Hopeful

I blame this person

I received the email twice so I'm guessing that they're trying to get it to all of you who didn't get it the first time.

So... now we have something else to speculate about... Will it be the fourth, the fifth or possibly anytime after that?

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at this point.

If I was the one sending out the emails I would watch this forum and laugh every couple hours. Then, when the number of people reached 150... I would hit send.

Is anyone else watching the number of people on this forum slowly increase? Up to 113 in the calgary section. We were at 43 last hour ha.

What does that mean? Were they just trying to not answer because they're going to release them?

In my opinion yes... We shall see

Does anyone have a date of when the interview requests/regrets will be sent? I know before the third but is there any rumblings of a more specific date?

Hey Aetherus, You got in as a third year. I'm interested to hear your opinion on what makes a third year applicant successful. If you could name a few general personal qualities that you think separate a "younger" applicant what would they be? Maturity is the obvious one but I'd like to hear more. I applied at the U of Alberta last year and was rejected post interview. However, looking back I feel like this year has been well worth an extra year of... i don't know... perspective mostly. That being said, I really feel like another year of waiting wouldn't provide the same experience. I'm also wondering if anyone else felt that way? P.S. Queens is quickly moving up on my "top schools" list of the ones I've applied to. Edit: I secretly hope to meet Aetherus

I'm pretty amazed with what I've read here. I understand the goal of this program and of the health sciences degree at Mac but the problem I see is equality. For QuARMs... Yes, they are most likely exceptional students. However, only a select few people will have access to this opportunity. Also, I ask you if you could pick out the "most likely to succeed as a physician" from your graduating class. I doubt you, or anyone could. EVEN if they could reliably select 10 people with the absolute ability to become physicians, there is no purpose for this program. If their goal is to fast track education then why not simply allow second year undergraduates to apply? If their theory is right, they would select the same 10 people after the first two years of their degree. However, everyone would have the ability to apply, the applicants would be much more mature with a greater life perspective, and the main goal of fast tracking education would persist. For example, an 18 year old was accepted at the U of Alberta this year. For the health sciences degree... Again, my argument is based on equality and accessibility. If medical schools are going to accept applications from all schools then all of the schools should have equal acceptance rates. You shouldn't be selected based on an advantage your school gives you. Sure I could fly east and go to McMaster but how many people do? If that is your argument, the same could be said for the lack of access to health care for northern populations. Someone can say "well they can just fly to large cities." That's not equal access in my mind. If the program does in fact provide a benefit to becoming a physician then it should be offered at all the major schools. Either that or it should not be seen as a benefit in your application, which it obviously is currently. The medical community has worked VERY hard to achieve equality to access a career as a physician. Whether it be due to costs, race, sex, or location you live, efforts have been made to seek equality. These programs undermine that goal. My question for the forum is this... What kind of actions (other than typing on a forum) have occurred for our voice to be heard?