FutureDMD-QC Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 McGill will now be using CASPer to select candidates for interviews. It will count for 20% of the pre-interview ranking. Here is the link: http://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/elements/casper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribo7173 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 70 GPA/20 Casper/10 CV...damn! Don't get the sudden hoopla about the Casper tbh. Just a lesser version of the MMI to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I liked the Personal Narratives aspect of the application. Unfortunate that they removed it completely and replaced it with CASPer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mia1234 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I wonder how this is going to affect the GPA averages. Considering in the past Mcgill gave those with weaker GPAs a chance with strong CVPNs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribo7173 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 1 minute ago, 1997 said: Where does it say that the casper will be worth 20% and the CV 10%? It's sad that they're removing the PN, but at the same time, it's good because that means the admissions process will be more objective. On their website https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/selection-process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribo7173 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 It's always been like that haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verycaffeinated Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 It says that we're only allowed to take the Casper Test once. However, I'd also like to apply to UdeM and they require us to take the Casper Test in French. I'm more fluent in English however, so I'd rather take the Casper Test in English for McGill. Is it possible to take the Casper Test once in BOTH languages? Or am I forced to take the Casper Test in French only so that I would be eligible to apply for BOTH UdeM and McGill? Does anyone have any info? I'd appreciate any input on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgar Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 35 minutes ago, verycaffeinated said: It says that we're only allowed to take the Casper Test once. However, I'd also like to apply to UdeM and they require us to take the Casper Test in French. I'm more fluent in English however, so I'd rather take the Casper Test in English for McGill. Is it possible to take the Casper Test once in BOTH languages? Or am I forced to take the Casper Test in French only so that I would be eligible to apply for BOTH UdeM and McGill? Does anyone have any info? I'd appreciate any input on the matter. I think it won't be the same test as the french schools.... even on the McGill french page they call it Casper, not TECT :/ unfortunately it seems to be a separate process just like the MMI, so you'll have to do the Casper for McGill and the TECT for UdeM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgar Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 12 hours ago, 1997 said: It's the exact same thing, except tect is in french and casper is in english and the scenarios might be a little different. I know it's the same type of test, what I mean is that I don't think that we can use the results from the Casper we'd do for the McGill application and then use them to the French schools application, as verycaffeinated suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 16 minutes ago, Elgar said: I know it's the same type of test, what I mean is that I don't think that we can use the results from the Casper we'd do for the McGill application and then use them to the French schools application, as verycaffeinated suggested. The TECT is the same thing as CASPer. I think if you want to apply to McGill and other francophone universities, you will have to write the CASPer/TECT in French. It's one and the same. I dont think you can write one in English to submit to anglophone and one in French to submit to francophone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunAndMoon Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, 1997 said: Yes, I believe what you're saying makes sense since french schools REQUIRE you to write the french test and McGill doesn't care. Since you can only write the test once per cycle, to be eligible at both french schools and McGill, you would have to write it in French. No. I took Casper twice last cycle. One for Ottawa in French stream, one for Mac. You can do it twice if it's in different languages (unless things have changed this year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 2 hours ago, SunAndMoon said: No. I took Casper twice last cycle. One for Ottawa in French stream, one for Mac. You can do it twice if it's in different languages (unless things have changed this year) Is it because Mac requires it in English? Since since you applied to Ottawa French stream - you dont have a choice but to do CASPer (a second time) but in French? Just speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunAndMoon Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 39 minutes ago, qnzjlo said: Is it because Mac requires it in English? Since since you applied to Ottawa French stream - you dont have a choice but to do CASPer (a second time) but in French? Just speculation. Yes exactly. I'm assuming the situation could be similar in the case of a Quebec applicant having to do the TECT in French (as I did with Ottawa) without losing the option to do it in English if that were his preference for McGill. The difference would be that McGill gives you the choice, but the choice is eliminated if you decide to apply to the French schools. I find that pretty unfair. Worth sending an email to mcgill for the upcoming applicants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verycaffeinated Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 3 hours ago, SunAndMoon said: No. I took Casper twice last cycle. One for Ottawa in French stream, one for Mac. You can do it twice if it's in different languages (unless things have changed this year) I'm hoping this is true because on the Casper Test website, when you look at the sample scenarios, the scenarios on the English website are not the same as the ones in the French website. This somehow gives me the impression that I might have to take it twice - once in both languages - during the same cycle, because if the English and French Casper Tests were truly the same, why put completely difference videos for each website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 On 2017-07-21 at 5:01 PM, mia1234 said: I wonder how this is going to affect the GPA averages. Considering in the past Mcgill gave those with weaker GPAs a chance with strong CVPNs. I would think nothing changes in this regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reastat Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 So it looks like schools are giving more weight to CASPer now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 27 minutes ago, Reastat said: So it looks like schools are giving more weight to CASPer now Well, this is the first year that McGill is instituting the CASPer test. 20% is relatively modest, given that Mac is around 32%. Not sure where the other schools are sitting at in terms of weighing the CASPer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtl77 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 After having contacted CASPer directly, they confirmed that you can indeed register to do the test once in French and then once in English within the same application cycle. This allow you to do it in French for UdeM (or any other school that requires it in French) but you can also do it again in English for McGill (and other anglophone schools). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 26 minutes ago, mtl77 said: After having contacted CASPer directly, they confirmed that you can indeed register to do the test once in French and then once in English within the same application cycle. This allow you to do it in French for UdeM (or any other school that requires it in French) but you can also do it again in English for McGill (and other anglophone schools). You should call McGill to confirm - that's what I would do - never hurt to double check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippa756 Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 On 7/22/2017 at 1:37 PM, SunAndMoon said: No. I took Casper twice last cycle. One for Ottawa in French stream, one for Mac. You can do it twice if it's in different languages (unless things have changed this year) No it's the same this year :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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