am1022 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Funny. I used those this year and went down a significant amount. I think it depends on how you used them. I didn't just quote the exact role in every section; instead, I phrased my answers demonstrating the roles without deliberating stating "Manager", "Communicator", etc. Nevertheless, I still don't know what improved my score for certain. So you could very well be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desperate_premed Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 So regular deadline invites are going to be sent tomorrow but are they going to sent out the rest of the rejections too? Based on previous years, have they ever sent rejections on Friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleming Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 So regular deadline invites are going to be sent tomorrow but are they going to sent out the rest of the rejections too? Based on previous years, have they ever sent rejections on Friday? Positive thinking. There are no more rejections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvader Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Maybe there were rejections yesterday and it was all people who didn't post or aren't on pm101..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Could be that, but premeds these days are neurotic and would bound to be on her . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherThought Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Are there any early applicants that haven't received rejection or an invite? This would mean tomorrow would still certainly be a sweat for regular deadline applicants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilgino Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Any early deadliners who have not heard anything yet? Early deadliners from OOP specifically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilgino Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Are there any early applicants that haven't received rejection or an invite? This would mean tomorrow would still certainly be a sweat for regular deadline applicants oh man, nice timing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherThought Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 oh man, nice timing! Haha, looks like I got the jump on you by a whole 3 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvader Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Are there any early applicants that haven't received rejection or an invite? This would mean tomorrow would still certainly be a sweat for regular deadline applicants i feel like that would go against the whole early submit = early booking slot for invite. because if they staggered the early invites then it puts one group of early submitters over another? does that make sense? b/c those who got their invites have booked today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med-dream Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Seems that there are not that many early deadline applicants. Any early deadliners who have not heard anything yet? Early deadliners from OOP specifically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 i feel like that would go against the whole early submit = early booking slot for invite. because if they staggered the early invites then it puts one group of early submitters over another? does that make sense? b/c those who got their invites have booked today It could just mean there could be early submitters who are waiting for a rejection email still? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 9 minutes and maybe there will be another wave today before the clock hits. Or today was just a 1 wave day :S Tomorrow is going to be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvader Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 It could just mean there could be early submitters who are waiting for a rejection email still? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i never thought about it like that. oh god. lol. 2 minutes til we take a break from slowly killing ourselves with the refresh button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Dusdal Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I've set this thread notification to send me an email everytime someone posts. I did it to desensitive myself to seeing email notifications on my phone. So far its not working haha, I still have a mini heart attack everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3.572A Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Oh well. I think that is it for today. See you all tomorrow. Good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3.572A Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I've set this thread notification to send me an email everytime someone posts. I did it to desensitive myself to seeing email notifications on my phone. So far its not working haha, I still have a mini heart attack everytime. I tried exactly the same thing, but turned the notifications off after just receiving 1 email. Could not stand that stress... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Night people, get back to your daily lives at least until 8:30AM tomorrow. Hope we hear good news tomorrow, and if we are destined to hear not-so-good news that we hear it sooner rather than later and not the last 20 minutes of Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3.572A Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Night people, get back to your daily lives at least until 8:30AM tomorrow. Hope we hear good news tomorrow, and if we are destined to hear not-so-good news that we hear it sooner rather than later and not the last 20 minutes of Friday. I certainly need a closure before my Friday afternoon exam ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascorbic Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I think it depends on how you used them. I didn't just quote the exact role in every section; instead, I phrased my answers demonstrating the roles without deliberating stating "Manager", "Communicator", etc. Nevertheless, I still don't know what improved my score for certain. So you could very well be correct. Yep, did the same thing. There's no formula. I don't think they really care how you write it as they've said before. It's more about what they're looking for that particular year and how your activities stack up to that profile. To those fearing rejections in the next few days, they've almost always sent out ALL rejections first, and then it's just invites. So, congrats to those still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartpig Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Yep, did the same thing. There's no formula. I don't think they really care how you write it as they've said before. It's more about what they're looking for that particular year and how your activities stack up to that profile. To those fearing rejections in the next few days, they've almost always sent out ALL rejections first, and then it's just invites. So, congrats to those still alive. I support this as well. it's not about whether u used CanMeds description or not. Mine was straight up descriptions of what I actually did and I ended up with 33.70 this cycle. It's what you actually do that gets u points, not about what 'words' you choose to use on the description. If I organized a charity event, I listed exactly that and adcom knows when we use certain words to make things look better as they have years of experience going through many apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1022 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I support this as well. it's not about whether u used CanMeds description or not. Mine was straight up descriptions of what I actually did and I ended up with 33.70 this cycle. It's what you actually do that gets u points, not about what 'words' you choose to use on the description. If I organized a charity event, I listed exactly that and adcom knows when we use certain words to make things look better as they have years of experience going through many apps. I know what you mean, and to be fair I do have good activities that would also support what you're saying. However, I had a very low NAQ last year because my descriptions were sparse. While I had a few new activities this year, most of them were the same as last year. Biggest difference was how I described them this year. Therfore, I do think it matters how you describe them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equus Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 TIME STAMP: 1:26 PM (Ontario time) Dec 3rdResult: InviteGPA: 85.5% wGPAMCAT: 31 totalECs: Extremely varied, lots of leadership, lots of creative/arts-related activities, many health and medicine related activities, many awards and scholarships, several part-time jobs, some research.Early/Regular Deadline: EarlyYear: 5th year UGGeography: OOP I was absolutely astounded to receive an invite -- going to med school at UBC would be a dream come true, and I never thought I would ever even get this close to it as an OOP applicant. Good luck to everyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med-dream Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 WOW! Your NAQ would be very high, around 38. TIME STAMP: 1:26 PM (Ontario time) Dec 3rdResult: InviteGPA: 85.5% wGPAMCAT: 31 totalECs: Extremely varied, lots of leadership, lots of creative/arts-related activities, many health and medicine related activities, many awards and scholarships, several part-time jobs, some research.Early/Regular Deadline: EarlyYear: 5th year UGGeography: OOP I was absolutely astounded to receive an invite -- going to med school at UBC would be a dream come true, and I never thought I would ever even get this close to it as an OOP applicant. Good luck to everyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleming Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 TIME STAMP: 1:26 PM (Ontario time) Dec 3rd Result: Invite GPA: 85.5% wGPA MCAT: 31 total ECs: Extremely varied, lots of leadership, lots of creative/arts-related activities, many health and medicine related activities, many awards and scholarships, several part-time jobs, some research. Early/Regular Deadline: Early Year: 5th year UG Geography: OOP I was absolutely astounded to receive an invite -- going to med school at UBC would be a dream come true, and I never thought I would ever even get this close to it as an OOP applicant. Good luck to everyone else Wow, congratulations! Based on the AQ formula AnotherThought posted earlier in this thread, you would've needed over a 38 on NAQ to reach the OOP cutoff. Clearly your ECs are really impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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