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Admise à ULaval!! Après 7 ans d’essai, je pourrais pas être plus heureuse

Ah you seem to have a misconception... all doctors complain, not just FM.

Universitaire diplômé (administration des affaires, cote calculé comme 29,4 environ) Casper: 4 (date du 16 janvier) expériences: 1 an d'ATP au Brunet (à ce jour), 4 mois ATP pilulier en Familiprix, 6 mois d'ATP au Uniprix (à ce jour), bénévolat (SCC, CHUL chacun pendant 1 ans), activités parascolaire (VP finance initiation, VP association étudiante pendant 6 mois chacun) Réponse: offre d'admission définitive Après 8 ans, mon rêve est enfin réalisé. Pour ceux et celles qui sont admis, ben hâte de vous rencontrer l'année prochaine. On sera la 100e cohorte de PharmD à Ulaval. Nous allons faire partie de l'histoire haha Merci a tout ceux qui m'ont apporté un message de soutien suite à mon découragement en mars dernier ! Vous êtes les bests ! Good luck à ceux qui sont sur la liste d'attente ou qui ont été refusé. Si vous avez besoin d'encouragement, retenez cette phrase: ''préférez vous vivre vos rêves ou plutôt rêver de les vivre ?'' !

Those examples are beyond obscure, rare genetic syndromes and embryology are not core clinically relevant knowledge.

I just got into OT! At mac. I’m crying

Enfin admis en médecine! Après presque 10 ans d'Université, me battre pour des notes élevées, un bacc en bio, une maîtrise en neuro, 1 an et demi d'ergo, 2 ans de physio, 5 caspers, les MEMs, les refus, les doutes et découragements multiples... je réalise enfin mon rêve!!!!!! Admis/rejected: 35e sur la LA universitaire et maintenant Admis! (Ulaval), 29e LA MTL et 17e LA OUT etmaintenant 17e LA MTL et 8e (McGill), Refusé Udem, pas appliqué Udes Catégorie: Universitaire Programme (si études universitaires): Bacc. en bio complété, Maîtrise en neurobiologie complétée, 3 sessions d'ergo, 4 sessions de physio. CRU: UL 33,479, UdeM inconnue, Udes inconnu Quartile CASPer: 4e Impressions/commentaires CASPer: Excellente, après 5 fois j'imagine que j'ai fini par comprendre le principe... Invitation MEM: Laval, McGill Score MEM: 516,311 (Ulaval), inconnu (McGill) Impressions/commentaires MEM: Toujours difficile à dire exactement après l'entrevue. Les entrevues de McGill sont un vrai défi avec des questions surprenantes mais ça s'est mieux passé que ma dernière fois à McGill où j'avais été refusé direct post-entrevues. Les entrevues d'Ulaval étaient moins stressantes en soit mais je n'ai pas aussi bien performé que je pensais considérant mon score et j'ai trouvé qu'elles ne m'ont pas autant permis de mettre de l'avant mon parcours que ce que j'espérais. Mais peu importe, je suis tout-de-même admis enfin.

Ça commence officiellement à sortir sur synchro tout le monde!!! Je viens de recevoir finalement ma première offre d'admission après 4 ans à essayer!!! Bonne chance à tout le monde!

TIME STAMP: 9:10 am Result: ADMITTED! MTL Campus Casper Quartile: 4 (French) GPA: 3.89/4 Feeling About MMI (please be mindful of NDA): I prepared almost everyday leading up to the MMIs. I felt really good about 4 stations, and only okay about the rest! The overthinking on every response afterwards was hell! Current year of study: finishing my second undergrad IP/OOP/International: IP Comments: This is my 4th time applying and after completing a BSc and a BA the work has finally paid off! Stay hopeful and don't give up if this is what you want to do!!

That's not even foundational. That's some obscure knowledge that 99% of physicians won't ever see in their lifetime. It's likely only relevant to geneticists and possibly very remotely to pediatrics. It is impossible to know and remember everything unless you are a genius with a photographic memory. Foundational knowledge is important but I sure don't use embryology and genetics knowledge on a daily or sometimes yearly basis.

Coucou:) Je vous partage mes stats pour mes deux dernières demandes à ulaval et un sacré long roman hahaha enjoy! 2022 (collégienne) CRC : 35 / Casper : 2 / Rang initial : 239 (fin avril 2022) / Rang final : 1 (~10 septembre 2022) Je ne souhaite à personne même pas mon pire ennemi de finir 1er sur une liste d'attente c'était tellement crève coeur hahaha surtout à la fin quand j'ai passé mon été à me voir me rapprocher tranquillement du but et d'être enfin rendue en première place après 4 mois. 2023 (fausse collégienne) CRC : 35 / Casper : 2 / Rang initial : 256 Pour le casper on est pas mal tous d'accord qu'il y a place à amélioration. Je connais plusieurs personnes (et j'imagine que vous aussi) qui ont des quartiles de 1 ou 2 qui sont des personnes extraordinaires et qui feraient des professionnels de la santé top notch! Svp, ne vous laissez pas définir par un test de 2h où vous avez répondu à même pas 20 questions que vous avez fait tout stressé à 20h le soir souvent pour plusieurs entre 2 exams de mi-session. Comment ce test de 2h peut avoir un si gros impact vs tous les efforts mis au cégep pendant 2-3 ans et pour plusieurs à l'uni ? Bref bref! Entre mes deux demandes j'ai commencé un autre bac qui n'est pas du tout en lien avec le domaine de la santé et jamais j'y aurais cru mais j'aime vraiment ça! J'ai fait des rencontres et des souvenirs incroyables. Donc, j'ai décidé que moi les demandes d'uni c'est done hahaha je reste dans mon programme:) Je souhaite à tous ceux sur la LA qui le désire vraiment de rentrer et surtout de ne pas finir 1er;) pour ceux qui ne rentre pas et qui ressayent l'année prochaine lâchez pas je crois en vous ! Pour les autres qui ne savent plus trop quoi faire de leur vie, il y a une place pour vous quelque part je crois en vous! Et pour ceux qui sont rentrés félicitations!! Profitez s'en les ptits chanceux;) Lâchez pas! Vous y êtes presque:)

