peachy Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 (trying to compile a new FAQ since the old one seems to have disappeared ... it's a work in progress!) Application Questions Graduate Applicants Official guidelines from the Faculty of Medicine website How long should my CV be? Other hints? Can I add extra information to my graduate package after it is handed in? (Seems like it.) Will a strong graduate performance outweigh weak undergrad grades? (Sometimes, depends how strong and how weak.) How is the graduate package evaluated? (It's largely a mystery to applicants.) If I apply after finishing my masters, am I still a "grad applicant"? (Yes.) Is an MBA considered a "graduate degree?" (Yes.) MD/PhD Applicants The program website Does the MD interview matter? (Yes.) GPA Calculations Is the published average GPA weighted or OMSAS? (Most people think it is weighted.) What if I've done two undergraduate degrees? (It's a little confusing.) MCAT to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Program Questions General http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10295 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3261 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3597 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3585 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3586 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3351 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3363 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3347 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3274 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10359 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10300 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12124 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12031 http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11926 Myths, BS, and a little bit of truth: read this first to dispel some common misconceptions about U of T medicine. Preclerkship What is the 2nd year schedule like? (Tons of free time!) How are academies assigned? (Randomly, but you can trade if you really want to, and you'll like yours best anyways ) Clerkship None yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Med Student Questions Where do med students live? (All over, but the corridor of Bay from College to Gerrard is probably the most popular area.) How much do textbooks really cost? (As much as you want, there are recommended texts but almost nothing is required.) What equipment do I need right at the beginning of the year? (Just gloves and a lab coat for anatomy.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBJ1 Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Thanks Peachy for your efforts. I wouldn't suppose that someone made a video for Toronto just to see how UofT Med is like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katerade Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 have there been any threads in the past discussing types of questions that are asked at the u of t interviews? i've been looking around, but i cant seem to find anything here thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I wouldn't suppose that someone made a video for Toronto just to see how UofT Med is like?There's usually a video at the interview day - but I don't think that it is available online. have there been any threads in the past discussing types of questions that are asked at the u of t interviews? i've been looking around, but i cant seem to find anything hereI'd look in the interviews forum for discussion of interview questions in general - I don't think there's anything particularly unique about the kinds of questions that get asked at U of T as compared to at any other medical school. It's also highly interviewer-dependent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmazzie Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPZcWcGa68k pretty video :-) promo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hategals Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 hi... thanks for those links furnished.... try to update those regularly... thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elninio Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 utoronto's website says: "The calculated grade point average used to fulfill the academic requirement will not include the candidate's current year of study, as this information is not available to us during the application period." As an undergrad, if I want to start medicine as my 5th year, they will not look at the fourth year of my undergrad in calculating the medschool GPA? Is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 yes, correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffle Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Does UofT ever revoke a conditional offer because someone's GPA dropped during the last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Does UofT ever revoke a conditional offer because someone's GPA dropped during the last year? As far as I understand it no. Unless somthing dramatic happems and you fail a class and don't end up graduating etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds2020 Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Hello Everyone! Ok so my situation is this i took 5 courses in first year, out of which i did a Late "Wit-drew-al" on 2 of them, so for those 2 courses that i did "LWD" the record stays on my transcript. In the end of the first year i failed 1.5 courses. My GPA at the end of the year was 0.98. As you can tell this was a horrible year for me. I only earned 1.5 credits throughout the whole year and i have basically started my second year with taking the first year courses. Do i stand a chance to get into UFT Med school in this situation? ALso do UFT med school look at your best 3 years out of 4 years? In my case would they look at my best 3 years out of 5 years? Would they look at my best 4 years out of 5 years? Or will they look at all my 5 years and calculate my GPA on base of all 5 years? DO I STAND A CHANCE IN UFT MED? Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated. Thanking you for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupeFiasco Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Hello Everyone! Ok so my situation is this i took 5 courses in first year, out of which i did a Late "Wit-drew-al" on 2 of them, so for those 2 courses that i did "LWD" the record stays on my transcript. In the end of the first year i failed 1.5 courses. My GPA at the end of the year was 0.98. As you can tell this was a horrible year for me. I only earned 1.5 credits throughout the whole year and i have basically started my second year with taking the first year courses. Do i stand a chance to get into UFT Med school in this situation? ALso do UFT med school look at your best 3 years out of 4 years? In my case would they look at my best 3 years out of 5 years? Would they look at my best 4 years out of 5 years? Or will they look at all my 5 years and calculate my GPA on base of all 5 years? DO I STAND A CHANCE IN UFT MED? Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated. Thanking you for your time. U of T will look at your marks from all your years. They do apply a weighting formula but you will not qualify as you did not have a full course load during first year due to the withdrawn courses. You have to do really well in your next four years to have a cGPA of over 3.60 to even be considered at Toronto. Getting into Toronto for you will not be easy but there is still a slim chance. I would look into other schools like Western, Queens, and Ottawa. You can find a lot of information about these schools on this forum or you can visit their websites. EDIT: After a quick calculation, even if you had a 4.0 GPA in years 2, 3, 4 and 5 your cGPA would be less than 3.60. I'm sorry but the only way you could get into Toronto was if you had a graduate degree of some sort. - Lupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Hello Everyone! Ok so my situation is this i took 5 courses in first year, out of which i did a Late "Wit-drew-al" on 2 of them, so for those 2 courses that i did "LWD" the record stays on my transcript. In the end of the first year i failed 1.5 courses. My GPA at the end of the year was 0.98. As you can tell this was a horrible year for me. I only earned 1.5 credits throughout the whole year and i have basically started my second year with taking the first year courses. Do i stand a chance to get into UFT Med school in this situation? ALso do UFT med school look at your best 3 years out of 4 years? In my case would they look at my best 3 years out of 5 years? Would they look at my best 4 years out of 5 years? Or will they look at all my 5 years and calculate my GPA on base of all 5 years? DO I STAND A CHANCE IN UFT MED? Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated. Thanking you for your time. Your question is premature and not particularly relevant. Develop a strong work ethic, gert high grades f or your GPA from this point forward, no distraction, relentless hard work. You want med school not U/T med school, all in Canada are excellent and highly competitive. We learn much more form our detours than our successes! Reassess where you are going next May. GL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupeFiasco Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I agree with f_d ^^^+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfweb Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 hi... thanks for those links furnished.... try to update those regularly... thanks in advance yes it would be more useful if you update regulary Online Diploma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I've heard rumours that cGPA (regardless of whether or not you qualify for weighting) also comes into play at some point during the admission process. Can someone confirm/refute this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Reeeeefuted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 With a source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Sure. It's been on the blog a number of times. If you qualify for wGPA, it's used for the entire application process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Sure. It's been on the blog a number of times. If you qualify for wGPA, it's used for the entire application process. Yup. I read that on the blog too (in the comments section). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applemanv3 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I really wanted to create a new thread, but I will settle for this FAQ thread for now. Hope somebody sees this and responds. Everywhere I look on the UofT website, I see that they say the cutoff for wGPA for undergrads is 3.6/4.0 OMSAS. Now, would they round a 3.5945 wGPA OMSAS up to a 3.6? I ask because I have a feeling that even though they state it as 3.6/4.0, they really mean 3.60/4.00, which is depressing and kind of annoying since we are talking about medical admissions, where you would expect absolute precision by way of decimal places. I mean, to miss having a full file review due to 0.0005 is.....majorly depressing (if that is the case). N.B. I know that having a 3.60 in itself would put me at the bottom of the barrel, but I do have a solid set of ECs, references, etc. So rest assured, I know the magnitude of what I am hoping for isn't really that significant in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anxious_101 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I really wanted to create a new thread, but I will settle for this FAQ thread for now. Hope somebody sees this and responds. Everywhere I look on the UofT website, I see that they say the cutoff for wGPA for undergrads is 3.6/4.0 OMSAS. Now, would they round a 3.5945 wGPA OMSAS up to a 3.6? I ask because I have a feeling that even though they state it as 3.6/4.0, they really mean 3.60/4.00, which is depressing and kind of annoying since we are talking about medical admissions, where you would expect absolute precision by way of decimal places. I mean, to miss having a full file review due to 0.0005 is.....majorly depressing (if that is the case). N.B. I know that having a 3.60 in itself would put me at the bottom of the barrel, but I do have a solid set of ECs, references, etc. So rest assured, I know the magnitude of what I am hoping for isn't really that significant in the first place. That's a tough one man, if I recall from an old blog Q&A by Deborah, that would be rounded down to a 3.59 and you would be ineligible. Sorry to say. Double check with Deborah to make sure. Also, ensure your wGPA calculation is accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applemanv3 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Thanks, anxious_101! I fired off an email late last week to UTadmissions, so hopefully she gets back to me soon. Yea, it is a bummer!! So close! And what's more I actually wrote a solid essay for UofT (in my opinion, of course). I wonder if it would be cheeky of me to bring up the fact that they should really be more "precise" on their posted GPA numbers... the words of a desperate man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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