Nose Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 So the class 2020 of McMaster Med got released. Enjoy http://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/docs/default-source/admissions/classof2020.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jul059 Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 I'm glad it went down! It seems like CARS might have been a little easier in the first year of the 2015 edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2MD Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 I wouldn't exactly say that the avg CARS score went down. 129.1 vs 128.9 is the same! It does look like there were slightly more people from other provinces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jul059 Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 10:51 PM, s2MD said: I wouldn't exactly say that the avg CARS score went down. 129.1 vs 128.9 is the same! It does look like there were slightly more people from other provinces. It's still a about 12% of a standard deviation. It's not totally insignificant when you consider the competitiveness of the admission process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 3 hours ago, jul059 said: It's still a about 12% of a standard deviation. It's not totally insignificant when you consider the competitiveness of the admission process. that is still pretty close I would have to do the math but I suspect with the population size that would still be within expected deviation to be considered unchanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsortahard Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Interesting that there are so few students with a kinesiology background, I always thought it was a pretty standard major for people shooting for medschool to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Curiousaboutapps1 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 On 10/3/2017 at 4:48 PM, ballsortahard said: Interesting that there are so few students with a kinesiology background, I always thought it was a pretty standard major for people shooting for medschool to take. Most people I know in Kin and aiming for physiotherapy or chiropractic. Just an anecdote tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsortahard Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Also an anecdote, but a lot of my friends in Kin were "aiming" for physiotherapy or chiropractic and decided to apply for medical school there final year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2MD Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 On 10/2/2017 at 9:23 PM, jul059 said: It's still a about 12% of a standard deviation. It's not totally insignificant when you consider the competitiveness of the admission process. Why must premeds obsess and be so neurotic? .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2MD Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 On 10/9/2017 at 10:28 AM, jul059 said: That's a very useless comment. Congratulations, you must have outdone yourself! I just sincerely hope you don't draw such hasty conclusions about your future patients. Whatever your reasons were for saying that, you know absolutely nothing about be, and that sentence you read is insufficient to draw the conclusions you did. Think about it. Seriously. I apologize if it came across as hasty but your post came across as snooty. Anyhow, you can keep thinking that the difference between an avg score of 128.9 vs. 129.1 is significant and I'll do the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopityBoop Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Can we all just be nice to each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 On 10/13/2017 at 10:32 AM, BoopityBoop said: Can we all just be nice to each other? ha - my thoughts exactly ! I mean this entire process is stressful enough without adding to it. Particularly at key points - application due time, interviews, and of course admission days. People seem a little extra grumpy lately - venting is ok, but personal attacks aren't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 On 10/8/2017 at 10:29 PM, s2MD said: Why must premeds obsess and be so neurotic? .... Honestly the entire system of admission doesn't help in that regard. Too many applicants, too few spots, and a real degree of rules being arbitrary and unforgiving at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/14/2017 at 9:10 PM, rmorelan said: Honestly the entire system of admission doesn't help in that regard. Too many applicants, too few spots, and a real degree of rules being arbitrary and unforgiving at times. and just to add to that - another part of the problem is that most of know someone whose "neurotic" tendencies were very important in helping them get into medical school. Hyper awareness of things, triple checking, endless clarifying what was expected, reviewing every single test/assignment etc. All pushing 79->80, 84->85, 89->90.... to hit those GPA curves, be just a bit better than everyone around you, and generally driving both themselves and everyone around them nuts. It sucks because often it is a distraction from the learning - and selects effectively for people with a very rule, clear goal directed success and ways of thinking into a field that actually doesn't have that kind of clarity at all clinically at all (uncertainty drives a lot of new medical students nuts) and probably overly competitive people. At least competitive in the wrong way ha - we are all how can I be even better at X over Y (even if I break A, B, C... in order to do it), instead of how can we as a hospital system provide better care today than yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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