Stats of Applicants to Irish schools and Acceptance, Waitlist or Rejection

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I'm from: Edmonton Alberta
My country of citizenship is: Canadian
Currently studying: High School Student
My GPA is: 95% average
My MCAT Scores were: not writing

I applied to UCD, RCSI, Galway
Interviewed at: Nowhere
I was accepted at: Nowhere so far
I was waitlisted at: Nowhere so far
I was rejected from: Nowhere

My first choice school is: UCD or RCSI
First time applying to medical schools

THe wait is really starting to get on my nerves...
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I'm from: Vancouver, BC
My country of citizenship is: Canadian
Currently studying: 2nd year Science Undergrad UBC
My % in High-school was: 86% average
My % at UBC: 75%

I applied to UCD, RCSI, Galway
Interviewed at: RCSI
I was accepted at: RCSI
I was waitlisted at: Nowhere so far
I was rejected from: Nowhere

My first choice school is: UCD/RCSI
First time applying to medical schools
 
I'm from: GTA, Ontario
My country of citizenship is: Canadian
Currently studying: Highschool; grade 12
My % in High-school was: 92% average

I applied to: UCD (6 year)
I was accepted at: UCD

My first choice school is: UCD
First time applying to medical schools
 
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I'm from:Montreal, Quebec
My country of citizenship is: Canada/USA
Currently studying: Undergrad B Sc McGill - one year to go
My GPA is: 3.4 so far
My MCAT Scores were: didn't take

I applied to: RCSI, UCD
I was accepted at: RCSI !
I was rejected from: None yet, haven't heard from UCD
My first choice school is: RCSI (I think))
I have applied to medical schools this many times: I was already in a guaranteed acceptance to med school program in Ohio, I dropped out of it to transfer to McGill , so technically this is my 2nd time.
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I'm from: NewJersey, USA
My country of citizenship is: United States
Currently studying: Freshman in college
My GPA is: 4.0
My MCAT Scores were: not writing

I applied to UCD, Galway (6 year program)
Interviewed at:
I was accepted at:
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from:

My first choice school is: UCD
First time applying to medical schools
I am still waiting for one of my referees to send in the letter of recommendation. Is it too late for me??????
 
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I'm from: BC, Canada
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Currently studying: public health

I applied to UCD, Galway, Trinity
I was accepted at: Galway, Trinity
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from:
I am still waiting on: UCD
 
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I'm from: Ottawa, ON, Canada
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Currently studying: M.Sc. in Neuroscience
No MCAT
GPA: about 3.8

I applied to uOttawa, McMaster, SABA School of Med in Caribbean, Trinty College Dublin, Galway
Rejected at: uOttawa and McMaster preinterview
Accepted at: Trinity and SABA
Waitlised at: non
Waiting on: Galway

I think I am going to go to Trinity starting September 2009.
 
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Currently studying: Working as a admi. assistant; and EMT
Studied At this University: McGill
My GPA is: 3.1 (Undergrad) 3.47 (Grad)
My MCAT Scores were: 24O 1st attempt; and 28N 2nd attempt

I applied to: Ontario, Quebec, NY, SGU, Ross, UCD, RCSI
I was accepted at: SGU, ROSS, UCD
I was waitlisted at: ---
I was rejected from: Canada, USA, RCSI

My first choice school is: any NA school
 
Got accepted to Galway anyone else heading out there???
 
I'm from: Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean
My country of citizenship is: Both US and Trini Citizen
Currently studying: The Caribbean equivalent of A-levels
At this University: n/a
My GPA is: 3.8
My MCAT Scores were: Physical Sciences: n/a

I applied to: RCSI

I was accepted at: RCSi (conditionally)

I was waitlisted at: none

I was rejected from: none (well....all my UK schools....but that doesnt count for this thread does it lol......Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol (which is where i REALLY wanted to go) and Oxford)

My first choice school is: RCSI

I have applied to medical schools this many times:this is the first attempt
 
TriniMed, wouldn't SGU be an awesome match for you? You would pay much, much less....and the US citizenship would help you tons as well!

