Victoria BC - Prep101 MCAT Course

[rugbyman7]

Hi everyone! Anyone interested in the Prep101 MCAT course in Victoria, please feel free to e-mail me at rugbyman7@hotmail.com Good luck with your studies!

[meds2014]

For the sake of full disclosure, Prep101 has hired this person to teach MCAT to students. Amazing huh?

 

If anyone has a chance to review some of the key details of my EC’s and let me know what you think, it would be sincerely appreciated!

 

Last year, my file was not reviewed as my OGPA was 74.7%, and as such, I do not know where I now sit in regards to my NAQ score. Since this time however, I have taken 8 extra 4th year courses as part of my DPSM program (receiving an A+ in all of them), so I expect to sit at the following in regards to my AQ qualities for the next admissions cycle:

 

IB Diploma – 2001

B.Sc. with Distinction (UVic) – 2005

M.Sc. (UVic) – 2008

Diploma in Public Sector Management (UVic) – 2010

 

Pre-req’s: 75%

OGPA: ~77.5%

Last 20 Courses: ~87-88%

MCAT: Expired – will redo this summer.

In turn, I am thinking I will be around a 17 for my AQ, and therefore will need ~18-19 for my NAQ score. I still have the summer to bring this up, so I was wondering what anyone would suggest to add on my list:

 

Key NAQ experiences (forgive the point-form nature):

 

*First author publication in prestigious international journal (IF: 4.05). “highly accessed designation” / “featured article for Aug. 2008” / Accessed over 6000 times / Cited 5 times as of 2008.

 

*2 full-time years (~2700 hours) working in Mental Health and Addictions for the Vancouver Island Health Authority: Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Seven Oaks Tertiary Facility and mental health and addiction outreach on all four of Victoria’s Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams + ~200 hours in Community Support Services. Responsibilities include: medication administration, psychosocial rehabilitation, care-service planning, doctor rounds, mental health assessment (for respite), housing-placement, withdrawal management, case management, etc…

 

*5 years of university-level teaching:

 

-Lab TA for 3 courses at UVic (9 sections in total, ~200 students) – biol225, 230, 362

-MCAT Preparatory instructor – 2 years – Kaplan college – taught all areas of the MCAT to ~100 students in total.

-3 years teaching for Prep101: Designing/teaching prep-courses for Chem101/102/231 and Phys102 at UVic, as well as other chemistry courses at UBC and U of A – over 1200 students taught.

 

*7 years as national level rugby referee (450+ games officiated) – 3rd highest ranked referee on Vancouver Island, 7th in B.C. / referee premiere men’s and national teams / member of the executive for V.I. referees.

 

*3 years playing varsity rugby for UVic.

 

*Prep101 operations manager at UVic (1 year) – managed to increase our revenue in a single year by over 100%.

 

*Lots of other “smaller” experiences: volunteer in hospital, volunteer researcher, pianist, some traveling, coaching rugby, nominated finalist for VI Leadership Award, etc…

 

This summer I was planning to teach the entire Prep101 (not Kaplan) MCAT course over May to July (~107 hours of teaching) and then my wife and I were going to move to Alberta by Sept 1st so that I could apply there as well. Is there something different I should do? Does anyone see a gapping hole in my EC’s (predicted score?)?

 

Thanks for any feedback...

- Posted by rugbyman7 on 04-02-2010, 03:39 AM

[rugbyman7]

Hi Meds - no worries, I am all about full-disclosure

 

My MCAT score in 2005 was a 34Q, but now I have to re-write for UBC (max. 5 years until it expires). I started teaching the MCAT course for Kaplan imediately thereafter and have been tutoring/teaching this exam for the past 5 years....

 

As for my OGPA, yes, your right...it sucks (good old first two years of science back in 2001/02)....unfortunately, as some of you would know, a thesis-based master's doesn't do much for one's GPA :s

 

Thanks for your comments and let me know if you have any questions

[sparkles3288]

why did you delete your 1st post??

[claire_tea]

It was just reposted in the UBC forum, which makes more sense as it is a NAQ question rather than MCAT.