Let’s go ! bonne chance à tous le monde , on va Y ARRIVER CETTE ANNÉE !!! Croisons les doigts

Admis/rejected : Ulaval (seule demande faite) : convocation reçue aujourd'hui à 9h03 Catégorie: Universitaire en changement de programme Programme (si études universitaires): Pharmacie GPA/CRC: plus que 31 de CRU évidemment Quartile CASPer: 4 (Casper le 18 octobre 2023 à 20h) Impressions/commentaires CASPer: C’est la 5e fois que je le passe. Vraiment stressant, l’ajout des réponses vidéos. Il y a une réponse vidéo où j’ai trouvé que ma réponse était poche mais pour le reste du test, j’avais l’impression d’avoir très bien répondu, donc je suis contente que mon quartile reflète cela. Je suis donc très fébrile à l’idée de pouvoir finalement, après tant d’années, être convoquée aux MEMs. Pour les gens n’ayant pas reçu le quartile souhaité, ne lâchez surtout pas. Le casper ne permet absolument pas d’identifier toutes les personnes qui ont la personnalité idéale pour être un professionnel de la santé compétent. Je crois en vous. Je suis tjrs disponible pour donner des conseils pour vous aider pour ce test. Invitation MEM: C'est la première fois que je réussi à me rendre si loin dans le processus d'admission. Je suis très fière de moi d'avoir continué à persévérer. Disons que quand j'étais plus jeune, jamais j'aurais pensé un jour me rendre ici (j'aurais jamais même pensé faire une demande en médecine). Donc pour moi, c'est déjà une réussite et à partir d'ici, je ferai de mon mieux pour me préparer, mais tout le reste est hors de mon contrôle. Impressions/commentaires MEM: à suivre! Autres commentaires: J'espère que vous avez eu des bonnes nouvelles aujourd'hui aussi. Ceux pour qui ça n'a pas été le cas, je me croise les doigts pour vous pour les prochaines vagues de convocations.

Hey OP and BadKarma13, I'm really sorry to hear that. I have some idea how you might be feeling, as I also did not match last year after interviewing for 8 anesthesia programs. I remember feeling absolutely crushed and it felt as though it was all for nothing. I was still set on anesthesia and there were 3 spots in 2 programs in the second iteration last year. I interviewed for 1 spot but again did not match. I applied to anesthesia and FM this year, and fortunately matched to my #1 program. I can share what I did in the past year. My school had things well set-up for unmatched students after graduating. There was an option to do additional 4th year electives for 8 weeks in the summer, and there was a masters program that we could take. So in terms of clinical stuff, I did the additional electives in July and August (6 wks in anesthesia and 2 in FM), and arranged clinical observerships (essentially working as a 4th yr student) from Sep to the CaRMS deadline with my LOR writers. While doing the observership, I was able to do the masters coursework concurrently. This year, I applied to 14 anesthesia programs and got 7 interviews. Surprisingly, most of the interviewers viewed my reapplication to anesthesia as a positive (ex. good on you for persisting, you must be very passionate, not sure why you didn't match). If you do choose to reapply next year, there are definitely ways to spin this positively. I also got almost all FM interviews across the country. One thing many people told me over the past year was that I didn't fail, the system failed me. I didn't believe this at the time, but looking back this cannot be closer to the truth. There are simply more qualified candidates than spots, and the selection process is subjective and almost arbitrary. Don't let this temporary setback define you. Nothing has changed about you and you are still the great medical students you were before this whole CaRMS process. I wish you both best of luck in whichever path you choose and you will be great physicians/surgeons in the end. DMs always open to chat.

TIME STAMP: 10:30 Result: Invite degreeGPA: 3,93 ECs: implications sociales et professionnelles. Pas de recherche ou d'implications dans le domaine de la santé. Year: bac en droit CASPER Quartile: 4th French IP/OOP/International: IP/OOP/ International: je suis résident du Québec Letter of EC: je ne sais pas c'est quoi Invited to french oral test: Yes Incroyable! Je ne pensais pas être invité avec 3,93 étant donné que je n'ai pas de maîtrise ou de publications scientifiques! Bon succès à tous!