TriniMed said:
I'm from: Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean
My country of citizenship is: Both US and Trini Citizen
Currently studying: The Caribbean equivalent of A-levels
At this University: n/a
My GPA is: 3.8
My MCAT Scores were: Physical Sciences: n/a

I applied to: RCSI

I was accepted at: RCSi (conditionally)

I was waitlisted at: none

I was rejected from: none (well....all my UK schools....but that doesnt count for this thread does it lol......Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol (which is where i REALLY wanted to go) and Oxford)

My first choice school is: RCSI

I have applied to medical schools this many times:this is the first attempt
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I have been educated in the caribbean my whole life.....and I have always wanted a european tertiary education.....there is soo much culture.

If i wanted to do med in the caribbean, It would have been good, but i really wouldnt want to.......and RCSI will take me 5 yrs.....SGU will be 7 (cause i will have to do some pre-med)

SO, that is why i chose not to apply
 
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TriniMed said:
I have been educated in the caribbean my whole life.....and I have always wanted a european tertiary education.....there is soo much culture.

If i wanted to do med in the caribbean, It would have been good, but i really wouldnt want to.......and RCSI will take me 5 yrs.....SGU will be 7 (cause i will have to do some pre-med)

SO, that is why i chose not to apply
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;) Gotcha! In that case! If your wallet will hold...GOOD LUCK!
 
Undergrad degree: HBSc in Psychology
Citizenship: Canadian
MCAT (P/V/B): 11/8/9 Q
cGPA: 3.87/4.0

Applied to: RCSI, McMaster, Toronto
Interviewed by: RCSI, McMaster, Toronto
Waitlisted by: McMaster
Accepted by: RCSI, Toronto

Will attend: Toronto
 
I'm from: Ontario, Canada
My country of citizenship is: Canadian
Graduated from: UT's BSc Pharmacy, currently an pharmacy intern at a hospital
My GPA is: 2.75 (pharmacy), 3.1 (BSci undergrad)
My MCAT Scores were: 29T

I applied to: Ontario, RSCI, UCC, UCD, Aus
Interviewed at: RSCI
I was accepted at: UCC

Will attend: UCC
 
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I'm from: Edmonton, AB, Canada
My country of citizenship is: Canadian
Graduated from: U of A
My GPA is: 3.56 (B.Sc. w/ Specialization in Pharmacology)
My MCAT Scores were: 31P

I applied to: U of C, UCC, UCD, RCSI, Galway, Limerick, U of Queensland
Interviewed at: U of C
I was accepted at: UCC (March 4, 2009)
I was waitlisted at: U of C
I am still waiting to hear from: UCD, Limerick, U of Queensland
I was rejected from: Galway, RCSI

My first choice school is: U of C
Will attend: Right now UCC
 
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I'm from: Atlanta, GA
My country of citizenship is: USA / Ireland
Graduated from: UCD (BSc) and Emory University (PhD)
My GPA is: 3.9 (postgrad: Mol. Physiol) and undergraduate (1.1; Biochem)
My GAMSAT score was: 62

I applied to: UCD, RCSI, UCC, and Trinity
Interviewed at: none yet
I was accepted at: UCC (May 28, 2009)
I was waitlisted at: none yet
I am still waiting to hear from: UCD and RCSI
I was rejected from: Trinity

My first choice school is: UCD
Will attend: Ultimately any of the GEPs!

To all you ABP applicants: what is your strategy when you are accepted to a college? Since the deposit is non-refundable, do you wait a week or so to see if you get your first choice BEFORE putting a deposit down?
 
I'm from: BC
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Currently studying: Biology
At this University: UBC
My GPA is: 3.7
My MCAT Scores were: Physical Sciences: 9 Verbal: 10
Biological Sciences: 10 Written Sample: N

I applied to: UBC, UCD, UCC, RCSI, UL
I was accepted at: UL
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from: UBC, RCSI, UCC

My first choice school is: UBC

I have applied to medical schools this many times: First time
 
I'm from: Vancouver, British Columbia
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Graduated from: UBC
My GPA is: 3.4 (BSc Major Biochemistry)
My MCAT Scores were: Physical Sciences: 12 Verbal: 10
Biological Sciences: 11 Written Sample: N

I applied to: UBC, UCD, UCC, some American schools
I was accepted at: UCC
I was waitlisted at: UCD
I was rejected from: UBC, American schools

