lolelol Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 You're in your mid 20-s right? I would've guessed 14. Ps. you suck at trolling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 gotta harness in the good energy, block out the bad. feel the flow. it's like a carousel, you pay the quarter you get on the horse it goes up and down - and around. circular. circle. with the music, the flow. all good things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 calm down everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof.A.DumbleDore Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 The Great Premed War of 2012.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preppy038 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Hello friends, I'm a first time poster and have been lurking for about a year. Admittedly, I try to not read these forums because it usually ends up psyching me out, especially after reading stellar stats that have been rejected by various schools. Well any way, here I am posting now looking for suggestions on how I can improve my app, what to do next year, etc. This is gonna be long so please bear with me. First, here is my story/stats: First time applying From Toronto Graduated in 2011 with an Honors Specialization in Biochemistry MCAT: 13P/9V/11B Q (33Q) - This is my best score, wrote 2 times before GPA: OMSAS 3.84 (mucked around in 1st year), U of T weighted: 3.9, Ottawa weighted: 3.89, Last/best two years: 3.91 Essay: Definitely needs more work - too fluffy/creative in my opinion it kinda seems superficial. ECs: Vice President of two clubs, summer hospital volunteering every summer with children with special needs, dabbled with research in 3rd and 4th year (don't really like it), 4th year thesis, 1 pub but 7th author, intramural sports (hockey and soccer for all my years of UG, water polo in my first year), boys and girls club volunteer for two years, international volunteer for a month (was one of the leaders so had to prep for about half a year (fundraising, asking for medical supplies, etc), not many awards (just the standard entrance scholarships and aiming for the top), job shadowed last summer in stroke rehab, worked for the Toronto Public library during high school, and some other small ECs. These are the stats that I applied with this year, but was rejected pre-interview. I applied to all schools in Ontario (except Northern) and Dal. Currently, I have a part-time job as an instructional therapist for autistic children (PM me if you are interested in hearing what this job entails, really cool job IMHO) and I also do private tutoring for high school and university students (couldn't put these on my app because I started them after I submitted). I'm trying to save money to finance my (hopefully) medical education. I work around 20-30 hours a week, and I spend the rest of my free time playing recreational sports with friends, going to the gym, or hanging out. I'm really passionate about a career in medicine, so I don't want to consider another career. However, I can't help but feel like a failure after all the rejections. I'm just looking for some advice - things I can do to improve my app, or maybe I just need some feel good words... I wouldn't mind applying to the states for next cycle, but I would prefer to stay in Canada. Oh yeah, I don't have an English credit because I was scared it would pull my GPA down. Suggestions on what I should do? Thank you for reading to the end of this post. All your help is greatly appreciated. -J You have competitive GPA but not competitive MCAT. If you want to stay in Toronto because of family, friends, city, etc, apply for a Master's degree at IMS or something that will help you get into UofT. If you don't care and you can go anywhere, work on your MCAT. Your VR really needs a lot of work if you want to improve your chances at Canadian schools. VR is really about exam-taking skills. Everyone is capable of scoring high as long as they know how to. Examkrackers explains this so much better than I can. The amount of blind practice in VR doesn't correlate with your VR grade. It's more like improving your focus during the exam (like sitting up, orienting your brain so that your sympathetic system is activated so you focus and take in more information that allows you to choose the best answer in VR). It can be done over 1 or 2 months during the summer as long as your consistent and committed. I highly suggest you follow this path because you have a great GPA, great ECs, and great MCAT scores (in all other areas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkstore Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Hey fellas....can't we ever just, get along? Let's break bread! As they Jamaican's say, "peace mon". Now how about a reach around? Gusta I replied to one of your posts in the "my mom won't let me go to York thread", you should ch-check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc89 Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 You have competitive GPA but not competitive MCAT. If you want to stay in Toronto because of family, friends, city, etc, apply for a Master's degree at IMS or something that will help you get into UofT. If you don't care and you can go anywhere, work on your MCAT. Your VR really needs a lot of work if you want to improve your chances at Canadian schools. VR is really about exam-taking skills. Everyone is capable of scoring high as long as they know how to. Examkrackers explains this so much better than I can. The amount of blind practice in VR doesn't correlate with your VR grade. It's more like improving your focus during the exam (like sitting up, orienting your brain so that your sympathetic system is activated so you focus and take in more information that allows you to choose the best answer in VR). It can be done over 1 or 2 months during the summer as long as your consistent and committed. I highly suggest you follow this path because you have a great GPA, great ECs, and great MCAT scores (in all other areas) Thanks for the suggestion Preppy. If I take a thesis based Masters at IMS for example, how would I be evaluated? My guess would be on my research productivity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDoc Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Why was UWO the #2 for you? It's not. UWO is my number one right now. But I think I bombed my interview at UWO. While, my Toronto interview was great. But who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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