J'ai officiellement recu la lettre

Bin écoute faut te dire que depuis le départ j’ai vraiment choisi pharmD puisque c’était un deuxième choix since je voulais aller ailleurs (med or med dent depending on the days/mood). J’ai pas vraiment aimé l’ambiance, trop de monde, pas assez intime, les cours j’aimais bien mais le stage j'ai détesté . Alors j’ai réalisé à ce moment que ça allait être pareil en médecine, bcp bcp trop de gens, des cours de patho à ne plus en finir and I hated patho. Alors je me suis tournée vers med dentaire et j’ai commencé à regarder: petites cohortes, beaucoup de travaux pratiques, commence à voir des patients et actually travailler dessus des patients en 2e année, travaillons entre nous pour détartrer/nettoyer dès la première année, overall une très belle ambiance de cohortes, petites cohortes donc super facile de rencontrer des gens (literallement je connais beaucoup de monde des 5 années) Au final, meilleurs horaires de travail que les pharmaciens plus tard, fins de semaine de congé, travail plus manuel, relation avec les patients que tu as plus le temps de bâtir (tu passes des heures dans leur bouche), les patients ont tendances à être fidèles à leur dentiste/médecin mais moins à leur pharmacien, travail assis et non debout, over all moins drainant sur la santé mentale. Perso, ce que j'ai détesté voir pendant mon stage est que j'ai l'impression que les pharmaciens étaient tous très très tristes et manquaient de joie de vivre. la plupart m'ont dit: change de programme, pharmacie c'est plate, ouch. Aussi, ça m'a enragé comment les pharmaciens font juste repasser sur le travail des autres professionnels toute la journée!! Perso, je vais essayer de faire des prescriptions qui sont correctes plus tard parce que les pharmaciens perdent tellement de leur temps à comprendre/réviser/changer les Px des autres que j'ai lowkey pitié pour eux... (P.S. les futurs dentistes don't be un docteur qui fait des Px de prout) Mais bref, c'est ça environ! Je suis convaincue par contre qu'il y a des gens pour qui la pharmacie c'est fait pour eux, comme je suis sure qu'il y a des dentistes qui sont moins heureux, alors ce n'est vraiment QUE MON OPINION! Au final c'est une question de personnalité and de ce que tu as besoin en tant que personne ! P.S: Merci de ne pas m'obstiner/me cancel sur MON OPINION, en tant que personne qui a vécu un an dans les deux programmes !! It happened in the past, lol, je ne prend plus de chances.

hi everyone! congrats on the offers i wanted to create a group chat for those who are planning on attending U of T OT St.George campus. but i wasn't sure which platform would be best for everyone so thought we could put it to a vote: react"thanks" = Instagram DM chat react"haha" = FB messenger if anyone has another preferred platform (e.g., Discord, etc.), feel free to quote this message!!

Admise : Ulaval (Offre acceptée le 10 mai 2023)!!!!! UdeS (4e sur la LA) Refus : UOttawa avant les MEM Cote de rendement calculée : 30,589 pour Ulaval et 30,345 pour UdeS Score MEM : 602.516 Catégorie: Universitaire sur le marché du travail Programme (si études universitaires): Bac en Sciences Infirmières (terminé en 2014), Bac en sciences biomédicales (en cours - 3e année) et Maîtrise en santé mentale (en cours). GPA/CRC: 4.12/4.3 en sciences biomédicales. Quartile CASPer: 4e La persévérance fait partie du processus je crois. J'ai avais été refusée 3 fois avant, mais l'introspection et chercher à comprendre mes erreurs m'ont beaucoup aidée à m'améliorer et à sécuriser mes "performances" au CASPer, dans ma note autobiographique et aux MEM. Au final, ça aura pris 4 ans avant que je sois admise, mais je ne pourrais en être que plus exaltée hahah! Et la vie nous en apprend beaucoup en 4 ans... PIS je suis quand même vieille. Alors ne lâchez pas! Et surtout, il n'est jamais trop tard!

Admis/rejected à Laval: Offre d'admission définitive Admis/rejected UdeM UdeS, McGill: Admise Sherbrooke, Admise McGill, refus pré-entrevue UdeM Catégorie: universitaire Programme (si études universitaires): sciences biomédicales (3e année) CRC: 4.15/4.33 Quartile CASPer: 4e Impressions/commentaires CASPer: Je sentais que ça avait bien été, je m'étais beaucoup préparée! Invitation MEM: Sherbooke, Laval, McGill Score MEM: 598,796 selon Laval Impressions/commentaires MEM: Sous le choc. Je pensais que ça avait bien été, mais pas autant! Je vais laisser ma place à McGill et Sherbrooke comme j'ai accepté l'offre de laval. Bonne chance à tous pour la suite!

