premedbreakfast Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite/RejectionDate Stamp: DD/MM/YYYY - XX:XX AM/PMLocation: OOO, IP, OOPStream: English, French, Aboriginal, French (OOP (not QC))wGPA: on 4.0 OMSAS ScaleCurrent year:3rd year, 4th year, UG complete, Masters, PhDECs: Description at your discretion Casper: General thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald_Duck Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 I have been stocking this forum since grade 8 and I am super excited to be finally posting here! Good luck to everyone who is still waiting for an email, and for you youngsters reading this don't give up because hard work = good results! InviteDate Stamp: Jan 24 2017, 2:56pmLocation: Ottawa Stream: FrenchwGPA: 3.991Current year: 3rd yearECs: Long term hospital volunteering (5-6 years the general campus TOH, 3 years at Montfort), President and co-founder of research club organizing case competitions on campus, promoting research opportunities etc. Research in one lab with 1 pub (6th author), 2 abstracts (first author) and oral presentation award at one of those meetings. URS scholarship recipient, lifeguard/lifesaving instructor for couple of years, work as medicine unit clerk at Montfort, got 2 pronvinvical volunteer awards etc. PM me if you have questions or want more details! Casper:I really thought I flunked it but guess not as bad as I thought. I was able to complete first 2 questions on all scenarios, and write main ideas on last one but get cut off sometimes on last sentence. I suggest always glancing at the timer and setting yourself cutoffs. Did not prepare whatsoever for the casper. RichardDegrasseSagan and Doctor13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigZ_HB Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 INVITE!!!!!!!!!Date Stamp: 24/01/2017 - 03:09 PMLocation: IPStream: FrenchwGPA: 3.94Current year: UG completed last year, doing another year to round up prereqsECs: Have a post in the "What are my chances?" thread in General Premed Discussions. PM me if you want to know more. Casper: Trained for the English one for Mac, and my typing speed is slower in French. It was enough for an invite though!!!!! I'm so glad I now have an opportunity to redeem myself for bombing my last interview at uOttawa. Wishing the best for those still waiting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookacola Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 INVITE! Date Stamp: Jan 24th 2017 3:27pm Location: IP Stream: English wGPA: 3.96 Current year: 4th year ECs: Nothing stellar. Volunteer research assistant, volunteering with children a lot, some previous sports coaching, camp counselor, scholarships for grades, some other short term things Casper: Felt neutral about it at the time, must have gone fine. Didn't prep a lot and don't really feel there was much point in prep anyways Feels good!!! Edit: wish the interview wasn't on a thursday.... going to have to miss quite a few classes to get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyAndHopeful Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite!!! :) Date Stamp: Jan. 24 at 3:15 Location: IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.99Current year: 4th yearECs: Varied, both long and short term Casper: I don't know. I felt really good for most of it, but feel like my answers could have been better for a few questions. Good luck to all of you!! rural_roots, gunneriloveottawa, daniorerio and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigomontoya Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite!Date Stamp: 24/01/2017 - 3:27 PMLocation: IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.97 on 4.0 OMSAS ScaleCurrent year: 3rd yearECs: Lots and lots of volunteering, relevant work experience, some lab work Casper: No clue! It felt okay gunneriloveottawa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniorerio Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 INVITE! I can't believe it!! Date Stamp: Jan 24th 2017 3:25pm Location: OOP Stream: English wGPA: 3.95ish? Didn't calculate haha Current year: 3rd year ECs: pretty average/vanilla, PM for details Casper: thought it was mediocre, but I guess probably didn't go as badly as I thought Congrats to everyone invited and best of luck to those still waiting! Hang in there! gunneriloveottawa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeedACar Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 INVITE! Woo Date Stamp: Jan 24th 2017 3:49pm Location: IP Stream: English wGPA: 3.93ish? Didn't calculate Either Current year: 4tg year ECs: average/research heavy Casper: thought it went well gunneriloveottawa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 InviteDate Stamp: 24/01/2016 - 03:40 PM (Can't remember exactly, will check back in a bit)Location: OOO, IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.93Current year: UG completeECs: Everyone has different interests of course, I feel they are varied/long term, PM for details Casper: I felt decent about it, 2 or 3 stations I was unsure of Extremely grateful for this opportunity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoKaká Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite!!Date Stamp: January 24th, 3:42PM ESTLocation: IP OOOStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.93Current year: MScECs: Above average IMO, were good enough to get a OOP UBC interview so perhaps Ottawa looked more holistically at my app this year (they removed the Top3). This could bode well for "lower" wGPA people like myself, so please dont give up hope Casper: Thought it went well Finally tossed me the nod. Good luck everyone! I want to stress something, if you didn't get an interview this year - don't give up hope. Honestly, this is my 2nd time applying to medicine and first year receiving interviews. Persevere and show the admissions that this is what you truly want. The fight is worth it. To fellow interviewers, I wish everyone the best of luck! PM me if you'd like to do some