Guest neddy15 Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 Hi! Can anyone who got interviews at western post their GPA's and other qualifications, just so i know what i'm looking at, as far as their selection process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bc guy Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 gpa 3.97 mcat R wr 11 vr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JSS02 Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 I don't think you should worry too much about what other people's GPAs and MCAT scores, etc. are... if you've made it to the interview stage, you have a good opportunity to get in as long as the interview goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neddy15 Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 I didn't get an interview, I am not at that stage yet, i am just wandering what kind of requirements they have as far as GPA goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awong37 Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 Hello, All of the admissions requirements are quite accessible to anyone who's looking to find out about them. There are probably multiple threads on this forum alone that discuss these requirements in detail, and they're also available via the official Admissions website: www.med.uwo.ca/admiss/adm2002.htm Take a careful look around and you'll find multiple sources of information for this sort of stuff... it's far more effective (and far less intrusive) than asking complete strangers to post all of their qualifications on a public Internet forum, IMO. Best, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hello Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 GPA 3.98 MCAT Vr:9 Essay:Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 Don't worry too much about other people's GPAs and MCATs. This is ABSOLUTELY NOT official, but I have fairly good sources that have suggested to me that the way the 25% GPA and 25% MCAT are calculated is the following: They convert your GPA back into a percentage in some way (don't ask me how!) and then multiply that by the 25. . . For example. . . If 3.7 is 80% - then that would be a score of 20/25 for the GPA If 4.0 is 100% - then that would be a score of 25/25 for the GPA Supposedly, similar scaling is used for the MCAT - ie 9s are still worth a significant amount. In other words, having higher MCATs and GPA does give you an advantage in the final calculation, but it's not an advantage that cannot be overcome if you have a great interview and you just barely made the cutoffs. Bottom line: you'll just have to wait until June 1st. I know how much that sucks not knowing what you'll be doing next September (I went through it myself last year,) but that's the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heyheyhey Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 3.83 S 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moraxella Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 Not sure how to convert the MCat VR and WS into a mark out of 25. Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 My source (see above) said that it's similar to the GPA calculation (please note that the above example of a 3.7 GPA being worth 20/25 is not EXACT - it's a ballpark figure!!) so that if you're just at the cutoffs you're still getting a fairly substantial mark out of 25. I don't know for the life of me what that mark is, but the point is that you're not out of the running if you're just at the cutoffs for the MCAT either. And my understanding is that they take into account the fact the MCAT is on a bell curve as well (Don't ask me what that means in terms of marking it out of 25- I don't know!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morexella Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 MCat: 55 thousand people wrote it last August and you are marked against other people, thus the bell curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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