Premed101 seems to be not as popular anymore but this thread gave me a lot of hope over the years and helped me gauge how to move forward so I'm posting my stats here for any future applicants who are in a similar boat! Result: Accepted, VFMP- Fraser Cohort (1st choice) Geography: IP Early or Regular Deadline: Regular Degree: BSc, B. Ed and M.Ed aGPA: 86% MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 518 (130/129/130/129 Interview: Above average the last two times I interviewed and waitlisted with lower stats NAQ: 75-100% for every application, I'm a non-trad applicant and have been working as teacher for several years now This was my fifth application to UBC and I can't believe I'm finally writing this post. I did contemplate writing this but if this gives anyone hope and some insight, this is for you! I think I would have given up a long time ago but I got waitlisted on my very first application (79% and 507 MCAT)- which gave me a lot of hope and made me feel I was very close and if I improved my application a little bit I would get in. I didn't qualify for aGPA at this point as I had 6 P/F credits which wouldn't have let me have 90 credits with grades attached after taking my worst year out. My B.Ed was also all P/F so it didn't help with the GPA. I rewrote the MCAT that summer as that felt like the quickest way to improve and ended with a 511 after about 5-6 weeks of studying. The 2nd application the following cycle, I didn't even get an interview. So at this point I knew I really had to work on my GPA to stand a solid shot and I decided to take a couple of online courses in winter 2020 term. This was the COVID term so the classes didn't even end up counting but because the way UBC calculated aGPA changed that year, I qualified for aGPA. I got an interview and waitlist again on my third cycle with a 511 MCAT and 81ish%. However, I didn't get off the waitlist again that year but had kept taking more courses on the side. The 4th application, I applied with about 83% and 511 MCAT but when the interview invites came, I was rejected pre-interview again. This one was hard to bear because I just didn't know what else could be done at this point- this definitely impacted my self-worth significantly! I was luckily in the middle of my masters this year so just focused on that for the remaining year. That summer I happened to have 2 months off between semester two and starting my capstone, so I decided to take one final shot and rewrite the MCAT. I studied for 7-8 weeks straight with no distractions, focusing more on practice and active recall (anki) and for the first time felt I had finally figured out how to study effectively. When the score came back as 518, I finally felt like I had a solid shot. I had also done well on my masters courses, bringing my aGPA to 86%, much higher than my previous applications. I felt pretty good going into this fifth cycle but in terms of interview, I actually felt the least prepared this year because of (a.) how busy work had been and (b.) I was very frustrated with the process and just couldn't get my self to commit any time to prep. Luckily, teaching lends well to the topics UBC likes to cover so my approach in the answers was pretty similar to previous years where I was very conversational and always found a way to share personal anecdotes and experiences. The last few months have been crazy busy I didn't think about May as much as I did in previous years. At this point, I wanted an acceptance or a rejection. I couldn't have done another year of being on the waitlist. I was beyond thankful to have gotten that acceptance this past Friday but I don't think it has fully hit me yet. If you've read this post this far and you are also frustrated by this process, my advice is keep going but focus more on whatever your back up career is. When you do things to help you with whatever you are currently working on, it will also help you with the med application. Don't do things solely for medicine (other than the MCAT of course). It's not a matter of if, but a matter of when!

I went unmatched after applying to a competitive speciality last year. Like you, was really debating extended clerkship & reapplying vs. 2nd iteration application. Ultimately I chose to do FM in the 2nd round. Here's some of the thing's I'd say you should think about in your decision-making: 1. How dead set are you on radiology? I would encourage you to really think hard about whether radiology is the only thing you could see yourself doing. Going unmatched really gave me a lot of perspective - I was so deadset on my speciality as a clerk and really thought I could do that and only that. When you went into medical school, I imagine you just wanted to "be a doctor". Now I realize, that's a mentality most medical students put themselves into, but is not actually the truth. This year, by luck there is actually an unmatched spot at my school for the speciality that I applied to last year and I have no interest in applying because I've figured out a pathway through FM that's going to make me just as happy, pay the same, give me more flexibility, and be achievable through several less years of training. When I spoke to a unmatched applicants from previous years, I heard the same thing (e.g., one guy went unmatched to Ortho, matched FM 2nd round - in his R1 year, the Ortho PD reached out twice to ask if he wanted to transfer into the program and the guy was like nope I'm happy in FM). 2. Is it possible for you to do something that is interesting/similar through FM? FM has a very broad scope, much more than most medical students realize. If you're dead set on radiology, you won't have many opportunities in FM for exactly that - but maybe you have other things that interested you in medical school that could be pursued through FM. I have FM preceptors who read Echo's, ECGs, etc. on the side, so certainly there is room for doing study interpretation if that's your thing. There is also a growing role of POCUS in FM. One of my FM preceptors does a procedure clinic once/week, in which he will do image-guided joint injections etc. There's also a lot of POCUS involved on ER, Anaesthesia, and sports med - all of which can be done as FM+1 programs. 3. If you were to do extended clerkship, what are the chances you are successful in matching the second time around? This was a big sticking point in my decision to go into FM. I emailed my UME office and asked for a list of the programs applicants applied to the first time around and what they matched into after extended clerkship (anonymized). I also spoke to the UME office about what the success rates were from extended clerkship (just cause some people do genuinely change their mind to do another speciality after extended clerkship so just comparing what they matched into may not be accurate). What I found was that for certain programs, extended clerkship is wonderful - Anaesthesia in particular loves extended clerkship applicants for some reason, and in the past 5 years, most of the extended clerkship applicants for anaesthesia matched the second time around. Similarly, people had decent success with Rad Onc, IM, and some of the mid-competitive surgical specialities (Ortho, Uro, OBGYN, CVSx). On the other hand, some specialities have an abysmal or almost 0 match rate after extended clerkship. Nobody who did extended clerkship for plastics, EM or Optho matched (I know in Optho people do match after doing an extra research year - just happens that noone at my school has been successful doing this in the past several years). For the speciality that I applied to, I spoke to one applicant who got 7 interviews, went unmatched, did extended clerkship, got 7 interviews again and didn't match - this was a strong applicant too as he had a PhD in this field already and tons of research/CV items. I didn't want to take this level of risk, not to mention the feeling of going unmatched twice just to end up in the same spot again. Unfortunately a number of my classmates who did the extra year, and applied to things like Optho/plastics this year ended up going unmatched again... 4. How much will the extended year improve your application? This was another big decision point for me. I sat down with the UME office and my mentors and really picked apart my personal letters, CV, and interview performance. The broad impression from the UME office was that my MSPR was quite strong compared to most students. I had published ~10 papers during medical school in decent journals, presented at multiple national/international conferences & won abstract awards. My personal letters were good. My interview performance, probably could have been improved but certainly wasn't abysmal. And I had gotten more interviews that the majority of applicants to the speciality. Sure, I could publish a few more papers, do a few more electives, work more with my referees to improve the strength of references further - but all of that was just marginal benefit. My conclusion from this was - an extended year could make a difference for a certain type of candidate: someone who decided on the speciality very late, did only 2 electives instead of 4, only had 1 letter from a specialist in the field, didn't do any research during med school, completely bombed their interviews etc. - but it wasn't necessarily going to make a huge difference for me. Likely, any improvements in my application I would make with an additional year would be cancelled out by the stigma that some file reviewers/interviewers will have against a previously unmatched candidate - I might get a similar amount of interviews as the first time, and after that, it would just be a roll of the dice again. 5. If you were to extended clerkship, will the opportunity cost be worth it? An extra year of debt from med school tuition/living costs, plus all the cost of doing a broad range of visiting electives, not getting a resident's salary & 1 year of attending salary lost. That added with compound interest totals a whole lot of money. How long will it take you to make all that back? That was a huge wall of text and certainly not comprehensive, but hopefully its a little helpful! Best of luck.

