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garceyues Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 You have already submitted so just wait and see what happens, there is literally no good reason to withdraw your application at this point unless you are having second thoughts on med in general. I know people that got into calgary last year with a 124 CARS score MDee2B, Bambi and LeVoutee 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoxy Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 10 hours ago, MJDCAL25 said: Is it worth waiting or is it a better idea to just withdraw? This isn't the US where being a re-applicant is looked down upon. There is no benefit to withdrawing in Canada. UCalgary is very EC heavy anyway. A bad CARS or MCAT won't sink you if you have excellent ECs and are IP. You paid the application fee for them to evaluate your application, it's the least they could do for 150 bucks. MDee2B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeVoutee Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 1:52 PM, zoxy said: This isn't the US where being a re-applicant is looked down upon. There is no benefit to withdrawing in Canada. UCalgary is very EC heavy anyway. A bad CARS or MCAT won't sink you if you have excellent ECs and are IP. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoxy Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 8 hours ago, MJDCAL25 said: I dont know how good my EC's are honestly, but i'm happy to share if that will give an idea of where I stand. I'm terrible at evaluating ECs. Each school evaluates ECs differently anyway and I'm not sure how Calgary does it. Anyway, mulling over it doesn't really matter at this point for this cycle. You either get an interview or you don't. Nothing that you do right now can impact that and that includes evaluating your ECs. However, that's not the case for next cycle. Work on improving your ECs, especially if there are holes, and retake the MCAT for next cycle with a particular emphasis on the CARS section. Your GPA is only 0.01 less than the average matriculant so it's not what's holding you back. Median age of matriculant for UofA and UofC is 24.5 and 25.2 respectively. They love older applicants with great ECs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redpill Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 There is so "stress". You paid an application fee, this is what that fee covers. LeVoutee and MDee2B 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Let it play out! MDee2B and LeVoutee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeVoutee Posted October 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 6:18 PM, zoxy said: I'm terrible at evaluating ECs. Each school evaluates ECs differently anyway and I'm not sure how Calgary does it. Anyway, mulling over it doesn't really matter at this point for this cycle. You either get an interview or you don't. Nothing that you do right now can impact that and that includes evaluating your ECs. However, that's not the case for next cycle. Work on improving your ECs, especially if there are holes, and retake the MCAT for next cycle with a particular emphasis on the CARS section. Your GPA is only 0.01 less than the average matriculant so it's not what's holding you back. Median age of matriculant for UofA and UofC is 24.5 and 25.2 respectively. They love older applicants with great ECs. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 This is one of those no downside in pure logical terms with possible no matter how remote upside. They only cost is you may get a formal rejection at some point of course and for some that can be psychologically damaging - I don't want to dismiss that of course - but still in life when you get into this relatively no risk possible gain situations you have to just do it really and hope for the best while preparing for the next stage regardless. Bottas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeVoutee Posted February 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Thank you marriat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeRu56 Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Congratulations!! Any chance you can elaborate on your extra curriculards? I had about te same statistics but didnt get an invite - Just wondering what might stand out on top of everything else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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