tanthalas Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I was talking to one of the people I graduated with today. He got into the school of medicine with a 3.10 gpa and a 28 on the MCAT. Said he got the nickname of "that wonder student" because of his hail mary stats. I thought it was quite funny. Anyone else have any odd stories of admission or during the program they'd like to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowens Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 i know someone who got into memorial with a low 3 gpa [not sure exactly] and a 17 [yes, a 17!] on the mcat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masaki Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 I was talking to one of the people I graduated with today. He got into the school of medicine with a 3.10 gpa and a 28 on the MCAT. Said he got the nickname of "that wonder student" because of his hail mary stats. I thought it was quite funny. Anyone else have any odd stories of admission or during the program they'd like to share? he must have been an olympic athlete or something! (damn you high endeavour...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanayo101 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 he must have been an olympic athlete or something! (damn you high endeavour...) hey, hey now -- don't be dissin' the high endeavour score!! i did a lot (a few thousand hours over several years) of community service work in high school...in computers...and i got a bunch of points in that category for it. they do put some thought in scoring your application!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuredoc Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Do you mean to say that medschools actually look at your highschool involvement!? I've been told otherwise, but it would be great if that were true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenir001 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 ya do include things from HS...esp after age 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuredoc Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Which places do that? I think UofT does, but I haven't heard of any other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asclepius Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Do you mean to say that medschools actually look at your highschool involvement!? I've been told otherwise, but it would be great if that were true. To paraphrase what an advisor at UBC med once told me: "Experiences do not have and expiration date." However, I'm guessing recent stuff carries more weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulista Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I was talking to one of the people I graduated with today. He got into the school of medicine with a 3.10 gpa and a 28 on the MCAT. Said he got the nickname of "that wonder student" because of his hail mary stats. I thought it was quite funny. Anyone else have any odd stories of admission or during the program they'd like to share? the 28 isn't really that surprising (you could easily meet most school's minimum requirements) but that GPA does seem quite low. how would that translate to %? i'm pretty sure UBC accepts some people in the low 70s every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenir001 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 3.10 could prolly be around a high 70's avg...the % avg usually looks better than the gpa avg lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanayo101 Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 yeah they do look at your high school stuff if it was relevant. for me, it set the stage for some of my post-secondary education and i also got a bunch of awards and other opportunities out of it...not sure about other schools in canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rburgundy Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 3.10 could prolly be around a high 70's avg...the % avg usually looks better than the gpa avg lol. Yea, my GPA isn't that much higher but my % grade is close to 80%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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