navMD Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Anyone out there still waiting to hear back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuro550 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Yeah, still awaiting a decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erfly Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Time stamp: 1:18 PM EST Result: Reject wGPA: 3.93 MCAT: met cut-offs ECs: Diverse, employment, research (UROP, NSERC), hospital volunteering, long-term volunteering at foodbank Essays: Meh lol Year: 4th year UG Geography: IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoKaká Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Time Stamp: March 14th 4:37 EST Interview Date: April 8th Result: Invite! MCAT: above cutoffswGPA: 3.90-3.92ECs: PM meYear: MSc 2nd year Essays: 1st one I spoke from the heart, the rest I incorporated personal experiences into my answers. Made them flow really nice and got them edited by a few close friends who were generous enough to review them lol, overall spent a decent amount of time on them. IPWow will update soon, so utterly shocked. Very grateful for this... I know the wait is tiring and I literally was expecting the worst, keep your head up everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js660327 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Anyone out there still waiting to hear back? Yup........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Time Stamp: March 14th, 4:37PM ESTResult: Invite!MCAT: met cutoffscGPA: 3.96ECs: Diverse, 10+ research and academic awards, 3 publications (one 1st author pub and two 2nd authors submitted), etc. Essay: It wasn't too personalized (I thought I was going to be rejected b/c of this)Year: 3rd year UG Geography: IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgoingtibiaokay7 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 TIME STAMP: Mar 14 @ 4:37pm EST Interview Date: April 8 Result: Invite cGPA: 3.89, not eligible for reweighting (OMSAS) MCAT: above cutoffs ECs: conference presentation, 1 pub submitted, tutor, president of academic club, long-term research assistant (involved in several other studies), accessibility services mentor, medical first responder since first year, other exec positions Essays: Left them to the last minute, I felt good about it given the time I had (based my answers around the 4 clusters and CanMEDS framework) but I didn't have many others read over my answers.. I was worried that my lack of time spent on these would be the rejecting factor Year: 3rd year UG Geography: IP Was expecting 4/4 no interviews this round. Really surprised that this is the school that invited me (relatively lower GPA & rushed essays). Good luck to everyone interviewing, and if you are still waiting, don't lose hope yet! Super excited to meet many of you on the 8th!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anbessa21 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 TIME STAMP: Mar 14 @ 4:37pm EST Interview Date: April 8 Result: Invite cGPA: 3.89, not eligible for reweighting (OMSAS) MCAT: above cutoffs ECs: conference presentation, 1 pub submitted, tutor, president of academic club, long-term research assistant (involved in several other studies), accessibility services mentor, medical first responder since first year, other exec positions Essays: Left them to the last minute, I felt good about it given the time I had (based my answers around the 4 clusters and CanMEDS framework) but I didn't have many others read over my answers.. I was worried that my lack of time spent on these would be the rejecting factor Year: 3rd year UG Geography: IP Was expecting 4/4 no interviews this round. Really surprised that this is the school that invited me (relatively lower GPA & rushed essays). Good luck to everyone interviewing, and if you are still waiting, don't lose hope yet! Super excited to meet many of you on the 8th!! This post gives me life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Omnia_proba Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 TIME STAMP: Mar 14, 1:45 PM (PT) Interview Date: Apr. 9 Result: Invite wGPA: 3.95 MCAT: above cutoffs ECs: Volunteering in emergency (including leadership), tutoring refugees, a couple of years of research, a summer at a hospital in Kenya, club leadership, etc. Essays: Spent a couple of hours on them. Year: 5th year UG (BSc + BA) Geography: OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedpeach Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Result: Invite wGPA: 3.92 MCAT: Above cutoffs ECs: Research with no publications, poster at a conference, hospital volunteering, employment (including in research), scholarship/awards, involvement in clubs, etc. Essays: VERY last minute but well written I think Year: 1 year out of undergrad (no Masters!) Geography: IP : O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pla30bo Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 TIME STAMP: Mar 14, 4:30 PM (PT) Interview Date: Apr. 8 Result: Invite OMSAS undergrad GPA: 3.89 MCAT: 517 ( above cutoffs) ECs: Multiple hospital volunteering, some leadership, mentorship, physician shadowing, multiple undergrad research with no pubs, graduate NSERC