SWOWOMAN Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hi everyone, I recently applied to Dalhousie as a Non-Maritime... my GPA is 4.0 and MCAT is 512 (meet the minimum requirements). I was under the impression that they look at your essays and supplemental information prior to the interview... however, reading what they posted on their website (attached as image) has me kinda confused. Even as Non-Maritime, do you still get an interview if you meet that cycles GPA/MCAT minimum? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotADoctor Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 No, The image you posted states that the Non-Maritime applicants are held to a higher threshold, which means that, even if you meet the minimum, you are not guaranteed an interview. What that threshold may be is the mystery; however, I would think that it depends on the statistics of the non-maritime applicant pool. The supplemental is part of the overall scoring, not a factor for the interview in either maritime or non-maritime applicants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWOWOMAN Posted October 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 @NotADoctor Thanks for replying. Just to clarify – that 'threshold' is solely GPA/MCAT though? This fact kinda astonishes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotADoctor Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 It appears to be that way according to the 2016 Admissions Review Committee Report. GPA/MCAT, as stated in the report, are used as screening tools when it comes to deciding interviews. I am not speaking on behalf of the admissions committee; I am just using past experience and what the website states. You could imagine that the interview process would be nearly impossible if every Canadian applicant who met the minimum requirements were to receive an interview. I guess I am curious, what about it astonishes you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Doc Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 After speaking with admissions a few times, it seems that OOP who meet the minimum GPA and MCAT thresholds are then scored based on their maritime connection essay (which is not the supplemental). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotADoctor Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Good to know! I wasn't sure if that was the case, but it makes more sense. So, someone who meets (or is above) the minimums for OOP and has a strong connection essay could potentially have a stronger pre-interview application than someone with extremely high GPA/MCAT and no connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartk48 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 I can confirm as well that the ONLY factor (once minimums are passed) for non-Maritimers pre interview is the connection essay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js660327 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 As a former non-maritimer, they also only invite the "top" 50 ish non-maritime applicants. I've had interviews the last 2 years and I'm considered maritime this year, but I had a very strong connections essay since the only time I didn't live in NS is for high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartk48 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I'm feeling the invites coming soon... I can just feel them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinalberta Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Ohhhhh! This makes me nervous! According to a member, invites did not come out until October 20 last year! I think this year they might be later due to the lovely CASPer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartk48 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Casper takes a month to score, so our fates have been determined a long time ago! All it takes is some stats wiz on spss to curve us which shouldnt take longer than a day. Edit: *to put us on a curve and cut off anyone 1.5 std below the mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medbruh Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 13 minutes ago, hartk48 said: Casper takes a month to score, so our fates have been determined a long time ago! All it takes is some stats wiz on spss to curve us which shouldnt take longer than a day. Edit: *to put us on a curve and cut off anyone 1.5 std below the mean Apparently they have already emailed the applicants who did not meet the Casper cut-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartk48 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just now, medbruh said: Apparently they have already emailed the applicants who did not meet the Casper cut-off. :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GASP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartk48 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 that makes sense! they emailed me last year mid-september that due to my MCAT I am out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWOWOMAN Posted October 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 1 hour ago, medbruh said: Apparently they have already emailed the applicants who did not meet the Casper cut-off. Wow! So they've rejected those who didnt meet that cut-off... interesting. Does Dal admission explicitly tell you why you get rejected i.e. dont meet GPA, MCAT or Casper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_dreaming Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 3 hours ago, medbruh said: Apparently they have already emailed the applicants who did not meet the Casper cut-off. Thanks medbruh - good to know! I've been checking my email constantly... based on what we were told at the info session at Dal in June, I was expecting to be notified whether we "passed" or "failed" the CASPer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medbruh Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 3 hours ago, SWOWOMAN said: Wow! So they've rejected those who didnt meet that cut-off... interesting. Does Dal admission explicitly tell you why you get rejected i.e. dont meet GPA, MCAT or Casper? Apparently the email specifies that they have not met the Casper cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctorofmydreams Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 was this sent through dal email/dal online or the email we used to apply (and through which we receive confirmations/survey requests)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinalberta Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Anyone else feeling a little nervous? This is such a tough journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartk48 Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Very nervous! Just called admissions, invites should come out this week. Also confirmed that if you didn't meet any cut offs, you should have gotten an email by now, so if you are a martimer, this week should be a good one for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinalberta Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 But maybe not so much for us OOPers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhopeful2018 Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Does anyone know if people from OOP also receive the cut off emails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheTank Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Just a heads up. For everyone who gets interview invites, the photo you send in is the photo they'll use for your student id if you're accepted, so make sure it's a good one! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samc5 Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 So anxious to see a Dal email this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinalberta Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Please show us some love Dal Med! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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