human instinct Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have been pondering about this for a while and cant seem to get it off my head. I want to know if I will be at a big disadvantage if I apply this year with a wgpa of 3.8 given that I meet the mcat cutoffs. I do have 2yrs worth of research at 2 different labs and avg extracurriculars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medwannabe08 Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 you have no chance. actually, no one knows. write a good essay and just apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuredoc Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 To be honest, you would have to do very well on the interview and non-academic stuff. I hear the average GPA for entrance is something like 3.87 or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastin11 Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I agree. I have a 3.85 wgpa and consider myself pretty hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In_Valid Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have been pondering about this for a while and cant seem to get it off my head. I want to know if I will be at a big disadvantage if I apply this year with a wgpa of 3.8 given that I meet the mcat cutoffs. I do have 2yrs worth of research at 2 different labs and avg extracurriculars. WGPA means weighted right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 For sure apply! When it comes to med school applications you never know how it's gonna turn out and as long as you meet the minimums definitely apply to every school where you're willing to go. The only instances when I would advise against applying is with schools that have hard cut-offs like Queen's and Western and you know for sure that yours don't meet them. For sure! apply because YOU NEVER KNOW! and even for cutoff schools, I recommend to apply. Alpine's advice is very sound, but this year queen's cutoffs changed drastically. Law applied thinking he wouldnt get an interview at but ended up getting one. Bottom line..you dont know PERIOD. Apply and hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
human instinct Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Thanks a lot for the encouragement. I will try and try again if I dont get in this yr. Hopefully I can raise my gpa by next yr and gather more extracurriculars. Alastriss, I was wondering what the Queens cutoffs were this yr and what have they changed from. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Just apply. You never know. My MCAT was a steaming pile of crap and I interviewed at UofT yesterday. UofT is fair in looking over your whole application, give it a shot, you might be pleasantly surprised. just curious... when you say pile of crap, what are we looking at here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Hey so the cutoffs went from 10/10/10/P to what *we* (as in people on premed) believe to be 9/9/9R. Nothing is written in stone, but I think it was for sure that you needed at least an R to get an interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In_Valid Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Heyso the cutoffs went from 10/10/10/P to what *we* (as in people on premed) believe to be 9/9/9R. Nothing is written in stone, but I think it was for sure that you needed at least an R to get an interview. negative, got an interview with a P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastin11 Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Cutoffs are 9/9/9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vip_138 Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 he was referring to Queen's cut-off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastin11 Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Ah, I see. I was told Queens had a very high 33 MCAT cutoff (by the mcat prep people last year). Are they wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Yes, since I got an interview with a 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 negative, got an interview with a P. is that a joke? Im assuming it is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In_Valid Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 is that a joke? Im assuming it is.. Why would it be? You just have to make it up in the other sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuredoc Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Let us just agree that it is hard like other schools and that you need at least a 27P to even have a chance at interview in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherv Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Why would it be?You just have to make it up in the other sections. Are you talking about Queen's or UoT? Alastriss was talking about this year's Queen's cutoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In_Valid Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Are you talking about Queen's or UoT? Alastriss was talking about this year's Queen's cutoffs. Oh, my bad. This is the UofT board, so I assumed he was talking about UofT. As for Queen's, yea, you need an R. Needless to say I did not receive an interview . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherv Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Oh, my bad. This is the UofT board, so I assumed he was talking about UofT. As for Queen's, yea, you need an R. Needless to say I did not receive an interview . Yeah, same with me. Oh well, I had one at Western, so we'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In_Valid Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 congrats, I'm at Western for my Undergrad. It's a nice school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherv Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 congrats, I'm at Western for my Undergrad. It's a nice school. Thanks - and I did quite like the campus. Good luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 yeah sorry we were talking about queen's because I was showing one poster, who wasn't confident about his UT wGPA, how you never know how the cutoffs will change, and people who applied but didnt expect anything did get something. I used queen's as an example. Sorry for the confusion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In_Valid Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 yeah sorry we were talking about queen's because I was showing one poster, who wasn't confident about his UT wGPA, how you never know how the cutoffs will change, and people who applied but didnt expect anything did get something. I used queen's as an example. Sorry for the confusion! no no, the err was on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradStudent_710 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I had a weighted GPA of 3.73 and got an interview but I'm also finishing a masters so GPA is weighted less than research productivity. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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