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Hello everyone, Long story short, I need to write the MCAT for a third time. First time I wrote was in 2020 in August and I scored a 508 (126,123,129,130). I felt pretty confident that I could improve CARS and the C/P section and get above a 510 (I am hoping to get anything above a 514). But then life got in the way. I was studying for my second MCAT, which I was scheduled to write in July, and I got a concussion a week before my exam. Ended up having to postpone my exam to the end of August and safe to say, August might have been the most stressful/worse month of my life. I ended up bein

Also I read in some places that people have messed this process up and even with an emergency request form that it can count against one of your lifetime test takes. What I am supposed to do to avoid that. Obviously i don't want a freak accident to take away one of my lifetime test opportunities.

Hello everyone, So I'm stressing out a bit. I've been studying for the MCAT for the last 3-4 months or so. With a week left to go, I hit my head playing basketball. The next morning I felt dizzy, light-headed and couldn't concentrate on my final reviewing. Went to the doctor and she said I had a concussion. I submitted the emergency request form and I think I will be able to write the exam in 2-3 weeks but the person that I talked to at Pearson Vue wasn't really helpful and made me more stressed. She said that they take 2 weeks to review it and then they make their decision within the tw

@Fromage let me start off by saying that I feel you. It can make you feel bad when you realize that there are people out there applying to med with 90+ grades and have seemed to have figured out life at such an early age. I know that I personally didn't know what the heck I was doing when I started undergrad, and I made mistakes (which is normal for most 18-19 year old kids). I think its important to try your best to not compare yourself to others but rather to just keep comparing yourself to who you were yesterday (soooo cheesy but its true). I also think that everything you see online

Thanks for your comments frenchpress! Ya i suppose it just feels weird to be leaving school and finding activities to fill my time up outside of a job. But you're right, getting employed in a health related job would be good not only for med applications but just a good experience to have (obviously haha, we all need to get jobs). I guess I'm just feeling this doubt like I haven't done enough in my masters. I'm writing a primary article (which turned into an eleven month study) and a review article, and then I've got one lower authorship already and probably can count on another 2 lower

Hello everyone, I've read a bunch of your stories and I have to say that reading about your journeys has kept me motivated knowing that I have a shot at becoming a doctor here in Canada. I was hoping to get some feedback on my application and also to get some feedback on what I should be doing next. A bit about myself: I am 24 years old (turning 25 in a couple months), and I will be finishing up my Masters degree in April/May. My aGPA for UBC is ~85-86%, my best two year gpa is 3.81, and then my overall four year gpa is like ~3.5 (it took me a couple years to figure my shit). I am

For athabasca ENG 211 and 212, they are both self-directed courses which means that you can finish them at your own pace. However, I found that they are not "easy" courses workwise and you actually need to put in a lot of effort to get a decent grade. They give you 6 months to finish the course (which you can finish earlier if you want to) and you also have the option of extending your course for a fee (no penalty on your transcript though). I personally had a really busy year when i was completing my Athabasca english courses and you definitely need to put in time in order to get a good grade

Got the R as well from Dal OOP GPA: 3.9 MCAT: 508 (Cars 123... yikes) Not the greatest maritime connection which probably did it for me but who knows.

Also, does it matter if you finish the course for Athabasca in 4 months or 6 months for Med applications? Or as long as you get it done it doesn't matter?

Thanks for your replies! Has anyone had a good experience from TRU open learning?

Hello all, I am trying to decide what is the best route to take my English requirements to be eligible to apply for UBC med. I have to choose between TRU, Athabasca or UBC. I am a masters student so I could technically do my full year of English during the year but I have some other courses I am interested in and I hear that English can be annoyingly difficult to get a good mark in so I would rather just focus on that in the summer. TRU Open learning is only $900 to take the two English courses, Athabasca is close to $2,000 (yikes). Has anyone taken these courses and how poss