Originally Posted by McGillGrad

WHAT! You do not recognize who sings that?

Please tell me you were not born in the 80s!

Originally Posted by BelleStarr

Nope not in the 80's but only a few years earlier. And no sadly I do not recognize who sings it - please enlighten this poor shamed music inept flunky. But I did get the song name righ, right?

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Originally Posted by McGillGrad

The song is absolutely right but the singer is no other than the multifaceted Snoop Dog.

Originally Posted by cooli

Actually, when "gin and juice" came out he was Snoop Doggy Dog not Snoop Dog.

Originally Posted by BelleStarr

Nope not in the 80's but only a few years earlier. And no sadly I do not recognize who sings it - please enlighten this poor shamed music inept flunky. But I did get the song name righ, right?

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Originally Posted by Manny22

thanks for the reply by the way



ok so here's my breakdown (looking at my med app for ross)
the 2.53 was incorrect- it was a guess regarding credits i had transferred back to my school- it's actually 2.465:
science gpa:2.09 (but before you recoil in disgust-my science gpa in first year was 4.36 this is on a 4.5 scale); durring my second and third year i faced certain family situations, my head wasn't in the books- i failed 18 credit hours, was super depressed and miserable. I was super cocky in my second year, i decided to take biochemistry and organic chemistry at the same time- the biochem labs were MURDER... it was a totally disheartening experience, I started to not really care anymore. I pretty much set myself up for failure by not seeking academic advising and my work-load was rediculus because i also was working at a job part-time. It was the lack of time management and dealing with stress that paved this road to hell...
in my fourth year, i was back on track: more structured, organised, time better managed- it was difficult to remain positive after falling off so hard.
but through-out the four years i was involved with inner-city youth organizations, disaster relief/foriegn aid groups, i worked as a volunteer receptionist at a medical clinic, and also volunteered with Cancer Care.
My other re-course would be to apply to St. Christopher's in England or to a certain school in Ireland that looks primarily at mcat scores (must be between 22-36); i wrote the August 2004 MCAT (my first and only time writing it) and got a passing score of 25M. I was working full time, and studied whenever I could... but I'm thinking I should probably enroll in a class for the MCAT, take time off work, and really focus on it. Then I'm probably giong to enroll back in university and under the direction of academic advising try to at least get back up to a 3.0 if possible...but I'm just sick of undergrad and the medschools in Ireland and the UK are looking more and more promising because as a Canadian student- If i wanted to practice in Canada there'd be less of a problem because the cma recognizes those institutions...
the bonus of ross tho is that i have family friends who go there, one of which is on the Dean's honour list, the other is getting ready to write the USMLE step 3 or has written it (not sure)- basically i've gotten the low down on how to succeed in that environment and am looking forward at the opportunity to do so but there's that gpa that stands in my way...
what to do?

Originally Posted by justdoit

You're right that's not a very good science gpa....whew! Here's what I suggest, I don't know how old you are, but if you're still young (relatively speaking) you have nothing to lose by just applying to certain schools to see what will happen. If you don't get in they can tell you what you need to do to improve you stats. Know what schools you're applying to in the Caribbean for they vary on their admissions requirements......some are more strict than others. Better yet if you don't want to waste the application fee call them and tell them everything you've said here. There's a range some schools (Ross being one of them) look at for gpa and MCAT scores, but other things are taken into consideration on a case by case basis. You really can't get your answer for that here. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Manny22

i did just that today, ironically, but they said that my pre-med gpa makes me competative (being 3.67) and they said that with my mcat score of 25 it shouldn't hurt to apply... so im gonna rely on the following:
1. pre med gpa
2. mcat because last semester's average (according to someone i spoke to on the phone briefly) was 21
3. my reference letters: one from a medical doctor, another from a philathropic organization i was heavily involved with- and yes... even an academic letter (either from a lab instructor in ecto-parasites who got to know me and my interests very well from some good conversations, and who also observed my study habits- or from my ethics in medicine and law prof- we don't have a pre-med comittee) because my gpa was a 4.0 in my first year then in second n third i blew it failing three full-year courses from lack of attendance/interest (i had no academic advising) but around fourth i pulled myself out of that rut with some A's but mostly B's yet not enuf to raise my science gpa... if anything that science gpa is gonna do me in if my cummulative on its own doesn't... regardless im treating this as if it were a domestic university (the med school in my province)...

Originally Posted by justdoit

Good luck! I hope you make it!