doctorpepper Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Hi all, I know U of T looks at your most recent MCAT score, what about Queens? Does anyone know about Western? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurabba Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 queens takes your highest score, or the one that meets their requirements, western will take your more recent score ( can be a bumer cause you may reach their cuttoffs the first time but not the second and you wont get a interview) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoolest47 Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 is this the highest score in every section, or the highest cumulative score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_eyes Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Highest cumulative. You have to meet the cutoff for each section in one sitting. For example, if you score 10 10 9 P your first time, then 10 10 11 O your second time and the cutoff is 10 10 10 P (like it was for 2007 entry), you will NOT get an interview (since the first time you didn't score meet the PS cut off and the second time you didn't meet the WS cutoff). Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Highest cumulative. You have to meet the cutoff for each section in one sitting. For example, if you score 10 10 9 P your first time, then 10 10 11 Q your second time and the cutoff is 10 10 10 P (like it was for 2007 entry), you will NOT get an interview (since the first time you didn't score meet the PS cut off and the second time you didn't meet the WS cutoff). Hope that helps! LOL, Q is a higher score than P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Do you think there is a likelihood of the cutoffs going up for the MCAT? i.e. turning into 11 for Physical Sciences? That's the only thing I'm slightly worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webshy Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 There is always a chance that the MCAT (or GPA) cut-offs will go up. In the past, Queen's has had cut-offs as high as 32. Queen's historically has raised their VR cut-off prior to raising the science cut-offs. That said, moving from a 10 to an 11 would be a significant jump, and eliminate a large number of applicants, due to the percentile scoring. I certainly hope that Queen's doesn't increase their individual section cut-offs, and am not overly worried. My guess (and it is just a guess) is that the overall cut-off will increase back to 32 before the sections will increase past 10. All of that said, Queen's has said that they want to increase the number of people they interview. Hopefully that will help keep the cut-offs where they were (for my sake - especially the GPA, since I only just meet that cut-off). Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 Oh right, I forgot about the whole 32 thing. It doesn't make sense though..for them to change it AFTER the double cohort year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 All of that said, Queen's has said that they want to increase the number of people they interview. just wondering... is there news about this on their website? good to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webshy Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 just wondering... is there news about this on their website? good to hear Yes, the information is within the Accreditation 2007 document. http://meds.queensu.ca/undergrad/accreditation_2007/self_study_report Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 i wonder why they want to increase the number they interview?... they already invite more than 4x the number of people they take... does their waitlist really move THAT much??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaegwon Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I don't believe the plan to interview more applicants has to do with waitlist movement. Rather, it is to prevent the cutoffs to receive an interview from rising too high (i.e. Queen's doesn't think that only interviewing people with 35+ MCAT scores and 3.9+ GPAs would be a good thing). When I spoke with an admissions officer last interview weekend, she mentioned that the current (fixed cutoff) system may have to be changed in the near future because at some point they'd either have to interview too many people or the cutoffs would rise too high to be helpful to use an effective screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hun Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 From what I understand they have already increased interviews to about 500+ invites, and that they likely won't be able to increase this further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsweasley Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Do you think there's a chance the section cut-offs will go DOWN? Anyone know if the PS cutoff has ever been 9 before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webshy Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I scored 30Q... PS 9, VR 11, BS 10Do you think there's a chance the section cut-offs will go DOWN? Anyone know if the PS cutoff has ever been 9 before? The last time that PS cut-off for Queen's was a 9 was for September 2005. or that application cycle, the cut-offs were 9/9/9/O, with a sum of 32. There were 1778 applicants that year, of which 486 received interviews. 204 offers were made to fill the 100 spots. Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 The last time that PS cut-off for Queen's was a 9 was for September 2005. or that application cycle, the cut-offs were 9/9/9/O, with a sum of 32. There were 1778 applicants that year, of which 486 received interviews. 204 offers were made to fill the 100 spots. Elaine wow... talk about helpful. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medhopeful Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Siv, you may want to read the first couple of posts in this thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siv Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 ya i know they say most recent for western and UT, but someone has also told me by most recent they mean the best score from the most recent year (so if you took it 3 times in one year they would take best overall) this might just be false hope but can anyone verify that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJaswal Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Ok...what if you have a higher overall score - say 32 Q at one time but the individual scores of 13, 10, 9 Q. And next time its 30 S , with 10 , 10, 10 S on individual scores. So which would they consider best? The one that meets their cutoffs, or the one that has a higher cumulative score? I called their office once and asked them about my 32 Q, and they said that if I wanted to meet their cutoffs I would have to do it again, so I did. But my cumulative ended up going down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 meeting the cutoffs at queens with a 10/10/10 Q or a 15/15/15 T makes no difference. They throw out your mcat and gpa once you meet the cuts, then it's interview and written application for acceptance. If you've got anything higher than their cutoff, you're just overworking yourself unnecessarily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfette Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Yup. All you need to do is meet their cutoffs. I re-wrote the MCAT and my cumulative went down, but I met all the cutoffs, which was more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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