Not that great U of T GPA

[GJaswal]

Hello,

I did a psych specialist at U of T in a 5 yr undergrad degree and my cGPA was only 3.51. My U of T GPA comes out to a 3.74, but I know that this is not good compared to the average of people that are admitted. Does anyone think that I may even have a chance of being called for interview?? Thanks guyz.

[Jixe]

If it 'helps,' I know people who have been admitted with a similar GPA.

[Alastriss]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the UT website says you need a 3.6 OMSAS gpa to be eligible

 

http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/programs/md/admissions/0809/Undergraduate_Applicants.htm

 

Minimum requirements:

at least 3 years of study towards a Canadian university bachelor's degree in any discipline

minimum GPA of 3.6 / 4.0 on the OMSAS scale

minimum MCAT scores of 9 in each section and N on the Writing Sample

applicants educated outside of Canada must complete the equivalent of a Canadian four-year university bachelor's degree (please see the section for International Applicants)

 

Sorry to break the news to you, what other schools did you apply to?

[lll]

but his U of T GPA is 3.74....doesn't that make jaswal eligible?...or is it based on ur cumulative??...u should propably email the school and ask

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[the unsub]

Yo guys, only the U of T adjusted GPA counts, as long as there was a full course load in each year. GJ's cGPA of 3.51 does not factor in at U of T....and 3.74 isn't bad, especially when combined with a nice MCAT score:)

[Alastriss]

The mcat score is used as a flag; doesn't count for you but can count against you and for UT's purposes a 9 9 9 N is the same as a 15 15 15 T

 

Although the link says, 3.6 OMSAS gpa, and that is more reliable than anyone's input here, I would e-mail them and ask. The UT GPA still uses the omsas conversion[/i]scale, so it is essentially an omsas gpa, it is just not a cumulative omsas gpa because it cuts out some low marks.

[the unsub]

it is just not a cumulative omsas gpa because it cuts out some low marks.

 

Yes...that was my whole point.

[GJaswal]

Thanks a lot guys. My MCAT was 10, 10, 10 S so I should be ok with that. But I'll e-mail the school and ask about OMSAS vs. UT, and then tell you all.

[GJaswal]

I called U of T, and they said that the 3.6 cutoff may be achieved either with or without the weighting formula. So even if you have a cGPA lower than 3.6, but a wGPA higher than it, then its okay. But they did advise me that a competitive cGPA or wGPA is around 3.8. Anything lower is less competitive, and would be heavily influenced by the non-academic activities of the person. Hope that clears things up.