YChowdhury98 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 I know this question is asked by countless members on this forum, but I am currently in a rut. I am currently a U of Saskatchewan student (Canadian) and would like advice regarding premed as I am currently dealing with a low gpa for my first and second years of my degree. My gpa calculations are as followed (OMSAS) 1st and 2nd year: 3.00 gpa (73 and 72) (1 semester with 4 courses) 3rd year: 3.9 (86) First semester of 4th year: 3.7 (84.2) If I finish with a 86 overall in my fourth year, I calculate that I will still only have a 78 percent which is too low to be competitive in Canadian med schools. At this point, I don't know what would be the best thing to do as I am almost done my degree I hope to do the mcat during the summer of 2019 I have been doing volunteering at a student run clinic, but am searching for other opportunities to volunteer in. (any advice on what I ec's I should do would be appreciated!) Thank you guys in advance and do let me know if I need to clarify! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridian Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 First make sure you are calculating GPA correctly. You convert % of each course to GPA and then average the GPA's. Do it for each year. Many schools have weighted wGPA approaches using best 2 or last 2 years as example. Check out Queens, UWO, U of T and see how your GPA looks fdor each school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sympatheticsystem Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 12/30/2018 at 8:32 PM, YChowdhury98 said: I know this question is asked by countless members on this forum, but I am currently in a rut. I am currently a U of Saskatchewan student (Canadian) and would like advice regarding premed as I am currently dealing with a low gpa for my first and second years of my degree. My gpa calculations are as followed (OMSAS) 1st and 2nd year: 3.00 gpa (73 and 72) (1 semester with 4 courses) 3rd year: 3.9 (86) First semester of 4th year: 3.7 (84.2) If I finish with a 86 overall in my fourth year, I calculate that I will still only have a 78 percent which is too low to be competitive in Canadian med schools. At this point, I don't know what would be the best thing to do as I am almost done my degree I hope to do the mcat during the summer of 2019 I have been doing volunteering at a student run clinic, but am searching for other opportunities to volunteer in. (any advice on what I ec's I should do would be appreciated!) Thank you guys in advance and do let me know if I need to clarify! Something I learned is is that it’s not directly off your average I thought I had a 3.3 and a 3.9 but with omsas you have to get the gpa of each individual mark and average it; that is your true gpa so the percentage average is not your gpa average Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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