DOC_Ma Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 I agree. About 35% of the class are 3rd year applicants on average, and this years does not seem that different. The only reason why there could be a bit more is because UWO does not take 3rd yrs - meaning a few super 3rd yrs might be spread around the other 4 medical schools that take 3rd yrs. But the effect would be minimal. I'm a 4th year - but did not apply last year. I probably could have got in, but I wanted to enjoy my undergrad experience. r u sure its 35% third year at UOFT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 r u sure its 35% third year at UOFT? Maybe 15%, but 35? I doubt it! More importantly, I don't know if this information is publicly available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aKGDH Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Some people are just arrogant by nature...Usually they have a reason to be arrogant. Why not just leave it at that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w301088563 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 3rd year applicant in a BSc programOMSAS GPA: 3.94 MCAT: met cutoffs EC's: sports, hiking, extensive travel/backpacking, club exec, committee work, music, no research Essay: straight up explanations of my reasons for medicine Interview: laidback/conversational, both interviewers seemed interested Applied: UBC, UofT Interviewed: UBC, UofT Accepted: UBC, UofT Just accepted UBC's offer (decided to post when I finally came to a decision), so there will be a spot for UofT opening up. Much congrats to everyone! Wow Congrats! Thought I put this thread back on track since I had a few minutes. 2nd year Masters Student Omsas GPA: 3.78 UofT wGPA: 3.89 MCAT: 35Q ECs: research(1 co-author, 1 conference, 2 retreats, 1 research-paper award), sports, lots of volunteering, music Interview: Laidback and conversation, very nice interviewers. Applied: UofT, Western, Queens, McMaster Interviewed: UofT Accepted: UofT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Apt Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 accepted 4rth year applicant, 1st time applying OMSAS gpa: 4.0 MCAT: 36Q EC's: significant research experience, awards and scholarships, first aid, loads of hospital volunteering, sports and travel LOR's: One good one, one that was okay, one peice of #%@$! Applied: UofT, Western, Mac, Queens, Ottawa, McGill, Montreal, Sherbrooke, Laval, Dalhousie Interviewed: everywhere but Queens and Dal Accepted: UofT, Western, Mac, Ottawa, McGill, Montreal Waitlist: Sherbrooke, Laval I will be accepting my offer at McGill. Good luck to those still on the waitlist! My two-cents for those reading these boards that are applying in future cycles: make sure you get good grades! Don't get bogged down by everyone's ridiculous ECs. Good grades is all you really need at some schools (although not all) to get an interview. Once you've reached the interview stage anything can happen! I'm sure my ECs helped me get into UofT, Mac and Ottawa but Mcgill, Western and others will litterally give you an interview if you simply meet their GPA/MCAT requirement. Don't lose sight of the power of strong academic performance! With that said, I think most people have the potential to succeed academically if they put in the necessary effort. Good luck everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangle Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 just though I'd keep this going: Applied: Toronto, Western, Queens, Ottawa, McGill, McMaster Interviewed: Toronto, Western, Queens, Ottawa, McGill Waitlisted:Ottawa, McGill Offered:Toronto, Western, Queens Accepted: Toronto MCAT: 14 P /11 V / 12 B / T cGPA: 3.96 ECs: maybe a little above average, lots of research experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queensmed10 Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 I've finally made up my mind In Province OMSAS gpa ~3.8 MCAT 12/10/12/Q 4th yr applicant Accepted: Queen's, Toronto Waitlist: UWO (high) I will be heading to Queens! Good luck everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linner Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Ontario Resident, 4th year applicant GPA: 3.95 (3.98 best two years) MCAT: 30S Applied: UWO, Toronto, Queens, Mac, NOSM, Ottawa Interviewed: UWO, Toronto, Queens, Mac, NOSM, Ottawa Offers: UWO, Toronto, Ottawa Waitlist: Mac, Queens, NOSM Accept: UWO All med schools in Ontario are fantastic so I based my decision on family, health and home - however, it was difficult deciding b/t UofT and UWO:confused: GL to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Applied: UofT (MD, MD/PhD), UWO (MD, MD/PhD), Queen's (MD), McMaster (MD, MD/PhD), Dalhousie (MD), Calgary (MD) Interviewed: UofT MD/PhD, UofT MD, UWO MD/PhD, UWO MD, Queen's MD Waitlisted: UofT MD, Queen's MD Rejected: UofT MD/PhD, UWO MD/PhD Offered: UWO Accepted: UWO MCAT: 12 P / 11 B / 11 V / T WS cGPA: 3.39 wGPA (UofT): ~3.6 2yGPA (UWO/Queen's/Dal): 3.94 ECs: no hospital volunteering, but student gov't, published 3 papers one first author (tons of research) Removing my name from UofT's WL so GL to all still on the WL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adorkable Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 UofT undergrad 4th year applicant (graduating this year) first time applying. Interviewed: UWO, UofT Rejected Pre-interview: Mac, Ottawa, Queens, Calgary Waitlisted: UofT and UWO Accepted: UofT (off waitlist, today) My Undergrad GPA was: 3.7 (OMSAS), 3.85 (U of T wGPA) and MCAT (VR/PS/W/BS): 11,9,S,11. EC's: volunteering with cancer society, standard club/activity enrollment, NO clinical/hospital, lots of research (3 years of research, poster presentation at an international conference, 1 first author paper in submission to a reasonably high-impact factor journal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsoup Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 3rd year undergrad applied: Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Toronto offered: Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Toronto accepted: Toronto OMSAS GPA: 