Application Cycle One: 2013

• Undergraduate college: McGill University
• Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 517
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 129, C/P 129, CARS 130   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.71
• Science GPA: 3.65

Summary of Application Experience

Transcript GPA: 3.71
AMCAS cGPA: 3.70, BCPM GPA: 3.59
OMSAS cGPA: 3.73

ECs:

- Extensive experience working with often-neglected areas of society:
i) HIV/AIDS prevention and harm reduction work among street youth and intravenous drug users;
ii) Several years of teaching swimming lessons for children with special needs
iii) Experience facilitating workshops dealing with issues of gender, sexuality and sexual assault to first-year university students;
- A year of experience as a Medical First Responder for large events (>20,000 people);
- Assisted developing an innovative project to address a need for increased sexual education for high schools;
- Several years of research experience (including a publication);
- Served as President and (previously) Executive Committee Member of a cancer research fund at school;
- Worked part time (15-20 hours per week), throughout the past 5 years of school;
- Student representative at the Faculty of Science (discussed program/changes, student standing, university affairs, etc.);
- Hospital volunteering;
- Fluent in three languages (one of which was learnt in the past year and a half), currently working on a fourth (Mandarin);
- Various cultural and artistic endeavours, including a contribution to an undergraduate journal.

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Submitted an update letter to American schools on Jan. 18th, 2014.