aquaman Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Hey all, I'm IP going to UCalgary right now in my 2nd year and thinking about applying in my 3rd year to UCal and Alberta. I was just wondering if my stats are 3rd year ready or if I should just hold off and wait until 4th year to apply.. 1st year GPA: 3.8 2nd year : 3.9(so far) MCAT: 10/10/10 T ECs: standard hospital volunteering, 1 summer of science research in physiology, 1 year clinical research in kidney transplantation...usual premed stuff I know this sounds like a stupid question, but if I really don't have an above average chance I'd rather not apply and then just end up doing the entire process over again in my 4th year. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I didn't even know that Calgary takes 3rd years, to be honest. Are you sure they do? I thought only Alberta, Manitoba, McMaster, and Queen's do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Actually they do...they only require 2 years of undergrad (like Alberta) but for their class of 2009 they took 2 people with 2 years and 20 with 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Interesting. I always had the impression that U of C is very non-trad oriented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 I remember asking about this. I got an e-mail back last year and the person who e-mailed back said UofC was changing it's admission requirements and she was guessing the new policies would probably not favour non-trad as it did in the past. She didn't say they were changing it for that reason, but just because of the way the new weighting scheme would work out, she figured a few more younger people (or those without graduate degrees) would probably have a better chance than in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bioboy2007 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Kuantum is correct. The admission weighting has been altered, and does favor younger applicants (i.e. GPA and MCAT make up 65% of the application). Aquaman - definitely apply. Your GPA is good, and your MCAT, although low for 3rd year applicants, is well-balanced. The admissions committee will mark you a bit lower for being in 3rd year, but it's still worth applying. Even if you don't get in, you still have experience for your 4th year application - which never hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Kuantum is correct. The admission weighting has been altered, and does favor younger applicants (i.e. GPA and MCAT make up 65% of the application). What was the weighting before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock* Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I don't think it has changed. As far as I know, the weighting last year was 50% academic with 15% being the first 3 MCAT sections and an additional 5% being the MCAT writing sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Cave Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 There definitely were several 3rd years admitted last year. And the average age of our class was 24.5 at admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkmunk Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 its true that academic makes up 65% of the application, but that's only the pre-interview part. Afterwards that gets scaled down to 26% of the overall decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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