canadian applicant stats of successful applicants

[jjletsgetiton]

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hi can the canadians that got into dental schools in the states put up their stats...i am canadian and i dont really know where i stand with my gpa and canadian DAT marks

thanks

 

[Galen1]

Hey dude, I got into NYU, waitlisted at Columbia. APPLY EARLY!!! If I applied earlier I think I would have had a shot at a lot more acceptances. My stats are in my signature, good luck (marks are from the CDN DAT).

 

[Chuck1441]

hmmm, so with the current exchange rate a Canadian 3.65 GPA is about a 2.8 US GPA?!??

hahahahahahaha, exchange rate jokes. Get funnier every time I hear 'em.

 

[Galen1]

The Canadian Dollar is climbing, it's now near 90 cents U.S, so look out, haha.

By the way, 3.65 Canadian GPA at the University of Toronto = 4.0 at most U.S schools (In regards to the difficulty of classes)

 

[prez_al]

I totally agree with the mark inflation... Like my 3.7 at Mac is almost a 3.8 for the states, now I understand why we should run like hell for the states. Freak... you need like Harvard scores to get into a school in Canada. Oh, do you know if they have a bias towards Canadians because of our inflated marks? And does the carving portion help us at all?

 

[Galen1]

Dude you've got it wrong. The point is our marks ARE NOT inflated, we have to work harder to earn them, that's what I meant by my statements. The "inflation" you're talking about is what happens to our numbers when they get put into the AADSAS GPA calculation. The point I was trying to make is that getting an 80% lets say in science courses in a Canadian University is a lot harder than getting that same mark at most American Universities. If anyone disagrees I can explain why.

 

[prez_al]

Sorry dude, I got your point mixed up. But I totally agree with your point after re-reading your post. But then some Canadian schools have programs that either screw you or help you greatly. So it can go either way in terms of the difficulty. But I do agree that Canadian schools are harder to do well just because the way the courses are set up. From my experience, it's because Canadian schools don't tend to bell curve very often (at least at Mac where they lower the passing standard). A 4.0 GPA in Canada is very very rare.

 

[Galen1]

It's true, I've never experienced any bell curving at Toronto, if you go down my transcript too, you'll see that all class averages are C+ . If the cutoffs for entry into the University to begin with are in the high 80% range, and the class sizes in subsequent years are up to 800 people, that says something. It means A LOT of smart kids are getting the shaft.