3.93 MCAT: 29S lots of research, lots of volunteering and student government experience, many club sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaitieg Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Sorry for the late post, I have been traveling for 2 months now. Here are the results: Accepted: U of T, UBC, U of A, U of C. Waitlisted: Queens. Was REALLY hard to choose between UBC and U of T, but in the end I chose U of T because they gave me more information about their program and they have so many affiliated hospitals right on site. Stats: I first author pub in high impact journal, 3.85 U of C GPA, 3.80 OMSAS GPA, 33R MCAT, 2 years working as an MOA in medical clinic, 2 summers research, lots of life experience. Super excited for Sep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patho_Medicus Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted 3.75-3.8 Grad student :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGirl Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted!!! Grad Student (PhD) GPA: 3.25 (yes, it is low, asked for WGPA exception, not sure if I got it) MCAT: 9P, 11V, 10B, Q ECS: standard volunteering stuff, student government RESEARCH: this is probably what got me in, I had 4 pubs (3 first author), a lot of presentations, conferences. I don't post much on these forums, but felt that I should to show my stats. I remember thinking I could never get in with my GPA, but then I saw a few posters years ago with similar stats getting in and that really helped me to remain optimistic. What I lacked in my undergrad GPA (really bad first year), I made up for during my grad degree. It has been a very long road and I am so happy to be able to post on this thread. UofT has always been my first choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swim.run.yum. Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted to St. George campus! Time Stamp: 9:39am cGPA: 3.92 weighted U of T GPA: ~3.95 MCAT: 39R Accepted so far: toronto, mcgill OOP.... what to do what to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fouronesix Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted UTM. GPA: 3.98 Third year 37Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbn Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted at UTSG wgpa 3.84 Master's degree MCAT 32 S Congrats to everyone! Looking forward to meeting you all in August! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__bdas51 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Waitlisted (time stamp: 10:16 am) wGPA 3.93 32Q 4th yr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonarion Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Waitlisted (10:16 am) wGPA 3.87 38R 4th year undergrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glysomac Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted UTSG campus cgpa 3.67 wgpa 3.82 mcat 31Q MSc degree in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small_town_girl Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted UTSG campus cgpa 3.84 wgpa 3.92 mcat 32R MSc degree in progress (course-based) Also got good waitlisted at Ottawa and on NOSM's ranked waitlist...will be accepting Toronto, obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyElectron Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted! (St. George Campus) OMSAS GPA: 4.0 MCAT: 38R 4th year Waitlisted at Queen's and Ottawa - they don't know what they're missing out on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drp Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted 9:13 to UTM. cGPA 3.99 So, anyone want to join me in a bike tour across Western Europe in the coming months? Just putting it out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_s Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted! Finally, after being on the double-shortened waitlist last year. MSc cGPA 3.82 didn't qualify for weighting MCAT 30R WAHOOOO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Accepted!!!!! In past years I found it very helpful to read the detailed stories of people who were admitted to try and figure out what I had to do to make myself competitive so here goes? I?m a non-trad student First undergrad cGPA ~3.2 M.Sc cGPA ~3.9 Second undergrad GPA ~3.9 MCAT ? passed all the cutoffs For U of T, with my second undergrad I pulled my wGPA from ~3.4 up to ~3.65. I asked for special consideration on my GPA due to the huge difference between my two degrees, and the fact that I overloaded a lot in my first degree. UofT doesn?t tell you if they granted the accommodation, so I don?t know if my wGPA may have ended up a bit higher, but I figured it didn?t hurt to ask. From grad school and summer research during my second undergrad I had 8 publications (3 first author), 2 oral presentations at conferences, 4 posters (first author), and also co-authored a grant. I had a CIHR award for grad school, and got a couple small awards during my second undergrad. My 3 main LORs were from my M.Sc. supervisor, my summer research supervisor, and from my volunteering supervisor. The extra 3 grad LORs were from my M.Sc. committee members. For EC?s I?ve done a lot of sports stuff, mainly 2 sports that I?ve done competitively for many years, was on 2 varsity teams, and also coached. I?ve been on student council, played intermurals, and done TAing/tutoring. I?ve also volunteered in a hospital in a position that has very high patient contact, and done shadowing in the clinic with my grad supervisors. This year I applied to: UofC OOP, Dal OOP, McGill OOP, NOSM, Western, Mac, UofT, and Queen?s Interviewed: UofC, Dal, UofT, Queen?s Accepted: UofT, Queen?s, Dal TBD: UofC I thought my UofT interview went well, I talked with the 2 interviewers for ~50mins. It was very conversational and they seemed engaged/interested in the conversation. We talked about all the regular interview stuff you would expect, and they also drew on interests that I'd mentioned in my essay. I will very happily be accepting UofT St George campus for this fall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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