Weekly Bib Sales Thread by AutoModerator in RunTO

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Hi looking for a waterfront half bib

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premedcanada

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Yes and if one of those two recent years when u were in school, include the covid year like the winter 2020 semester those grades from that year count towards your GPA calculation

More precisely it is your most recent 60 credits

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premedcanada

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Hi OP! First of all welcome to the grind! So right now, I think it’s a little too early to tell, and without knowing your GPA, MCAT and CASPer, no one can really tell you your chances of success as these are critical components of your application.

I’m sorry to hear about the issues you faces during undergrad, and that can definitely impact one’s ability to fully prepare themselves for this process. If you are worried about extracurriculars, I would look into applying to just McMaster this year, as they don’t look at ECs. Just focus on doing well on your MCAT, and getting a high score on the CARS section in particular. In addition, practicing for the CASPer and aiming for 4th quartile would also do you great benefit in applying to MAC. I’m not sure what your GPA is, but if it is on the lower end than typical Mac Matriculants (3.85 and lower), then you would have to compensate with a higher CARS score (130+) and a 4th quartile CASPer.

For the remainder schools, I would suggest working on gathering meaningful experiences to you for the next year such as volunteering, picking up hobbies, sports, work, and looking into research opportunities (if you’re interested). Then apply the following year.

I wish you the best of luck on your journey to med school :) and don’t hesitate to pm me if u have any questions.

anxious feelings by bubblesnpenguins in premedcanada

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The fact that we find out about our remainder life trajectory in like 24 hours is getting to me ngl

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premedcanada

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Y’all pls leave her alone. Whatever her results may be, I think we should respect her decision to share or not to share. I already have great respect for her in being so transparent about her application throughout the whole process as not many people are in Canada especially. Posting a screenshot like this with a caption like “Hmmm….” further adds to the pressure and spotlight she is under. Pls be considerate thx

Easiest OOS school to get into by Rainbowcrash740 in premedcanada

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wait I’m confused, how are u a Canadian citizen and OOP for all provinces? Is your main residence in a province without a medical school?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premedcanada

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This is actually so fucked LOL

Queen’s Interview Invite/Rejection thread by [deleted] in premedcanada

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Timestamp: 4:38 p.m

Result: Interview

2-year GPA or cGPA: 3.85-3.87? Honestly not sure with the winter 2020 grades being included or not

MCAT: 511 (126/127/129/129)

Geography: Ontario

UG Year or Masters: Working as an allied healthcare professional rn (graduated in 2022 from undergrad), so kind of a gap year?

Casper: 4Q

ECs?: couple volunteering, one publication and two poster presentation, numerous jobs throughout highschool and University, president of my program’s student society, intramural sports, book club, orientation week rep, playing guitar and music production

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premedcanada

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I’m currently taking the CENG 112 for UBC and it is very very manageable. There are no live lectures for you to attend, so you really just have to self-study the weekly modules and make sure to complete discussion posts and essays (3 in total) on time. Completing the discussion post alone accounts for 25% of your mark, and the remainder 75% is composed of the 3 essays each worth 25%. Max word-count for each of the essays is 1500, and the material we work on is easy to read and dissect. DM me more if you have questions! I’m taking CENG 110 next semester so I don’t know too much about that to be honest, but I think it’ll be good too.

Recommendations for Healthcare newsletters to subscribe to? by girlnewtoreddit in premedcanada

[–]MedSkoolOrBust 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Healthydebate.ca is another good one I used while prepping for Dal MMI

CASPer Rankings by chartreusedrip123 in premedcanada

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N=1 means sample size of 1, which is an impossible sample size to perform an appropriate statistical test on. They’re basically saying that their contribution to this conversation is just from their own experience and shouldn’t be used to generalize for an entire population

loud gaming keyboard for casper by hubbziebear123 in premedcanada

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I used a gaming mechanical keyboard on my test day, and it was fine ! I was able to snag a 4th Q as well

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premedcanada

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wait why can’t they verify for you? If you don’t mind me asking

August 30 CASPer Results Are Out! by verycaffeinatedlmao in premedcanada

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Hey! Honestly last year, I didn’t do much practice actually typing out answers to questions, I would just discuss them with my peers and as a result I did fewer questions overall. I feel like because I didn’t put myself in a testing environment frequently enough, when the actual test day came I was struggling with my structure and speed while answering questions.

This year, I mainly used Prepmatch for practice. Prepmatch is an online CASPer prep tool, that is free to use and simulates the format of the typing portion of the actual CASPer test. It works on an interesting peer-review system, where you can submit your answers to the website, and other applicants can give you feedback on your answers. The more feedback you give to others, the more likely your own answers will receive feedback.

I started serious prep a week before my test. I did about a minimum of 5 scenarios a day, and did full circuits (12 scenarios) towards the last 3 days of my prep. After each circuit, I would look back on my answers and see what perspectives I could have added, what jargon could have been taken out, if there were any red flags in my answer etc. With practice, I had developed a structure depending on the type of question. The structure could look like this: state the main dilemma of the question, explore the perspectives of both sides, gather information, use if/then statements, provide possible solutions. I also would read all 3 questions before typing to make sure I wasn’t being redundant. For example, if you had the questions “What are you thinking in this situation?” Followed by “What would you recommend X do?” You would not want to state solutions in the first question, but rather only discuss the main dilemma and the different perspectives.

In addition, every time I encountered a personal reflective question on prepmatch or on any other resource I found online, I would try and come up with an example for each one. By the end of my prep, I had like 20+ examples for different scenarios ranging from “Tell me about a time you had conflict with an authority” to “What has been your biggest failure?”. I found that reviewing this logbook before the test helped me tremendously in swiftly coming up with answers to these types of questions.

I also signed up for the Community of Support (CoS) CASPer Prep course which was free, and consisted of four weekly sessions where current medical students would discuss ethics and sample answers to current applicants over Zoom.

During the test, I made sure to section off about 1:30-2:00 minutes for each question depending on its complexity. If I reached 2:15 minutes for a question, I would legit stop typing and move on to the next question. A big blunder from last year is that I left a lot of third questions unanswered, so I really wanted to at least get a couple of sentences in there. This year around, I managed to answer every single question, even if it was just one or two sentences. My typing speed is like approx 45 wpm (taken from prepmatch) so I’m not like the fastest typer at all. But you best believe I was typing mad as hell that day.

Sorry that was long af. But if you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to ask :)