mdpwns Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Waiting for someone to post an early invite so we know it’s over.............. thepheonix, acceptmeplease and HongHongHong 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingassault Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 I think if we survive today we're good thepheonix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepheonix Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, mdpwns1763 said: Waiting for someone to post an early invite so we know it’s over.............. I don't think they'll send out early invites today. They'll probably save that for tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abf Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 TIME STAMP: Monday Dec. 10, 1:33 PMInterview Invite or Regrets: Regrets, No Interview Early or Regular Deadline: Regular GPA or AGPA (if applicable): 89% MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 526 (132, 131, 132, 131) Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): BSc, Pharmacology and Behavioural Neuroscience (5th year, did Co-Op) Geography (IP/OOP): OOPExtracurricular Activities (awards, achievements, volunteering, research, etc.): Poster presentation at international research conference, publication in British Journal of Pharmacology, research mentor/coach for undergraduate students at UBC, vice president of arts/culture club, chair of sustainability committee, founder of campus-wide event aimed towards introducing undergraduates to research/supporting interdisciplinary collaboration, led planning committee for student research conference at UBC, five years as a cast member in performing arts company, misc. volunteer performances at senior homes and rehabilitation centres, junior instructor at non-profit organization aimed towards promoting science and engineering to BC youth, award from president of UBC acknowledging sustained campus involvement and leadership initiative Employment: Residence advisor, teaching assistant in dept. of pharmacology and anesthesiology, research assistant, child care instructor, prep session coordinator, hostess, etc NAQ Range: 25 - 49.99 percentile My Result: I expected my GPA to be slightly below average but was somewhat surprised at my low NAQ. Good luck to all of you smart cookies going in for an interview :))) Kingassault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingassault Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Omg another wave (nvm from yesterday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vms Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, abf said: TIME STAMP: 1:33 PMInterview Invite or Regrets: Regrets, No Interview Early or Regular Deadline: Regular GPA or AGPA (if applicable): 89% MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 526 (132, 131, 132, 131) Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): BSc, Pharmacology and Behavioural Neuroscience (5th year, did Co-Op) Geography (IP/OOP): OOPExtracurricular Activities (awards, achievements, volunteering, research, etc.): Poster presentation at international research conference, publication in British Journal of Pharmacology, research mentor/coach for undergraduate students at UBC, vice president of arts/culture club, chair of sustainability committee, founder of campus-wide event aimed towards introducing undergraduates to research/supporting interdisciplinary collaboration, led planning committee for student research conference at UBC, five years as a cast member in performing arts company, misc. volunteer performances at senior homes and rehabilitation centres, junior instructor at non-profit organization aimed towards promoting science and engineering to BC youth, award from president of UBC acknowledging sustained campus involvement and leadership initiative Employment: Residence advisor, teaching assistant in dept. of pharmacology and anesthesiology, research assistant, child care instructor, prep session coordinator, hostess, etc NAQ Range: 25 - 49.99 percentile My Result: I expected my GPA to be slightly below average but was somewhat surprised at my low NAQ. Good luck to all of you smart cookies going in for an interview :))) Sorry about your result That's an insane mcat score btw. Was this today or yesterday? And is your timezone ET or PST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abf Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, matchalatte said: Sorry about your result That's an insane mcat score btw. Was this today or yesterday? And is your timezone ET or PST? Thanks I got the email yesterday at 1:33 PST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Medase Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 25 minutes ago, abf said: TIME STAMP: Monday Dec. 10, 1:33 PMInterview Invite or Regrets: Regrets, No Interview Early or Regular Deadline: Regular GPA or AGPA (if applicable): 89% MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 526 (132, 131, 132, 131) Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): BSc, Pharmacology and Behavioural Neuroscience (5th year, did Co-Op) Geography (IP/OOP): OOPExtracurricular Activities (awards, achievements, volunteering, research, etc.): Poster presentation at international research conference, publication in British Journal of Pharmacology, research mentor/coach for undergraduate students at UBC, vice president of arts/culture club, chair of sustainability committee, founder of campus-wide event aimed towards introducing undergraduates to research/supporting interdisciplinary collaboration, led planning committee for student research conference at UBC, five years as a cast member in performing arts company, misc. volunteer performances at senior homes and rehabilitation centres, junior instructor at non-profit organization aimed towards promoting science and engineering to BC youth, award from president of UBC acknowledging sustained campus involvement and leadership initiative Employment: Residence advisor, teaching assistant in dept. of pharmacology and anesthesiology, research assistant, child care instructor, prep session coordinator, hostess, etc NAQ Range: 25 - 49.99 percentile My Result: I expected my GPA to be slightly below average but was somewhat surprised at my low NAQ. Good luck to all of you smart cookies going in for an interview :))) less than 50th percentile NAQ score for all those activities? Like what do you need to be over 80th percentile? Cure cancer lol? I'm pretty sure you have more extensive experience than I have and I still ended up in 50th-75th percentile NAQ score (still didn't get an interview though). Weird... Maybe your verifiers didn't reply back for the EC verification emails or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vms Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Just now, Medase said: less than 50th percentile NAQ score for all those activities? Like what do you need to be over 80th percentile? Cure cancer lol? I'm pretty sure you have more extensive experience than I have and I still ended up in 50th-75th percentile NAQ score (still didn't get an interview though). Weird... Maybe your verifiers didn't reply back for the EC verification emails or something I heard UBC will contact you if there are verifier problems though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Me_Reject_Man Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, matchalatte said: I heard UBC will contact you if there are verifier problems though Is this true? I was also wondering this ( I was 0-25th percentile). None of my verifiers reached out to me to let me know they were contacted so not sure what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunoia Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 TIME STAMP: 9:06 am PSTInterview Invite or Regrets: RegretsEarly or Regular Deadline: