premed0719371 Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Timestamp: 10:22 EST Invite/Reject: reject GPA: 3.95 CARS: 128 Casper: felt really good, apparently not Geography: IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet32 Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Jan 8 Regrets GPA: 3.92 CARS: 129 Casper: Felt good about it IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtouoft Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Timestamp: 10:12 Regrets GPA: 3.98 CARS: 128 Casper: really bad I guess IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbrio Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, sk8erboi said: Time Stamp: 9:05 AM Invite/Reject: Invite!!! GPA: 3.59 (I know)CARS: 127 (I know) Casper: Felt super confident about it. It clearly saved me. I really hope this gives people confidence to apply regardless of their GPA and CARS. Ace Casper and you can get an interview!Geography: IP Wow! That's incredible. Got some Casper tips? Edit: 3.59 GPA gang represent firecracker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLGorrillaGlue Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 9:03 AM Invite/Reject: Invite GPA: 3.95CARS: 130 Casper: Felt good. Geography: IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijustwantanmd Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 9:06 am Invite/Reject: Invite! GPA: 3.84 omsas GPA CARS: 128 Casper: idkkkkk missed a couple questions but apparently was good?!Geography: IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erboi Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 . firecracker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylo Renin Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 10:15 am Result: Reject GPA: 3.94 OMSAS CARS: 127 CASPer: likely not well Geography: IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theevilsloth Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Timestamp: 10:12 Regrets GPA: 3.84 CARS: 128 Casper:??? I guess all I know is that it's less than ~75th or 80th percentile, as that's what I would need to make up for GPA and cars. IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theevilsloth Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 36 minutes ago, sk8erboi said: Time Stamp: 9:05 AM Invite/Reject: Invite!!! GPA: 3.59 (I know)CARS: 127 (I know) Casper: Felt super confident about it. It clearly saved me. I really hope this gives people confidence to apply regardless of their GPA and CARS. Ace Casper and you can get an interview!Geography: IP Do you have a masters or PhD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffinmd Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time stamp: 9:38 Rejection GPA: 4.00 (3rd year) CARS: 130 Casper: I don't know. I felt I did okay. Just felt like it was average. But I guess it was worse than I thought Geography: IP Khy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erboi Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/8/2020 at 11:00 AM, theevilsloth said: Do you have a masters or PhD? . Medfool25 and Anon_9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redbeanbun Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 9:05am Invite/Reject: invite GPA: 3.95 CARS: 129 Casper: Felt okay. Probably helps a lot that I'm a fast typist so I was always able to give thorough responses to at least 2/3 qs. Geography: IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loksda Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 9:06 am Invite/Reject: invite GPA: 4.00 on OMSAS (it rounds up I guess) CARS: 130 Casper: I think it was alright. I felt like I wasn't able to finish iterating my thoughts in several questions. I was rejected from Manitoba so it can't have been exceptional. Geography: IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criticalthinker Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 As a current MD student, at a top 5 university, I found it absurd that candidates of such high caliber (and many of my close friends, with 4.0 GPAs and MCATs in 515-520s) are not offered interviews (at a school that is ranked 77th in Times Higher Education's). What makes this selection process more mind-boggling is that only one segment of the MCAT and a situational judgment tests (that is argued to be biased against certain demographics: Jerant A. et al. 2015 Academic Medicine ) have such a huge impact on chances of being offered an interview. My thoughts are: 1- MCAT is a comprehensive standardized exam! Why not include other MCAT sections? (Shouldn't a medical school applicant have a solid understanding of biology, biochemistry, physics, chemistry, sociology, and psychology???) 2- As an immigrant, a person of lower socioeconomic background, and someone who english isn't his/her first language, CARS, Casper, and MMI, create Herculean barriers for people like me to overcome. 3- McMaster associated company (ALTUS Assessments Inc) are making a lot of money from these test and most of the pro-research on this topic is born from McMaster studies. This basically displays a financial conflict of interest in the admission process for McMaster university. 4- Unlike what is said, it is highly possible to prepare for MMI and Casper by spending a lot of money, time, and going to prep companies. 5- Why are people's extracurricular activities, research, and awards not considered at MAC? Please don't be rude and attack my post! I have been factual. I hope that my post acts as a primer in the minds of the applicant community and hopefully future physicians. P.S. Congrats to qualified applicants who are offered interviews! I wish you the best. Time Lord, BabyYoda, RaptorsFan123 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frost7337 Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 10:23am Invite/Reject: Regrets GPA: 3.91 CARS: 131 Casper: Must not have gone very well. I'm not fast at typing and had to leave multiple sections blank... Geography: OOP Good luck everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooogs Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, criticalthinker said: As a current MD student, at a top 5 university, I found it absurd that candidates of such high caliber (and many of my close friends, with 4.0 GPAs and MCATs in 515-520s) are not offered interviews (at a school that is ranked 77th in Times Higher Education's). What makes this selection process more mind-boggling is that only one segment of the MCAT and a situational judgment tests (that is argued to be biased against certain demographics: Jerant A. et al. 2015 Academic Medicine ) have such a huge impact on chances of being offered an interview. My thoughts are: 1- MCAT is a comprehensive standardized exam! Why not include other MCAT sections? (Shouldn't a medical school applicant have a solid understanding of biology, biochemistry, physics, chemistry, sociology, and psychology???) 