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Hi everyone, Here are the 2018/2019 brief personal essay topics: Privilege and oppression – what do these concepts mean to you? Describe what you view as the biggest benefits and the biggest challenges in how we communicate with one another since the introduction of social media? Dr. Danielle Ofri contends that “the single most powerful diagnostic tool remains the doctor/patient conversation, which can uncover the lion’s share of illnesses. But often the difference between what patients say and what doctors hear is vast”. Discuss and propose a solution. Provide an

To the best of my knowledge, there is no limit to the number of activities that 1 verifier can be used for. I think you'd be okay in this situation, since 1) The teacher is still an objective reference (e.g. not a close friend or family member) and 2) These are activities done in high school. Typically, most schools will not care much about high school activities UNLESS you have continued that involvement throughout your undergrad, etc... It would be a bigger concern if you had only 1 verifier for most of your activities post high school

Hey guys, Just wanted to share that the Brief Personal Essays are out for this application cycle. There is a limit of 250 words for each question. These are the questions: 1) Write a letter to an editor of a newspaper to express your support of Canada’s role in promoting women’s reproductive health in developing countries. 2) Discuss the role of listening in cross-cultural communication to better understand the perspectives of people of different backgrounds. 3) How have you used your resilience and coping mechanisms to make the most informed and rational decisions when fac

The "class is full" email has finally arrived...

Very good point to make....sorry I missed that earlier. Because of this flexibility, there is no "cookie-cutter" application that is required for med schools (i.e. don't fill out your application thinking I need 7 spots for volunteering, 8 spots for extracurriculars, 6 spots for research, etc...). Don't define boundaries for the number of activities you need to put in a particular section! Fill out the application the way you feel it represents you best. I have several friends who got into med school (U of T and Queen's) without doing any research, or even volunteering/working in a hospital! I

It was mid-July last year when I applied (around July 14 +/- 2 days). Just keeping checking the OMSAS page from time to time. OMSAS likes to be really vague about the start date, for some reason. I don't agree with it, and I can understand how frustrating it can be for future applicants like yourself, OP.

OP, I hate to be that guy but your decision primarily depends on your undergrad GPA. It's probably the most decisive factor for med school admissions. If your undergrad GPA is very competitive (>3.9 imho), AND you are probably sure that you will not build on your work as a Master's student (whether it's course or thesis-based), then doing a Master's adds very little value to your overall application (unless you think your productivity as a Master's student will be really good, and even that's an uncertainty for anyone in your situation). You're better off diversifying in other areas, l

I'm not too sure about your first question, but most likely only your undergrad GPA is used. If they used graduate GPAs, then Master's and Ph.D students would have to be evaluated differently since Ph.D students have no courses, but Masters students do. If you do a Master's, I think you have to meet a minimum 3.0 graduate GPA but beyond that, I doubt it's considered. TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, THOUGH! I haven't done graduate studies. I'm more sure about your other questions. You are still eligible to apply to U of T even if you haven't taken a full-course load. However, if at any poi

Nvm got it working. Please ignore the previous post!

Hey guys, I'm trying to do the AODA module online, but it keeps on getting stuck. I've tried quite a few times and I never get a chance to finish all 5 quizzes. Has anyone else experienced something similar and is there anything that you did to "unfreeze" it? Thanks

Unfortunately, they keep the pre-interview file review score calculation a secret process. All I know is that for the selection process, it counts for 50% and your interview counts for the other 50%

3.93 is definitely competitive to get an interview at U of T. The class of 2T0 had an incoming average of 3.95, so you are not far below that. There are also many other components to the admissions process (LORs, ABS, Brief Personal Essays) Just to add, GPA is assessed competitively at U of T. It is the MCAT which is assessed non-competitively (i.e. you just need to meet the min cut-off of 125 on each section). Have a look at this video for more insight into the admissions process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbbBTaQizxs Good luck!

You are allowed a total of 48 entries which fall into 7 different categories: Formal Education, Research, Employment, Volunteering, Extracurricular, Awards and Other. For 4 out of the 7 sections (employment, volunteering, extracurricular and other), you will get a total of 150 characters (NOT words!!) to describe each experience. You will have to be informative but concise! The formal education section practically has nothing to fill out (just put the name of your degree). The awards section will ask things like: when you received the award, qualifications for receiving the award and the

Haha yeah me too! @Sauna

3.7 is just a rough estimate based on posts from people who received interview invites in past years....it varies from year to year @aray623 Yeah you are right....I'm mistaken there. Thanks for spotting that! I edited my original post to reflect this