bruh Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Any other repeat applicants here? This is my 3rd time applying and I’m just about done trying anymore. 2 out of 3 of my referees notified me that they won’t be able to be my reference after this cycle. I have no idea how I’ll find new referees with the pandemic now severely limiting our volunteering options. SquirtleMD and Dippandpip 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinzler Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 26 minutes ago, RiderSx said: Any other repeat applicants here? This is my 3rd time applying and I’m just about done trying anymore. 2 out of 3 of my referees notified me that they won’t be able to be my reference after this cycle. I have no idea how I’ll find new referees with the pandemic now severely limiting our volunteering options. Multi-time applicant here, My last application cycle prior to this one was in 2014-2015. It was painful tracking down verifiers from activities I did many many years ago. Thankfully I had new experiences and used referees from those activities. As someone with an 80 hour work week, in a different career, having to deal with the commute and now the pandemic, there was simply no way to add on extra-circulars or volunteering. I am worried that if I do have to apply next year, they'll see that I haven't done much aside from my job. Here's to hoping that we both get in and won't have to apply again. justamom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicallyricalmiracle Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 any specific reason why they would say that? is there a time limit that they feel is appropriate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieMac Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 - hijkl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirtleMD Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 It's my third time as well. I'm in this weird headspace where I don't want to think about may 12 but also can't stop myself from talking about it. I'm really sorry to hear about your referees that's incredibly stressful on top of everything else going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamShakespeare Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 38 minutes ago, YesIcan55 said: Why did they say that? A little too personal a question bud. Not our business to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Æ A-12 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 It's May 1st tomorrow, 12 more days! newmy88, hbmed and hijkl 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieMac Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 - redbeanbun, RaptorsFan123, SnowmanTheSWOMEN and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terlus Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, YesIcan55 said: Why did you make an account to say that bud lol Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamom Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Play nice or I'll ground you ... oh hang on am nrv gonna live this member ID down. Anon-19, jgdiff, Rabeprazole and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_stack Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, justamom said: Play nice or I'll ground you ... oh hang on am nrv gonna live this member ID down. "GO TO YOUR ROOM!!" -justamom, probably Heme, Rabeprazole, Furosemide and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedGoldfish Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Did anyone else neurotically check OMSAS and school portals just now as it hit midnight, hoping that there would be a massive glitch and that results would be released early now that it's May? (don't worry, I don't think anything changed on OMSAS haha...) lakeshore and Furosemide 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicallyricalmiracle Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 tbh i do check omsas periodically, to make sure it still exists and is on the internet. y''know, just to make sure this whole cycle wasn't one long, shared hallucination that we all had lakeshore, Darce, MedGoldfish and 9 others 4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Æ A-12 Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 To think that your futures are sitting on a computer server in Thunder Bay/Sudbury, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa... Wow hijkl, theevilsloth, DrOtter and 9 others 8 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoptoticbleb Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 C'mon y'all. Next week is our very last full week until we hear about the fate of our meds 2024 applications! Its been a wild ride and we have almost made it! JigsawMD, Cardi(ology) B, SnowmanTheSWOMEN and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbmed Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Seriously though, this wait is feeling extra unbearable- at least April I was busy with finals and moving. Now that I'm done undergrad, settled in my new place, and just working from home a bit on a little bit of research, it feels impossible to take my mind off of the wait in all the "normal, pre-COVID" ways like keeping busy with jobs, and visiting friends and family, traveling, that #gymlife, etc... Anyone having any luck making this wait bearable? MDrapper and newmy88 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
коронавирус Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 13 minutes ago, hbmed said: Seriously though, this wait is feeling extra unbearable- at least April I was busy with finals and moving. Now that I'm done undergrad, settled in my new place, and just working from home a bit on a little bit of research, it feels impossible to take my mind off of the wait in all the "normal, pre-COVID" ways like keeping busy with jobs, and visiting friends and family, traveling, that #gymlife, etc... Anyone having any luck making this wait bearable? I have been sleeping a lot to make the days go by faster lmao theevilsloth and helpinghand 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruh Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 On 4/30/2020 at 1:35 PM, FBCforreal said: any specific reason why they would say that? is there a time limit that they feel is appropriate? On 4/30/2020 at 1:35 PM, YesIcan55 said: Why did they say that? My referees felt that too much time has passed since our professional relationship. I’m in my mid-20s and these referees are from 4-7 years ago. I don’t blame them for thinking too much time has passed. I blame myself partly for not getting close to any new supervisors in the past couple of years. But yes, this summer is going to be very difficult for me if I don’t get in. hijkl, SnowmanTheSWOMEN, Dippandpip and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theevilsloth Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 33 minutes ago, RiderSx said: My referees felt that too much time has passed since our professional relationship. I’m in my mid-20s and these referees are from 4-7 years ago. I don’t blame them for thinking too much time has passed. I blame myself partly for not getting close to any new supervisors in the past couple of years. But yes, this summer is going to be very difficult for me if I don’t get in. Hey, just so you know, you aren't alone. I also feel like my references are 'expiring' very soon, and I'll be lucky to have 2/3 next cycle if I have to reapply. I might have to skip an application year just to create new connections and find new references. bruh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 10 more days... People have told me that the last week goes by really fast, but I feel like it keeps going by slower and slower lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theevilsloth Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 23 minutes ago, MDLD said: People have told me that the last week goes by really fast, but I feel like it keeps going by slower and slower lol. They lied Psych, medicallyricalmiracle, wannabemdplease and 4 others 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrannieLydon Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Does anyone know what time OMSAS normally releases the results on May 12? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Æ A-12 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, FrannieLydon said: Does anyone know what time OMSAS normally releases the results on May 12? Last year at midnight you could see if you were admitted or not on OMSAS. If you were not admitted, you did not know if you were waitlisted or rejected until the am when schools email. Sometime between 8-10am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, swoman said: Last year at midnight you could see if you were admitted or not on OMSAS. If you were not admitted, you did not know if you were waitlisted or rejected until the am when schools email. Sometime between 8-10am darn will have to think if I should check or not check... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_stack Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, MDLD said: darn will have to think if I should check or not check... I volunteered to be the midnight OMSAS checker already, I gotchu fam MDLD, newmy88 and wannabemdplease 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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