award,posters and a published review paper. Essays: Spent 3 weeks on them, got them editted by a couple of friends. Year: MSc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev_2002 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Are there many people still waiting? Are we too late in the game now for another round of invites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aray623 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Are there many people still waiting? Are we too late in the game now for another round of invites? This thread is for invites and regrets postings. Go to the discussion thread and you'll see there's already been people talking about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinecomedy Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Invited for interview (April 9th). Debating whether I should attend. Will fill in my stats and information later. Submitted my application day before deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterofnone Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Invited for interview (April 9th). Debating whether I should attend. Will fill in my stats and information later. Submitted my application day before deadline. If you have no desire to actually attend uoft, I would say no.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaguer9 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 TIME STAMP: 4:07pm EST (Mar 27) Result: Reject wGPA: 3.5 (Ivy league school for undergrad and grad, if that matters...probably not) MCAT: Above cut off ECs: Research orientated. Many publications. Essays: I thought mine were good...apparently not. Year: Completed Masters in 2014 Geography: OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greensurR Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Result: Regrets Time Stamp: March 27th, 4:08PM wGPA: 3.94 Year: MSc MCAT: met cutoffs EC's: Pretty good some unique stuff, some not unique stuff like research etc. Essays: Spent a long time on them and was happy with themGeography: IP I'm sad but wanted to post this for people who are still waiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhop Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Time Stamp: 4:08pm Result: Reject cGPA: 3.53 (don't meet the requirements to be eligible for wGPA) MCAT: 11/10/12 Year: MSc completed in 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreng12 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 TIME STAMP: 4:08 pm EST (March 27) Result: Reject wGPA: 3.97 MCAT: Above cut off ECs: A number of relevant research and work experiences, 2 publications. Essays: Pretty good I thought Year: 4th engineering Geography: IP Disappointed, but glad to have finally heard back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega_212 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Result: Regrets Time Stamp: March 27th wGPA: unsure if it was applied, if not ~3.8 Year: MSc complete (2 first author pubs, several 2nd/co-author pubs, several conference presentations) MCAT: > cutoffs EC's: varied with decent amount of university and medical stuffEssays: Spent decent amount of time on them- felt they were strongGeography: OOP I've accepted an offer from my IP school and that was #1 anyway = congrats to all invited and keep pushing forward to everyone else- don't give in to time or anything else if this is what you want to do- ~best wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aray623 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Check your spam traps, y'all! Result: Regrets Time Stamp: March 27th 4:06pm wGPA: 3.88 Year: 5th year BMSc MCAT: > cutoffs EC's: Varied. Lots of jobs, leadership, volunteer activities and sports. No research for this application. Essays: Felt really good about them, had them edited by a bunch of people. Spent at least 2 months on them Geography: IP FINALLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anbessa21 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Just got circumcised with some rusty-ass clippers Result: Regrets Time Stamp: 4:07pm EST 03/27/17 cGPA: 3.99 Year: 3rd year UG MCAT: 516 (125 CARS) EC's: Cheesecake Essays: 2 months of laborious crafting and innumerable evaluation and remodelling. In retrospect, possibly too impersonal. Geography: IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Result: Regrets Time Stamp: 4:08pm EST 03/27/17 Undergrad GPA (unweighted); 3.53 Master (Publix Health) GPA: 4.0 Year: 2nd year MPH MCAT: 34 (11/13/10) EC's: 2 publications (one in the WHO journal), 2 years research at SickKids, 2 years global health research, volunteer translator for Syrian refugees...etc Essays: little effort put into these Geography: IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskeyjack Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Timestamp: 4:07 P.M March 27 Result: Reject wGPA: 4.0 MCAT: Above cutoffs ECs: Average, some research, no pubs, 1st author in progress. Some long-term volunteer, some short-term volunteer, a couple other non-unique ECs Essays: Spent some time on them, maybe did not focus on CanMEDS points as much as I should have Year: 4th year UG IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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