Waitlist Support Thread 2019

[bhaggy 44]

Congrats to those of you who have been accepted!!! I wish you all the best

I thought I would start this thread for those of us who are in limbo (waitlisted) to keep track of how many of us have been waitlisted and to keep each other updated on whether you have been accepted off the waitlist or decide to accept an offer else where!

 

[keener12345 79]

Anyone have an idea of how likely it is to get an offer off the waitlist as an OOP ?

[Matty66 27]

I think if you are an OOP who did decent on the interview then you have a good chance

[UBC Enthusiast 29]

Does anyone know generally how many people are waitlisted ? 

[bhaggy 44]

I've looked through the threads and I saw someone post 70-90 but I have heard others say 60-80  but honestly these are just guesses!

[UBC Enthusiast 29]

And from this list, about half are expected to get offers ? I think.

[bhaggy 44]

 

18 minutes ago, UBC Enthusiast said:

And from this list, about half are expected to get offers ? I think.

I would hope so !

[Teachdoc 23]

Only if this process was a bit more clear

[DTK87 9]

This is brutal Thanks for making this thread. I feel like UBCs blog didn't help at all... pretty much every answer was we can't tell you. 

I feel more antsy being on waitlist than not knowing before yesterday. It's like you're so close to your dream but it's dependent on others dropping the offer. *sigh*

[bhaggy 44]

2 minutes ago, DTK87 said:

This is brutal Thanks for making this thread. I feel like UBCs blog didn't help at all... pretty much every answer was we can't tell you. 

I feel more antsy being on waitlist than not knowing before yesterday. It's like you're so close to your dream but it's dependent on others dropping the offer. *sigh*

No problem! And I feel you, just try to stay positive.

OMSAS will release their offers May 14th so most likely there will be applicants accepting other offers or confirming UBC offers which will create some movement on the waitlist. But of course it will all be happening behind the scenes.. just hang in there!

[UBC Enthusiast 29]

So I am looking at the waitlist thread from last year. Someone said that 43 people declined their offer. Would that mean 43 people were offered invites from the waitlist or could it be that the school sent out more initial invites than the 288 seat capacity ?

[makeitraincouver 5]

12 hours ago, UBC Enthusiast said:

So I am looking at the waitlist thread from last year. Someone said that 43 people declined their offer. Would that mean 43 people were offered invites from the waitlist or could it be that the school sent out more initial invites than the 288 seat capacity ?

 

[bhaggy 44]

Last year 25 IP declined and 20 OOP. So that means a total of 45. Not sure how many IP and OOP are on the waitlist though. For instance, If a total of 80 are on the Waitlist, it could be a 40/40 split. 

[UBC Enthusiast 29]

I’ve heard that some other schools send out more invites initially than the number of seats available. If according to @candycane1UBC potentially doesn’t do that and assuming the 80 waitlist number from last year’s thread is accurate, we might still have a good chance !

[almondmilklatte 22]

Thank you for creating this thread! I'm on the waitlist too and hope we all get lucky

[FeAtom 22]

Does anyone know if we still have to send in transcripts from this year to them? Or only if we are accepted? I have heard mixed things and I noticed the status for new transcript updates was added to my oas 

[almondmilklatte 22]

47 minutes ago, FeAtom said:

Does anyone know if we still have to send in transcripts from this year to them? Or only if we are accepted? I have heard mixed things and I noticed the status for new transcript updates was added to my oas 

I was wondering the same thing! I saw this too, probably best to phone up and ask when the offices open monday?

[makeitraincouver 5]

is it an official transcript? Or a screenshot For UBC students?

[frenchpress 317]

59 minutes ago, FeAtom said:

Does anyone know if we still have to send in transcripts from this year to them? Or only if we are accepted? I have heard mixed things and I noticed the status for new transcript updates was added to my oas 

You still need to send transcripts if you’re waitlisted - see the official application timeline: https://mdprogram.med.ubc.ca/admissions/application-timelines/

[UBC Enthusiast 29]

To roughly figure out the waitlist numbers, may be people can react to this post if they have been waitlisted ? 

[bhaggy 44]

7 minutes ago, UBC Enthusiast said:

To roughly figure out the waitlist numbers, may be people can react to this post if they have been waitlisted ? 

I wanted to do a poll  but I wasn't sure how to create one. So if anyone else knows how to make a poll and post it here , that would be awesome!

[bhaggy 44]

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[TheGreatAli 4]

I was waitlisted on Friday and it's been taking some time to process - I've been extremely overwhelmed. I thought I did very well on the MMI, had a strong overall MCAT/GPA, and a strong application. I'm still asking myself what went wrong. 

I thankfully have another offer - however my preference was to stay here due to friends, family, and my partner. Unless I receive good news on the 27th, I will be leaving. Bittersweet 

[makeitraincouver 5]

Does anyone know roughly how many people get waitlisted?

[PremedToronto 75]

On 5/12/2019 at 12:25 PM, TheGreatAli said:

I thought I did very well on the MMI, had a strong overall MCAT/GPA, and a strong application. I'm still asking myself what went wrong

Hey, it's not that something went wrong for you to not get the offer right away, but that something went right for you to be waitlisted and not be rejected right away  It's all relative, I know many others would be grateful to be in your spot. I was also waitlisted back in 2015 and managed to come off it after lots of prayers!

I think the movement on the waitlist is quite good...I would agree and guess that probably half the people on waitlist will get offers but can't say for sure...