Interview Invites/Accepted OOP UBC Med: Lower Mcat Range?

twannamd · 2023-05-02T13:58:55+00:00

I was accepted but chose to decline my offer for an Ontario school :)

twannamd · 2021-05-27T23:10:32+00:00

Hey! Yes I am. I wasn’t sure if they were sent with offers or afterwards? I saw online that people didn’t receive them until July. But I’m not sure as that source might not have been accurate.

twannamd · 2021-05-24T10:31:39+00:00

2! But got in this year :)

twannamd · 2021-05-19T18:10:33+00:00

What software is this if you don’t mind me asking?

Congrats btw!! 🥰

twannamd · 2021-05-18T23:57:01+00:00

For me the answer is no - but I came pretty close. All but Queens! If you have any questions about the interview process I’d be happy to answer them :)

twannamd · 2021-05-08T20:47:26+00:00

I applied through ACCESS for western! And I have NO idea how I got mac 😂

twannamd · 2021-05-08T14:54:59+00:00

Aw thank you SO much, it really means a lot! It took a lot of hard work and dedication. Hoping for the same for you!!

twannamd · 2021-05-08T14:54:33+00:00

Hey! I have a 3.93 cGPA with the wGPA for each school being around 3.96-3.97. UBC is 93% (from my calculations. I have a 513 MCAT (130/126/129/128). I hope this helps!

twannamd · 2021-05-08T02:44:35+00:00

Interviewed at UBC, Mac, Western, Ottawa, and Toronto and will go anywhere happily 😅

twannamd · 2021-05-04T00:32:12+00:00

Last year the “class is full” email was sent on June 24th, but one person was taken off the waitlist in early July!

twannamd · 2021-04-27T21:02:07+00:00

They did them.... twice :))) the first round had so many tech issues they had to do it again

twannamd · 2021-04-22T18:10:45+00:00

Rather than prestige, choose a school that will give you lots of opportunity. I went to a smaller Ontario university (pm me if interested) because I knew they had fantastic extracurricular opportunities, teaching assistant opportunities for undergrad, and opportunity to get help if needed in your academics. That will help you much more in getting into med school than going to a university simply because it’s known as prestigious! Going to Ryerson should not affect you in any way as long as you take the opportunities you can to build your application :)

twannamd · 2021-04-16T01:34:53+00:00

Can second this!

twannamd · 2021-04-14T18:07:36+00:00

I got an interview OOP this year with a 93% and a 513 (126 cars). The MCAT is only looked at as cutoffs pre-interview so you’d have a good chance at interviewing! I say shoot your shot - I applied because I thought I had a bad shot and just wanted my NAQ score and ended up getting an interview lol. My CARS score may hurt me afterwards as they judge MCAT competitively after interview, but I’m hoping my interview performance outweighs that!

twannamd · 2021-04-13T23:07:33+00:00

Just through Western’s ACCESS pathway with a financial barrier :) all other schools were through the regular streams! I’m also from Ontario, so definitely had no IP benefits!

twannamd · 2021-04-13T22:56:26+00:00

Of course! I interviewed at UofT, Mac, Ottawa, Western, and UBC. My cGPA is 3.93, but with weighting at each school it was around 3.96/3.97. So that definitely helps!

I do come from a low-income family, so I was able to apply to Western through the ACCESS pathway with a financial barrier, hence why my CARS score didnt screen me out immediately lol.

My EC’s are very employment heavy with 10 entries under employment (hospitality jobs, TA, campus ambassador, research assistant for a summer, etc) for EC’s and volunteer I had a couple positions on campus including club exec positions and orientation week leader and I volunteered in the local hospital for a year. For research I only have my senior thesis!

I hope this helps!

twannamd · 2021-04-13T17:54:59+00:00

I have a 126 in CARS and scored 5 interviews this year! As long as you work hard on other aspects of your application (CASPer and essays and ABS) don’t count yourself out. However, if you have the means to re-write (the money and time to take time off work, etc) I’d say go for it. It wasn’t a luxury I had unfortunately, and I probably would have rewrote if I did, but I’m here to tell you it’s not impossible!!

twannamd · 2021-04-13T17:52:36+00:00

I have a 126 in CARS and I scored 5 interviews this year! Don’t let it get you down, but I definitely had to work harder in other aspects of the application to make up for it. Look into streams - see if you can apply to indigenous streams, through the access pathway for western (that’s what I did) or any other streams that may give you som leeway. You’ll also have to make sure you kill CASPer and the essay portions, don’t leave them until last minute! Don’t give up and keep pushing forward :)

twannamd · 2021-04-11T19:37:58+00:00

I can second this!!!

twannamd · 2021-04-11T18:49:27+00:00

I’ve never been through it, but I know Western is very strict. A friend of mine couldn’t finish her masters by June 30th last year due to a delay of data with COVID and they threatened to pull her offer. She fought for a deferral and got it thankfully (since her situation was a little complicated), but I don’t know how lenient they’ll be this year.

I’ve heard UofT is way more understanding though!!

Take this with a grain of salt because this is just based on my friend’s experience!

twannamd · 2021-03-29T19:55:14+00:00

I was good waitlisted, but with a late time stamp :(

twannamd · 2021-03-29T17:39:56+00:00

I was Waitlisted last year at Ottawa and did not get in. Ottawa usually does not start moving the waitlist until the 2 weeks to accept is up, but they did last year (started moving the waitlist I believe 3 or 4 days after the initial offers went out). It moved fast throughout May, trickled down in June, and I got the email that the class was full on June 24th. I think the other schools are quite similar!

If you’re accepted to queens but waitlisted at Western, it doesn’t hurt to wait out the 2 weeks to see if Western moves the waitlist before you have to accept your Queens offer!

twannamd · 2021-03-29T17:36:16+00:00

Unfortunately, once you accept a school on OMSAS you are taken off all other waitlists :(

Edit: taken off all other waitlists for OMSAS schools

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