designed Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 165 members I believe And some are upper year med students and some accepted applicants don't join the group. I think there are 13 upper year med students currently in the group, but someone can correct me if I am wrong. Also, anyone know if all the members accepted their offers? I know for a fact that there are people in the group who rejected their Ottawa offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorfresh Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I know for a fact that there are people in the group who rejected their Ottawa offers. Thank you for the update. So there's even more hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsojc Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I'm on the bad waitlist and praying for some sort of miracle ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdoc18 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I'm on the bad waitlist and praying for some sort of miracle ... I wouldn't count on any miracle... I heard from a friend that the last time someone got accepted into the English stream off the bad waitlist was almost 10 years ago. And now I'm sure they've just added more people to the good waitlist so that doesn't happen again. If you're on the French bad waitlist, you might actually have a better shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellybean321 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Someone posted in UoT that they were accepted off wait list so ottawa should be starting soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorfresh Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Someone posted in UoT that they were accepted off wait list so ottawa should be starting soon Hopefully. It's great that other medical schools started giving out waitlist offers and Ottawa hasn't yet for those of us who were waitlisted at Ottawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_doe Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Someone posted in UoT that they were accepted off wait list so ottawa should be starting soon I don't think that means a thing. Every school may have different policies. Just because UofT is starting to move their waitlist doesn't mean Ottawa will. In any case, I hope Ottawa doesn't until after the 27th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdoc18 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I don't think that means a thing. Every school may have different policies. Just because UofT is starting to move their waitlist doesn't mean Ottawa will. In any case, I hope Ottawa doesn't until after the 27th. Agreed! I have a good feeling there won't be any news from Ottawa until AFTER the 27th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorfresh Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Agreed! I have a good feeling there won't be any news from Ottawa until AFTER the 27th. According to last year, users on this forum posted that movement started the Friday after the deadline to respond, which would be equivalent to May 30th. Although Goingplaid did mention his roomate being called off the waitlist 3 days after the original offers were sent out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor961 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 So we might not hear anything before the end of this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorfresh Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 So we might not hear anything before the end of this week? According to last year yes, we won't hear anything until Friday. However, in previous years (prior to last year), waitlist offers were indeed sent earlier. Given this uncertainty, we can't really predict when waitlist offers will come out. For all we know they may come out much earlier than Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saaa19 Posted May 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 UofT and McMaster started! I guess the later Ottawa starts the better (Though I'm hating the wait!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor961 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Do u guys know if the waitlist offers will be all sent out at the same time or how exactly does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellybean321 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 I think it's kind of like rolling admissions. They will call a couple people, hear back yes or no, and keep continuing down the list and this can last up until late June/July. By July though I believe if you don't hear you most likely won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorfresh Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 I think it's kind of like rolling admissions. They will call a couple people, hear back yes or no, and keep continuing down the list and this can last up until late June/July. By July though I believe if you don't hear you most likely won't. Yes. Last year most of the offers off of the waitlist were given out by the 2nd week of June. They would normally call several people each day and this could go on for 2 weeks. Some offers were given out late June (probably due to individuals who declined their waitlisted offer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panicpsycho Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Is Ottawa a good medical school? realistically speaking, if you guys had other offers, would you all be waiting on pins and needles like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor961 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 I only applied to Ottawa that's why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorfresh Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Is Ottawa a good medical school? realistically speaking, if you guys had other offers, would you all be waiting on pins and needles like this? Obviously if we had other offers we would not be this anxious. But I am sure anyone who is waiting for a potential acceptance off of the waitlist will be on pins and needles like this. And yes Ottawa is a good medical school. Didn't you apply to Ottawa as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panicpsycho Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 And yes Ottawa is a good medical school. Why do you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
une17 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Why do you say that? Because all medical schools in Canada are good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panicpsycho Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Because all medical schools in Canada are good... What kind of answer is that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
une17 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 What kind of answer is that... It means you will receive a 'good' education at essentially any medical school in Canada. There isn't a clear ranking where U of T = good, McGill = average, Dalhousie = bad. They're all good, and choosing one school over another will largely come down to personal preferences based on geography, teaching style, curriculum preferences, or in some cases, an area of medicine a person is interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panicpsycho Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 It means you will receive a 'good' education at essentially any medical school in Canada. There isn't a clear ranking where U of T = good, McGill = average, Dalhousie = bad. They're all good, and choosing one school over another will largely come down to personal preferences based on geography, teaching style, curriculum preferences, or in some cases, an area of medicine a person is interested in. But then why do rankings exist...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
une17 Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 But then why do rankings exist...? What rankings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panicpsycho Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 What rankings? Macleans, higher education etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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