cleverusername Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Hey guys, Just want to confirm a couple things here. If you don't meet the cutoffs for CGPA, you are still considered for admission to Queens based on the last 2 year GPA calculation, correct? Secondly, if you don't meet the CGPA cutoff, but have a good 2 year GPA, is there any detrimental effect to your file? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exocytosis Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 That is correct. Also, I believe GPA is only used as a cut off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 It's difficult to say how it's used pre-interview since they're fairly secretive. I suspect that it's just a cutoff, but it's impossible to know if it's considered alongside ECs and other aspects of the application (pre-interview). The interview is 100% of the post-interview score though, so you're not going to penalized for a low cGPA once you make it to that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverusername Posted February 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Ok, thanks for the replies guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 It's difficult to say how it's used pre-interview since they're fairly secretive. I suspect that it's just a cutoff, but it's impossible to know if it's considered alongside ECs and other aspects of the application (pre-interview). The interview is 100% of the post-interview score though, so you're not going to penalized for a low cGPA once you make it to that point. I was going to follow up on that last fall! I know it used be 100% prior to all their rule changes. Did they reaffirm it still is? (Probably just checking). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm actually not sure... there's nothing on the website about it anymore. If anyone's curious I recommend emailing them to see if they will disclose their post-interview formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm actually not sure... there's nothing on the website about it anymore. If anyone's curious I recommend emailing them to see if they will disclose their post-interview formula. Yeah it was removed - hence I am not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck_season Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 "Applicants who successfully make these cuts are invited for an interview and their academic marks are no longer considered in the admission process. Those applicants are then assessed based on personal experiences and personal characteristics through an interview." http://meds.queensu.ca/education/undergraduate/prospective_students/frequently_asked_questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 First I think you are right. The minor issues I always had with that - Applicants are assessed in sequential steps. The first steps are based on academic requirements - the GPA and MCAT scores. Applicants who successfully make these cuts are invited for an interview and their academic marks are no longer considered in the admission process. Those applicants are then assessed based on personal experiences and personal characteristics through an interview. is that it doesn't mention at all the ECs which are also evaluated pre interview (i.e. it isn't just gpa/mcat cut offs - we even wondered how exact of a cut off they were even using). Hence it always looked like no one bothered to update that part of the site last time I looked there (which was over a year ago) and made me wonder if overall they haven't properly updated the page. Well that was my logic a year ago at least - the longer it goes one the more likely it is probably just a minor update mistake and the overall message is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck_season Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Now that you mention it, I do recall Queen's being a strictly cutoff school a couple of years back. It was only recently they introduced evaluation of ECs as a way to make it more holistic (although I think they could do a better job) guess there's no way to be sure...Last time I emailed them about an inconsistency I just got a word-for-word reply from their FAQs page...so I'd rather not wait a month for another one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Now that you mention it, I do recall Queen's being a strictly cutoff school a couple of years back. It was only recently they introduced evaluation of ECs as a way to make it more holistic (although I think they could do a better job) guess there's no way to be sure...Last time I emailed them about an inconsistency I just got a word-for-word reply from their FAQs page...so I'd rather not wait a month for another one of those It definitely was - I applied in a year when the cut off stood As with a lot of this it doesn't really matter - you do you best at the interview because no matter how much it is worth, it is definitely worth a lot. When things quite down a bit I will probably email them to see if I can get a clearer answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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