New Weighting Formula for Interview

[Guest muchdutch]

Hey all,

I heard that the U of A was implementing a new weighting system for their academic and non-academic requirements for who will get an interview for the 2007 application cycle. Does anybody know anything about this or the exact numbers?

[Guest muchdutch]

This is the previous weighting (2005 and before cycle):

 

The process used for calculating the rank score for applicants is as follows:

Cumulative average of university years: 10% (approx.)

Prerequisite course 25% (approx.)

MCAT 15% (approx.)

Interview 25% (approx.)

Personal attributes 15% (approx.)

Reference letters 5% (approx.)

MCAT writing sample 5% (approx.)

 

And this is what I found out:

 

The new weighting is:

CGPA 15

PGPA 15

MCAT 15

MCAT Writing Sample 05

Personal Attributes 20

Interview 25

Reference Letters 05

 

So a bit more on the cGPA but a substantial amount of less weighting on the pre-req GPA. And a bit more on the personal attributes. Closer to a chool like Calgary's rating, no?

 

Personally, this is good news for me. I don't have the most stellar pre-req GPA but my cumulative is much better and I think my personal attributes are good so I'm hoping I'll have a better chance with this weighting system.

 

Comments?

[Guest HP]

I like the shift to more personal factors. I wonder if it means they'll re-design the personal attributes section of the application?

[Guest jgray2]

thanks for the update! (even if it isn't for this cycle)