ontariomed0002 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Just wondering if Mac grades appear on your final transcript as Pass/Fail or do they use Honors/Pass/Fail? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japlanet Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Your transcript is descriptive only. No pass/fail although if you don't pass a unit I guess that would probably be in the descriptive paragraph somewhere. Mostly what happens if you don't pass a unit is you do some sort of remediation until you do pass, so the 'fail' would never show on a transcript anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontariomed0002 Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Oh ok thanks that's interesting. So how do they compare the comments on a Mac students transcript to someone say from Western or Toronto with just P/F who are competing for the same residency spots? Or nowadays since all schools are some form of pass/fail, with the exception of failing a course, do the transcript 'grades/comments' not really matter too much compared to what electives, extracurricular stuff, research, reference letters etc...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perigirl Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Oh ok thanks that's interesting. So how do they compare the comments on a Mac students transcript to someone say from Western or Toronto with just P/F who are competing for the same residency spots? Or nowadays since all schools are some form of pass/fail, with the exception of failing a course, do the transcript 'grades/comments' not really matter too much compared to what electives, extracurricular stuff, research, reference letters etc...? Same question! does this mean that mac students have a harder time with residency admission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japlanet Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 No, not really. Pass/Fail is a joke of a marking scheme anyway, since, as I mentioned above, a Fail would be remediated to a Pass, so really it's a Pass/Pass system. Residency admissions are more concerned with what people say about you (both in your transcript and in your reference letters) and what you have to say about yourself (personal letters and interviews). I guess what I'm saying is that a transcript which just had Pass/Fail for each unit would be even less useful for residency decisions since everyone's transcript would just say 'Pass' all the way down, how does that distinguish between candidates?? If you've gotten into medical school, congratulations. The only way you will fail to finish is if you die, kill someone (on purpose) or rape a patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikkimouse Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 If you've gotten into medical school, congratulations. The only way you will fail to finish is if you die, kill someone (on purpose) or rape a patient. Almost died laughing at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w_robin Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Almost died laughing at this. Phew. That could have gone really badly eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grindsmygears Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 If you've gotten into medical school, congratulations. The only way you will fail to finish is if you die, kill someone (on purpose) or rape a patient. Amazing. I'll be sure to observe those no-no's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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