med2014 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Please post here if you will be declining or have already declined your offer at McGill. I thought this may be a good thread to get an idea of how much the waitlist will move (although this forum probably is not representative of the applicant body). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samy Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 2 friends of mine declined McGill's offer(CÉGEP students). They'll go to UdM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinemed Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I just declined a WL offer (received today), IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobby Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 I am declining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc13 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I rejected for U of T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhopeful2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 an oldie but a goodie... anyone declining (IP/OOP/Non-Traditional Pathway/Med-P)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREA.tive Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 A friend of mine is declining her Med-P offer and will go to Laval instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD2015 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 sounds like a smart friend as McGill is a conditional acceptance into med Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoswim Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 sounds like a smart friend as McGill is a conditional acceptance into med They are? What is it based on then, grades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corie Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yes, you need a 3.5 GPA and no lower than a B (70% after the up-curves) in every science course. If you put your mind to it, its not difficult to achieve. Undergrads applying for medicine usually have ~3.9 GPA and some Med-Ps get 4.0. Got to take it seriously though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD2015 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Med-P acceptances require a minimum GPA during that year or you are out, whereas for the other med schools, an acceptance into the preliminary year is definitely an unconditional acceptance into medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD2015 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 People who are accepted into pre-med are generally able to get the necessarily grades if they take their studies seriously. McGill is a great school I do not dispute the above. However, the fact remains that entry into med is strictly conditional. And all med schools in Canada are great schools without exception. and the small possibility of not getting into medicine after pre-med is not a good enough reason to refuse an offer in my opinion. I beg to differ. This is a real risk factor that must be considered in the decision making process. Common sense demands it, regardless of the final choice. The reason why people take out life insurance is because of the small possibility of being found dead. Unlikely events occur every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over9000 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Med-P acceptances require a minimum GPA during that year or you are out, whereas for the other med schools, an acceptance into the preliminary year is definitely an unconditional acceptance into medicine. UdeM also has their criteria for premed that you have to meet, or else you're out (after revision etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Est-ce que McGill a fait plus de nombre d'offres que de places disponibles? Ou bien ils ont fait un nombre d'offre égal au nombre de places disponibles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over9000 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Ce serait difficile à dire mais l'an passé, la liste d'attente a commencé à bouger le 1er juin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinallyPreMed Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Yeah, please let us know if you know anyone who is refusing their offer! It's really nerve racking to be on the waitlist - and not knowing your position!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalmontreal Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 By the way : The risk factor about getting declined Admission to Medicine from Med-P is real. I know for a fact that 3 years ago at least 8 students were not admitted because they did not respect the minimal grades. About UdeM, risk exist but you can fail your pre-med and then retake the courses you've failed. Just info here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over9000 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 At UdeM, you can also fail premed without a probation if you get below 1.7. You really have to slack off to fail premed in both cases. At McGill, you only have 15 hours of classes per week so you have plenty of time to study. I have a friend who had an R-Score of ~32 and managed to pull a perfect 4.0 GPA in his premed. Plus there's a new curriculum since last year so things will probably be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 I have a friend who had an R-Score of ~32 and managed to pull a perfect 4.0 GPA in his premed. Plus there's a new curriculum since last year so things will probably be different. Your friend got into premed with a 32 r score ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feversugar Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Your friend got into premed with a 32 r score ? I met people at the interviews with 32,5 so I'm not surprised... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corie Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 If you can meet the Med-P cutoff, a 4.0 isn't difficult to get guys but you have to be serious!! Please don't slack for your own sake. UdeM seems more forgiving for course performances while McGill expects you to be mature in your decisions since you will be making decisions on people's lives in the near future. Studying at McGill doesn't mean you always have to study - you get a ton of free time. There are students who don't look at anything until a week before the midterm and still pull off a 4.0. But for that week and a few weeks during final exams, your mind has to be where it should be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 At UdeM, you can also fail premed without a probation if you get below 1.7. You really have to slack off to fail premed in both cases. At McGill, you only have 15 hours of classes per week so you have plenty of time to study. I have a friend who had an R-Score of ~32 and managed to pull a perfect 4.0 GPA in his premed. Plus there's a new curriculum since last year so things will probably be different. What if someone gets sick during the semester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over9000 Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Since the classes are recorded, you can make some arrangements to retake the exams. I believe they are able to understand your issue and find a way to make it work. Happened to someone this year and still managed to make it through with some arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corie Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 You know, some people never show up at McGill for MONTHS! Some people get really lucky when ALL their classes are recorded (no labs). I don't suggest doing this for all your classes but I picked 3 to follow by recording and the other 2 I went to class to meet my classmates/have lunch after with friends. Med-P year is about figuring out how you learn best at university. You may soon realize that you learn better off recordings because you can pause, rewind, play the part over again, turn up the volume and most of all, play it at 1.5 times the speed if the prof speaks really slow. McGill ITS is really amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_girl Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 I declined McGill as an out-of-province student Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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