The Law Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 Cool cool, is one of the requirements great looks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarzi Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 So will sonyvaio be writing a letter to AMCAS? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 Cool cool, is one of the requirements great looks lol Here's the Cliff's Notes version for U of MN: Residency If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (green card), you are considered a Minnesota resident if: * You have lived in Minnesota for at least one calendar year prior to your first day of class attendance, and * Your primary reason for being in Minnesota is not to attend school. An out-of-state history, including transfer coursework, graduation from a non-Minnesota high school, and out-of-state work experience, may result in an initial classification of nonresident. UCSD: The laws governing the establishment of California residence for tuition purposes provide that residence can be established by adult citizens and by certain classes of adult aliens. Students seeking to be classified residents for tuition purposes upon admission must be able to provide evidence of having established residence in California for more than one year immediately preceding the residence determination date of the term for which such classification is sought, and must have relinquished any prior residence. PHYSICAL PRESENCE WITHIN THE STATE SOLELY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CALIFORNIA RESIDENCE FOR TUITION PURPOSES REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF STAY IN CALIFORNIA. Similar, as you can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hmm, I think I might be able get away with UCSD. I have so much family there, and my grandma would definitely put my name along hers on her house. I would have then estalished residency there... "gone away for school" - while still retaining that official address. And for all intents and purposes, I doooooo live there when school is done. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hmm, I think I might be able get away with UCSD. I have so much family there, and my grandma would definitely put my name along hers on her house. I would have then estalished residency there... "gone away for school" - while still retaining that official address. And for all intents and purposes, I doooooo live there when school is done. haha You'd probably have to check what EXACTLY needs to be done, just having an adress there may not be sufficient. They might want to see that you worked in the state, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 You'd probably have to check what EXACTLY needs to be done, just having an adress there may not be sufficient. They might want to see that you worked in the state, etc. Oh yeah good point. Could I call the school to ask how they determine residency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMmd Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 you know what frustrates me ... my school gives out marks in % and with the trascript they include this wonderful little sheet that says that: 80-100% is equivalent to an A 70-79 B and so forth.... but nobody actually cares!!!! i mean nobody looks at the sheet and says well for the school to have 80 equal A, it must mean that they are not very fond on giving marks above 80... anywho... my rant for the day... does anybody know if this is considered by some school... somewhere on this planet (or universe if you will)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Maybe the AAMC will consider that as how to calculate your GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Hey guys, where are you finding the GPA conversions? I don't have the MSAR book, and I'm trying to figure out some of the GPA and MCAT req's for US schools...anybody able to point me in the right direction? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Hey bud, They're over here: http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2007amcasgradeconversionguide2.pdf There are a list of Canadian conversions... however, as others have noted, AMCAS hasn't been using them for them all the time. Like for western they used the third 'white' row on the chart labelled "Numeric - 4.0 Type". (80+=4, 70+=3, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyvaio2700 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Hey guys, where are you finding the GPA conversions? If you are still confused...Best to ask someone in your undergrad school who has applied through AMCAS before. Especially since GPA conversions still vary school to school in Canada. Calling AMCAS is hopeless because they will direct you to the file "the law" posted. I don't have the MSAR book, and I'm trying to figure out some of the GPA and MCAT req's for US schools...anybody able to point me in the right direction? Thanks. MSAR is the best. These sites are good too: http://www.studentdoc.com/medfind.html http://www.mdapplicants.com (i like this one) http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/nas/premed/MCAT_GPA_List.htm http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/medindex.php (need subscription) My advice...apply really really widely. You never know...who will interview/accept you...because the process is so darn random. For example, UVM doesnt take lots of international students according to MSAR (2/26)...but I got accepted. And in fact, they accept around 6-8 international student each year (according to USnews). So, different places give me different info...point is that apply widely you never know! but the process is not as random as a Macmaster interview hahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madz25 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Hey guys, where are you finding the GPA conversions? I don't have the MSAR book, and I'm trying to figure out some of the GPA and MCAT req's for US schools...anybody able to point me in the right direction? Thanks. Your university's academic advising/career ctr should carry a copy of the MSAR. Otherwise you can purchase it off amazon or the AAMC website. It really is the most efficient source out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Yeah, or you can just EBAY it! That might be the cheapest way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Appreciate the response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalibre Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 you know what frustrates me ... my school gives out marks in % and with the trascript they include this wonderful little sheet that says that:80-100% is equivalent to an A 70-79 B and so forth.... but nobody actually cares!!!! i mean nobody looks at the sheet and says well for the school to have 80 equal A, it must mean that they are not very fond on giving marks above 80... anywho... my rant for the day... does anybody know if this is considered by some school... somewhere on this planet (or universe if you will)? I think its specifically that 'wonderful little sheet' that the AMCAS GPA is based (though I think they also try and see what the percentages of students get A+s, As, A-s, B+s, B-s etc... and incorporate that into their master GPA conversion chart). So, the answer is, yeah, that wonderful sheet might save your ass since they don't give out that many As (but if they don't consider the school's own GPA guide, well then you might have a problem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicandspan Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 anyone know which chart to follow for McMaster GPA... at mac they give you number grades based on a 12 point scale and also a letter grade associated with each number. 12 = A+ = 90%+ 11 = A = 85%-90% 10 = A- = 80%-85% 9 = B+ = 77%-80% . . . etc thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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