RegularGPA or AGPA (if applicable): 82.41% (AGPA)MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 505 (126/126/127/126)Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): BSc (grad 2018), currently in final year of 2nd UGGeography (IP/OOP): IPExtracurricular Activities (awards, achievements, volunteering, employment, research, etc.): Hospital volunteering, a few activities with a focus on student wellbeing, diverse jobs, research assistant, directed studies, lots of long-term hobbies, various leadership activities, coaching, etc. Don't want to be specific as some make me easy to recognize. PM me if you want details. NAQ Range: 50th - 74.99th percentile, estimating it to be 26 (2016 = 23; 2017 = 23; 2018 = 28)My Result: TFR = 44. Thought this year was going to be the year. 4th time applicant, felt really strong about this year's application. Rewrote everything and edited it multiple times by many people in various stages of medicine and my NAQ and TFR still ended up dropping. Not quite sure what else to do anymore... Kingassault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abf Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Call_Me_Reject_Man said: Is this true? I was also wondering this ( I was 0-25th percentile). None of my verifiers reached out to me to let me know they were contacted so not sure what happened. 19 minutes ago, Medase said: less than 50th percentile NAQ score for all those activities? Like what do you need to be over 80th percentile? Cure cancer lol? I'm pretty sure you have more extensive experience than I have and I still ended up in 50th-75th percentile NAQ score (still didn't get an interview though). Weird... Maybe your verifiers didn't reply back for the EC verification emails or something As far as I'm aware there were no issues with my verifiers, they all said they got the email and clicked agree. They did contact me asking for clarification since I reported a significant amount of hours but I replied back with a detailed breakdown of my daily schedule and offered to provide additional verifiers if they had any concerns. "Can you also provide us with more details with regards to your employment history? Between 2018-19, you listed Teaching Assistant, Hostess, Research Assistant, and Prep Session Staff. These overlapping activities add up to significant number of work hours per week. It would be helpful if you could provide us a comprehensive hour breakdown for these entries" Could be possible that they didn't believe me? Who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarium Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 No waves since 9 am PST? Could it be over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingassault Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 As much as they say the system is objective, at the end of the day each assessor is different and that tends to lead to different scores among applicants. hihello and honeybunches 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachdoc Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, abf said: As far as I'm aware there were no issues with my verifiers, they all said they got the email and clicked agree. They did contact me asking for clarification since I reported a significant amount of hours but I replied back with a detailed breakdown of my daily schedule and offered to provide additional verifiers if they had any concerns. "Can you also provide us with more details with regards to your employment history? Between 2018-19, you listed Teaching Assistant, Hostess, Research Assistant, and Prep Session Staff. These overlapping activities add up to significant number of work hours per week. It would be helpful if you could provide us a comprehensive hour breakdown for these entries" Could be possible that they didn't believe me? Who knows. 40 minutes ago, Medase said: less than 50th percentile NAQ score for all those activities? Like what do you need to be over 80th percentile? Cure cancer lol? I'm pretty sure you have more extensive experience than I have and I still ended up in 50th-75th percentile NAQ score (still didn't get an interview though). Weird... Maybe your verifiers didn't reply back for the EC verification emails or something The way you write your descriptions make a huge difference. I had a 39 TFR last year and 75th-100th percentile this year but I know my activities are similar to anyone else applying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premed98 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Created an account just for this, congrats to everyone that hasn't gotten regrets yet - hopefully you're safe! TIME STAMP: 9:07 am PSTInterview Invite or Regrets: RegretsEarly or Regular Deadline: RegularGPA or AGPA (if applicable): 85.86% (OGPA)MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 511 (128/127/128/128)Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): BSc (final year)Geography (IP/OOP): OOPExtracurricular Activities (awards, achievements, volunteering, employment, research, etc.): Hospital volunteering, 5 papers as first-author, 5 papers as co-author, several research presentations, started a club on campus, VP of another 2 clubs. PM me if you want details. NAQ Range: 75th - 100th percentile My Result: TFR = 61. Cut-off for OOP was 63 - two points away hoping to get an invite next year after qualifying for AGPA. rinzler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeeandmed Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 17 minutes ago, keiko88 said: No waves since 9 am PST? Could it be over? I was thinking the same thing. But I don't want to get my hopes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybunches Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, coffeeandmed said: I was thinking the same thing. But I don't want to get my hopes up. I think after 6pm PST I'll breathe a little easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarium Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, UbcSci said: I think after 6pm PST I'll breathe a little easier. I can't believe they do this to us !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeeandmed Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Just now, keiko88 said: I can't believe they do this to us !! So not what we all needed during finals Medddddd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGsoNERVOUS Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 So there hasn’t been a second wave today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarium Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, OMGsoNERVOUS said: So there hasn’t been a second wave today? Not that anyone has posted here OMGsoNERVOUS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingassault Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Just gonna sit here till 6 pm pst honeybunches and bhaggy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongHongHong Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, kingassault said: Just gonna sit here till 6 pm pst Same... 53 minutes ago, kingassault said: As much as they say the system is objective, at the end of the day each assessor is different and that tends to lead to different scores among applicants. Very true. They do mention they statistically transform the scores of reviewers who may be consistently scoring high or low, but if you end up being an oddity (i.e. everyone around you was much weaker, or much stronger, or the reviewer had a transient headache, etc.), that would result in some variation in the scores for sure. Not sure to what depth they do to reconcile differences between the X number of reviewers who review your appication. (Or is it only one reviewer? I have no idea) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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