C'est mon tour d'être admise à UL !

Félicitations à tous les nouveaux admis et bienvenue à l’Université Laval ! Un super beau programme, vous allez aimer ça. Profitez-en parce que ça passe vraiment vite

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Admis/rejected : Rejected McGill, Admis UdeM Catégorie: Universitaire Programme (si études universitaires): Génie mécanique + maîtrise GPA/CRC: 3.56/4.3 (Bac) Quartile CASPer: 3e Impressions/commentaires MEM: Mauvais feeling pour McGill et bon feeling suivant UdeM (!!) Commentaires: C'était mon 4ème cycle! J'ai appliqué pour la toute première fois il y a 7 ANS durant mon bac. C'était un chemin un peu sinueux, mais quel soulagement aujourd'hui. Pour ceux et celles qui n'ont pas eu la réponse qu'ils souhaitaient avoir, je sais que ça peut sembler un peu unfair et décourageant. Mais rappelez vous que des milliers de personnes qualifiées appliquent à chaque année et que tant et aussi longtemps que vous continuer d'avancer et de progresser, votre tour viendra.

Acceptée ce matin! Je n'ai pas eu de concovation aux entrevues, je rentre directement. Mon dépôt est fait! Après 4 ans de demande.. Tellement hâte de commencer

Réponse : LA 28e (Universitaire en changement de programme) Programme : Finissante en enseignement au secondaire - 1 an en sciences biomédicales - 1 session en révision linguistique. (Profil très atypique, j'en suis consciente) Expérience : 7 ans en tant qu'ATP - plusieurs implications - plusieurs bourses. CRU Laval : 29,546 (2023) Quartile casper : 3e Impressions/commentaires : Dénouement inespéré! Il s'agit de ma 7e application. Croyez en vos rêves!

TIME STAMP: 7h35 Result: ACCEPTED!!!!! Casper Quartile: 4 (French) GPA: 3.7 Feeling About MMI (please be mindful of NDA): I felt amazing about two stations and good about the others. Although there was one that was harder than the other ones. I was just myself and I think thats what paid off during the interview. I didn't realize I was doing an interview. Current year of study: Master in Physical Therapy IP/OOP/International: IP Comments: I’ve worked so hard for this achievement. Even with my low GPA, I always perceived and focused on my goal. Everything is possible, if you believe in it. Don’t stop chasing your dreams even if you feel that its impossible to reach. I feel amazing, I wish that on anyone who works hard for what they want!!! Can’t wait to meet the future cohort <3

Update je viens de recevoir une convocation!

I will chime in for fun, from the program side of things, we are very much excited and looking forward to finding out who our new colleagues will be as well. Good luck to everyone, and may the CaRMS deity be kind.

