MD & DO (Canadian Applicant)

[aryanenzo]

It doesn't matter if its DO or MD at this point, but...

1st year: 2.8 gpa
2nd year: 3.55 gpa
3rd year. 4.00 gpa
4th year: 3.60 gpa
5th year. 3.90 gpa

cGPA: 3.55
sGPA: ~3.70-3.75

MCAT:
Attempt 1: 11 bio, 10 phys, 9 vr
Attempt 2: 12 bio, 10 phys, 9 vr ( I didn't study at all for this one, I knew the format is changing and some schools don't accept the old format and it was a mistake to sign up in the first place but I went with it anyways)
Attempt 3: In a month, let's assume things don't change that much for the sake of this thread.

ECs:
Voluntered with Big brother (250 hours/1.5 years)
Volunteered at a physiotherapy clinic (250 hours over 2 years)
Tutored 4 immigrant ESL students (1 year)
General biology tutoring (1 semester)
Have made my own business (a small online computer retailer- 1.5 years)
Researched one semester with a NSERC scholarship
two other scholarships
various other personal things

Planning to do by the time I apply to the US in 2017:

Create a advocacy group
Volunteering in Africa for a month or two
Volunteering at a nursing home
Volunteering at St.John'sulance
1 year in Japan teaching English under the JET program
Shadow a physician (My dad is a surgeon so he may be able to help me out with his connections)
various other things that may come along the way.

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[gyngyn]

Have you bought the MSAR?
Search for the 62 schools that accept internationals.
Eliminate the ones where your stats are below the median.
Eliminate the ones that matriculated 2 or less.
Apply to rest.

For DO there are about 20 schools that consider internationals.

 

[Rogert]

Why are you retaking the MCAT?

 

[aryanenzo]

Why are you retaking the MCAT?

Because University of Alberta and Calgary require the new MCAT.

 

[Rogert]

Because University of Alberta and Calgary require the new MCAT.

That's weird. Like 0 acceptance of the old one? Seems like they're eliminating a lot of potential applicants that way. I'm also not sure why you retook the 30. Do you need to be a superstar or something coming from Canada? Is a 30 not close to the median for Canadian schools?

 

[aryanenzo]

That's weird. Like 0 acceptance of the old one? Seems like they're eliminating a lot of potential applicants that way. I'm also not sure why you retook the 30. Do you need to be a superstar or something coming from Canada? Is a 30 not close to the median for Canadian schools?

33 is safe for Canada.

Calgary doesn't like VR under 10