solarwinggx Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 Hey guys I'm a Canadian citizen who moved to the US to get my BA degree. I applied to US medical schools in 2016-2017 cycle, but didnt get into anything. now that i have bolstered my application and have a better MCAT score, i am wondering if i should apply to canadian schools. I graduated back in 2015. Here's my information cGPA: 3.69; sGPA: 3.85 (CC classes i took in high school weighed me down + Junior semester didnt go so smoothly for me after transferring to UC Berkeley, but I brought GPA back up senior year) high school classes - 3.347 fr - 3.91 so - 3.86 jr - 3.41 Sr - 3.83 MCAT: 515 (130/126/131/128) phys, cars, bio, psych Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): ~570 hours (2 years) in Kaiser ED prepping rooms, serving patients food and providing general assistance to nurses ~120 hours (1 year) doing medical outreach for under-served chicano communities in Merced and Modesto +300 hours (10 months) as a part time EMT-BLS (this is my job currently) Research experience and productivity: ~500 hours (1 year) in evolutionary biology lab with PI (studying beetles) w/ paper published in 2017 ~1500 hours(1.5 years) in a cancer biology lab with Post-doc (did my honors thesis in this lab). ~2000 hours (1 years) as a full time lab manager/research associate for a lab ~700+ hours (9 months) as a full time Research associate for a Biotech company based at NASA - I was making transgenic mice and rats - senior thesis that allowed me to graduate with honors in 2015 Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 100+ hours (2 years) in Kaiser ED shadowing (I could follow any doctors and nurses whenever it was appropriate, but there wasnt 1 doctor i followed consistently, it was whomever was available during my shift) Non-clinical volunteering: +200 hours (1.5 years) Volunteer for San Quentin State Prison as a Math/Science Tutor for college credit transferable classes +200 hours (2 years) Science education outreach for schools with low to zero science programs + Mentoring Middle School students to help them design their own science experiments. ~100 hours (1 year) doing science education outreach for minorities (SACNAS) Other extracurricular activities: ~240 hours (1 year)working as a math tutor in community college ~700 hours (1 year) as a cashier while going to school to support myself Relevant honors or awards: Graduated with Honors Letters of rec 2 Academic Science letters - (A's in multiple classes for a full year from both CC and Berkeley) 2 Science research letters - one from Lab manager job + one from publishing a paper 1 Clinical job letter - EMT job 3 letters from my EC's -> 2 from prison volunteering, 1 from science education leadership what do you guys think? should i apply to canadian schools? I grew up in vancouver, so my dream school is UBC, but the admission statistics look real grim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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