...I understand admission into Med1 at MUA is automatic if you get at least a 3.0 in your preMed, but how does 3.0 translate as a percentage? Is it 75%, 80%, or more? And I have also read on other sites about "greenbook clinical placements", can someone elaborate on this please?

Every response will be greatly appreciated.

hey just a pall park figure, cuz when i got my interview they looked at my GPA. I come from a Canadian school. I had a 70% over all and according to my university grading scale its a 3.0 GPA. Now if you are from a US school you are probably lookin at 80%. But it is all relative to your schools grading scale as well.

I am from Canada too, Mississauga in particular, and I did not know that they look at the GPA for PreMed as well...have you gotten accepted

The 3.0 translates into 80%. However, keep in mind that the number of credits are also taken into account. So, for example, if you were to come out of pre-med 1 with a 4.0 average, you can still get your 3.0 as long as you get 71% or higher in all of your classes in pre-med 2. As far as greenbook clinicals go, some states require you do greenbook rotations in order to get licensed. A rotation is greenbook (i believe this is correct) if a residency can be done in that field at the hospital. So, if you're doing a peds rotation at hospital X, and hospital X has a residency in peds, then that peds rotation is considered greenbook. To get a list of the current greenbook rotations at MUA, you can do a search on this forum or contact the admin by phone or e-mail. Hope this helps.

Thank you very much jd. That helped me a lot.

3.0 is B average............G

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I realize that, however in Canada (where I'm from) B average is from 70% to 75%, that is why I asked how it translates in percentage because I figured it must be different in the States.

Grading varies from one university to another. Most Universities in Canada GPA of 3.0 which is a B translates to a percentage of about 70%.
Here is a link for the Ontario Medical Schools Application Center GPA conversion table:
http://www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/pdf/c_omsas_b.pdf

You can see what i mean when i say it varies cuz for example Queen's University Engineering has 66% is 2.7 where as for other University programs its about 70+. Most canadian schools use the '3' or '7' scheme from that chart on the link for anyone interested.

That should just give you a rough figure, becuase obviously MUA admissions committee uses their own scheme. However that being said, if you go to the SABA website they do have a link for the Ontario Medical Schools Center GPA scale, so I am sure they use that as some sort of reference.

Also, even if your GPA is a bit short of the median cut off of 3.0 (if you even wanna call it a cut off), they look at the whole package that includes your reference letters and personal statement.

I highly doubt that MUA is gonna turn down a highly experienced and qualified individual, just because they have a 2.8 GPA especially if that individual was working full time and attending school at the same time.

haha mind you i am not even in Med 1 yet, so I don't have that much advice to offer, someone like Sheikh is probably someone you can turn to for advice.

I wish everyone the best in their application

Thanx doug, much appreciated. My interview for pre-med1 is in a couple of weeks...wish me luck.

Best of luck to you sauga, i am sure you will do fine, the interview is relaxed.