current avg. 78.3%. Which schools should I look into?

[Guest smooth operater]

Hey guys! I am going into 3rd year and my grade is not that stellar, plus I am doing a biochemistry degree, so my grade probably will not rise dramatically. I am aiming for low 80%'s. Other than UBC, which Canadian schools are known to accept student with lower GPA? I wanna to start looking into those schools to make sure that I have the pre-reqs. THANKS!

[Guest clinicalchief]

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[Guest epzi]

I think Sask has somewhat of a rep of being an easier school to get into, so it would be worth looking into

[Guest orlinmyer]

Actually, this past year at Sask interviews were granted to those over 84%. The average last year for entry was ~87%. Sask is harder to get into with a low average because 65% of the admissions process is devoted to GPA.

[Guest epzi]

Really? When I was applying I heard they went through most of their waitlist before the class was finalized. Sounds like its getting harder and harder to get into dent

[Guest dho]

Hello! Yah it is true that interviewing the cutoff for Sask this year was pretty high (84%).

 

Last year, however, it was much lower. I believe that the average OOP getting into SASK in 2004 was 83.5%. Overall (oop and Ip) the average getting into SASK was approximately 85% last year, as indicated by the SASK website. (This GPA is calculated on 60 credits).

 

I think it is getting harder. But I also think that there are fluctuations from year to year. If I was you I would try to rock this year coming up. Sask only looks at your two best i believe. So if you kill the year coming up that might help. With 78.3% you are still alive at schools. UBC for example is one if you nail your DAT at it will make a big diff as its 33% of your consideration. I also think that with a couple of good years Western is another school. Kinda depends on where you are from too.

 

Oh yah! UBC lets you toss your worst year! So i don't know what kinda affect that has on your GPA. If it gets you to about a 82ish that's not bad.

 

Hope that helps.

And ya.....MOVE WAITLIST MOVE.

[Guest smooth operater]

yeah i think my best chance is at UBC. Does UWO have limited # of seats for OOP applicants?

[Guest Adversary]

No, everyone is equal like at ubc. However, the cutoff this year for interviews at UWO is 84% (best two years).

 

As well, getting an interview is a small step since they interviewed 250 people this year for 57 spots. 1 in 5 chance...

[Guest smooth operater]

hey Adversary. I thought UBC only perfer taking applicants from BC first. .

[Guest Adversary]

They changed it last year. Now everyone is equal.

[Guest smooth operater]

darn it. I thought UBC is my only hope. I guess that I will have to look into state schools. :x

[Guest dho]

Hey Smooth! You might still be okay at ubc depending on what your % is after dropping the worst year and the interview/DAT also.

 

Regardless of all applicants being equal i still think that the average last year getting in did not go up significantly from the year where the IP's had preference. THE REASON? UBC is damn expensive. I think we worked it out to be about 170 000 over four years. So people might opt for a cheaper school if they get in. I don't know what the estimated "school related" costs are exactly at western but their tuition in 03/04 was about 70 000 less than ubc's is currently over the four years.

 

THAT's ALOT OF CASH. I'll be honest though i think that if you want a reasonable shot you need to KILL your DAT and rock the interview for ubc with a 78%. But its hardly over just because ubc doesn't give IP consideration. I have buddies finishing off and they thought it would make a big diff on teh % getting in...apparently it hasn't.

[Guest Adversary]

dHo is right. It hasn't changed much. Take a look at last year's admission avg. It's around 81% which is simliar to before.