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Didn't match either. Shit bro

That's what I found out as well. Even specialties that were noted be not competitive at all last year (Path, Med Micro, Genetics, etc) were extremely picky this year. It seems everyone might have been backing up with these traditionally safe specialties, leading to a inflated sense of demand.

Them rejections coming in hot and fast today.

Just out of curiosity do the rejections tend to roll in before the invites? Or it is the inverse?

I have noticed this trend as well, with people strategically choosing courses to maximize GPA. While there is nothing technically wrong with what they are doing, I too feel that those who choose to take on more challenging programmes/course-loads should be awarded as such. Just looking at numerical GPA doesn't really tell of student's academic prowess. I know PIs look at courses taken when selecting students for graduate studies, so why not do it when considering entrance into Medicine. UofA have started checking almost all EC verifiers last application via an E-mail form. I think is a good move and will prevent people from stretching the truth, if combined with the requirement that all verifier emails be organizational e-mail addresses (as does Calgary). However this doesn't make it foolproof, it just makes it very hard to spoof.

Might seem silly to ask at this time - but does anyone have a similar document to the Google Doc on the starting post of this thread?

Result: Accepted wGPA: 3.82 (Not including my last year marks) Year: 4th Year UG MCAT: 518 ECs: My EC's are heavily focused on research. PM me if you want the juicy deets. Interview: Thought I killed it (in the good way). Geography: IP