Guest wab8611 Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 hey my gf had a gpa of 1.5-1.9 (with 3 classes at uoft stgeorge).. i was wondering what steps might she have to take in order to get into med school, or at least be competitive.. i know she might have to take a five years in undergrad and graduate school.. your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Silverbullet Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 A Divine Intervention However, assuming that God doesn't take a special intrest in this case, she would need to bring her GPA up sigificiatly in whatever years she has left to even have a shot at it. And I believe she will need a good reason as to why she did so poorly at the start assuming she can bring up her GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HenryTheBig Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Hey, I would tell her not to worry too much about EC's or volunteer work yet. She should just concentrate on raising her gpa. Too many people worry too much about EC's and volunteer work and thus their gpa suffers. EC's and volunteer work can always be done later. Western requires 2 full time yrs for the gpa calculation and they won't look at any other years. After her gpa has been raised...then it's time to tackle the mcat. A good gpa (>3.7) and a good mcat (~30 with a 10/10/10) will get her in somewhere eventually. Her EC's and volunteer work really doesn't have to be stellar. Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Windig0 Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 are you the same wab that posts on studentsaward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 As long as the girlfriend does well, in a full-year term, for the next few years she should be fine. One bad year WON'T kill an application. . . at least to most schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wab8611 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 are you the same wab that posts on studentsaward? yup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wab8611 Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 well i just found out the real number.. her cGPA for first year was 1.67. she is doing psych in summer school right now and has a 3.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endingsoon Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 too bad summer school don't count.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest triumph Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 what was her high school marks and what year is she in at this point, that blot in her record is pretty hard to get out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest miss83 Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Not all is lost, although she may have to do another 5 yrs or so with a much better avg. Perhaps she should try switching to another program that she would enjoy more or that would give her a chance to do better. And as Henry said, she should focus more on her grades for the time being, and maybe try and fit the extracurricular stuff in during the summer, because as endingsoon said, most schools don't look at summer grades (not sure about all). Anyways, she'll need to really get her act together if med is what she really wants to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wab8611 Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 what was her high school marks and what year is she in well in highschool she had a 87% average, but i dont see why this would be relevant becuase most of what you do pre-university has no real meaning? also she is entering her second year right now. i tried to tell her that she should try and take 5 courses per year, but instead she took 4. i know she has to have at least 2 full course years in order to apply to most medschools in canada, and be competitive. she also going into her second year with out having any EC's, Volunteer, or Research experience.. i know she can get it later on.. anyways i dont know what else to write, and im not even sure if any of this made sense, but i have to run.. thanks everyone for your help, its greatly appreciated. wab8611 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 my gf had a gpa of 1.5-1.9 (with 3 classes at uoft stgeorge).. i was wondering what steps might she have to take in order to get into med school, or at least be competitive..Personally, I think that she should forget about "becoming competitive for medical school" right now, and deal with getting her grades up next year. If she can get good grades in 2nd year, then she can look into the details of applying to medical school, and how many years in undergrad, and so on. Does she understand why she did so poorly? Does she have strategies for improving her grades? Has she talked to the people at the Counselling and Learning Centre to figure out how to do better? It is not easy to pull up your grades from a 1.9 to a 3.9. It's doable, but it's really hard. It's not going to happen (for the vast majority of people) without concrete changes in her study habits, her attitudes, and so on. That should be the focus right now, not "getting into medical school". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest triumph Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 well said if shes onlie in her first year and she gets a gpa like that then she should think of upping her marks that blot in her record may go a long way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest triumph Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 i hope your gf pulls her act together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wab8611 Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 well she is ddoing a good job during the summer. her mark in psych is a 3.1. i just hope she will carry her newy found habbits into fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest miss83 Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 3.1 is a jump from 1.7, but could definitely use a lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest triumph Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 summer school doesnt count :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wab8611 Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 well we are talking about her study habbits. maybe this will give her a boost for the rest of the year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ilitvino Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Has she considered goint to med school abroad (mexico, caribean schools) ??? Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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