Brief Profile:
ADVICE: ECs are B.S. to the ADCOMS...unless they PAY you for the E.C. or you really ENJOY it than don't do it.
My ECs/Awards etc.
Volunteering (only one summer...waste of time) After that I got a job in the hospital... worked from being a janitor -> loading dock -> lab assitant -> lab tech -> lab researcher -> clinical research assistant -> to a Research Associate (in charge of three clinical research projects...I got this job as a MSc student)
A LOT of scholarships and grants...mostly in grad. school Honor Societies etc. (bigger waste of time than volunteering)
Bunch of conference poster/speaking presentations, published abstracts and articles etc. The best part of being a grad student others pay for you to go and see places.
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2004
Undergraduate college: University of Toronto
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: MSc - University of Toronto
Area of Study: Computing and Information Science
Degree Obtained: MSc
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 129,
C/P 127,
CARS 132
Overall GPA: 3.33
Science GPA: 3.17
Summary of Application Experience
1) If you are a kid from the Jane/Finch/Keele/Sheppard area of Toronto, don't let people put you down for our area. Just because we live in the poorest area in Ontario (2000 Canadian Census) doens't mean we can't excel. Another guy (J/F) and me (K/F) just got accepted, so give it a try. And no I did not mark I am poor take pity on me anywhere on my AMCAS or OMSAS. It came up once during one interview because the guy asked me about my janitor job (he had one too). Your education (the quality), GPA, MCAT (especially in the US) and research are what matters.
2) If your GPA is below 3.6 DO NOT APPLY TO CANADA (if you live in Ontario...the hardest place in NORTH AMERICA to get accepted to medical school...if you don't believe me check what the GPA AND MCAT cut offs are alone in UT, Queens, Western etc.)
3) I don't remember all the schools I applied to and their outcomes , so this is not a complete list.
User #3649 took the old MCAT and scored a 35 which is in the 96th percentile of all old scores.
We converted this to a 517 on the updated scale which is in the 95th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted User #3649’s section scores as follows:
User #3649 scored a 11 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 129 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
User #3649 scored a 10 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
User #3649 scored a 14 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 132 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
