a bit before making this post but I got the email from Chantal at 2:06 as well!! Was not expecting this!!! See everyone online in the fall and best of luck to anyone still on the waiting list! If anyone has any questions feel free PM me Four cycles and I finally got in, unreal guys lol. Do not lose hope!

Got off the waitlist 2:06pm getting groceries right now almost dropped my egg whites!!

Réponse: admis. Courriel reçu à 16h08. Réponses des autres universités: je n'ai appliqué qu'à ULaval Catégorie: universitaire régulier (refusé dans la catégorie marcher du travail) Cote: CRU 34.4XX Impressions sur le Casper: Impressions assez médiocres à la fin. Beaucoup de réponses peu développées. Je ne croyais pas m'être démarqué de la moyenne. Plus les journées passaient, plus je remettais en question mes réponses avec des "j'aurais dû..." Commentaires : À 35 ans, j'ai un parcours asse atypique. Aucun désir ou motivation particulière au CÉGEP, j'ai commencé mon parcours universitaire en kinésiologie en 2005, par simple intérêt envers la physiologie de l'exercice. J'ai rapidement réalisé que l'avenir professionnel était limité dans ce domaine. Ironiquement, ce sont les professeurs en kinésiologie qui m'ont donné envie d'étudier en médecine, mais je n'avais pas les notes pour appliquer. J'ai fait les démarches pour étudier la médecine à l'étranger, ce qui m'a amené en Italie, mais je suis revenu après 1 an pour diverses raisons personnelles. L'Université Laval permettait, à l'époque (j'ignore si c'est encore possible), de refaire des cours pour rehausser sa CRU. J'ai remonté ma CRU et j'ai appliqué en physiothérapie. J'ai terminé le bac-maîtrise en 2015 avec 3 tentatives infructueuses d'admission en médecine. Finalement, j'étais OK avec l'idée de pratiquer en tant que physiothérapeute pour le restant de ma vie active. Ce n'est qu'en octobre dernier que j'ai décidé de retenter ma chance, après plusieurs désillusions par rapport à la physiothérapie. Lorsque j'ai reçu le courriel hier... je vous jure que j'étais le premier surpris. L'émotion ressentie après plus d'une décennie d'acharnement, de frustrations, d'acceptation, de lâcher-prise pour tenter une ultime fois de réaliser mon rêve. Enfin! Tout ça pour vous dire qu'il ne faut pas lâcher. Je suis une personne très différente d'il y a 10 ans. J'ai mûri, je suis devenu patient et j'ai adopté une approche beaucoup plus réflexive sur mes interactions et mon environnement. Profitez de chaque expérience, surtout celles que vous croyez être un échec.

sorry for the late post, been busy pinching myself and crying all day!! TIME STAMP: ~14h30 pm (heart attack since 9 am)  Result: Admitted with condition !!! pre-reqGPA: 4,00 (redid my 4 basic pre-reqs at Athabasca, Thomson Rivers), old pre-req GPA was 3,01 MCAT: Not submitted Feeling About MMI (please be mindful of NDA): This was my 4th time interviewing at McGill, so I felt confortable with the process (I could've basically rehearsed their ppt slide), so I was a lot more relaxed and went in there being 1000% authentic (cheesy I know but its true). Felt like I was great in 3 stations, 1 below average and the rest pretty average IP/OOP/International: IP Comment : I've been applying to med school for 7 years!!! This was my 4th interview at McGill, I was straight up refused all 3 cycles before being admitted this year with no WL. Anyone with refusals, I know it sucks, I know your hurt. You need to keep trying and you need to push through if this is what you want. If anyone wants to chat PM me!!!