Graduate Students!

[femme]

So I am a recent graduate from an MSc program. I am OOO. I do not meet the wgpa cut-offs. I recognize that U of O claims not to use grad gpa as one of the three years. I'm just wondering how exactly then someone in my position can make their application competitive for U of O?! :S

[Legion]

What exactly is your wGPA? Nobody knows what kind of formula they use for interview invites, but I highly believe that if you don't make the GPA cut-off, you are out of luck. If you take a look at the accepted/rejected thread, a lot of people who got accepted had 3.9+ wGPA. Depending on how much your GPA differs from the cut-off, I would suggest doing an extra undergrad year to boost it up over the cut-off.

 

Maybe someone else can also suggest something else. But as far as I know, first you have to make the GPA cut-off, THEN the ABS cut-off.

 

EDIT: I actually noticed a person with below cut-off GPA (Although IP) and a Masters degree (very productive, 4 publications) that got accepted. So I guess I was wrong about GPA cut-offs. Maybe someone else can shine some light on graduate degrees with regards to Ottawa. Ottawa seems like the most random school IMO when it comes to acceptances.

[femme]

Thanks for the insight legion! I'm at a WGpa of 3.78 . I will have three publications by Christmas, so maybe I should stress that in my OMSAS? Who knows ! I have emailed admissions for some guidance- any answers will be posted here

[Legion]

You should definitely stress your graduate productivity in your ABS

[femme]

For anyone interested, I contacted OttawaMed admissions. They basically said that grad students are not given any advantage. So the only way to improve your chance of admission (if you are a grad students who does not meet the cut-offs) is to register for a second undergrad full time. :eek: