[London, ON]

On 3/17/2017 at 9:17 PM, Eno_R said:

Anyone going to Western for Fall 2017?

I am thinking about accepting their offer, and would love to get to know fellow grad students

Does anyone know what the housing situation is like now?

I'm starting at western this fall too, have you accept the offer and move to London?

[Practice GRE scores vs. real GRE scores]

Non-native speaker as well.
Practice tests:

• Magoosh: 143V, 155Q (Before preparations)
• Magoosh: 148V, 166Q (predictor: 145-150V, 162-167Q) (2 weeks before) 
• Manhattan Free Practice Test: 156V, 158Q (5 days before)
• ETS Powerprep 1: 148V, 160Q (3 days before)
• ETS Powerprep 2: 150V, 161Q (2 days before)

Actual test:

• 152V, 162Q

Prep time: 2 months 5ish hours per day

[2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

no one replied to my previous topic  so im posting again!!

Undergrad Institution: Best school in country
Major(s): Biomedical Informatics
Minor(s): none
GPA in Major: 6.7/10 (8 last 2 years) (overall gpa from program is 5.2 tho)
Overall GPA: - 
Position in Class: maybe top 25% 
Type of Student: International Latin-american female

GRE Scores (revised/old version):
Q: 162
V: 152
W: 4.5
B: - 

TOEFL Total: 102

Research Experience:
    - 1 year undergrad fellowship in one lab (epidemiology/cse)
    - 1.5 years undergrad fellowship in another lab (proteomics/bioinformatics/cse)
    - 1 year on student junior enterprise (quality intern/cse)
    - 1 summer intern at a nyc hospital (bioinformatics/translational medicine/cse)
    - just started a trainee in a local small programming consulting agency(I don't think this helps for bioinformatics, but is helping me save for tuition, salary is great)

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: 
    - 1 year full exchange scholarship (us state school)

Pertinent Activities or Jobs:
    - 1 year tutoring kids 

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: 

Special Bonus Points: 1 famous recommender and another one is the chair of the department of cse at my school (?helpful)

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:
    - It could matter that I already graduated last month, so I'm sort of taking a gap year for MS school since I'm applying for fall season. I don't know if I should mention this one the sop. This gap year was originally based on some personal/family reasons but came at hand for me to save for msc abroad.
 

Applying to Where:

U. of Toronto - Computer Science - Computational Biology
McGill U. - Computer Science - Bioinformatics
Western U. - Computer Science - Bioinformatics
York University - Computer Science - Bioinformatics
U. of Calgary - Chemistry and Biochemistry - Bioinformatics

 

I don't know what are the chances for internationals to get a masters in canada. And I'm concern about my low grades and poor gre score!! Please share your thoughts with me.  

[2017 Applicant Profiles and Admissions Results]

I'm really worried about my shitty GPA, I would really appreciate any advice on if there is some chance for me to get in any of my choices, I don't want to spend money on impossible schools for me to get in :/ 

Undergrad Institution: Top school in Brazil
Major(s): Biomedical Informatics
Minor(s): n/a
GPA in Major: 8.1/10
Overall GPA: 6.6/10  (the average gpa in the program is 5.1 tho, don't know if it helps)
Position in Class: top 10
Type of Student: International female
GRE Scores (revised/old version): didn't take it yet (will take in September)
TOEFL Total: 107

Research Experience: No publications, 2.5  years as an undergrad RA (1y in an epidemiology lab and 1.5y working with proteomics/bioinformatics) and 1 summer internship at NYU also with bioinformatics
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Got a full governmental scholarship to study abroad for 1 year
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Worked in the college enterprise for biomedical informatics (its like a company for bmi but only with students) .... I also tutor kids...
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: all of my work were presented in 3 symposiums

Special Bonus Points: I should be able to get 2 great recommendations from my previous profs, I'm doing my final undergrad thesis with an awesome prof also, so I'm doing my best to get another good recommendation with him.

Applying to Where: 

• Concordia University - CS: Bioinformatics
• U. of Calgary - CS: Bioinformatics
• U. of Guelph - Bioinformatics
• Saarland U.(Germany) - Max Plank Institute: Bioinformatics
• U. of Toronto - CS: Bioinformatics
• UBC - Bioinformatics