whatdoido Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, icymeia said: did you interview at mac too yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontario have mercy Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 3.95+ GPA, 131 Cars, Ottawa/Manitoba/Mac interviews... no button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9V Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 As I have previously mentioned. To everyone with super high stats and no button. Don't worry, this means that you are top 100 and will receive your offer on May 12th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, chrsyjun said: There's so many people with 4.0 and high CARS it seems like.... I wonder what the GPA/MCAT cutoff scores look like for top 100 132/4.0 duh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shqipe Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, theinbetween said: I have no idea. I think it honestly depends on the interview. But rooting for both of us!! Fingers crossed. I'm also SAI but a much lower wgpa lol HeyMrSnowMan mentioned it depends strictly on interview performance for the higher scoring bins and then wGPA would matter only for ranking within lower bins for remaining seats...Fingers crossed for us too and even if not, hopefully we grow stronger and do even better next time! theinbetween 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizaloo223 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 One possibility is that Mac sent two entries to OMSAS, and only one resulted in a glitch...but that seems pretty farfetched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrOtter Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, William Osler said: Still convinced button = offer now? This person sounds like top 100 to me They didn't say they interviewed at McMaster though? And it's kinda already known that Ottawa doesn't weigh CASPer nearly as heavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Now that we're over Mac's announcement, a quick detour back to #butongate. Let's examine the evidence (repost for the newcomers with new updates) - Successful MD PhD applicants this cycle have the button (UofT and UWO). - One successful applicant in the previous cycle noted the button in their screenshot - Unsuccessful applicants in previous cycles did not note the button. (However, some unsuccessful applicants in previous cycles did note the button?) - All those with the button have one school in common - Mac; - All those without the button also did not interview at Mac. There is no reason why a glitch would appear for a specific subpopulation. - Clicking the button says "All offer responses reset" on OMSAS. - OMSAS live chat screenshot says "there is a "reset" button if applicants want to make changes before submitting acceptance to an offer." - "Reset Responses" is the name of the button, you only respond to an offer of acceptance. - There is a seemingly random spread for #buttongang, there was jokes before Mac dropped the bombshell of a lottery system due to this. However, many high stat applicants do not have buttons which leads some to believe that the top 100 will get buttons May 12 aeoaeoaeo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizaloo223 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, pureblue said: Why would OMSAS diffrentiate between this? Schools (Mac) just upload the offers to OMSAS, it's not like they get different offers. It doesn't really make sense that the top 100 alone wouldn't get the button but 101-206 get it, or am I missing something? Unless they determined the top 100 first and uploaded it successfully and then determined lottery numbers afterwards that had the glitch? Idk doesn't really make sense M9V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chxiel Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 People posting with high stats is starting to make me think either - top 100 will get notified on 12th, or that the buttons actually have no correlation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowmanTheSWOMEN Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Maybe the buttons will awkwardly disappear on May 12 for those with no offers lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizaloo223 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Have we seen anyone with really high stats receive a button? my stats are just slightly lower than people above and I got a button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uottawaBIM Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 15 minutes ago, mdhopeful26 said: It doesn't sound like this person interviewed at Mac anyways though, I think they were just providing another stat. Interviewed at Mac as well OnePoundFish and mdhopeful26 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, chrsyjun said: People posting with high stats is starting to make me think either - top 100 will get notified on 12th, or that the buttons actually have no correlation Although I'm not sure why this distinction will exist on OMSAS (i.e. only 103 lottery offers appear on OMSAS), I also support this theory until there is an explaination of why these high stat applicants are not in the top 100. Maybe the #buttongang is Mac's 2 regional campuses offers? Top 100 likely ranked main campus first (as most do) and received that choice, which makes more sense for the lottery 103 to be sent to the regional campuses. OMSAS does note which campus you have been offered to. This is a more plausible explanation instead of OMSAS singling out the top 100 from the lottery 103. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chxiel Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, lizaloo223 said: Have we seen anyone with really high stats receive a button? my stats are just slightly lower than people above and I got a button. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftTings Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, William Osler said: Although I'm not sure why this distinction will exist on OMSAS (i.e. only 103 lottery offers appear on OMSAS), I also support this theory until there is an explaination of why these high stat applicants are not in the top 100. Maybe the buttongang is Mac's 2 regional campuses? Top 100 likely ranked main campus first and received the choice, which makes more sense for the lottery 103 to be sent to the regional campuses. OMSAS does note which campus you have been offered to. To me, it seems like there are too many buttons for it to just be for regional campuses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Predicting if buttongang is all of Mac's 203 offers or the lottery 103 is a pointless exercise in and of itself since we have 0 clue if button = offer in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscometrue Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 I've posted before, but I had a 3.98 GPA, 130 CARS and interviewed at Ottawa too. I don't have the button, but a friend of mine with lower stats (who did not interview at Ottawa) has the button. I haven't seen anyone with stats similar to mine with a button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, SoftTings said: To me, it seems like there are too many buttons for it to just be for regional campuses 40 buttons for 60 offers to regional campuses? Meh, I can believe it since everybody and their mother knows about this by now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Just now, dreamscometrue said: I've posted before, but I had a 3.98 GPA, 130 CARS and interviewed at Ottawa too. I don't have the button, but a friend of mine with lower stats (who did not interview at Ottawa) has the button. I haven't seen anyone with stats similar to mine with a button. So either button = meaningless glitch or button = lottery 103... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftTings Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Just now, William Osler said: 40 buttons for 60 offers to regional campuses? Meh, I can believe it since everybody and their mother knows about this by now But that would mean 60 buttons vs ~500 non-buttons. The poll would be overwhelmingly non-button, even with sampling biases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Then the only explaination for why high stat applicants do not have a button is that the button is meaningless 2 minutes ago, SoftTings said: But that would mean 60 buttons vs ~500 non-buttons. The poll would be overwhelmingly non-button, even with sampling biases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowmanTheSWOMEN Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Dr. Shqipe said: This didn't age well LOL Here's the long overdue $3... je suis broke now convertedlurker, Dr. Shqipe and lakeshore 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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