Brief Profile:
Foreign Language Achievement Award (upon graduation) Dean\'s list (4 semesters) Somewhat unusual senior research thesis 3 years volunteering as a counselor at a community reproductive health/family planning clinic volunteer for senate campaign 4-year scholarship volunteer ESL teacher (1 year) hospital volunteer for 3 months (20 hrs/week) 4 years working on campus as an office assistant/tutor study abroad (one semester) speak 5 languages volunteer at a cat adoption center summer internship (boring) policy/non-profit research internship Katrina relief volunteer fundraising for Katrina relief trip member of investment group on campus undergrad toxicology research project began working as an Emergency Medical Responder (analog of EMT-B in the US) during the cycle Took my Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-I/Primary Care Paramedic) during the cycle while working FT as an EMR
I have a low cumulative due to 2 years in Economics where I stayed at 3.3-3.4, but my last 2 years are around 3.8. Trying to pull up the cumulative and especially BCPM now, so I\'m gonna do a year post-bac full-time - I need it for UWO, anyway. My BCPM also has a strong upward trend. I really gained a newfound motivation for studying once I realized Economics was not for me and that I wanted to do medicine instead.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Macalester College
Undergraduate Area of study: Foreign Language/International Studies
Institution: EMT/Primary Care Paramedic
Area of Study: Nursing/Pharmacy/Medical Technology
Degree Obtained: EMT/PCP
Institution: Athabasca University
Area of Study: Premedical Studies
Degree Obtained: N/A
Total MCAT SCORE: 513
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 129,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.58
Science GPA: 3.71
Summary of Application Experience
Re-applicant.
OMSAS cumulative: 3.56
University of Calgary cumulative: 3.58
University of Alberta cumulative: 3.69
University of Alberta pre-requisite: 3.76
Last/best 2 years: 3.86
Rejected pre-interview from UWO due to not making the BS cutoff of 11.
Interviewed at Calgary, Queen\'s, and U of A.
Didn\'t want to go to Queen\'s at all based on last year\'s experience, but decided that beggars can\'t be choosers. Was one of the few rejected right out on May 15th. The dislike was evidently mutual.
Calgary interview was so-so. Their topics were really repetitive and not very challenging. The whole experience was tiring. Rejected post-interview. I scored 28/40 on the interview, so not too bad, but they put a lot of emphasis on cGPA, so that did me in.
U of A interview was last. Had a blast -great questions, lots of variety, lots to think about. Felt very well about my interview, even though I went to it straight off of my paramedic practicum, exhausted after being on call for a month straight. That night, I only had 45 minutes of sleep because we had a time-consuming transfer. On my way back from the interview, I had to pull over and nap a few times, even though the drive was only 2.5 hours!
May 15th - rejected from Queen\'s (meh), accepted at U of A right off the bat (WOW! 1st choice!), rejected from Calgary (a DISTANT 2nd choice....I knew I wasn\'t gonna go there if I got accepted at U of A, anyway).
Now haflway through year 1 at U of A and having a blast! Med school is awesome and it\'s so worth it!
Application Complete, Rejected
University of Western Ontario
Applying for combined PhD/MSTP? No
Submitted: Yes
Secondary Completed: Yes
Interview Invite: No
Interview Attended: No
Waitlisted: No
Accepted: No
Rejected: Yes
Summary of Experience:
cutoff was 11 BS, 9 PS - just my luck
Summary of Experience:
Didn\'t want to go to this interview, given the terrible experience I had there the year before (very rude interviewers, poor scheduling, etc). Decided that beggars can\'t be choosers, so I went anyway. Waste of time. Queen\'s needs to stop trying to be original and just switch to the MMI format. Standardized panel interview? WTF. Boring interview, lasted not even 15 minutes, and cost me over $700 and god knows how many nerve cells because I had to take leave from my paramedic practicum and they were riding my ass about it really hard.
Summary of Experience:
Average interview, low cumulative GPA and they take GPA as 50% of your file evaluation, so I wasn\'t expecting an acceptance. Was a little surprised at the rejection, though, after looking through my evaluation, my numbers weren\'t THAT bad.
Summary of Experience:
WOW! My #1 choice! Can\'t believe it!
Interview went great. I think my interview score and the fact that I had experience on the ambulance took me over the edge - from a straight-out rejection to an outright acceptance this year.
