Stupid rejection!

[warpath]

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One of the Canadian schools I applied to just rejected one of my friends because he did not make the GPA cut off. What is this cutoff, you ask? 3.86!!! <img border="0" alt="[Wowie]" title="" src="graemlins/wowie.gif" /> (that translate to about 3.88 - 3.9 on the AMCAS scale). This guy has a 3.83 and I have even less, so I guess my rejection letter is in the mail. They won't even look at your application if you're below the cutoff. And Canada is wondering why there's a sever shortage of doctors 🙄

Sorry, I just had to vent.

 

[Doctora Foxy]

that's a ridiculous cut-off. I'm sorry for your friend! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

 

[cheech10]

warpath,

What school was it? 3.86 is really high. I'm still waiting to hear from all the Ontario schools except Queens.

 

[jase133]

Canada is like that...

However, Canadian schools don't look as stringently with respects to MCAT scores.

Bottom line: This whole process is difficult!

 

[moo]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by jase133:
•Canada is like that...

However, Canadian schools don't look as stringently with respects to MCAT scores.

Bottom line: This whole process is difficult!•••••Well... all except for one school on the west coast :wink:

 

[warpath]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by cheech10:
•warpath,

What school was it? 3.86 is really high. I'm still waiting to hear from all the Ontario schools except Queens.•••••University of Ottawa. Another one of my friends received the letter. I wonder why I haven't received mine. I have a 3.81.

 

[Original]

That's ridiculous! Why would they do that? It seems that they'll have to sacrifice too much in terms of extracurrics and personality to fill their class up. I don't know that many people with 4.0 GPAs.

 

[cheech10]

Well, I haven't heard anything yet either, despite a 3.99 GPA and solid (at least I thought so) extra-currics. Hopefully we'll all hear good news in the next few days!

 

[VC15]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by warpath:
•One of the Canadian schools I applied to just rejected one of my friends because he did not make the GPA cut off. What is this cutoff, you ask? 3.86!!! <img border="0" alt="[Wowie]" title="" src="graemlins/wowie.gif" /> (that translate to about 3.88 - 3.9 on the AMCAS scale). This guy has a 3.83 and I have even less, so I guess my rejection letter is in the mail. They won't even look at your application if you're below the cutoff. And Canada is wondering why there's a sever shortage of doctors 🙄

Sorry, I just had to vent.•••••Ouch... sorry to hear. Did he e-mail the admissions office to find out the cutoff was 3.86, or did the rejection letter indicate it? There are a few people on some of the Canadian message boards with less than that (e.g. 3.68) who have gotten interviews. But then, maybe they live in an underserved area or something.

Moo, you're referring to UBC right? What do they require on the MCAT?

 

[warpath]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by VC15:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by warpath:
•One of the Canadian schools I applied to just rejected one of my friends because he did not make the GPA cut off. What is this cutoff, you ask? 3.86!!! <img border="0" alt="[Wowie]" title="" src="graemlins/wowie.gif" /> (that translate to about 3.88 - 3.9 on the AMCAS scale). This guy has a 3.83 and I have even less, so I guess my rejection letter is in the mail. They won't even look at your application if you're below the cutoff. And Canada is wondering why there's a sever shortage of doctors 🙄

Sorry, I just had to vent.•••••Ouch... sorry to hear. Did he e-mail the admissions office to find out the cutoff was 3.86, or did the rejection letter indicate it? There are a few people on some of the Canadian message boards with less than that (e.g. 3.68) who have gotten interviews. But then, maybe they live in an underserved area or something.

Moo, you're referring to UBC right? What do they require on the MCAT?•••••are they from the Ottawa area? If it's anything like the preceding years, the cutoff for people in the Ottawa area is lower and that for out of province is higher. It was 3.9 for out-of-province applicants last year.

 

[VC15]

There was a guy from Trenton with a 3.68, a billingual Mac student from southwestern Ontario with a 3.65, and a couple of other people with
less than 3.86 who got interviews. People in underserved areas (as designated by Ottawa) are considered second priority, behind Francophones and Aboriginals but ahead of people from the Ottawa region... so I guess the GPA requirements for these people would be lower.

 

[moo]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by VC15:
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Originally posted by warpath:
[qb]

Moo, you're referring to UBC right? What do they require on the MCAT?•••••Sent you a PM