AS9Wave Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Time stamp: 1:48pm EST Interview date: Result: Invite GPA: 90% MCAT: Above required ECs: Started a few undergraduate faculty/university wide organizations (1 of which was high endeavour), no pubs, worked with refugee youths, mental health clinic, lots of awards, lots of poster presentations, some clinical shadowing as well. Year: 2nd year MSc Geography: OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarandus Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Result: Reject Dec 2014 AGPA: 86.66 MCAT:10 v/09ps/12bio EC's: ecology field research volunteering (in uni - OLD), teach kids at environmental ed (in uni - OLD), sexual health clinic volunteer (5 months), board member of city advisory committee 3 years, founding member of not for profit wildlife conservation society (500++ hours), lots of outdoor rec and wilderness experience with avalanche safety and rescue certifications, yoga/art/mtb. biking/skiing/wilderness adventure/travel as interests. No music, and I'm not a high achiever in any particular EC. Work primarily as a wildlife technician/bio for 14 years as a contractor and for government, and some avalanche technician/ski guide work. Research: One pub as co-author in quality journal. Lots of grey lit, but that doesn't count. Year: BSc in 2000 Geography: IP NAQ 24.38 AQ 27.14 TFR 51.52 Awards: nothing special, open scholarships. Congrats to those that got an interview and good luck! I'm looking for some advice. I'm an older applicant (late 30s), I worked as a contractor for 10 years, so I maxed out the employment section. I'm not sure this was a good idea. I gave excruciating detail on the hours of each contract. But I wonder if it would have been better to lump it into one entry. For EC's: This process is undoubtedly making me a better person! I'm taking a long hard look at how I spend my time, and how little volunteering I've done. I've found some volunteer opportunities I didn't know existed, and which I really enjoy. I know I need more social volunteering, and I am working on that. My volunteer success is to help form a conservation not-for-profit. I listed it as one entry for the NAQ but, I'm co-project managing, doing grunt work, I'm the president of the board, and was a founding member. Should I stretch the rules and break this out into more than one category? I left multiple NAQ entries empty. Should I have split rather than clumped? Is it even possible to increase my NAQ score in one year? Finally, I'm considering re-writing the MCAT OR I could take psych/sociology and finish off the Orgo 2 I still need to do. This might net me a AGPA increase to 87 or max 87.5. Don't think I can pull-off both. Any advice you can provide will be appreciated. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Don't rush, focus on one or the other. I'd reccomend taking the classes first over s period of time and still reapply just to see your scores etc. If you plan on taking distance ed courses, feel free to pm me about AU or TRU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleyuvic Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 TIME STAMP: 10:48am December 4th, 2014Interview Date: February 7th, 8:45amResult: InviteGPA: 86% MCAT: 8/10/9 (Horrible, I know... I had a concussion while writing it.)ECs: President of undergraduate honours society, vice president of undergraduate psychology honours society, research experience (paid and unpaid), team leader with Canadian Blood Service, coaching and sports, tutoring undergraduate students (paid and unpaid), planning many events related to mental health and disease awareness, and caregiving for my grandmother when she had Alzheimer's.Early/Regular Deadline: RegularYear: Finished UGGeography: IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zucchini77 Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I've used this forum for a while so thought I would post in case this helps anyone. TIME STAMP: 10:27 AM Interview Date: February 7thResult: InviteGPA: 89.07MCAT: 10/10/14ECs: PM me!Early/Regular Deadline: EarlyYear: Completed UGGeography: IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBrownguy Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Goodluck class of 2019! Hoping to meet you all at one time or another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Dusdal Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 That's all for interview then, right? All the best to everyone to May as we mentally pick away at our performance in the interviews until we are a miserable self-deprecating mess . It's been flattering to be in the same interview population as you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango.tea Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 On 2/16/2015 at 5:22 PM, Caleb Dusdal said: It's been flattering to be in the same interview population as you all. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCMed2018 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 It was so fun meeting all of you at interviews! Congratulations on making it through the MMI! To bide away the nerve-wracking time (oh yes, we all went through it, we feel your pain!) until you get your results in May, here is the lipdub we played for you at the interviews. Enjoy, and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_14 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Were interviews on Feb 14th? I saw some people in suits near woodward and figured it must've been for med interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleming Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Were interviews on Feb 14th? I saw some people in suits near woodward and figured it must've been for med interviews. Yup. Feb. 7, 8, 14, 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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