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  1.    frenchpress reacted to a post in a topic: FRCPC or CCFP-EM - the eternal EM discussion
  2. MountainAmoeba
    You should absolutely personalize your letters
  3. MountainAmoeba
    It is less competitive, but it is still very competitive. If you want to do emergency medicine, I strongly suggest applying for five year program and family medicine.
  4. MountainAmoeba
    This won’t pass.
  5. MountainAmoeba
    The FR Doctors will definitely make more because we have better training, and we can make decisions, faster, and we can see more patients on average. however, this point doesn’t really matter. If you really want to do emergency medicine, do the FR program if you can get in. If you aren’t sure do family medicine first. If you aren’t lucky enough to get into the FR program, then do family medicine and try the plus 1. There is no doubt in my mind that they are not equivalent programs. The FR is absolutely superior, but it’s not necessary to be a good emergency medicine doctor.
  6.    justtryingtosqueezeby reacted to a post in a topic: Advice for a "mature" student
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  9. MountainAmoeba
    You are completely wrong. I’m going to say it again to make it very clear to you, you are completely, completely, wrong. Your love of medicine is somewhat average for those that come to the site so I don’t think that’s particularly compelling. What is compelling, is that your grades have improved over time, and that you faced very personal, and significant adversity in generating those improved grades over time. You can absolutely, 100%, gain admission to a medical school in Canada. Your path might be a bit different than others, and that’s alright. Look up the admission criteria to schools across the country and you will see that with your improving grades there is in fact a path for you to medicine with perhaps a bit more work.
  10.    babakoto reacted to a post in a topic: Advice for a "mature" student
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  12. MountainAmoeba
    It will probably be noted. But probably in itself wont make a difference.
  13.    LostLamb reacted to a post in a topic: Any family med docs regret switching careers as a non trad?
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  16. MountainAmoeba
    I think the OP had a specific question, and rather than respond to the posed question the respondent came in with their own agenda. Twice in the thread. We get it. Everyone gets it. It’s hard to get into medical school. The op is asking if it’s worth the effort. It might be a useful statement, but it’s not a useful response to the question.
  17.    MountainAmoeba reacted to a post in a topic: Any family med docs regret switching careers as a non trad?
  18. MountainAmoeba
    This is a useless post. Man. Get off it. Also news flash. Some people are competitive and get in with one application without upgrading. Also residents make cash. So it’s really only the investment of Medical School, especially for people considering family medicine where the residency is typically more civilized than most others.
  19.    MountainAmoeba reacted to a post in a topic: Quality Of Calgary Fm Training?
  20. sakshi

    Hi MountainAmoeba, 

    I am an 20-year old practical nurse. I just joined Premed 101 today after i read your reply on a thread stating that you also have a nursing background before joining med school. I graduated 2 year RPN from Humber College last year and have been working at a care facility in Burlington since. Although I just did my nursing diploma, I have always wanted to be a doctor but couldn't due to very high international student costs + family issues due to the cost (I am the eldest and a girl, not the best deal in my culture lol). Hence, I always wanted to get back to it once i was financially independent from my family. I am very committed to doing this after I apply for permanent residence (Thank god for Canada!) and know that I have a long road ahead.

    I am amazed at your dedication and hard-work you must have put in (and still are!). I wondering if you could share your experience and guide me on this: Since i only did a college diploma, as far as i know, I still have to get a degree to be eligible for med school right? Do you think this means I have to start from the very beginning at like, U of T...?

    If I do have to start from Year 1 of a 4 year undergrad with pre-med courses, don't you think it's better if i go all the way and get my RN first (which will increase my income,something i really need with all the upcoming adulting things) and then do a post-bac of missing courses? 

     

    Thanks and warm regards

  21. MountainAmoeba
    I say go for it. I’m 35 and just starting residency. Life is singular, and limited. Spend it pursuing your dreams. Life hard man. Good luck
  22. MountainAmoeba
    You could really increase your overall chances by doing a second degree, or even a part of a degree. Your old grades won’t hurt too much, if you can do say, two years of undergrad course work at a very high GPA level. You can explain this by justifying the need for increasing your gpa to demonstrate overall academic capability. Don’t do throw away courses, as that is harder to justify. It doesn’t have to be sciences, but it could be helpful for writing the MCAT. Personally I went back to school for a year and got a 4.0. It’s doable, but takes commitment.
  23. MountainAmoeba
    its difficult to know the meaning of this because you are blind to the admission results in your specific instance. Ei, were you a special admit under the alternative admissions pathway because in some important way you were identified by the admissions committee. I would recommend re-writing. The spread in CARS scores is greater than spread in GPA. You potentially have more points to earn by increasing your CARS score than your overall GPA, with probably considerably less work. Of course, it can be argued that CARS is traditionally the hardest score to improve so YMMV
  24.    MountainAmoeba reacted to a post in a topic: Chatter as we wait.
  25. MountainAmoeba
    I’m not even sure which was first. By the time I went to the email, I had one. They are probably nearly simultaneous events.
  26. MountainAmoeba
    Traditionally an offer tab will open up on UCAN. That’s how I found out, I was refreshing the page periodically, and the offer tab was up. Emails are also sent out.
  27. MountainAmoeba
    It depends on the academic center. The handoff point in patient care is culturally defined and differs for each center. Many large centers do significantly more than just the initial work up. Some barely even do an initial work up.
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