Supplemental Question

[makica24]

I'm an OOP applicant who doesn't have that many ECs so I'm worried that this portion of my application will affect my chances a lot. I'm just curious about how I'd be be scored

 

1) Extracurricular activities

- I had executive positions in 5 clubs and that is all.

 

2) Medically related experience

- 100 hours at a hospital

 

3) Volunteer Experience

- 1 year at the Canadian Cancer Society

- International Volunteering

- brief volunteering at various events related to fashion for humanitarian causes

 

I have a decent amount of employment and awards to add, but nothing special.

 

To make matters worse, they ask for the last 5 years and if that is from September 2010 a bulk of my ECs are cut (most of the hospital hours, the year at the CCS , the international volunteering and the brief volunteering jobs). Should I still add those in? I'm already pretty uncompetitive with them anyway.

[not my real name]

I can't comment too much on your ECs, though I would not necessarily discount your employment. It sounds like you've been working quite a bit, which is certainly worth something.

 

I think you can include your pre-2010 stuff as long as it's not high school level. I was told by Dal that I could include stuff going back to my first undergrad (2003-2007) when I applied last cycle, and that they typically want to exclude mainly things from high school. I did get an OOP interview based on this too. Good luck.

[molars]

Hey,

 

Can someone please comment on chances of receiving an interview as an OOP applicant with no maritime connection? I am asking for a friend who has a 3.85 GPA in her last 2 years, 30 MCAT and has decent ECs with 2 publications and 1 accepted for publication. 

[boggie111]

If you absolutely have no Maritime connection I'd suggest that you do heavy research on the program and write about what appeals to you (e.g., curriculum and type of learning, research opportunities, clinical exposure, etc.).