My first choice school is: UCC
Will attend: Right now UCC
 
I'm from: Halifax Nova Scotia
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Graduated from: HGS in 2008, Attended Dalhousie University for 1 year
My GPA is: 3.04
My MCAT Scores were: Didn't take
I applied to: All the ABP schools except Limmerick
I was accepted at: RCSI
I was waitlisted at: None
I was rejected from: Everywhere else

My first choice school is: RCSI
Will attend: RCSI, 5 year program
I have applied to medical schools this many times: Second time
 
I'm from: Toronto, Ontario
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Graduated from: University of Western Ontario
My GPA is: 3.45 overall (3.7 3rd year, 3.82 4th year)
My MCAT Scores were: 10 PS, 7 VR, O, 10 BS
I applied to: UCD, Trinity, Galway, RCSI
I was accepted at: Galway, UCD
I was waitlisted at: None
I was rejected from: RCSI, Trinity

My first choice school is: UCD
Will attend: UCD graduate entry program

I accepted the offer about 2 months ago.
 
I'm from: Dublin, Ireland
My country of citizenship is: Ireland
Currently studying: Finished Leaving Cert.
At this University: haven't gone into college yet
My GPA is: We don't have GPAs, we have a points system. I got 590, the max is 600, I think that's somewhere around the 98 percentile
My MCAT Scores were: Don't have the MCAT either, we have the HPAT, I got 160 which is the 60th percentile.
Biological Sciences: ?

I applied to: Trinity, UCD and RCSI (in that order)
I was accepted at: RCSI)
I was waitlisted at: :(
I was rejected from: Trinity and UCD
 
I'm from: Saskatoon, SK
My country of citizenship is: Canadian
Currently studying: Honours B.S. Microbiology/Immunology, and B.S. Anatomy/Cell Biology
At this University: University of Saskatchewan
My GPA is: 3.02 (not counting the current year, will be higher at the end of the school year)
My MCAT Scores were: Physical Sciences: 7 Verbal: 10
Biological Sciences: 10 Written Sample: R

I applied to: U of Saskatchewan, U of Manitoba, Trinity, UCD, RCSI, UCC, NUIG, Limerick, will be applying to AUC, Ross and SGU as well
I was interviewed at: U of Sask (March 21), Limerick (April 2)
I was accepted at:
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from: U of Manitoba
My first choice school is: An Irish school. Getting into a Canadian school with my marks is essentially the equivalent of winning the lottery.
 
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I'm from: North Carolina, US
My country of citizenship is: South Korea
Currently studying: MS in biomedical engineering
At this University: Duke University
My GPA is: 3.5 undergrad, 3.6 grad
My MCAT Scores were: 36Q (10 BS, 12 VR, 14 PS) & 34R (10 BS, 11 VR, 13 PS)
Biological Sciences: ???

I applied to: UCC, UCD, Duke-NUS, American schools
I was accepted at:
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from:
 
Got my rejection for University of Manitoba, was expected though.
 
Country of Citizenship: US
Undergrad GPA: 3.4
MCAT: 31 (9 PS, 11 BS, 11 VR)

Applied: UCC, UCD, UL, Trinity, RCSI, UCG

Just turned apps in to Atlantic Bridge

Anyone know when the soonest we can find out is?
 
I think we start hearing things in around March.
 
I was just wondering if anyone had been rejected/ accepted yet? I know rejections suck, but it would help others out to know if they have even gotten the ball rollin.... Thanks for your responses and Good Luck All!
 
Hey just a heads up... I was invited for an interview for RCSI it is in NYC on the 26th or 27th of February
 
Me too. Off to NYC and I pray for the best outcome.
 
UptownMed said:
I was just wondering if anyone had been rejected/ accepted yet? I know rejections suck, but it would help others out to know if they have even gotten the ball rollin.... Thanks for your responses and Good Luck All!
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I interviewed for RCSI in New York 3 weeks ago. Got my rejection letter yesterday..Must have said something wrong!! Hopefully I'll get a letter from another school :(
good luck everyone!
 
I interviewed with RCSI on March 2nd, and very happy to report that I will be receiving an offer of acceptance today (just spoke with ABP)

Academic Stats: U of T HBSc (3.7), MSc
Research Involvement: Presented at numerous conferences, publication in progress. Currently work in clinical research.
ECs: Everything...volunteering, mentoring, tutoring (science, spanish, english, math), etc.

