teresachang Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 They posted that the out of province GPA and the international GPA...just wondering if anyone has any idea if there's a cutoff for in province as well this year? thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 If there is a hard in province cutoff, I don't think they'd post it until after the application deadline which is January 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakoulias Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 I'm sure there will be some cutoff, probably higher than in previous years, but still well below the 3.9 required for OOP applicants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 In the past, McGill has found some gems for acceptance in the lower end and there is no reason to believe they will change their approach - unless they are so swamped with increased numbers especially due to having removed the MCAT requirement. They will make that decision once they know the number of IP applicants and the computers give them the number of applicants in various GPA ranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Research3r Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 What was the IP cut off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Don't know if there is an actual cut off per se, believe they have gone into the 3.55+ range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Don't know if there is an actual cut off per se, believe they have gone into the 3.55+ range. How do you know it's 3.55+ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon123 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 How do you know it's 3.55+ ? http://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/what-are-we-looking/academics-university They say: "The primary basis of the assessment of undergraduate degree performance is the degree cumulative grade point average (DegGPA) used for the basis of admission. Successful applicants tend to have a DegGPA above 3.5 (average approximately 3.8). Applicants with a DegGPA below 3.4 are rarely considered." But we will have to wait and see to know for sure! Good luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 http://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/what-are-we-looking/academics-university They say: "The primary basis of the assessment of undergraduate degree performance is the degree cumulative grade point average (DegGPA) used for the basis of admission. Successful applicants tend to have a DegGPA above 3.5 (average approximately 3.8). Applicants with a DegGPA below 3.4 are rarely considered." But we will have to wait and see to know for sure! Good luck to all! Ya, I'd seen that before but something similar to that is on the website for OOP applicants and the actual cutoff was much higher. Wait and see is for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresachang Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 they always write that to be considered competitive, the gpa is 3.50 but looking at last year's state, the lowest person who received an interview was 3.14....i guess it still gives some hope to ppl like me with low gpa.... i just wonder what sort of things you need to have instead to make up for a low gpa since they no longer look at the mcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 they always write that to be considered competitive, the gpa is 3.50 but looking at last year's state, the lowest person who received an interview was 3.14....i guess it still gives some hope to ppl like me with low gpa.... i just wonder what sort of things you need to have instead to make up for a low gpa since they no longer look at the mcat Wow! Without MCAT, I would expect adcom to look at exceptionally strong references, compelling narrative & C.V. with evidence of signifigant development and maturity in traits desirable for physicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2MD Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Thus meaning they will look at and read our entire application Without MCAT, I would expect adcom to look at exceptionally strong references, compelling narrative & C.V. with evidence of signifigant development and maturity in traits desirable for physicians. Sometime I wonder if the "Applicants with a DegGPA below 3.4 are rarely considered." is based on 4.3, cuz 3.14 on 4 = approx. 3.4/ 4.3 All kidding aside, let's hang in there we've only got a little more than a week longer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjsdefz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I guess it will be nicer (in the future years) if the offices can provide the distribution (e.g. a histogram) of the GPAs, instead of the "critical values" (lowest, highest, average, medium and mode). Again, good luck to every one! Given the In-Province 81 seats (well, 78 seats considering the non-traditional pathway, whatever even lower considering the deferred admissions) available, I think the 3.5 GPA is still a reasonable cut-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakoulias Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 They should give a detailed statistical breakdown like UBC does (Google it to have a look). The stats on the McGill site aren't very helpful to applicants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjsdefz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Well, let's say, GPA is not everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresachang Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 i hope it'll be less than 3.5 because the gpa cutoff for international applicant was 3.5 this year...you would think as IP, and i think for non-traditional, it was 3.2. it would be a bit lower than international applicants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suziep100 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Wow, so international students' GPA is much lower than out of province Canadians' GPA? So I'm just wondering, say if I'm a double Canadian and U.S. citizen, if I apply as an American, is it more advantageous than applying as a Canadian to McGill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGSaint Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Wow, so international students' GPA is much lower than out of province Canadians' GPA? So I'm just wondering, say if I'm a double Canadian and U.S. citizen, if I apply as an American, is it more advantageous than applying as a Canadian to McGill? This has been discussed before -> if you are a dual CAN/US citizen then you have no choice but to apply as a Canadian citizen (McGill's rules). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 This has been discussed before -> if you are a dual CAN/US citizen then you have no choice but to apply as a Canadian citizen (McGill's rules). Suzie can always do the Conrad Black thing and then pay about $100,000/year tuition as an international. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjuro Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Does anyone know if the Minerva status will be updated by midnight on Friday the 4th, or we'll have to wait until later in the day...? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Does anyone know if the Minerva status will be updated by midnight on Friday the 4th, or we'll have to wait until later in the day...? Thanks No clue. Anything is possible. Interview offers may be sent earlier than Friday or just on Friday or tomorrow even. I've tortured myself wanting to know asap and I came to the conclusion that there is only one certainty: we'll know when we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjuro Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 No clue. Anything is possible. Interview offers may be sent earlier than Friday or just on Friday or tomorrow even. I've tortured myself wanting to know asap and I came to the conclusion that there is only one certainty: we'll know when we know. You're definitely right hehe... It feels like time isn't going fast enough since January 15th... Pure mental torture! The only way I can deal with the stress is by telling myself that there's nothing else I can do now that everything has been submitted ^^ Good luck to you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samy Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Does anyone know if the Minerva status will be updated by midnight on Friday the 4th, or we'll have to wait until later in the day...? Thanks Last year, my invitation email was sent at 12h02 PM. Your status on minerva comes after the email (the day after??) if I recall correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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