dalabreezy Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Hello cool, smart people. I'm an Albertan with a 3.71 OMSAS GPA over four years (worked it out last year) and I have a 521 MCAT (132/126/131/132). My ECs are decent. I'd probably throw them in as roughly average for the accepted applicant. I was just-wondering if this is anywhere close to what Queens wants from students-- cuz I'm not applying to any other Ontario schools (fucking CARS) and I don't know if it's worth it to go through the whole OMSAS thing just to make one application to Queens. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhopeful25 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 I think it's worth a shot! You have a decent chance! My friend applied with 125 for CARS, and she got an interview! I believe her overall score is 515! Although her ECs are above average and her cGPA is 3.8+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalabreezy Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 I think it's worth a shot! You have a decent chance! My friend applied with 125 for CARS, and she got an interview! I believe her overall score is 515! Although her ECs are above average and her cGPA is 3.8+. Interesting. If there's a couple posters here who don't think 3.71 is prohibitively low, I'll give it a shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secter3 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 sorry, you will never get in. give up while you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhopeful25 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Interesting. If there's a couple posters here who don't think 3.71 is prohibitively low, I'll give it a shot How's your 2YGPA? Queen's either use your cGPA or 2YGPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_ _ Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Interesting. If there's a couple posters here who don't think 3.71 is prohibitively low, I'll give it a shot Queen's only uses your last 2 years if that's better for you. I would apply if I were you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalabreezy Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Queen's only uses your last 2 years if that's better for you. I would apply if I were you! Oh dang, no way. My cGPA is a 3.75 here at the U of A, but it went like 3.64 -->3.72--> 3.71--->3.89. My last year had only 9 courses instead of 10 though. I'll need to recalculate it. Interesting though. Do they take people below 3.8s though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhopeful25 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Oh dang, no way. My cGPA is a 3.75 here at the U of A, but it went like 3.64 -->3.72--> 3.71--->3.89. My last year had only 9 courses instead of 10 though. I'll need to recalculate it. Interesting though. Do they take people below 3.8s though? Queen's is not like Western where you need to have 5 courses per semester (Queens only require 3 courses/term, so 6 courses/year)! Your most recent two years is around 3.80 though. So, I think you should really consider applying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalabreezy Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Queen's is not like Western where you need to have 5 courses per semester (Queens only require 3 courses/term, so 6 courses/year)! Your most recent two years is around 3.80 though. So, I think you should really consider applying I figure when it gets converted to the OMSAS GPA it'll probably drop into the 7s, but you do raise a pretty good point Shoot. I guess I'll have to apply then. Thanks so much for the help guys! Lemme know if any of y'all snagged a Queens spot with a GPA below 3.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromosome Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 If you take a look at the Interview Invites and the Accepted/Waitlisted/Rejected threads you can see the different GPA/MCAT/EC combos that got interviews/acceptances. I think there are several with cGPAs within the 3.7s and/or wGPAs < 3.8. Either way, I think you should apply - you honestly never know. I was planning on not applying to any school this past cycle because I thought that there was absolutely zero chance of getting an interview, so just give it a shot if money isn't a huge issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmac Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 I'd say apply to Queens, US MD and DO schools altogether if it's not too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yych208 Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Sorry for stealing your thread but I'm wondering the same I'm a BC resident with 3.80 (3.82/3.68/3.94) going to 4th year. MCAT 507 (131/124CARS/127/125). I have decent ECs. Should I bother applying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hushman Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Could you guys elaborate more on your EC's? My stats are around the same as both of yours, but I really don't know how my EC's compare to most people. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_jacob_45 Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Hello cool, smart people. I'm an Albertan with a 3.71 OMSAS GPA over four years (worked it out last year) and I have a 521 MCAT (132/126/131/132). My ECs are decent. I'd probably throw them in as roughly average for the accepted applicant. I was just-wondering if this is anywhere close to what Queens wants from students-- cuz I'm not applying to any other Ontario schools (fucking CARS) and I don't know if it's worth it to go through the whole OMSAS thing just to make one application to Queens. Cheers! Hey! I think you should apply to Queens for sure. There is definitely a chance if your ECs are good. Also, if you would consider adding other OMSAS schools, I would consider Ottawa and U of T. Ottawa is wants you to submit the mcat but is not including it in its evaluation this year and U of T has 125 cutoffs so its worth a shot there too. Plus these schools use a wGPA, so your gpa is probably higher than 3.71 at these schools. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhopeful25 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Sorry for stealing your thread but I'm wondering the same I'm a BC resident with 3.80 (3.82/3.68/3.94) going to 4th year. MCAT 507 (131/124CARS/127/125). I have decent ECs. Should I bother applying? If you think your ECs are good, then you should apply! Plus, it seems like your cGPA is considered competitive. Go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yych208 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 If you think your ECs are good, then you should apply! Plus, it seems like your cGPA is considered competitive. Go for it! That's awesome to hear Does anyone else also think I might have a decent shot at queens? I don't want to spend $$ on something impossible haha. Recap: BC resident 3.81 GPA 507 MCAT (131/124/127/125) pretty amazing ECs i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoKaká Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 That's awesome to hear Does anyone else also think I might have a decent shot at queens? I don't want to spend $$ on something impossible haha. Recap: BC resident 3.81 GPA 507 MCAT (131/124/127/125) pretty amazing ECs i think Your CARS score is a bit low, not sure how that will favour for Queen's... I do know someone who got an interview with a 125 last year so take that if you may, if you have the money then go for it. I think the MCAT/GPA can be a bit lower if you have a MSc under your belt, if thats the case I'd deff toss one in, if you are just an UG.. probably not worth it IMO, but its your money, your decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHCClassII Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 I have the same question, wondering if I should apply to Queens or not due to low MCAT GPA: 4.0 MCAT: 506 (Bio 128/ CP 127/ CARS 126, Psych 125) ECs ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoKaká Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 I have the same question, wondering if I should apply to Queens or not due to low MCAT GPA: 4.0 MCAT: 506 (Bio 128/ CP 127/ CARS 126, Psych 125) ECs ok Depends really, are you IP, UG or MSc? The only people I know who received interviews either had overall pretty good mcat scores (510+) or had MSc degrees and generally had a pretty good sketch. Queen's is a blackbox so no one here can really tell you if you had a shot or not, of course if you had a slightly higher MCAT that would be more encouraging, however, there is always a shot. If you have the $ then I'd say try it out and see what happens, if no... then re-write your MCAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prosoccer99 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 It may be worth it to rewrite your MCAT based on your CARS score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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