ravenchaser Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Currently second year UTSG life sci student Immune, neuro double major First year: CHM138+139, PHY131, PSY100, BIO150, MAT135, ECO100 cGPA= 3.37 (rough start) Second year first semester: BCH210, PSY240, BIO240, PSL302, STA220 GPA= 3.83 omsas Second year second semester: HMB265, HMB200, IMM250, PSL302, BIO241 Currently doing well, aiming for 3.9 for second semester. I do volunteer in the hospital and church. For summer: I applied for research position oversea (Kidney research in Taiwan) and is likely to get one. I was invited by my church to a medical mission trip to Africa and Taiwan. On the other hand I'm also thinking of taking a first year English course and Org CHM247 in the summer for American medical schools as back up plans. I also want to take MCAT in the summer so that I get another chance in 3rd year. Now questions: -I'm struggling between the above four since I don't think I can manage all of them at once (maybe 2 at most), If you guys were in my situation, what would you choose? What would be most important in terms of priority? -Should I really take the two courses for summer school? How do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Taking the MCAT right after PSL302, BCH210, BIO240/241, HMB265 and concurrently with CHM247 will make the Bio section a joke. Did you apply for a research position in Toronto? It'd be cool to do the medical mission trip. But it's the lowest yield. Personally if I were you, I'd do local volunteering, summer school (Orgo, Eng) and write the MCAT. A local research position would be solid as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenchaser Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Taking the MCAT right after PSL302, BCH210, BIO240/241, HMB265 and concurrently with CHM247 will make the Bio section a joke. Did you apply for a research position in Toronto? It'd be cool to do the medical mission trip. But it's the lowest yield. Personally if I were you, I'd do local volunteering, summer school (Orgo, Eng) and write the MCAT. A local research position would be solid as well. I did apply for SickKids summer research program, but its pretty competitive and I don't think my GPA from first year would do me any good. I will continue local volunteer at the hospital in the summer as long as I'm in Toronto. Thanks for the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liverpool Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I personally wouldn't do summer school & MCAT, too much studying If I was to stay in town for the summer I'd do research & MCAT, changes things up a bit You could try emailing some researchers at U of T for volunteer positions maybe If you aren't going to apply to med school this fall you could hold off on the MCAT until next summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenchaser Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I personally wouldn't do summer school & MCAT, too much studyingIf I was to stay in town for the summer I'd do research & MCAT, changes things up a bit You could try emailing some researchers at U of T for volunteer positions maybe If you aren't going to apply to med school this fall you could hold off on the MCAT until next summer The thing is I just completed all the bio courses that are directly related to MCAT. I just wanna do it while things are still really fresh in mind. On the other hand, I dont really mind this much of studying. I dont think its any worse than normally school years. Also doing in second year gives me another shot next year. I dont know.. I still got time to decide. Do you think its better to do research within Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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