AKY Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 I am just wondering if you think it is worth it for me to apply to Calgary? 3.90 cumulative GPA... Average EC's: Don't really have any steady volunteer experience but I'm involved in intramuels/a few groups, and I have worked with kids with autism for 3 years as a support worker (full-time in summer, part-time during year). I just got my MCAT back and I got 11 VR (5P,7B ). I only applied to McMaster in Ontario and thus only studied really for Verbal. Anddd I got an M on the writing sample Kind of froze on one of the essays and at the end I only ended up with 2 paragraphs of nothing really. Anyways, my GPA is decent, should I give it a shot? I have started the application process but haven't submitted anything yet. I am in 3rd year now and I am an Ontario resident. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziprasidone Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Not sure but that MCAT is likely going to be an area of concern for the admissions committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKY Posted October 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was under the impression that Calgary only really looked at the VR? Will the rest of the MCAT be taken into consideration before interview or after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoote Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Before. Its part of the subjective academic score worth 10%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKY Posted October 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Ahhh, alright. I found what you are talking about... Hmmm. To spend or not to spend $150. Any more opinions? It would be a bit of extra work as I need to put in verifiers for all of my activities/sketch. For McMaster you don't need verifiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKY Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Do I still use U of C's grading system? If so I have a GPA of 3.95 according to the A+ and A= 4.0 system. I have to decide today if to apply. I feel like my GPA and VR are hovering around the score of the average applicant who receives an interview but the rest of my MCAT and my extracuriculars probably aren't as strong as everyone else (obviously my MCAT sucks). The things that are stopping me from applying are the: $150 cost, likelihood of not receiving an interview, having to do verifier/write impact statements just for this application, asking my referees to write me another recommendation within 3 days after just having them complete my OMSAS letter of reference a week ago. If anyone has seen the U of C referee letters, are they long sections with the specific question or are they numerical? And is it all online or do they have to mail it in? Thanks so much for the help so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asta Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 There are examples of the referee forms in the appendix of the applicant manual, I would suggest that you look at that. Applicant Manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animo_acid Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I think you might get to the file review stage but your MCAT score won't look too good for the subjective assessment part, especially as an OOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidhya Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 In my opinion I would apply. If you look at the weight of the subjective component it is very small overall. Plus, the overall MCAT scores will only be a portion of this subjective component. Everyone has one or two weak areas. I think the EC's 60% way overpowers the effect of the 10% subjective component. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AKY Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Thank you for the advice. My sleuthing skills are lacking because I thought I had read through the application manual but I somehow missed that section at the end. I feel like the referee letters aren't too time consuming. My last issue is: if I get my university to send transcripts by tomorrow, how likely is it that the university will receive them before the deadline? The deadline is Saturday evening. I am not sure if I can ask my university to sent it by priority mail. Even if it does reach Calgary by Thursday night, will I know for sure if it got there in the Friday mail? I was under the impression that we just had to request a transcript like with the OMSAS system. Thanks for the help. If my transcript will get there on time then I could request it tomorrow morning and send my referee emails tomorrow and submit my application on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larva Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Every university is different for requesting/processing transcripts. It's really down to the wire here, but you can always call your school first thing in the morning and see if they can do an overnight courier. Also, there is information on the blog about transcripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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