Hello @FuturMed_, Congrats pour ton dossier académique et ton test Casper ! Comme il a été dit, tu as de bonnes chances pour une convocation, du moins, à l'Université Laval. La sélection étant fondée en premier sur le test Casper, tu sembles bien positionné. Ensuite, il suffit d'avoir plus de 31 pour la CRU et selon les étalons de l'Université Laval, t'aurais dans les alentours de 34, ce qui est plus que nécessaire. La préparation pour les MEM c'est pas évident. Il y a plusieurs livres là-dessus, mais la plupart traitent des MMI aux États-Unis ou en Grande-Bretagne et ça diffère pas mal d'ici. J'avais fait un peu de lecture et ça peut aider jusqu'à un certain point, mais au fond c'est un peu la même base que pour le test Casper. Si tu avais lu le livre de B*e*M*o pour le Casper, c'est probablement suffisant. Je te dirais de revoir ta préparation du test Casper et de faire encore de l'introspection. Se tenir au courant de l'actualité ça peut être bien, mais c'est pas quelque chose qui était questionné directement l'année passée. Pro tips pour les MEM : - Bouteille d'eau mandatory ! J'avais juste préparé un verre d'eau avant de commencer et je rushais vers la fin haha. Ça reste qu'on parle beaucoup et avec le stress ça aide pas. Ça dure environ 2h les MEM en passant. - Porter un outfit professionnel, mais confo et pas trop chaud (ou tu mets la clim chez toi parce que c'est fort probable que tu finisses par avoir méga chaud) - Gérer son stress. Facile à dire, mais c'est incroyablement stressant. - Écoute bien les questions, fais répéter au besoin, prends le temps de réfléchir avant de parler. C'est con, mais c'est arrivé que je comprenne pas bien une mise en situation et ça a un peu fuck up ma station haha. - Être prêt à TOUT. Les questions ou les mises en situation sont imprévisibles et des fois t'es juste genre "wtf" à essayer de trouver quelque chose de somewhat smart à dire. Si t'es genre "wtf", dis-toi que c'est sûrement le cas pour tout le monde. - Reste toi-même, sois naturel (même si le contexte à rien de naturel) - N'essaye pas de te faire valoir dans tes réponses. Perso, je pensais pouvoir dropper des trucs ici et là pour faire valoir mon parcours ou des aspects personnels et j'ai réalisé que c'était difficile parce que les questions ne sont pas faites pour parler de soi. C'est plus du "comment tu es" et "comment tu fonctionnes" que du "qui tu es" ou "ce que t'as fait". - Les stations avec acteurs c'est pas évident, mais en gros, fais de l'écoute active/empathique, valide la personne, propose des solutions logiques et concrètes et réitère ton soutien dans ce que la personne va décider de faire. Ça risque de déboucher sur rien peu importe ce que tu dis haha x). - Si t'as l'impression d'avoir fuck up à la fin, t'as probablement mieux fait que tu le penses. L'année passée j'avais bin de la misère à évaluer ma performance vu qu'on n'a pas de référentiel et ça me décourageait un peu, mais au final, ça avait bien été. Hello @Med_Dream2024, this is for you too. En espérant que cette année soit la tienne ! Juste un mot sur les pratiques en groupe. Je suis pas trop fan du concept parce que ça ne veut pas dire que les gens avec qui vous pratiquez sont sur la bonne voie avec leurs techniques. Je ne prendrais pas ça pour du "cash" mettons. Ça peut être correct pour se pratiquer à parler de sujets, mais je trouve que les bénéfices s'arrêtent là. Je suggère plus de parler à des étudiants en médecine ou des résidents (si vous connaissez quelqu'un qui connaît quelqu'un). C'est plus "fiable" comme source d'info. Et même là, j'avais fait des pratiques avec un résidents qui s'y connaissait bien en MEM et les questions/situations que j'ai eues avaient rien à voir avec ce qu'on avait pratiqué. Je trouve que ça m'a aidé à anticiper le stress et à structurer mes réponses, mais sans plus. Je dirais que c'est surtout le fait d'avoir la confiance de quelqu'un de crédible qui a boosté ma confiance. J'espère que ça aide

TIME STAMP: 11:30-ish Result: Invite degreeGPA: 3,96 ECs: Overall assez équilibré, mais rien d'exceptionnel. Year: UG 3rd year (2nd UG) CASPER Quartile: 4th French IP/OOP/International: IP Letter of EC: No 2023 Ranking: N/A Ouff, je suis sous le choc, aucune idée comment je me sens.

