Shall I apply to SMP?

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Hi all,

Today, I got rejected from RFU and I am very sad since RFU was my top choice for medical school. My cGPA is 3.39 (BCMP 3.19) with an upward trend; my last 120 hours of credit is 3.75 and my last 30 hours of science is 3.8. My recent MCAT score is also 32 (10/12/10). I have more that 1000 hours of work in hospital as Patient Services Assistant and many volunteer experiences. My research background is very strong. I am doing clinical research as part of my Masters of Physiology program at the University of Toronto and so far had one co-author publication and several abstracts to international conferences like Society for Neuroscience and International Congress for Movement Disorders.
Now that I got rejected I am thinking of applying to special masters program at RFU. Do you think it is a good fit for me and considering that I am Canadian will it help me to get into RFU medical school or even other US medical schools??
I would like some information on these programs as well.
I really appreciate your help in advance.

 

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Did you apply to other schools? Or are you thinking of their SMP since you only applied to RFU?

 

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Hi all,

Today, I got rejected from RFU and I am very sad since RFU was my top choice for medical school. My cGPA is 3.39 (BCMP 3.19) with an upward trend; my last 120 hours of credit is 3.75 and my last 30 hours of science is 3.8. My recent MCAT score is also 32 (10/12/10). I have more that 1000 hours of work in hospital as Patient Services Assistant and many volunteer experiences. My research background is very strong. I am doing clinical research as part of my Masters of Physiology program at the University of Toronto and so far had one co-author publication and several abstracts to international conferences like Society for Neuroscience and International Congress for Movement Disorders.
Now that I got rejected I am thinking of applying to special masters program at RFU. Do you think it is a good fit for me and considering that I am Canadian will it help me to get into RFU medical school or even other US medical schools??
I would like some information on these programs as well.
I really appreciate your help in advance.

I have almost the exact same stats (slightly different MCAT distribution) and was also rejected from RFU (also one of my top choices). I am thinking of doing an SMP as well, but I still have one more semester of undergrad. You seem to be in the middle of a masters program, when will you finish and how much will it impact your GPAs?

I would imagine that if you have strong grades in the masters, coupled with your upward trend, you should be ok from the GPA standpoint. Unfortunately I believe it is more difficult for Canadian grads to get into US med schools, so an SMP might be the next best step. As far as choosing RFU's SMP specifically, check to see if a large percentage of graduates attend RFU after completion. We're in very similar position so I wish you the best of luck, hopefully someone else can chime in with some more information.