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Hey, I need your help! I'm Canadian, coming from one of Canada's better schools and really would like to apply to medicine in the U.S. You guys have been the hands-down most helpful thread I've found, so I thought I'd post.
Stats:
- 3.65 cGPA, 3.62 sGPA, no MCAT yet
- Third year double-major honours Psychology and Human Biology
- International experience (Exchange student)
- Two research projects, one in Canada, one in Europe - anticipating publication for both
- Worked in clinic (paid) for 5 years, summer student
- 2 years of peer mentorships on campus
- 200 clinical community hours
- 150 nonclinical community hours
- national champion gymnast (2004 --- too old for my application?)
- fluent in English and Norwegian
- ECs: VP in a club; hoping to be president of another club next year.
- thinking of taking up Varsity Sports - recruited for rowing, wrestling, and cheerleading
.... any advice?
Concerns:
(1) slightly too low GPA (thinking 3.7+? good enough?)
(2) should I take up varsity sports? what's the payoff "passionate, work life balance" vs "varsity sports are eating up my time"
(3) what sort of MCAT score should i reasonably aim for to be a competitive applicant?
(4) should i take more arts courses, or should i take higher-level sciences (beyond my human biology major, which has a significant number of high-level science)
(5) not enough EC's
(6) does it look bad to admissions committees if i stay in uni a fifth year for some additional courses?
and, because it's been brought up in previous people's posts - cost of schools doesn't matter *that* much, i'd be open to SMPs/post-baccs, or other things that would be helpful.
any recommendations for next steps, as well as which schools are appropriate for me to apply to ?
Stats:
- 3.65 cGPA, 3.62 sGPA, no MCAT yet
- Third year double-major honours Psychology and Human Biology
- International experience (Exchange student)
- Two research projects, one in Canada, one in Europe - anticipating publication for both
- Worked in clinic (paid) for 5 years, summer student
- 2 years of peer mentorships on campus
- 200 clinical community hours
- 150 nonclinical community hours
- national champion gymnast (2004 --- too old for my application?)
- fluent in English and Norwegian
- ECs: VP in a club; hoping to be president of another club next year.
- thinking of taking up Varsity Sports - recruited for rowing, wrestling, and cheerleading
.... any advice?
Concerns:
(1) slightly too low GPA (thinking 3.7+? good enough?)
(2) should I take up varsity sports? what's the payoff "passionate, work life balance" vs "varsity sports are eating up my time"
(3) what sort of MCAT score should i reasonably aim for to be a competitive applicant?
(4) should i take more arts courses, or should i take higher-level sciences (beyond my human biology major, which has a significant number of high-level science)
(5) not enough EC's
(6) does it look bad to admissions committees if i stay in uni a fifth year for some additional courses?
and, because it's been brought up in previous people's posts - cost of schools doesn't matter *that* much, i'd be open to SMPs/post-baccs, or other things that would be helpful.
any recommendations for next steps, as well as which schools are appropriate for me to apply to ?