hmmmm Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Can people with 8 verbal accepted to American School please post which school you were accepted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminaire Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Interviewed: Case Western, Georgetown, Wayne State, NYMC (declined) Accepted: Case Western, Georgetown, Wayne State However, I declined these acceptances to stay at an Ontario school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTeight7 Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Good for you Luminaire! Care to share your other personal stats, since they must have been stellar to make up for the 8VR? I have 33Q (and 8VR), but I got no US interviews last year after applying to 15 places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmm Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Same score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminaire Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 lol... my stats weren't that stellar, considering we share virtually the same score! My MCAT was 33R (12 PS / 8 VR / 13 BS) and I had a 3.8 GPA. I applied to about 10 schools and was surprised at the outcome myself (love from Case and G-town, no love from Rosalind Franklin or SUNY). I think the difference came from my secondary essays, as I put a lot of extra thought and work into them. While the schools were great, they weren't enough to dissuade me from sticking with Canada. I probably would have jumped ship for something like Harvard or Hopkins, but I didn't apply (no chance with my stats!). So, there's hope for those with unbalanced scores, in Canada or the US! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmm Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 What sort of ECs do u have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest viscous Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 lol... my stats weren't that stellar, considering we share virtually the same score! My MCAT was 33R (12 PS / 8 VR / 13 BS) and I had a 3.8 GPA. I applied to about 10 schools and was surprised at the outcome myself (love from Case and G-town, no love from Rosalind Franklin or SUNY). I think the difference came from my secondary essays, as I put a lot of extra thought and work into them. While the schools were great, they weren't enough to dissuade me from sticking with Canada. I probably would have jumped ship for something like Harvard or Hopkins, but I didn't apply (no chance with my stats!). So, there's hope for those with unbalanced scores, in Canada or the US! what sort of canadian school you got into with that gpa and mcat? Mcmaster or Ottawa? QUeens, UWO is out of the question. UofT seems iffy too. let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminaire Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Well, my 3.8 GPA is the AMCAS cumulative calculation. I actually have a very strong upward trend for my third/fourth years, hovering at 4.0. So that's a factor. For some ECs, I've done sports coaching for young kids, I've worked with disabled kids and I've organized fundraisers and food drives. I also have some research experience with a couple submitted abstracts. For clinical ECs, I did some shadowing and volunteering in rural areas, which I think helped my case come interview time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmm Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Then I reckon I should have a decent shot (I Hope!). But the 8 really screws you left right and centre in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicaldna Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Then I reckon I should have a decent shot (I Hope!). But the 8 really screws you left right and centre in Canada. UofT MAY be an option....they want 9 minimum but say they will consider lower if rest of the app is exceptional... I think the lowest they go is 7....according to their past stats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 People got into Dalhousie with 8's ... someone with 8,8,8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmm Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Was interviewed at UT but was rejected. Unfortunately Dal has this for non-maritimers: "Non-Maritime applicants must achieve a minimum total MCAT score of 30 with a minimum score of 10 in each category. One minimum score of 9 is allowed as long as the minimum total score is 30. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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