KatMatt Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Hi, I've searched this forum to see if this topic exists, but haven't found it anywhere. I'm wondering if anyone (Canadians) has done an SMP in the US to raise GPA/boos application, and then returned to Canada for med school. Anyone have any ideas about what adcomms in Canada think about an SMP year? Do they care? Also, as I already have a Masters (an MA) would adding a seocnd one be advantageous in terms of the schools that count masters GPA? For example, U of C takes your grad GPA as one full year GPA. So if I had two masters degrees, would they take the GPAs as two full undergrad years? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hi, I've searched this forum to see if this topic exists, but haven't found it anywhere. I'm wondering if anyone (Canadians) has done an SMP in the US to raise GPA/boos application, and then returned to Canada for med school. Anyone have any ideas about what adcomms in Canada think about an SMP year? Do they care? Also, as I already have a Masters (an MA) would adding a seocnd one be advantageous in terms of the schools that count masters GPA? For example, U of C takes your grad GPA as one full year GPA. So if I had two masters degrees, would they take the GPAs as two full undergrad years? Thanks! Usually, Canadian schools don't look at grad studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drake19 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 SMP = masters = completely useless in Canada. SMPs are only useful in United States The best kept secret is the BMS (biomedical sciences) program at Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University). Last year we had about 90-100 students, in the end at least 90% of the class got into medical school. This program has the highest acceptance rate of any SMP program in the country. I only know of 1 person that didn't get in because she had more than one C in the program. You complete 4 medical school courses through your course in the SMP program and another 4 courses in Healthcare Management. You end up with a MSc in Biomedical Sciences. You get a relaxed first year as a M-1A and you can puruse yet another master. Some people do research and end up with the M.D.D.R. (M.D. with distinction in research). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatMatt Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 SMP = masters = completely useless in Canada. SMPs are only useful in United States The best kept secret is the BMS (biomedical sciences) program at Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University). Last year we had about 90-100 students, in the end at least 90% of the class got into medical school. This program has the highest acceptance rate of any SMP program in the country. I only know of 1 person that didn't get in because she had more than one C in the program. You complete 4 medical school courses through your course in the SMP program and another 4 courses in Healthcare Management. You end up with a MSc in Biomedical Sciences. You get a relaxed first year as a M-1A and you can puruse yet another master. Some people do research and end up with the M.D.D.R. (M.D. with distinction in research). Thanks for the reply...but Masters aren't completely useless at all Canadian schools. Off the top of my head, UBC and U of C will both take a Masters degree as one full-time year of undergrad in terms of calculating GPA. So, it could technically boost GPA. But CMS sounds like a good option if I don't get in to the Canadian schools I want. Thanks again for taking the time to reply. Out of curiosity, which schools did the 90% of students get into? Did most stay at CMS, or did they go all over? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathvvv Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 SMP is useless for schools like U of T which likes research productivity. But definitely useful for schools that use it into their GPA calculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drake19 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Thanks for the reply...but Masters aren't completely useless at all Canadian schools. Off the top of my head, UBC and U of C will both take a Masters degree as one full-time year of undergrad in terms of calculating GPA. So, it could technically boost GPA. But CMS sounds like a good option if I don't get in to the Canadian schools I want. Thanks again for taking the time to reply. Out of curiosity, which schools did the 90% of students get into? Did most stay at CMS, or did they go all over? Thanks again I can't give you an exact number I would say 90-95% of students stayed at CMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneyxox Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 I can't give you an exact number I would say 90-95% of students stayed at CMS. I thought Rosalind Franklin accepts ~180 people every year. So half of that are students from the BMS program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MASTERdeBATOR Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Thanks for the reply...but Masters aren't completely useless at all Canadian schools. Off the top of my head, UBC and U of C will both take a Masters degree as one full-time year of undergrad in terms of calculating GPA. So, it could technically boost GPA. But CMS sounds like a good option if I don't get in to the Canadian schools I want. Thanks again for taking the time to reply. Out of curiosity, which schools did the 90% of students get into? Did most stay at CMS, or did they go all over? Thanks again if GPA is all you care about, you mind as well take a few 1st and 2nd year courses to boost it rather than an expensive masters degree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drake19 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I thought Rosalind Franklin accepts ~180 people every year. So half of that are students from the BMS program? Yeah that is correct - ALMOST HALF of the 190 students at the Chicago Medical School this year were BMS students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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