James Nystead Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysweater Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 @William Osler up to what your interpretation on equity is. Ask U of T's equity office 11 minutes ago, William Osler said: "If there is any reason why you believe your transcript does not reflect your true ability, please briefly outline the circumstances in the academic explanations essay." This change rewards those who were more consistent academically (had 2 or less bad FCEs vs more than 2 bad FCEs). Isnt that equitable? This is why there will be a large influx in academic explanations essays. James Nystead and sb88 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LastOneStanding Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Hey guys, I am not sure if i quite get the changes. So before used to be if you had full course load every year. They would drop 1 FCE from each year. For example, if I had 5 full year courses during my second year they would the lowest 1 full year course from my second year and 1 from each of the other years similarly. Now they decide to only drop 2 FCE from the whole transcript (the lowest grades)? Does this mean that those 2 FCE could be from the same year? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seewhathappens Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 hours ago, LastOneStanding said: Hey guys, I am not sure if i quite get the changes. So before used to be if you had full course load every year. They would drop 1 FCE from each year. For example, if I had 5 full year courses during my second year they would the lowest 1 full year course from my second year and 1 from each of the other years similarly. Now they decide to only drop 2 FCE from the whole transcript (the lowest grades)? Does this mean that those 2 FCE could be from the same year? Thanks in advance! Before it was 1 FCE for every year of full course load. However, it did not matter from which year. It was just your lowest FCEs. The same principle applies here, but only up to 2 FCEs. They can come from anywhere LastOneStanding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo1623 Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Yup. This new wGPA formula will only benefit those whose cGPA is already >3.9 without weighting. Hmm, I guess we'll see an even LARGER influx of Mac Health Sci matriculants, since those outside of it no longer stand a fighting chance of being on an even playing field GPA-wise. How unfortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seewhathappens Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Guys, while I can certainly appreciate how this affects many of us negatively (myself included), I think we ought to reserve judgement until the rest of the admissions processes is revealed. We know they're revamping their admissions system overall, and still have changes to be revealed. They're having a webinar about the process on the 23rd, where I hope we will learn more. Furthermore, while the wGPAs will drop, maybe the weight of GPA in the total score will come down as well. It'd be very un-UofT, but what if they now just make a cutoff for pre-interview scoring à la Western? I'd be surprised, but its not outside the realm of possibility. Let's wait and see before we get too riled up. yeescience 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruh Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Link to webinar for anyone wondering: https://facebook.com/events/s/2020-application-recap-session/2655762314679303/?ti=icl They will be able to see your comments during the live webinar, so if you have any concerns definitely express them there. They will address them. You can make an alternate fb account if you want to stay anonymous. It would be a good idea to raise questions regarding the extreme reliance on GPA over the MCAT, how to address those who will be severely impacted by the change in the weighing system, and why CASPer is not considered as a selection tool to allow a greater range in GPA competitiveness. greysweater, sb88, Malulu123 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITC Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Do anyone have an idea if they will include CR courses into these 2 FCE? If I have 2 credits of CR courses, I won't be able to remove any bad grades at all? (That starts to worry me a great deal...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malulu123 Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, not me said: Do anyone have an idea if they will include CR courses into these 2 FCE? If I have 2 credits of CR courses, I won't be able to remove any bad grades at all? (That starts to worry me a great deal...) CR courses will take up the 2 FCE room, unless its from winter 2020. LMITC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSLM13 Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 9:19 AM, bruh said: Link to webinar for anyone wondering: https://facebook.com/events/s/2020-application-recap-session/2655762314679303/?ti=icl They will be able to see your comments during the live webinar, so if you have any concerns definitely express them there. They will address them. You can make an alternate fb account if you want to stay anonymous. It would be a good idea to raise questions regarding the extreme reliance on GPA over the MCAT, how to address those who will be severely impacted by the change in the weighing system, and why CASPer is not considered as a selection tool to allow a greater range in GPA competitiveness. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready2go Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 9:19 AM, bruh said: Link to webinar for anyone wondering: https://facebook.com/events/s/2020-application-recap-session/2655762314679303/?ti=icl They will be able to see your comments during the live webinar, so if you have any concerns definitely express them there. They will address them. You can make an alternate fb account if you want to stay anonymous. It would be a good idea to raise questions regarding the extreme reliance on GPA over the MCAT, how to address those who will be severely impacted by the change in the weighing system, and why CASPer is not considered as a selection tool to allow a greater range in GPA competitiveness. Anyone know how to join the session? I tried the link but I don't see the live stream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo1623 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just now, ready2go said: Anyone know how to join the session? I tried the link but I don't see the live strea, Me neither. Someone, sned the link please!!! yeescience and greysweater 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysweater Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 . ready2go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo1623 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just now, greysweater said: Also can't join. Maybe they don't want us to yell at them LOL I think they soon realized that this would happen, so I think they closed it for live audiences after announcing haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeescience Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I'm looking at their website but it seems we had to register ahead of time, and the video will be posted later on. I don't understand why they didn't do a Facebook live like the past year greysweater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectomaha Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I think you had to register for the session. I hadn't realized until this morning when I went on to their site to see where it was going to be streamed and saw the link to register https://applymd.utoronto.ca/application-tips 2020 Application Recap Session As we wrap up the current 2020 admissions cycle and plan for the upcoming 2021 admissions cycle, the MD admissions team invites you to join us during our annual Admissions Cycle Recap and Townhall Session on June 23, 2020 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. EDT to learn more about this current and future admissions cycles and share your feedback. Click here to register for the 2020 Applicant Recap and Townhall Session. greysweater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysweater Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Damn. There's usually like a week long lag for them to upload these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo1623 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Apparently it's full: https://applymd.utoronto.ca/event/2020-admissions-cycle-recap-and-townhall-session Wth lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo1623 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, greysweater said: Damn. There's usually like a week long lag for them to upload these Is that how long the lag is? Ugh. I've been waiting all week to watch this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeescience Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 If anyone who gets to attend could post any interesting comments from this recap, that would be much appreciated! lostnconfused, greysweater and projectomaha 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysweater Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just now, scoobydoo1623 said: Is that how long the lag is? Ugh. I've been waiting all week to watch this. Usually a week I know me too ---____--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeescience Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, greysweater said: Damn. There's usually like a week long lag for them to upload these Literally everything related to applying to med is a waiting game lol. Can't take it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectomaha Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 If someone who is watching sees this, could you do me a favour and ask if the Phase 3 Changes are being released this year. Thank you in advance yeescience 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMichaelScarn Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hey guys, I'm on the webinar now. It's a private zoom link and you need to enter your registration info and password upon entering, so I don't think it would be prudent to post it here. @goldenelephant I will ask your question Also, gotta say, so far, they have not answered any sort of the questions we are hoping to get answered here. No mention of wGPA changes, Phase 3, etc. They are heavily filtering the questions and pretty much only answering surface questions. EDIT: Now they are talking about the changes scoobydoo1623, yeescience, throwaway3321 and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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