What are my chances?

[Tigger123]

Hi Everyone,

 

Just wondering if you could provide some info about what ontario schools I have the best chance for.

 

GPA:

1 year: 3.1

2 year: 3.88

3 year: 3.93

 

OMSAS AVG: 3.66

wGPA: 3.775

Best two years: 3.905

GPA (toronto): 3.839

 

MCAT:

PS:9

VR:9

WS:P

BS:11

 

I am OOP student with stellar EC's

 

Thanks for you help!

 

:)

[Jochi1543]

I think you're reasonably competitive everywhere. The 9s and the P may negatively affect you at Queens and UWO, because the recent cut-offs have been 10s and Qs. However, they do vary from year to year, so given that your GPA does meet the cut-off and that your score is only off by 1 point, I think you should still apply to those 2 schools.

 

The only school you shouldn't bother with for sure is Ottawa, and NOSM is also ridiculously hard to get into if you are not from the region, so if $ is tight, I wouldn't apply there, either.

[uofthopeful07]

while nothing is impossible, but i dont see those queens/western cutoffs going down.

 

def apply to uoft/mac within ontario and hopefully the province you're from has a good school or two! also check out the weightingformulas/mcat cutoffs you meet at other out of province schools (e.g., dal, ubc (%) etc.)

[uofthopeful07]

have you thought about rewriting the mcat? would it help you in your home province as well?

 

its tough to put all your eggs in a couple of baskets (mac/uoft) --> your mac gpa is weaker than your others.

[Dante]

yep... also if it doesn't work out this year, if you keep up the good work, ottawa will ignore your 1st year if you apply after 4 years

[Tigger123]

Thanks for all the great advice everyone! My main choice is actually UBC (BC resident) but I just thought I would try ontario schools just for kicks to get a broader experience. If all fails this year I plan on re-writing my MCAT next summer but for this application cycle my scores are fine for UBC (no flags). :)