Good luck to everyone else, and I look forward to seeing some of you at RCSI in the fall! :)
 
I am still at work do not get home till 4pm to check the mail. So did you recieve a acceptance package or did you call ABP? The anxiety is killing me lol
 
Doc22B said:
I am still at work do not get home till 4pm to check the mail. So did you recieve a acceptance package or did you call ABP? The anxiety is killing me lol
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I called! Someone tried to deliver something to me today (I missed a call from my apartment buzzer), and I thought it might be the RCSI package, so I preemptively called them and they confirmed :) Hopefully they aren't wrong!!
 
Accepted into GEP at RCSI

Undergrad: Queen's University, Life Sciences; on Dean's Honours List
EC: Research, hospital volunteering, published paper, lots of music and athletics
 
Hey,

Can anyone tell me how hard it is to get into Trinity College Dublin? I have good letters of rec and a 3.6 GPA. Is it impossible?

-katie
 
Congrats guys. For those that had interviews with RCSI did you guys send thankyou letters to the people who did the interviews? I have an interview in a couple of weeks and I'm wondering if I should be trying to get the names down properly?
 
Catalytic said:
Congrats guys. For those that had interviews with RCSI did you guys send thankyou letters to the people who did the interviews? I have an interview in a couple of weeks and I'm wondering if I should be trying to get the names down properly?
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I'm not so sure sending a 'thank you' letter for an acceptance to med school is a wise decision. Sure if you meet them there then best to do it in person but a letter like that is a bit odd.

Also, Accepted to RCSI GEP program. 3.9 gpa (B.Eng, Chemical Engineering), 29 mcat (I've forgotten my letter score...), MASc in Biomedical Engineering. I interviewed in Toronto in early march.

A rather long list of ECs since it's been 5 years since my undergrad.
 
accepted to RCSI today!
mcat 33R
gpa 3.6
ec - sports, committee execs, community involvement, sports referee, etc.
 
agreed, a thank you note is not necessary at all - they didn't do anything worth thanking them for
 
DocOz said:
I'm not so sure sending a 'thank you' letter for an acceptance to med school is a wise decision. Sure if you meet them there then best to do it in person but a letter like that is a bit odd.

Also, Accepted to RCSI GEP program. 3.9 gpa (B.Eng, Chemical Engineering), 29 mcat (I've forgotten my letter score...), MASc in Biomedical Engineering. I interviewed in Toronto in early march.

A rather long list of ECs since it's been 5 years since my undergrad.
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Did you try for schools at home? Your gpa is awfully high and you probably could get your MCAT score higher too
 
Thanks for the replies. I would agree too. There are a few sites out there that suggest sending a thank you note after the interview. I'm not sure really what they would contain and how sincere they would really be, maybe just to reafirm your interest in the school and program after talking with them.
 
asd979 said:
Did you try for schools at home? Your gpa is awfully high and you probably could get your MCAT score higher too
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I had an 8 in verbal reasoning which eliminates basically most ontario schools (11 cutoff for UWO as an example, and even Mac now has 32% of their admissions score based on verbal reasoning which is absolutely inane), and ottawa seems to think 5 years of clinical research, volunteering, and publications isn't a competitive supplemental score.

Lastly, lately one has a better chance getting into Dalhousie with an arts degree, and they hate engineers, so that didn't pan out (I won't know exactly why I didn't get in here until I talk with the Dean of Admission in june). I was in province as well.

Excluding how insane it is going to be to get the specialty I want, I'm happy to go to RCSI.

*edit* having said this, the canadian schools left a bitter taste in my mouth
 
Sounds like this year's acceptances are in full swing. Congrats on those who've gotten a place; and best of luck to those who haven't heard yet.

If any Canadians have questions about studying in Ireland that they would like answered, feel free to email the Canadian Irish Medical Student Association (CIMSA) at [email protected]. And be sure to check out our website at www.cimsa.ie

CIMSA is a student organization, and as such we don't have any priviledged information about acceptances or grade ranges, and we do not participate in the admissions proccess. However, if you'd like to ask anything about the Colleges, Ireland, academics, housing, student life, or getting back to Canada, we'd love to hear from you.
 
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