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Hmm. First and foremost, I would suggest you look at the official stats for previous entering classes at Mac (https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/md-program-admissions/how-we-select) and the selection formula (https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/md-program-admissions/how-we-select/selecting-our-students)

McMaster's interview selection formula is pretty clear-cut. CARS is 32% of your pre-interview score, GPA is 32%, CASPer is 32%, and there's a 1%/4% boost for Masters/PhD. If you look at previous years' stats, there are a couple of students each year who get accepted to the school with CARS scores from 123-125 (and probably more than that get interviewed with those CARS scores), but this must mean that their GPA and/or CASPer is extremely stellar. Likewise, there are a couple dozen students who get accepted to the school with a GPA 3.00-3.59 (and probably more than that get interviewed with those GPAs), but this must mean that their CASPer and/or CARS is extremely stellar. 

Your overall GPA (I calculated it as 3.565, correct me if I'm wrong) would be below the entering average of ~3.84, which would put you at a disadvantage. Likewise with CARS. CASPer is an unknown quantity and there's no way to know how you would perform. It is possible that it could be a very stellar CASPer and secure an interview for you. The PhD boost could help. Probabilistically though, securing an interview with your GPA and CARS would be a challenge (although, again, not impossible).

My recommendation would be to rewrite the MCAT. If you can secure a CARS score 128+, this would greatly increase your chances at an interview. I highly recommend going through Mac's selection formula and looking at the previous stats for yourself.

I hope that helped. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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