I'm an MS4 who just finished clerkship. I've wanted to apply to a very competitive specialty since the beginning of med school but I'm having serious doubts about that now. I used to frequent premed101 a lot as a premed and really appreciated some of the advice and help I got on here. I owe a lot of my knowledge during my premed journey to the likes of rmorelan and others who kept me informed. So, I wanted to return the favour in some form to the rest of you premeds. I want to share a few things that I wish I had known before I started medical school. I'll preface that this post may come off cynical, negative, or resentful but that truly isn't my intention to paint that picture. I just want to inform you in the most truthful and honest way before you get yourself into this field. PART 1: Your AGE does matter As someone who started med school in their late 20s, I was constantly told that age doesn't matter, and I should do the career that makes me the happiest. There is truth to that, because I still am happy I chose medicine and I wouldn't trade it for anything else. But, age DOES matter. I'm going to start residency in my early-30s and I always wanted to pursue a competitive surgical specialty. But my priorities in life are changing. Do I really want to spend the next 6-8 years of my life working 80+ hours a week making less than $10 per hours with 300K of debt? Do I really want to sacrifice the valuable time I spend with my family, friends, and self-care for a job? This is something that you will start to to think about even if you don't right now - because your priorities in life will change as you age, and you need to develop the insight now to predict your later priorities. That kid in you who really wanted to be a top-notch surgeon is gonna want to settle down at some point, focus on family, friends, and kids. If you're interested in family medicine, then age really doesn't matter. FM residency is only 2 years (3 in a few years!) and warrants you a good lifestyle. PART 2: You will work harder than ever, and that's the easy part. The TOXIC CULTURE is the hard part. I'll preface this point with the fact that I received outstanding or exceeds expectations evaluations on all of my clerkship rotations. So, working hard wasn't something I struggled with, and trust me you'll learn what working hard really is. You'll do 26h call shifts with no sleep every 4 days on some of your rotations. At my university, the culture is doing 1 in 3 26h call shifts if you really want to pursue the specialty. But that's really the easy part. All you have to do is guzzle down coffee like a junkie, stay awake, don't complain, and do your task. What has really surprised me isn't the work expectations, but the toxic culture and environment I'm immersed in. One of the best things I heard in all of clerkship was from an OB resident who told me "Medicine is a shit funnel. Shit rains down from the top, and you can either pass it down like a funnel, or you can be an umbrella and stop it". I've resonated with that statement so many times. The unfortunate truth is that you will always encounter shit funnels through your training. Sometimes, it's the nurse who's only enjoyment in life is belittling med students. Sometimes, it's the staff physician who had it really rough as a resident so they can't bare seeing you happy. I guess I've just learned that I value kindness more than I thought I would. You will experience kindness too, but unfortunately it's the unkind moments you'll remember more. I do think that the culture is slowly shifting in medicine. Most current residents and new attendings are kind, and truly are part of the change in the system. I hope that in the coming years, we will see the culture in medicine truly change for the better. PART 3: Academic medicine will paint a POOR REALITY of medicine for you You will spend most of your time in medicine in academic sites with academic physicians. This is inclusive of medical school and residency. This is even more pronounced if you are in a large metropolitan city like Toronto. You will live a reality that is niche, specific, and wholly different from all the different realities that exist in the field of medicine. Most people will not pursue academic medicine, and that is something that you don't really take in because you don't even know what community medicine is like. My best advice is to maximize your community medicine experience. The best decision I made in medical school was doing as many community sites as possible, and they have been some of the best experiences for me. Academic medicine is important too because it exposes you to more complex and difficult presentations, level 1 traumas, and superb teaching and research opportunities. Those are important too, but it comes with the caveat of often being more intense, busy, and alienating for med students. When you work in academic sites, you will get to do less as a medical student/junior resident and are more often the observer than doer. This also lends itself to a less welcoming environment for med students. You will see cool cases for sure, but all you can do is observe and learn, which is cool but likely inconsequential because most graduates don't do academic medicine anyways. My point is that med school didn't really show me what I want to do with my actual career. It made it confusing for picking a specialty because my experiences were specific to the sites I did my rotations in. You'll notice this when your classmates start having such vastly different experiences depending on the sites they were at. PART 4: You will discover your TRUE IDENTITY in medicine This is probably the most meaningful thing I learned in medical school. I have personally developed more than I ever had during my time in med school. The intensity of med school, the vast career options available to you, and the constantly changing environment continuously makes you re-evaluate your identity. You will make great friends in med school and develop close bonds. You will start focusing on other parts of your identity that you never even appreciated were part of you until med school. Suddenly, your only dream of just being a doctor becomes a lot more nuanced. You will realize how valuable your time with your family, friends, and yourself is. This applies to most people. For some people, they discover that medicine is really all that they dreamed up to be. Their passion of being a physician and treating patients becomes reinforced. They study, work, and research harder than everyone else, and don't need as much emphasis on other aspects of their social life. Those people will become neurosurgeons and cardiac surgeons. This is not something that you really take in until later. Most people start medicine tantalizing themselves with the idea of becoming some world-renowned doctor then they learn how much they value other parts of their identity - this applied to me and many many of my friends in medicine. BOTTOM LINE: All of the above will both help and confuse you in CHOOSING A SPECIALTY to pursue The bottom line is that you will develop personally through medical school. You will experience so many things. Some you enjoy, some you loathe. You will make some amazing connections, but also some hurtful ones. These experiences will help narrow down how you want to live the rest of your life, but they will also confuse you if you're passionate about medicine AND your personal life. Residency is long, and for the surgical specialties, there is always stories of people who drop out, transfer, or are unhappy throughout. So, yes, there is a light at the end of this tunnel, but sometimes the tunnel is too dark and too long to be worth it. Don't think that just because you're a strong, resilient person, you are immune to the rigours of medicine. There are a lot of resilient, brilliant people in medicine, and all of us get tested in this journey. If you think that you will be happy as a family physician, then you likely won't have as much of a quarter-life crisis as the ones who want surgical specialties. You just have to get through med school and a short residency which will warrant you a more relaxed and comfortable life. However, if you are someone like me who has always wanted to be a surgeon, your values and ideals will be challenged greatly, and you should know this now so that you are prepared for what lies ahead. Overall, I do not regret pursuing medicine, and wouldn't have it any other way. There are beautiful moments when I get to help a patient and make a difference. I just wish I knew more and was prepared for what lied ahead.

