medisforme Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 The latest issue of Macleans has a couple interesting articles on canadian med schools. I found the article on MMI's quite interesting and informative - 1) especially the quote from a member of the adcom at McMaster who was quoted as saying that practicing MMI questions beforehand does absolutely nothing to your chances of getting accepted. I think the argument there was based around being yourself (ie. spontaneous) vs. hashing out pre-thought out answers (more likely i guess if you are practicing the questions). I didn't really practice any MMI last year (was interviewed but didn't get it) and was definitely planning on doing extensive 1:1 practice this year with MMI but that article has made me think twice about it. Any thoughts? 2) I am guessing there must have been a typo of something on one of the data tables where it states that the average gpa for the 2008 entering class of ubc was 3.64 - that seems way to low to me (besides the fact that ubc doesn't even deal in gpa's). that would be an average below 80% wouldn't it? If you take the table at face value, ubc has the second lowest avg. gpa for accepted students in the country. The average mcat score it states was 10.23 which seems like it would be accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musume Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I had an average of 84 and my gpa was 3.62. Considering UBC's average acceptance is around 83 so it's not too farfetched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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future_doc Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 was definitely planning on doing extensive 1:1 practice this year with MMI but that article has made me think twice about it. Any thoughts? You want to be comfortable and yes, spontaneous too. If practice will make you comfortable and more confident for the big day, then practice. Otherwise, don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaM Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 The average percent GPA of those accepted last year was 83.15% and since we don't know how UBC converts their grades that could well equate out to 3.64, but it doesn't seem right. Last time I applied my GPA was 3.57 which worked out to 79.8%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankMasterFlex Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 The average percent GPA of those accepted last year was 83.15% and since we don't know how UBC converts their grades that could well equate out to 3.64, but it doesn't seem right. Last time I applied my GPA was 3.57 which worked out to 79.8%. AndreaM, is that an SFU gpa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaM Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 AndreaM, is that an SFU gpa? No, it's UNBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medisforme Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I had an average of 84 and my gpa was 3.62. Considering UBC's average acceptance is around 83 so it's not too farfetched. My cumulative percentage for ubc was 82.67% while my gpa was 3.8/4.3 3.72 (omsas) so I have no idea how to reconcile your gpa/percentage with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenir001 Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 it's bcuz the gpa system is brutal. a few really low marks will ruin your gpa but your % avg won't be affected as much. let's say u get a 70 and a 90. your % avg is 80, but your avg gpa is only 3.35. however, had u received 80 in each course (as opposed to a 70 + a 90), your gpa would've been 3.7. for a good gpa u need consistently good marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgill_student Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 it's bcuz the gpa system is brutal. a few really low marks will ruin your gpa but your % avg won't be affected as much. let's say u get a 70 and a 90. your % avg is 80, but your avg gpa is only 3.35. however, had u received 80 in each course (as opposed to a 70 + a 90), your gpa would've been 3.7. for a good gpa u need consistently good marks. cool. i didn't know ubc takes international students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwh333 Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 cool. i didn't know ubc takes international students ubc doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Neill Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 ubc doesn't. I think he was making fun of the grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medisforme Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 it's bcuz the gpa system is brutal. a few really low marks will ruin your gpa but your % avg won't be affected as much. let's say u get a 70 and a 90. your % avg is 80, but your avg gpa is only 3.35. however, had u received 80 in each course (as opposed to a 70 + a 90), your gpa would've been 3.7. for a good gpa u need consistently good marks. By your logic my % should be higher than musume since my gpa is higher but it is in fact lower. Your explaination is better applied to two people who had similar percentages but vastly different gpa's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura_333 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I practiced a ton for the MMI. For me it was very important for getting a feel for how long I had to explain my opinion, get comfortable with having a short time to form a logical opinion on random topics that I might have not thought about etc. I think practicing is helpful in understanding the format of MMI but obviously not the actual questions (which can be super random). I thought of it as similar to the written section of the MCAT...learning and practicing the structure/timing/forming of an argument is helpful, but who knows what the topic will be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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