wizekrak
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Thanks, yeah I know I'm doing things the hard way but I know things will pan out eventually. It's funny in Canada they look for worldly people with life experience and who are free thinkers. Up here if someone dedicates there entire undergrad period to science and nothing else they're setting themselves up for disaster when it comes to the interview. The average age of admission to my provincial school was 25. Some of the smartest med students I've known have been rejected once or twice for lacking life experience (4.0 GPA 36 MCAT).
but different country, different system. I'm thinking that once I rewrite my MCAT I should be in good standing, anything within the low to mid thirties would have me in. A friend of a friend got in to my provincial school with a 3.7 and a 28 MCAT though he was wait listed. A 3.7 is certainly doable (we have the 4.5 system here, an A=4.0 (80% ) A+=4.5 (90-95% ).
There are some out of province schools that only look at your last 2 years when calculating GPA. But my provincial school is my best bet since out of province spots are just as competitive as out of country spots.
but different country, different system. I'm thinking that once I rewrite my MCAT I should be in good standing, anything within the low to mid thirties would have me in. A friend of a friend got in to my provincial school with a 3.7 and a 28 MCAT though he was wait listed. A 3.7 is certainly doable (we have the 4.5 system here, an A=4.0 (80% ) A+=4.5 (90-95% ).
There are some out of province schools that only look at your last 2 years when calculating GPA. But my provincial school is my best bet since out of province spots are just as competitive as out of country spots.