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OOP - from Ontario Pubs: None MCAT: 14 PS/10 VR/13 BS/S AGPA: ~4.5 MMI: Felt confident about 50-60% of stations, 2 stations were mediocre as I missed a key point until I was reminded about it by the interview and 1 station I thought I totally bombed as the interviewer was falling asleep even before I started my initial talk!

Bad Waitlist (8:44 AM) OOO EMAIL says: "However, I must inform you, that, given your rank on this list, you are unlikely to receive an offer." GPA: 3.99 MCAT: 14 PS/10 VR/13 BS/ S Year: 3rd yr UG ECs: Hospital volunteer (100 hrs), recreational therapy at Alzheimer's Care Centre (1 yr), teaching at a children's science camp (1 summer, 6-7 hrs/day), volunteering at a several smaller events (school tour guide for incoming students, website development for smaller charity events as advertising, cancer research runs, cultural festivals), tutoring (grade 12 science/math), writing and editing for the university newspaper (2.5 yrs - junior, then senior editor), intramural sports (2 yrs) Awards: 3-4 high school awards, 1 university in-course award (for top mark), 2 other scholarships from the university (academic based - $3000 and $1500), national chem contest (99%ile) Research (no pubs, but good experiences): (1) With a professor who taught me. He knows how I work in groups/as a leader etc. (2) Employed by prof (who did not teach me) for 1 summer. LORs: 2 x research profs (1 leader, 1 collaborator), Alzheimer's volunteer supervisor (advocate) Interview: Felt really good. Thought the ethical scenarios went really well but the non-ethics Qs weren't as good.

ACCEPTED!!!!!!!! GPA: 3.99 MCAT: 14 PS/10 VR/13 BS/ S Year: 3rd yr UG ECs: Hospital volunteer (100 hrs), recreational therapy at Alzheimer's Care Centre (1 yr), teaching at a children's science camp (1 summer, 6-7 hrs/day), volunteering at a several smaller events (school tour guide for incoming students, website development for smaller charity events as advertising, cancer research runs, cultural festivals), tutoring (grade 12 science/math), writing and editing for the university newspaper (2.5 yrs - junior, then senior editor), intramural sports (2 yrs) Awards: 3-4 high school awards, 1 university in-course award (for top mark), 2 other scholarships from the university (academic based - $3000 and $1500), national chem contest (99%ile) Research (no pubs, but good experiences): (1) With a professor who taught me. He knows how I work in groups/as a leader etc. (2) Employed by prof (who did not teach me) for 1 summer. LORs: 2 x research profs (1 leader, 1 collaborator), Alzheimer's volunteer supervisor (advocate) Interview feeling: Felt horrible. Was very tired as I had McMaster the day before and a grueling month in general. MMI stations: 2 were horrible, the rest were good, but barely good. The panel was great up until the end-ish.

ACCEPTED!!!!!!!! Time: 7:57 AM Campus: Hamilton GPA: 3.99 MCAT: 14 PS/10 VR/13 BS/ S Year: 3rd yr UG Interview feeling: Felt amazing after the interview. However, as time passed, I became increasingly unsure about my performance. I felt that 3-4 stations went VERY well, 4-5 went medium and 1-2 went poor compared to the other ones but still not terrible or deal-breaking.

ACCEPTED!!!!!!!! OOP GPA: 3.99 MCAT: 14 PS/10 VR/13 BS/ S Year: 3rd yr UG ECs: Hospital volunteer (100 hrs), recreational therapy at Alzheimer's Care Centre (1 yr), teaching at a children's science camp (1 summer, 6-7 hrs/day), volunteering at a several smaller events (school tour guide for incoming students, website development for smaller charity events as advertising, cancer research runs, cultural festivals), tutoring (grade 12 science/math), writing and editing for the university newspaper (2.5 yrs - junior, then senior editor), intramural sports (2 yrs) Awards: 3-4 high school awards, 1 university in-course award (for top mark), 2 other scholarships from the university (academic based - $3000 and $1500), national chem contest (99%ile) Research (no pubs, but good experiences): (1) With a professor who taught me. He knows how I work in groups/as a leader etc. (2) Employed by prof (who did not teach me) for 1 summer. LORs: 2 x research profs (1 leader, 1 collaborator), Alzheimer's volunteer supervisor (advocate) Interview feeling: Felt good after the interview but not amazing. I thought I did "well" on 7 stations, "so-so/medium" on 1 station and pretty poorly on 1 station.

BruceWayne, rmorelan, future_doc and Blade Runner, thank you very much! I will definitely take your considerations into account. I've actually been trying hard to look for a shadowing-type position but the hospitals around my area just don't allow shadowing period and the clinics aren't really interested in having me around I'll still keep trying hard! Thanks again!

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Hey guys, I'm a third year applicant looking to apply in the fall to all possible Canadian medical schools. GPA: 3.95+ MCAT: Have not written ECs: Hospital volunteer (100 hrs), teaching at a children's science camp (1 summer, 6-7 hrs/day), volunteering at a several smaller events (school tour guide for incoming students, website development for smaller charity events as advertising, cancer research runs, cultural festivals), tutoring (grade 12 science/math), writing and editing for the university newspaper (2.5 yrs - junior, then senior editor), intramural sports (2 yrs) Awards: 3-4 high school awards, 1 university in-course award (for top mark), 2 other scholarships from the university (academic based - $3000 and $1500), national chem contest (99%ile) Research (no pubs, but good experiences): (1) With a professor who taught me. He knows how I work in groups/as a leader etc. (2) Employed by prof (who did not teach me) for 1 summer. (3) Volunteering in a third lab. LORs: the three aforementioned profs in research. Most of my volunteering experiences had either no supervisor or I have lost touch with them. I'm really unsure as to how strong (or weak) my ECs are and I'm also unsure as to how my LORs will look (although 1-2 of my professors will be able to comment on my non-academic skills as well). Overall, what do you guys think? Thanks for the help!