Antigen 0 Report post Posted January 17 TIME STAMP: 2:56PM Jan 17th 2019 Interview Date: Feb 9 2018 Result: Interview (MD) cGPA: 3.98 MCAT: 518 (130/128/131/129) ECs: Fairly strong I think, 5 publications (none first), several oral presentations and poster presentations, extensive community involvement, leader of several clubs, athletics Essays: I spent a good month on the UofT essays and had several people look them over Year: MSc. Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hopefullyafuturedoc 9 Report post Posted January 17 TIME STAMP: 3:58 PM Interview Date: Feb 9, 2019 Result: Interview cGPA: 3.94 MCAT: 505 ECs: Lots of different things, lots of continued activities, leadership roles, etc. Essays: Spent a few weeks on them, answered questions very honestly. Year: 4th UG Geography: OOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuildAdditionalPylons 0 Report post Posted January 17 TIME STAMP: 3:12 PM, Jan 17 Interview Date: Feb 9, 2019 (MD) Feb 17 (PhD) Result: Interview cGPA: 3.98 MCAT: enough ECs: Mainly research Essays: I think not bad Year: 4th UG Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nivo 1 Report post Posted January 18 MD/PhD invites still coming TIME STAMP: 11:54 AM Jan 18th 2019 Interview Date: Feb 23 2019 (MD/PhD), Feb 24 2019 (MD) Result: Interview (MD/PhD) Year: MSc conferred Geography: OOP Can message for other details! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
walter sobchak 0 Report post Posted January 19 TIME STAMP: January 18th at 11:54AM Interview Date: February 23 (MD/PhD), February 24 (MD) Result: Invite cGPA: 3.97 MCAT: Met cut-offs ECs: Lots of research...message for details on ECs Essays: Spent more than a week on essays with lots of edits from friends Year: 2nd-year MSc Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kala 0 Report post Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: January 31st, 12:51PM Interview Date: February 24th Result: Invite! cGPA: 3.98 wGPA MCAT: 129CP/127CARS/130BIO/128PSYSOC ECs: pretty diverse and non-traditional! I spent a lot of time working in my campus' Residence program as a Don one year, a life-sci academic support person another etc. with lots of internal committees and community work throughout, plus a big focus on mental health and well-being with suicide prevention and intervention certifications. Also focused quite a bit on LGBTQ initiatives, and was the right hand to the faculty chair of our LGBTQ advocacy committee which included lots of events and community outreach. Arts and music throughout as well, with choirs, performing at community shows and such. No research publications. Working now full-time as a PTA in a physio clinic, and part-time elsewhere doing surgical work for eye donations from organ donors. Essays: I didn't get them looked over which probably wasn't a good idea, but I felt good about them and true to myself. Worked on them for about a month. Year: 4yr HBSc. grad, UofT Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futureMD95 18 Report post Posted January 31 (edited) Invite (Feb 24) Timestamp: Jan 31, 12:52 PM wGPA- not sure, somewhere between 3.9-3.95 for sure. MCAT- 128/128/130/130 - 516 EC’s - diverse, I think. Basically no research though (only 4 months as a research assistant back in 2014). 7 years employment as a lifeguard/swim instructor. Also worked as a liaison officer for my local university, travelling the province to recruit students and conduct presentations. Hospital volunteer hours (around 2 years), Rotary club member (also about 2 years), mission trip to Haiti to help in a medical clinic in 2014. Numerous university clubs - was part of the mental health awareness club, a club that raised money for the homeless shelter in my hometown, an instructor for student exam review sessions for intro psych courses (students offering support club), Golden Key social media chair for my local chapter. Guest speaker at a few youth leadership events. That's kinda the gist of it. Lots of teaching experience and public speaking. Essays - felt good about them Last year of masters program IP Honestly shocked. Got rejected from western today (my dream school), so I really needed some good news. Third time applying, first cycle with interviews. Keep working hard everyone! I know how draining this process is but don’t give up!! Edited February 3 by futureMD95 Adding info 3 dduk, freesia and PreMed#219099 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toronto18 0 Report post Posted January 31 Date: Feb 24 Result: Invite!wGPA: 3.96MCAT: Above cutoffsECs: NSERC CGSM and other research and academic scholarships (no pubs), music-related ECs, lots of leadership, some hospital volunteering, etcYear: 2nd year MSc Good luck to everyone still waiting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Doctor 0 Report post Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: 12:51 p.m Interview Date: February 24th! Result: Invite cGPA: 3.95 MCAT: (131, 127, 129, 131) 518 ECs: