oilcountry Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hey so my friend who applied and didn't get an interview got her follow-up letter today and here are the stats for interviewed applicants. I'm not sure if these are for all applicant pools or only the 4yr IP pool which she was a part of: Ave cGPA: 3.83 Ave MCAT: 10.64 Ave MCAT WS: P Ave Activities: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunasly Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 I don't live in Alberta, but I am glad to see that the average number of activities amongst applicants is only 7. Many of the serious applicants I see applying tend to have many more than that (15 - 25). Quite a high GPA as well. I am in my second year holding on to a 3.85 right now and there is still so much room for mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilcountry Posted March 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 The ave activities score refers to an arbitrary score out of 23 not the actual number of activities an individual takes part in. Also I forgot to add the max scores in: Max cGPA: 4.00 Max MCAT: 14.33 Max MCAT WS: T Max activities: 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apixaban85 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Anyone get the OOP stats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 I don't live in Alberta, but I am glad to see that the average number of activities amongst applicants is only 7. Many of the serious applicants I see applying tend to have many more than that (15 - 25). Quite a high GPA as well. I am in my second year holding on to a 3.85 right now and there is still so much room for mistakes. Im pretty sure that is an extracurricular score, not the raw number of activities. 7/14 in that section just means you were given a purely average score (50th percentile). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLamb Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Im pretty sure that is an extracurricular score, not the raw number of activities. 7/14 in that section just means you were given a purely average score (50th percentile). it isn't 7 out of 14 but out of 23 (or 25, as it was in the past?). From speaking with others who have applied and been rejected pre- or post-interview, it is extremely unusual to get into the double digits for the extracurricular score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkLvr Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 it is extremely unusual to get into the double digits for the extracurricular score. They do this so that people with "extraordinary" ECs have their activities carry a large weight in their application. For instance, I would imagine that a Rhodes Scholar applicant would probably get a score closer to 23. Most applicant who get the interview however have scores in the high single digits and maybe low double digits if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLamb Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 They do this so that people with "extraordinary" ECs have their activities carry a large weight in their application. For instance, I would imagine that a Rhodes Scholar applicant would probably get a score closer to 23. Most applicant who get the interview however have scores in the high single digits and maybe low double digits if I'm not mistaken. I would have to go and get a few letters out of my files, but over the last couple years, I don't believe anyone has approached 20, and I know there have been Rhodes Scholars who have applied... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 They do this so that people with "extraordinary" ECs have their activities carry a large weight in their application. For instance, I would imagine that a Rhodes Scholar applicant would probably get a score closer to 23. Most applicant who get the interview however have scores in the high single digits and maybe low double digits if I'm not mistaken. My score was 9+ and I got in right away, no waitlist - and my score was above admitted average back in '09. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1990 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 These stats are a lot lower than 2011 ans 2010. Also I don't think they include OOP otherwise they would've been higher. 2011 3.87 10.92 Q 2010 3.86 10.98 Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilcountry Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 These stats are for all interviewed applicants and that's why the stats seem low. The above quoted stats are for accepted applicants so undoubtedly the accepted stats will be higher than the ones for all interviewed applicants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1990 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 On the u of a site it says applicants . Are those numbers for the ones who actually were accepted? 4-Yr Applicants Mean Cumulative GPA 3.87 Mean MCAT 10.92 Mean Writing Sample Q http://ume.med.ualberta.ca/ProspectiveLearners/MDAdmissions/AdmissionStatistics/Pages/default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1990 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Thanks for the confirmation. the last year pool has both accepted IP and OOP so the average for 4th IP must be lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkLvr Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Total speculation. Why would a Rhodes scholar get a higher score when their academic achievements have already been taken into account in their GPA calculation and masters +1 or PhD +3? In 2010 (paralyzers) the highest was 14.88, the average was 8.61. U of A has always had a low and narrow distribution. Why this is and what it takes to score high is a matter of debate. It is definitely not simply the number of activities (sorry Lunasy) and the only people who know for sure don't regularly post on this board. For sure, all we can do is speculate. Rhodes Scholar probably wasn't the best example to pull out of thin air, but it seems that the UofA allots a maximum of 23 for ECs while the max is usually much lower (14.88 for the 2014 class) to leave some buffer room. Perhaps an Olympic athlete might score over 14.88? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North12 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Got my OOP letter today. I was so close . Note to future OOP applicants - MCAT is clearly weighted the most: Measure: Max, Average Offered Interview, (Mine for interest sake) cGPA: 4.00, 3.98, (3.96) MCAT: 14, 11.68, (11) Personal Activities: 13, 8, (9) Props to whoever is out there with the 42 MCAT. Thats awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremedGuy1 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Got my OOP letter today. I was so close . Note to future OOP applicants - MCAT is clearly weighted the most: Measure: Max, Average Offered Interview, (Mine for interest sake) cGPA: 4.00, 3.98, (3.96) MCAT: 14, 11.68, (11) Personal Activities: 13, 8, (9) Props to whoever is out there with the 42 MCAT. Thats awesome! Hey North12, what was the average for the writing sample? Q or R? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North12 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 It was Q, sorry I forgot it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro_4_Medschool Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 I was wondering if anyone had the stats similar to this thread for the 2012/2013 year and wouldn't mind sharing them. It would be nice to know what the averages were for each of the applicant pools. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamham Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I was wondering if anyone had the stats similar to this thread for the 2012/2013 year and wouldn't mind sharing them. It would be nice to know what the averages were for each of the applicant pools. Thanks so much! I am also curious to know about the stats for invited applicants. I am OOP who interviewed, and I heard that the average GPA, MCATs and ECs scores for OOP this year are very similar to those of last year. So for OOP interviewed, Avg GPA: about 3.99 Avg MCAT: about 35Q ECs: Not sure. It would be great someone can verify. I think those who receive regrets pre-interview are informed of these statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telric Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Heard from a friend that the average applicant was a 3.82 and 32P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zizo5 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 GPA: 3.82 ECs: 7 MCAT: 10.69 WS: P 4th yr IP pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacrolimus Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 GPA: 3.82ECs: 7 MCAT: 10.69 WS: P 4th yr IP pool Those are the stats of the people interviewed, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zizo5 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 ya it's the average scores of those interviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalkeener Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Everything you could possibly want to know is here: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/programs/md/admissions/applyingmedicine/enteringstatistics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoss Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Everything you could possibly want to know is here: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/programs/md/admissions/applyingmedicine/enteringstatistics Those are last year's stats. The only people who got current year stats are those who were not interviewed this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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