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Hi all,
I need some advice regarding choice of postbac programs.. I appreciate any help 🙂 Thanks in advance!
First of all, I'm an international student - I'm finishing my bachelor in life sciences at University of Toronto. My program is a specialist in genetics with an honor research thesis - I'm doing that in an oncology lab. I will be graduating in June, 2010.
I applied to a bunch of medical schools this past summer but haven't heard back from most and got rejected by several already so far. I'm planning to do a postbac before re-applying if nothing works out this time around.
My undergrad GPA so far is 3.65, of which the science component is 3.73 - this is the records from my freshmen to junior year. I anticipate my senior year GPA to be around 3.6-3.7 and the science component to be ~3.8-3.85. My previous two sets of MCATs were:
1. VR 6, BS 11, PS 14 +Q
2. VR 9, BS 12, PS 13 +Q
I did volunteering in the hospital (~2 years), did summer research (3 summers) and some fundraising activities.
I'm aiming for some of the top-ranked schools so I want to do a postbac that can enhance my credentials for admission. I'm currently looking at ones at the Harvard Extension School, Cornell and U Washington.
Any advice on those programs or any others that might be suitable for my situation? I can only consider those that accept non-US residents tho..
Thank you so much!
I need some advice regarding choice of postbac programs.. I appreciate any help 🙂 Thanks in advance!
First of all, I'm an international student - I'm finishing my bachelor in life sciences at University of Toronto. My program is a specialist in genetics with an honor research thesis - I'm doing that in an oncology lab. I will be graduating in June, 2010.
I applied to a bunch of medical schools this past summer but haven't heard back from most and got rejected by several already so far. I'm planning to do a postbac before re-applying if nothing works out this time around.
My undergrad GPA so far is 3.65, of which the science component is 3.73 - this is the records from my freshmen to junior year. I anticipate my senior year GPA to be around 3.6-3.7 and the science component to be ~3.8-3.85. My previous two sets of MCATs were:
1. VR 6, BS 11, PS 14 +Q
2. VR 9, BS 12, PS 13 +Q
I did volunteering in the hospital (~2 years), did summer research (3 summers) and some fundraising activities.
I'm aiming for some of the top-ranked schools so I want to do a postbac that can enhance my credentials for admission. I'm currently looking at ones at the Harvard Extension School, Cornell and U Washington.
Any advice on those programs or any others that might be suitable for my situation? I can only consider those that accept non-US residents tho..
Thank you so much!