Quite diverse, long term, NSERC, founded a small non-profit, volunteering abroad, long-term pharmacy job, etc. Essays: good enough apparently! I had them reviewed by current med students and advisors at my undergrad Year: Graduated 2018 Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImInABitOfAPickle_ 0 Report post Posted February 11 TIME STAMP: January 31st at 12:51 P.M. Interview Date: February 24th Result: Interview (MD) cGPA: 3.92 MCAT: 508 (127/125/127/129) ECs: Several different things, but I think I have a good balance of research, community involvement, and club activities. Essays: Very proud of them. Spent several weeks writing them from the heart and had lots of feedback from others. Year: 2nd-year MSc Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmorelan 1,940 Report post Posted February 13 4 minutes ago, Captrex_501stlegion said: I think its better to create a new invite/rejection thread. This thread already has almost 5 pages of banter lool well I am going to have to go through and clean that up ha, it is so tempting to just combine them at the moment but useless in the long term where only the stats are useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeyzerSoze 12 Report post Posted February 13 Anyone else receive a rejection today? I got rejected like 20 mins ago lmao with a pretty high GPA and what I thought were good ECs and reference letters (my referees told me they were glowing). I honestly have no idea how I was rejected this early unless I was flagged for some reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
medabe 16 Report post Posted February 13 I would guess it’s because you’re a third year applicant. They usually prefer fourth year or higher or so I’ve heard. But who knows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slickrick 19 Report post Posted February 13 13 minutes ago, KeyzerSoze said: Anyone else receive a rejection today? I got rejected like 20 mins ago lmao with a pretty high GPA and what I thought were good ECs and reference letters (my referees told me they were glowing). I honestly have no idea how I was rejected this early unless I was flagged for some reason. Most likely you got a full file review but just didn't make it. I had a friend rejected in 3rd year last year in early February as well. He was a great applicant by all means as well and actually got into another school. Mist people get rejected in March but some do as well I'm February, but just might not post here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captrex_501stlegion 47 Report post Posted February 13 Guys, this thread was just cleaned up. Discussions are in the discussions thread. 1 pelican37 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TITBOOB 0 Report post Posted February 13 (edited) ongrats! which interview date did they assign you? Edited Saturday at 06:17 AM by rmorelan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saturn 0 Report post Posted February 13 Could you please include which interview date? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bt30hnr4fd 1 Report post Posted February 14 TIME STAMP: February 13 at 5:00 P.M. Interview Date: March 2nd Result: Interview! wGPA: 3.94 MCAT: 128/129/130/128 ECs: PM me. Essays: Spent quite a bit of time working on them, but at least one of them I had to rewrite quite late into the process. Year: Masters Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pedant 0 Report post Posted February 14 TIME STAMP: February 13 at 5:02 pm Interview Date: March 2 Result: Interview (MD) wGPA: 3.98 MCAT: met the cutoffs ECs: Diverse Essays: Felt unsure about what they were looking for Year: 4th UG Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Regretsbutgoingstrong 3 Report post Posted February 14 TIME STAMP: February 13 Interview Date: N/A Result: Rejected wGPA: 3.91 MCAT: Didn't meet MCAT cutoffs (received my score a month after submitting my application) ECs: Hard to say, but I definitely through they were strong and my wording fit nicely with the four clusters Essays: Definitely strong, spent over 2 months writing them, with multiple edits from different healthcare workers that make up a multidisciplinary team to ensure diversity in the essays. Too bad my MCAT score wasn't what I expected. Year: Gap Year Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePhilosopher 0 Report post Posted February 14 TIME STAMP: February 13 Interview Date: Saturday March 2nd 2019 Result: Invite wGPA: 3.98 MCAT: Surpassed cutoffs per section ECs: 2 pubs pending, 3 pubs submitted, executive member of 5 clubs, missionary medical volunteering, clinical/hospital volunteering, private personal training Essays: Huge focus on CanMEDS roles by choosing answers that highlight my ability to incorporate them coherently. Edits from a couple of trusted sources to ensure I was hitting the points and using med-appropriate language. Year: 4th Year Undergraduate Geography: IP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
