tongtong Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Hello, I really do wish to get into UBC medical school. However, my undergraduate year is painful. First half of first year, I was in Engineering, and did terribly and actualyl don't like it, then I transfer out to Non-degree student, and the school only allows me to take 3 courses. I took two full year courses in the first summer. I had 5 full course load in the second year as a toxicology student, and transfered into pharmacology in 3rd year. I did really bad in the first half of 3rd year, but I somehow managed to get a few A- in the second half. I only got 4 full course in that year. Then I did a research based couse in the summer, and get A+. The 4th year I only took 3 full courses, and all of them are A range. The 5th year, I only took 2.5 courses in the regular term, but I took 3.5 in the summer, all getting A+. I got offered of Master in UBC, but I just realized that people who just got into Master cannot apply to med until they have the degree conferred. Then I will only have one shot for medical school before I got "unemployed". In addition, I don't meet most Ontario 5 full course load, and my cGPA is only 3.51, despite an average of 86% in the last ten full courses. I heard UBC looked at the summer courses, so i might still have a chance, but not for other schools. The master degree starts next week, and I need people's advice if I am better in shape to get into med if I do a second degree? or I just did Master and get one shot for UBC? I am from biological chemistry in undergrad, if I have to choose a second degree, which one is "easy" and fat to complete in less than 3 year, if I take more than 5 courses and also courses in summer? I got really good marks for all the prerequisite courses, but if I start a new degree, I have to repeat all those? Other courses I might also have been previously exposed, how will the admission people think of this second degree? It sounds like a "repeat". Advice please!!! THANK YOU FROM BOTTOM OF MY HEART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenir001 Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Sounds like a complicated situation. If I were you, I'd do a second degree because while some med schools give extra points for completing a masters degree, it's undergrad marks which they really look at to determine who gets an interview. And besides, going to grad school for the sole purpose of gaining admission to med school doesn't seem right and wouldn't be much fun. My advice: think long and hard about what you're interested in (after medicine of course:D )...also realize that it doesn't have to be a science degree...it can be anything....but science would probably be faster if you could satisfy some of the credits for your second degree through your first-degree credits....again, see an advisor. Also, your second degree cannot significantly overlap with your first one, so don't worry about it seeming like a 'repeat'. And no, you won't have to redo the pre-requisites you've done. Also, try to do your second degree full-time (ie 5 half-courses per term) because UBC wants to see some indication of you being able to handle a fulltime courseload and most Ontario schools require it as well. Anyways, this is just my advice and what I would do in your situation. At the end, only you can decide what is best for you. Good luck with your decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Wong Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Duplicate thread. Closing... http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18325 Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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