sggh665 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hello everyone I did my first degree and got an H. BSc. in Life Sciences. Unfortunately my GPA was around 2.50ish (so low that I didn't even bother to calculate). At that time I was unmotivated so I didn't care about school at all. Now I am almost finishing my second degree (also in Ontario) and it is also going to be an H. BSc (majoring in psych and medical sciences). My cGPA this time is 3.99 so far and by the time I graduate it will be 3.98-3.99. My biggest concern now is that I repeated like 6 half-term first year courses in my second degree that I already took in my first degree because my grades in those courses were B-'s, C's and D's. This leaves me with two handicaps: doing a second degree and having repeated the first year courses. Do I have any shot at any of the med schools in Canada or the US despite my two handicaps? I would really appreciate any response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 You probably have a good chance at most DO schools in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 How many credits is your second degree? If you took full loads I dont see why you wouldn't be competitive at Queen's, uwo and ottawa due to weighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Also your MCAT score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sggh665 Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thanks for the replies everyone. I haven't written the MCAT yet because I've only recently considered med schools. My second degree is going to be 3 years long and I took full course loads so by the time I graduate I'm going to have 15.0 credits (5.0/year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summergirl Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I'm pretty sure uwo has rules against retaking courses. Not sure about queens or ottawa though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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