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02-02-2011 at 07:26 PM
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Your B in English is showing.
Instead of using a generic example of, say, one of your science-based 12s and comparing it to English, you felt it necessary to say you have 19 A or A+ marks, as well as feeling it necessary to inform the world about your Orgo I mark and how you intend to do one better this term. How you could not consider that to be bragging is beyond me and strongly hints towards incredible arrogance.
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Feel what you like. I just felt like it was a better argument than "I got 12's in Chem 1A03 and 1AA3" because its very easy to turn around and say "Well that's just a couple of courses".
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02-02-2011 at 07:27 PM
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In Canada, that is how the game is played. Suppose you have Applicant A and Applicant B, with similar extracurriculars, scholarships, etc, etc, both have met prereqs and MCAT cutoffs.
Applicant A:
Works their butt off in a reputable engineering program at a known university. Fourth year applicant with a 3.75 cGPA (top of the class).
Applicant B:
Chooses to major in a general science program at a joke institution and picks only bird courses for 4 years. Fourth year applicant with a 3.95 cGPA.
Both have same level of interest in medicine. One just happens to have a higher gpa coming from an easier institution.
Guess who is getting in...
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Applicants C through ZZZZZZZZ, who have cGPAs of 3.99.
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02-02-2011 at 07:38 PM
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Feel what you like. I just felt like it was a better argument than "I got 12's in Chem 1A03 and 1AA3" because its very easy to turn around and say "Well that's just a couple of courses".
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Well, you could've just said that out of all the courses you've taken at university, you scored the lowest mark in English. You could've said that you found it to be the most difficult course despite having taken hard courses such as Chem 1AA3. First year chemistry was pretty tough for the average person and there are some of us who are still licking the wounds that we suffered from it. :(
This reminds of the time after the Chem 1A03 midterm was over and one girl posted (on ELM) about scoring 100% and bragging about easy she found it. Haha, there was quite a backlash after that.
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02-02-2011 at 07:43 PM
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Well, you could've just said that out of all the courses you've taken at university, you scored the lowest mark in English. You could've said that you found it to be the most difficult course despite having taken hard courses such as Chem 1AA3. First year chemistry was pretty tough for the average person and there are some of us who are still licking the wounds that we suffered from it. :(
This reminds of the time after the Chem 1A03 midterm was over and one girl posted (on ELM) about scoring 100% and bragging about easy she found it. Haha, there was quite a backlash after that.
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I think this is actually the first time I've talked about my marks on here :S.
And I suppose I could have said that, I just wanted to explicit rather than vague.
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02-02-2011 at 07:47 PM
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I think this is actually the first time I've talked about my marks on here :S.
And I suppose I could have said that, I just wanted to explicit rather than vague.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with that...
Doing well in first year, let alone getting 12s, is something to be truly proud of...
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02-02-2011 at 08:44 PM
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Applicants C through ZZZZZZZZ, who have cGPAs of 3.99.
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yes, very good
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02-04-2011 at 12:04 PM
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by actually speaking to people in med school at mac, im hearing that everything you learned about cell biology, biochem etc is not so important, even anatomy isnt important, only for particular specialties
its all about clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment which your undergrad hardly prepares you for
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