MedHopefull144

Thanks for the info!

Hey guys, I'm a first-year med student, and my school isn't allowing any in person shadowing/observerships at the moment. I'm interested in surgery, and given how competitive it is, I want to start setting myself up for success as early as possible. I've heard mixed things in terms of research expectations, involvement in surgery-related clubs/initiatives, and practicing suturing early. Importantly, what can I do to start building connections early one? Also, in terms of research, how useful is it to publish on a non-surgical topic? I'd really like to know what activities are w

Hey! I was accepted at UOttawa this year through the French stream. I believe that the best thing you can do to prepare for the casper test, regardless of language is 1) self-reflection and 2) practice. I recommend coming up with a list of meaningful experiences, and thinking about all the challenges and lessons you learned through each of those experiences (write it all in french, obviously). This will make it easier for you to retrieve relevant personal examples to incorporate in your answers during the test. The best resource for practicing is probably the full length offi

I got into UofA and was waitlisted at UofC with a 126 in CARS. I wouldn't be too worried about the 513 either since apparently that's the average MCAT score for last cycle's matriculants. (source: https://www.ualberta.ca/medicine/programs/md/applying-to-medicine/before-you-apply/admission-statistics). It's always nice to have a higher MCAT since it can only improve your chances of getting in, but your MCAT is already in a decently competitive range anyways. I don't think the cost (in terms of time, money and energy) is worth the marginal benefit that a higher MCAT would give to your appl

For anyone accepted into MAM (according to the offer email), do you have "TDR" indicated under "program" when you click the offer tab on OMSAS? There seems to be some speculation on this forum that "TDR" means "Toronto Downtown Region" so I'm not sure whether there is a glitch for me or just everyone has "TDR" on OMSAS.

Result: Invite Timestamp: 9:21 am EST wGPA/cGPA: 4.00/3.99 MCAT: 516 ECs: feel free to PM me Essays: Spent a couple weeks on them. Was pretty happy with the final submissions Interview: I felt really limited with time in the virtual format. In-person or Virtual: Virtual Year: 4th year UG Geography: OOP Congrats to everyone!!

Blank. No reset button either.

For me, UofT & Ottawa are blank. Also, I don't have the reset button.

How sure are we that today’s the day?

I understand that trying to virtually rotate interviewers & interviewees through 4 MPI stations would be a logistical nightmare, but I'm really disappointed that there will be absolutely no interaction between us and the interviewers. It takes out the "personal" in "MPI" ... now it's just a "modified interview" :/

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I'm interested in online prep too