Borderline...

[schnauzr]

Yeah, there are only few international seats per school,

but when you add them up,

there were about 300 international students matriculated in the year 2007-2008.

Though I'm sure it's more than 400 international students applying.

[Redlan]

I was actually thinking of 400 per school - but its more like between 80 - 350 international applicants per school, with say 1 - 8 matriculated.

[Alastriss]

Hey, I got my research positions through an academic advisor that I had met with (didn't even know about NSERC etc. at that point). Connections don't have to be through your parents, and you probably have more connections than you think.

 

I actually got mine through a prof who threw a recommendatin for me..but I had to impress him to get a recommendation. I dont consider that an unfair advantage because I had to earn that recommendation, and the same goes to your situation. Im just saying its a little unfair when your parents hook you up, thats all.

[Alastriss]

actually redlan, the average MCAT of those canadians who matriculated is much lower than 33, so you don't need that. How do I know? check this:

 

 

http://aamc.org/data/facts/2007/mcatgpastate07.htm

 

I do agree that you need 33+ to have a really really solid chance at US med schools though

[Redlan]

Alastriss, unfortunately those statistics are for applicants and not matriculants.

 

However, I think we agree on what's important - 33+ MCAT.

[THX]

What about a 32R and a 3.85 GPA, lol

[a41]

Not a bad score, depending on your distribution. I think with an R your writing capabilities are strong enough to make a very convincing personal statement.

 

You might be ok in Canada anyways with 32R.

[Alastriss]

O wow I wondered why it was much lower, here is the real deal:

 

http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2007/mcatgpastatemat07.htm

 

 

33.1 avrge mcat. Don't necessarily need at least a 33, but if you want to be competitive, you def need to beat that average.

[schnauzr]

WOW!

1083 Canadian applicants

out of whom

89 matriculated.

What's up with this?

It's like less than one in ten applicants enrol in one of the US schools.

Do a lot of people get accepted at one of the American schools and then just decide on a Canadian one after May 15th?

Let's hope that's the case, I'm sure this is the case.

[THX]

Not a bad score, depending on your distribution. I think with an R your writing capabilities are strong enough to make a very convincing personal statement.

 

You might be ok in Canada anyways with 32R.

11VR,11PS, 10BS

 

Oh well, I'm applying to 25 schools, hopefully a few like me.

[KennethToronto]

WOW!

1083 Canadian applicants

out of whom

89 matriculated.

What's up with this?

It's like less than one in ten applicants enrol in one of the US schools.

Do a lot of people get accepted at one of the American schools and then just decide on a Canadian one after May 15th?

Let's hope that's the case, I'm sure this is the case.

 

Interesting. I see the 89 matriculants (a shockingly low number), but where did you see the 1083?

[human instinct]

The matriculating GPA for Canadians is 3.72. Then why do people say that a gpa of 3.6-3.7 is good enough? Just wondering on what basis would one say so?

[Alastriss]

Interesting. I see the 89 matriculants (a shockingly low number), but where did you see the 1083?

 

I think a lot more people get accepted, but only a handful actually matriculate.

KT, if you intend to accept a canadian offer, then you have become such an example!

 

And I think people say that 3.6-3.7 is enough when someone's mcat score is higher.

Using the LizzyM score as a crude way to quantitate gpa points with mcat points, approximately 0.1 = 1 mcat point. so a 3.6 and a 34 may be not so different than 3.7 and a 33.

Given that a lot of schools are not known as well by US adcomms the MCAT is weighted much more, so a GPA of 3.6-3.7 woul suffice if your mcat is solid - but your mcat has to be solid.