doc5 Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 HI everybody, This here is my very first post.. Im a cegep student in my fourth semester and like everybody here I want to apply to pre med. Our dead line for applications is on march 1st but I decided to spend my break working on the application. I am from an english high school and so my only choice is mcgill, because I heard the french test at u of m is very hard... My r-score just came up today and after three semesters its 35.307 and the problem is my cv is nothing extraordinary; i am a big brother in the big sister big brother organization, I volunteer in the ER in the montreal general hospital, Im a peer tutor in marianopolis and tutor students from my high school, been raising money for the heart and stroke foundation for five years, was a member of my high school's soccer team and now Im in a registered sports club, finally im an active member in a religious institution (practice yoga in ashram, prayers in temple etc.) Now my first question is about the referees, someone in this forums said that quality over quantity is preferred. I was wondering if I should get a reference letter from the hospital, because they will give a reference letter to anyone that has done over 50 hours of volunteering (which I have) but they don't know me personally. So they would probably make a bad letter. Do you think Mcgill will take my word that I am a volunteer there? My second question is that we need atleast 2 teachers, my chemistry teacher already did a reference for me, and I am having a tough time deciding who the second one should be. Is it more advantageous if it is necessarily a science teacher? I hope I'm not bothering you guys with all this writing, but I guess I'm just nervous. By the way, this forum is the best, I got so many questions answered through it! Thanks Guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samy Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 1) I find your cv more than extraordinary. Do you really think that most us have better EC than you have ? 2) It does not really matter, chose a teacher that knows you... I have picked my chemistry teacher,my humanity teacher and one of my French teacher in High school... all ot them knew me a lot. I do think it is the key in this selection. Hope to see you at your MedP frosh next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc5 Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks guys, I decided not to ask the hospital and I will try to think of a teacher that knows me well. Once again I appreciate the advice! Doc5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakoulias Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I think you made the right choice. Good luck with your application! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akmed89 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I suggest you still apply to UdM as a backup. The french exam isn't so bad, i went to an english high school also and passed it on my first attemp. Besides, you don't lose anything by applying (except some money:p ) and its a really easy application, no documents required at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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