prep. anbessa21, RichardDegrasseSagan, HappyAndHopeful and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnguyen Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite! Date Stamp: 24/01/2017 - 3:11 PM Location: IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.95Current year: 4th YearECs: I never made a post anywhere, so I'll post some of them here: 3 years cancer research, no publications, 3 abstracts, won one conference Piano teacher for 5 years Lifeguard/Swim Instructor for 4 years Lifeguard Examiner for 2 years Soccer Coach for 3 years during the summer Swim Teach Coach Playing Piano professionally for weddings/events in a band for 1 year Choir Pianist for local church Undergraduate Chemistry Club Vice President Science Student Body Representative Ontario Science Games participant (2016 and 2017) Students offering Support Tutor Casper: Thought it was manageable, was able to hit close to the maximum amount of characters allowed while condensing my thoughts to not sound like I was forcing words. Came out confident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nose Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 InviteDate Stamp: 24/01/2017 @ 3:34Location: IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.95Current year: 3rd yearECs: PM for details Casper: Didn't know how i did but I got McMaster and Ottawa so I assume i did well? Looking forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatMedGyal Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite!! Date Stamp: 24/01/2017 - 03:25 PMLocation: Ottawa regionStream: FrenchwGPA: 3.91Current year: 4thECs: idk I'll fill it later Casper: Was ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aray623 Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 RejectionDate Stamp: 24/1/2017 - 4:15 PMLocation: IP OOOStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.72 i think?Current year: 5th yearECs: a great deal of leadership positions at work (worked multiple jobs all throughout university), no research, a variety of hobbies and sports (some at the national level) Casper: Better than last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bliss Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite! Date Stamp: 24/01/2017 @ 3:11PMLocation: IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.96Current year: 3ECs: Well rounded (I think...) Casper: Good enough for Mac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyshadesofMD Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Reject Date Stamp: Jan 24th 2017 16:20pm Location: IP Stream: English wGPA: 4.00 Current year: UG completed ECs: Musician, Badminton Champion, lots of volunteer jobs and many more ! I physically hate the fact that a 4.0 is being rejected pre-interview ! lulu95, aray623 and pekingduck 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunneriloveottawa Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 - daniorerio, Morinphen, coffeeisthebest and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezypeezy Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 RejectionDate Stamp: 24/01/2017 - 16:11 PMLocation: IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.88Current year: MSc year 2ECs: Pretty decent Casper: Felt fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struggling2getin Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 RejectionDate Stamp: 4:21Location: IPStream: English wGPA: 3.95Current year: UG 4th yearECs: Nothing special, 8 months with a coop job, some volunteering, quite a bit of leadership, Casper: I guess it went poorly since I lost Mac and Ottawa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardDegrasseSagan Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite!!!! Date Stamp: 24/01/2017 @ 3:27 Location: IP Stream: English wGPA: 3.92 Current year: UG complete ECs: PM for details Casper: Went well - enough to compensate for 3.62 Mac cGPA Morinphen, jebelali and RicardoKaká 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011235813 Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Invite/Rejection: (Rejection) Date Stamp: 24/01/2017 - 4:20 PMLocation: IP Out of OttawaStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.96Current year: 4th year UGECs: Kind of lame. Lots of research, a bunch of publications (1 first author), presentations, Hospital volunteering, some awards, keyboardist in a band, Shadowing/study with a physician, Tutoring. Casper: Felt rough. Oh, Ottawa. You reject me without even getting to know me? To be honest, didn't really expect an invite here. GPA wasn't too high, and EC's are pretty generic. Oh well. Life goes on. Congratulations to everyone who got an invite! To everyone who didn't, keep trying! This miserable game we call pre-med is a (cliche approaching) marathon, not a sprint! NEVER give up! FutureDoc6025 and kol26 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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j17f Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Invite Date Stamp: Jan 24, 2017 at 16:11PMLocation: OntarioStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.96Current year: 2 years out of 2nd undergradECs: See my post from last year. This year I got to add that my lit review was published and that I am working on a project with a resident at McMaster Family Med. I also added the softball that I started playing, and some not so important things I did when I was younger. Casper: Worse than last year, questions seamed really vague but I typed a lot for each answer and I think it went alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premedbreakfast Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 RejectDate Stamp: 24/01/2017 @ 4:21Location: IPStream: EnglishwGPA: 3.953Current year: 4th yearECs: Leadership, varsity athlete, volunteering 500+ hours, 1st author pending, work experience, pretty extensive I would say. Casper: Not sure, must have been bad to not get interview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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