J’ai la loupe bleu!! LA universitaire rang 32

Thank you!! I’ve been with this forum since the beginning of my medical journey in 2017. I notice that nowadays the forum is less popular, and that makes me a little sad! This forum has helped me so much. From advice, to inspiration, to support and to calming my anxieties throughout this crazy journey of medicine, I’m so glad that Premed101 exists. As a first generation immigrant non-trad with no family or friends in medicine, I don’t think I would have become a family doctor today without this forum. Thank you again for everyone’s support on Premed101!!

Hello tout le monde !! J’ai fait un discord en attendant les groupes officiels. Voici le lien, hope y’all will join en grand nombre ! Tout le monde est le bien venu https://discord.gg/y2ja23fAau @gpacru123 @OptoGoal @Colobome2020 @yoyo123 @Opto123 @Diagon.anxiety @gxldn @opto2023lp @Opto202333 @optopourg @opto09

J'ai reçu ma lettre d'admission hier soir (23h) , j'étais 11e/165 sur la LA universitaire si ça peut vous donner une idée. Bonne chance à toutes et à tous <3

Finally the wait is almost over!! Good luck everyone! Remember you are all more than capable of being fantastic physiotherapists or occupational therapists, but we unfortunately live in Canada where it is absurdly hard to get accepted. Hoping for the best possible outcomes for you all. If anyone needs any support at all please don’t be afraid to reach out!

Admis/rejected à UdeM: Admission, 10 mai 2023 Admis/rejected Laval, UdeS, McGill: Admis UdeS, pas appliqué ailleurs Catégorie: faux collégien Programme (si études universitaires): Pharmacie CRC: 36,7XX Quartile CASPer: 3e Impressions/commentaires CASPer: Correct. Je savais que je n'avais pas aussi bien fait pour l'admission 2022 où j'ai eu un 4e Invitation MEM: UdeS et UdeM Score MEM: N.A. Impressions/commentaires MEM: J'ai fait les MEMs en 2022 en tant que vrai collégien. J'avais été refusé partout. Mon score était de 430. Je ne sais pas quel est mon score cet année, mais j'ai été accepté sans liste d'attente. Morale de l'histoire, ne vous découragez pas. The time will come when the time will come. Je ne regrette rien de ma dernière année lors de laquelle j'ai pu apprendre beaucoup et m'épanouir en tant que personne. edit: j’ai choisis Sherbrooke

J’ai oublié de poster mais admise également le 6 mai à 5 am !!! Universitaire

J’ai reçu mon offre d’admission pour l’UdeM à 5h04 ce matin!

It has been more than 10 years since I did the MEMFI for the only time and I no longer remember the stations, other than that you also had stations with actors. I did no preparation on the basis that I had many life experiences beyond my comfort level and I walked in believing that I had prepared my entire life and that my experiences would carry me through, which is what happened. Go in with the attitude that this will be a "fun experience" and treat it as "a practice session". Also, consider the examiner as an intelligent, inquisitive 12 year child who is interested in learning how you think about a given situation, and you just want to give him insight into your ethical thinking and problem solving skills in analysing a situation with a view to considering alternative solutions and which is best. Go to the Forum "Medical School Interviews" and read the threads of members Arztin and future_doc on the very first page and you will find them illuminating. For the stations with actors, go with the flow. Always be understanding and compassionate and do not let yourself be rattled or upset under any circumstances. Good Luck!

TIME STAMP: 7:30 AM Result: Admitted - Mtl Casper Quartile: Q4 GPA: 3,96 Feeling About MMI (please be mindful of NDA): 3 stations felt great, the rest felt ok. I really didn't feel like it was enough for an admission. For future applicants, don't overthink your performance. It might have gone way better than expected, just like me. Current year of study: 3rd year of UG (2nd UG) IP/OOP/International: IP Comments: It's been almost 12 hours already and I still don't realise this. This is surreal. Good luck to everyone!

Je suis admis en Outaouais!

Why not family? 2-year residency: light on call, you can customize your practice to whatever you want, can do residency in a smaller city. You can do some derm and peds.

My username is finally relevant again

Guys j’ai ma lettre d’admission officiellement!!!

ADMIS DMD !!!! Finallllyyy apres 4ans. Bonne chance aux gens liste attente !

guys c'est quand qu'on se fait un groupe ? on peut en faire un non officiel sur messenger or something !!

Salut!!! Pour ceux qui sont en attente de réponse, j'ai une amie qui vient de recevoir une offre en DMD ce matin dans son centre étudiant. Ses stats (elle a pas de compte): Bac: Nutrition UdeM GPA: 3,97 Nombre de crédit: 32 crédits au moment où elle a appliqué ; elle a 64 crédits de fait en ce moment. CRC: 33,24 Caper: Quartile 4 Je ne sais pas si ça peut aider quelqu'un, mais nous toutes les deux on ira à UdeM. Gardez espoir!! Les offres cette année sortent au compte-goutte.