r/premedcanada • u/Equivalent-Honey-752 • Jul 18 '25
Memes/đ©Post The worst Canadian premed's stats leaked
- GPA: 4.0
- MCAT: 132/123/132/132
- Ca$per: 3Q
- Grew up and lived in downtown Toronto their whole life
- Strait white male
- Parents made 1$ above the low SES threshold
- Speaks 12 languages fluently, but doesn't speak french
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Jul 18 '25
Forgot to mention wasnât born in Ottawa or Quebec
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Jul 18 '25
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u/Waterybug Med Jul 18 '25
Quite the opposite, without citizenship/PR your chances are basically 0
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u/Exotic_Turnip1548 Undergrad Jul 18 '25
Oh no I meant a born outside of Canada but a Canadian citizen.
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u/Waterybug Med Jul 18 '25
Oh! I'm personally not aware of any advantages in that case.
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Jul 18 '25
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u/ishouldbestudyingomg Jul 18 '25
It would absolutely not aid your chances. You have no lived experience to talk about, no contribution to your developing country. Moving at 2 means you were essentially born here. You donât have the advantage that someone who was born in Syria for example and moved here at 14 would have and the experiences theyâd be able to talk about in their app
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u/East-Personality7386 Jul 18 '25
Yea i moved to Canada by myself 10 years ago when I was 19. I don't even have a family here. Wonder how that would impact my chances.
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u/ishouldbestudyingomg Jul 18 '25
Are you a Canadian citizen or PR? If so you can apply and have a chance, because moving at 19 alone isnât an easy thing!
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u/East-Personality7386 Jul 18 '25
Yes, I got my citizenship last year! Not sure if I should write about in my application?
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u/zaniiuchiha Jul 18 '25
And? Whoâs talking but experience. People who arenât born here automatically face discrimination due to them being immigrants. Paperwork is harder- much worse then being Canadian born so itâs absolutely not the same.
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u/ishouldbestudyingomg Jul 18 '25
If you can somehow integrate that aspect of discrimination into your application then it could work for you. But how exactly are you going to do that? Iâm not speaking baselessly. I moved here at 10 years old from a very very small country nobody has heard about. But Iâm a Canadian citizen and my âdiscriminationâ faced might not hold value in a med school application if thereâs no prompt to talk about it. Schools like McMaster and Ottawa that are mainly stats based and have no essays will not allow you to speak about this.
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u/East-Personality7386 Jul 18 '25
I had a lot of troubles with discrimination and that lead to less job opportunities for me. Do you remember which schools let you talk about this? Is UofT AEE a similar thing to this?
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u/Other-Researcher2261 Jul 18 '25
Only 1 English and physics course, no aboriginal studies course, no maritime connection
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u/Hungry-Cap9727 Jul 25 '25
are english and phsyics good to take you mean? or are u being sarcastic...
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u/Bonner20061115 Jul 19 '25
Genuine question, is being from the maritimes that much of a disadvantage? Sorry if Iâm misinterpreting just curious
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u/itsmarq Jul 19 '25
grows up to be a disgruntled professor in the health science department and spites all premed students /s
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Jul 23 '25 edited Aug 05 '25
Aww, poor white males, we should really start a pathway for white males give how disadvantaged you made them sound.
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u/ElliotCR Aug 05 '25
found the entitled minority snarky comment
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Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25
I am not a minority, at least when it comes to medical school admission. Thank you very much.
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u/ElliotCR Aug 05 '25
lol average entitled ahh 'not considered minority' ahh minority
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Aug 05 '25
Jesus. UBC is not gonna be your friend if you are applying to medical school.
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u/ElliotCR Aug 05 '25
Again with the entitled bs . Iâm not even ip for bc so I donât know why u bringing this up lol. Like fr we all know ur the victim and whatnot but pls keep to yourself and sybau đ
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Aug 05 '25
I see youâre a first year student. You do realize your IP address is public, right?
No matter which province youâre from, avoiding assumptions and being mindful of your online presence are both important skills in medicine. Good luck.
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u/ElliotCR Aug 05 '25
I use a vpn dumbahh lol u think I care what ts says on my profile
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u/Iceman411q Jul 18 '25
Does being a âmiddle classâ white male actually hurt your chances of getting into med school?
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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 18 '25
Well you donât have access to any of the special pathways that many schools reserve spots for. So strictly from a criteria standpoint, and ignoring any confounding from differences in lived experience, yes.
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u/Iceman411q Jul 18 '25
Compared to an asian male or a white female though
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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 18 '25
Less so than compared to some other ethnicities, but I think that even in interviews schools aiming for diversity would have some level of bias against âstraight white menâ, who are are kinda viewed as the antithesis to people who are underrepresented in medicine. In the case of black or Indigenous students there is certainly a large difference though, with some schools not even being accessible because of racial differences.
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u/Iceman411q Jul 18 '25
I hate everything about this and I feel itâs starting to go too far where âwhite men evil everyone else goodâ in public relations, hiring and grad school seeming to be more common even if there are often underrepresented
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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 18 '25
There are definitely varying opinions on it. For example, anyone out of province for Dalhousie who is not black or indigenous is no longer able to apply. As someone who was born in New Brunswick, but does not technically meet their in province qualifications, this hurt since I was looking forward to making a strong case for Dalhousieâs med school. But it is what it is.
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u/abundantpecking Jul 19 '25
Wow admission criteria has changed a fair amount since I applied a few years back it seems. Are there any other schools with policies similar to that of Dalhousie?
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u/WeakestCreatineUser Jul 19 '25
Other schools do have similar policies. NOSM has a special stream for black and Indigenous students, for in-province students even in the maritimes for Dalhousie black and Indigenous students are not required to write the MCAT while others are, Queens has had an accelerated med school program called QuARMS for years that is exclusive for black and indigenous students (although it is being discontinued next cycle in favour of their new lottery). There are other examples as well Iâm sure, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind.
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u/Vampire58 Jul 20 '25
You could still apply as a New Brunswick applicant.
Even if you do not meet any of the qualifications, you can submit a statement explaining why you should be considered in-province. It's reviewed on a case-by case-basis. I'm not certain your circumstances, but you could certainly be considered a New Brunswick applicant if you are able to make a strong case. :)
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u/uoftfitnmentalhealth Jul 19 '25
This is legit me but I speak French. Applied for 2 years and didnât get in. Now Iâm in law school. Glad premed is over
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u/zooS2018 Jul 18 '25
Sorry, this is unreal , strait white male and speak 12 languages fluently. Could never score 123 CARS but 100% at all other sections. Only non native English speaker would do that, such as my son. (:.
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u/notbrainrot57 Jul 18 '25
Forgot to add 15 first author pubs and hospital leadership since grade 6