2- As an immigrant, a person of lower socioeconomic background, and someone who english isn't his/her first language, CARS, Casper, and MMI, create Herculean barriers for people like me to overcome. 3- McMaster associated company (ALTUS Assessments Inc) are making a lot of money from these test and most of the pro-research on this topic is born from McMaster studies. This basically displays a financial conflict of interest in the admission process for McMaster university. 4- Unlike what is said, it is highly possible to prepare for MMI and Casper by spending a lot of money, time, and going to prep companies. 5- Why are people's extracurricular activities, research, and awards not considered at MAC? Please don't be rude and attack my post! I have been factual. I hope that my post acts as a primer in the minds of the applicant community and hopefully future physicians. P.S. Congrats to qualified applicants who are offered interviews! I wish you the best. yeah. we all know they don't care about the "individual". It's basically a computer generated list. Nobody reads your application. It's just a computer selection :-?? We all just desperate to get in somewhere, even if this school probably isn't too great for capturing the essence of medicine hihello 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pea2480 Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 9:36am Invite/Reject: reject GPA: 3.84CARS: 128 Casper: not greatGeography: IP Ah well, it's my first cycle so i guess we'll try again next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMislove Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Do want to point out that previous research showed that higher VR scores were associated with less complaints against the doc, the other sections didn’t really do much other than perhaps a threshold of how they may do in qualifying exams like the USMLE. Even Toronto doesn’t out much clout into MCAT as you learn what you need to learn in medical school. but as for CASPer, yeah I agree on the criticisms there. Big money grab, conflict of interest, etc. Sadly this is the system, can’t do much unless you get into adcom to create change, unless all applicants collectively just stopped applying or something which we know won’t happen. SapphieBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet32 Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Good luck to everyone interviewing at Mac (and congrats!!). For those that got regrets - congrats as well on putting together a strong application. This is a super difficult process, it's sometimes hard to see all the hard work put in. It will pay off! dQzzx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmed88 Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Invite! I can’t believe it Time Stamp: 9:26am Invite/Reject: Invite GPA: 3.89 OMSAS CARS: 129 Casper: felt iffy on that one but must have done okay! Geography: IP Congrats to everyone who got an interview. And for those who didn’t, don’t give up! There are still more Ontario interviews to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuroresearch Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 6:02 (PST) Invite/Reject: Invite! GPA: 3.97 CARS: 130 Casper: thought it wasn’t great but I guess okay? Some questions I was pretty definitive in my answers instead of taking multiple viewpoints which I thought would negatively impact my score. Geography: OOP Super excited!! chxiel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macula Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Time Stamp: 7:06am mountain timeInvite/Reject: invite! GPA: 3.9 (I think?) CARS: 132Casper: quite confident that it went well due to interview invite at ManitobaGeography: OOP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbrio Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, criticalthinker said: As a current MD student, at a top 5 university, I found it absurd that candidates of such high caliber (and many of my close friends, with 4.0 GPAs and MCATs in 515-520s) are not offered interviews (at a school that is ranked 77th in Times Higher Education's). What makes this selection process more mind-boggling is that only one segment of the MCAT and a situational judgment tests (that is argued to be biased against certain demographics: Jerant A. et al. 2015 Academic Medicine ) have such a huge impact on chances of being offered an interview. I think most of us are aware that the scoring systems used in medicine admissions (particularly for McMaster) have little basis in reality and have questionable supporting evidence, with weak to no correlation to future success as a physician. Unfortunately, there are far more qualified applicants than there are seats for students/residents, which in turn is determined by government health care funding. The real issue here may be the resistance to increasing the number of seats/funding to support a growing population (as well as a growing number of applicants)- an issue that's very prominent with the current Ford government in Ontario. That being said, I agree completely that Casper (and MMI) has a conflict of interest issue, and that McMaster seems to be the odd one out for not looking at ECs, when even Western has given up on the numbers game. Have you tried to participate in the admissions committee for your school? I don't know if medical students have a say in the matter. Time Lord and sb88 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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