drager Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 Hi, My 2Yr GPA is 3.895 (3.9), what is considered to be a competitive GPA? Does Queen do ranked or cutoff for the GPA? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, drager said: Hi, My 2Yr GPA is 3.895 (3.9), what is considered to be a competitive GPA? Does Queen do ranked or cutoff for the GPA? Thanks. We don't know all the details for Queens - they are a bit black box. Still we have people each year that posts info on their stats and some solid general history there to work with - that GPA I believe would fall into the competitive category. They have a history of using it as a cut off. drager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drager Posted September 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 1 minute ago, rmorelan said: We don't know all the details for Queens - they are a bit black box. Still we have people each year that posts info on their stats and some solid general history there to work with - that GPA I believe would fall into the competitive category. They have a history of using it as a cut off. Thanks! will look through the old posts. Yea, Queens is not really letting anything out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, drager said: Thanks! will look through the old posts. Yea, Queens is not really letting anything out. Yeah they have always been like that - if they don't tell you the rules they cannot be yelled at for breaking or changing them. Makes it easier as you can imagine. With thousands of applicants they don't have to worry about vague rules scaring anyone away either ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drager Posted September 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 Just now, rmorelan said: Yeah they have always been like that - if they don't tell you the rules they cannot be yelled at for breaking or changing them. Makes it easier as you can imagine. With thousands of applicants they don't have to worry about vague rules scaring anyone away either ha. True, wish they were as transparent as McMaster and Western but It's all part of the game, shooting in the dark and seeing if we hit the target or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helicase Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 5:43 PM, drager said: Hi, My 2Yr GPA is 3.895 (3.9), what is considered to be a competitive GPA? Does Queen do ranked or cutoff for the GPA? Thanks. That's definitely competitive. It's a cutoff, not ranked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydRedStan Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 9:00 PM, helicase said: That's definitely competitive. It's a cutoff, not ranked. Yes it is ranked. It says so on the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouspls Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 35 minutes ago, LloydRedStan said: Yes it is ranked. It says so on the website. The queens website is pretty outdated so I wouldn't put much faith on anything it says there to be honest. Not saying what you said isn't true, just as a generality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydRedStan Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 3 hours ago, ysera said: The queens website is pretty outdated so I wouldn't put much faith on anything it says there to be honest. Not saying what you said isn't true, just as a generality. They just redid their website within the last year and a half.. the old website was outdated but this one isn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helicase Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, LloydRedStan said: They just redid their website within the last year and a half.. the old website was outdated but this one isn't they actually copied and pasted quite a bit from the old website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydRedStan Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, helicase said: they actually copied and pasted quite a bit from the old website. I noticed that too. But I'm thinking - why would they add a statement, that wasn't even on the old website, if it wasn't true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helicase Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 On 10/2/2018 at 6:38 PM, LloydRedStan said: I noticed that too. But I'm thinking - why would they add a statement, that wasn't even on the old website, if it wasn't true? It is a cutoff tho IMislove 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydRedStan Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 11 hours ago, helicase said: It is a cutoff tho It is to screen applicants, but it's also factored into the pre-interview score competitively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End Poverty Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 3:43 PM, drager said: Hi, My 2Yr GPA is 3.895 (3.9), what is considered to be a competitive GPA? Does Queen do ranked or cutoff for the GPA? Thanks. I was interviewed ( and accepted) with a GPA lower than yours Once you get an interview, it is all about believing in yourself and showing confidence Best of luck drager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedCoachMD Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 5:43 PM, drager said: Hi, My 2Yr GPA is 3.895 (3.9), what is considered to be a competitive GPA? Does Queen do ranked or cutoff for the GPA? Thanks. You are absolutely competitive with that GPA - but that is just the key to the door - next step is to show your confidence and personality through the interview process! drager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiphoid Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 It's used as a cut-off, not ranked. The reason it says "based on GPA, MCAT, Sketch and Reference Letter scores, a rank order list is generated" on the website is that those who don't meet the GPA to progress to MCAT + Sketch & Reference review will be at the bottom of the rank order list and will never move high enough to be invited for an interview (their sketch and reference letters are effectively given a score of 0). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gironomo Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 3 hours ago, xiphoid said: It's used as a cut-off, not ranked. The reason it says "based on GPA, MCAT, Sketch and Reference Letter scores, a rank order list is generated" on the website is that those who don't meet the GPA to progress to MCAT + Sketch & Reference review will be at the bottom of the rank order list and will never move high enough to be invited for an interview (their sketch and reference letters are effectively given a score of 0). how do you know this? not doubting you, i have been going by what the website says and curious to know if there's anything else out there. it does make sense that they're at a cut off, since queens seems rather forgiving with the academic parameters (option of 2 gpa choices, taking best MCAT etc) after thinking about it some more wouldn't they just say "based on sketch and reference letters, a rank order list is generated"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 6 hours ago, Gironomo said: how do you know this? not doubting you, i have been going by what the website says and curious to know if there's anything else out there. it does make sense that they're at a cut off, since queens seems rather forgiving with the academic parameters (option of 2 gpa choices, taking best MCAT etc) after thinking about it some more wouldn't they just say "based on sketch and reference letters, a rank order list is generated"? well you have to be careful over analyzing the text on websites - I mean they aren't put together with the attention to detail that ha lawyer or premed would have We do know from tracking what people have gotten interviews with and ultimately accepted with on the forum a lot about various schools even if they don't tell us - of course that doesn't mean that information is perfect or that the schools isn't going to change something at anytime etc. Still their actions are consistent more with a cut off than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaynetrain Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 On 10/7/2018 at 5:23 PM, End Poverty said: I was interviewed ( and accepted) with a GPA lower than yours Once you get an interview, it is all about believing in yourself and showing confidence Best of luck Do you mind me asking what your GPA was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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