Anon1 61 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 I just found out that interview invites were sent a few minutes ago..? Anyone else get these emails? Copying the format just in case: TIME STAMP: Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): Result: cGPA/wGPA: MCAT: ECs: Essays: Year: Geography: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrOzuma 52 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 TIME STAMP: 14:01 Interview Date: Feb 8th Result: invite cGPA: wgpa of 3.93!!!!!!!! MCAT: above cutoffs ECs: Diverse and long term Essays: who knows man who knows. I wish I could give you guys some constructive advice here bc it’s clear Toronto weighs these heavily but idk what they’re looking for exactly Year: finishing up UG! Geography: ontario heres one for the “lower” gpas! im still shaking about this entire thing was NOT expecting this at all also I filled out an academic explanations essay idk if this is relevant but yeah super excited (and shitting my pants)!!! dopamineislife, TITBOOB, verycaffeinated and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malulu123 3 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Interview Date: Feb 8th Result: INVITE! cGPA: 3.95+ MCAT: Above cutoffs ECs: Diverse Essays: Spent a whole month on it Year: Completed Masters Geography: Ontario Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Umut 0 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 TIME STAMP: 12:08 Interview Date: Feb 8th (MD), Feb 9th (MD/PhD) Result: Invite wGPA: 3.96 MCAT: Above cutoffs ECs: Diverse Essays: Spent over a month on them! Year: Completing MSc Geography: IP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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tomatoegg 36 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Oh man...so it begins. Hope there is more good news tomorrow!!!!!!! Does anyone know if order of invites is reflective of competiveness or is it just more of when the adcom reviewed your app? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neural 1 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 MD/PhD invites are still rolling FYI TIME STAMP: Jan 20th @ 12:20 Interview Date: Feb 8th (MD), Feb 9th (MD/PhD) Result: Invite wGPA: 3.71 cGPA; not sure if eligible for wGPA MCAT: met cutoffs ECs: Research heavy Essays: Spent quite a bit of time on these. Year: MSc completed Geography: IP If anyone in the GTA wants to practice let me know!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pixie094 53 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 I guess there was a wave today?! TIME STAMP: 1:35pm EST Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): March 1st, 2020 (MD) Result: Invite wGPA: 3.96 MCAT: 517 ECs: Diverse and strong I think. However, they weren't good enough to get UBC or Calgary OOP. PM for details. Essays: I thought about them for most of the Summer, but didn't start until a few days before the deadline. After making mistakes with these essays in previous cycles, I think what helped me this year is making sure that my essays were actually personal and demonstrated that I learned something from the experiences I discussed in them. Year: Second year MSc. So I suppose I'm in the graduate stream Geography: IP After a MCAT rewrite and four straight rejections this cycle, it's a blessing to be given the opportunity to interview at my dream med school! Best of luck to everyone still waiting to hear back about interviews! Nidhogg, Maryxz, DrOtter and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CoffeeNerd 22 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 TIME STAMP: 10:35am PST Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): March 1st, 2020 (MD) Result: Invite wGPA: ?? (dont know how to calculate my GPA with my the WES transcripts) MCAT: 507 ECs: Pretty diverse I think... I`ll post more details later on Essays: I thought about them for a long time, but only really started working on them about a month before the deadline. I had friends review them and I tried to be as personal and open about my experiences as I could. Year: graduate stream Geography: OOP Best of luck to everyone else waiting! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
starmay 12 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Time Stamp: 1:33PM EST Interview Date: March 1st, 2020 (MD) Result: INVITE!!! wGPA: 4.00 ECs: Multiple Leadership positions, a few summers of research with grants, a few posters and oral presentations at local conferences, no publications, lots of awards and scholarships, mentorship positions, Residence Advisors and clinical volunteering experience. Essays: Worked very hard on these and got a lot of input MCAT: 517 Year: 4th year UG Geography: OOP (currently attending an Ontario school) References - Diverse! Made sure that they were able to highlight on different skills of mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dippandpip 9 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 TIME STAMP: 1:50 pm Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): February 29th, 2020 (MD) Result: Invite wGPA: Didn't meet wGPA; cGPA: 3.99 MCAT: 517 ECs: Pretty diverse; PM for details. Essays: Spent SOOO much time on them! Had over 10 friends read over each of the essays!! Year: Graduated (2019) Geography: IP Best of Luck to everyone interviewing this cycle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HugeEuge 41 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 TIME STAMP: 10:34am PST Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): MD March 1 Result: Invite! cGPA/wGPA: 3.99 cGPA, 4.00 wGPA MCAT: 518 ECs: Some unique stuff that is far from typical. Other general premed positions. Club exec position, lots of sports involvement at provincial level. Essays: Felt they were well written, although I only started them a few days before the deadline. Was able to put a personal example in each essay which I think helps. Year: Graduated (2018) Geography: OOP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
conditional knockout 24 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 TIME STAMP: 1:35 pm (30-Jan-2020) Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): March 1st, 2020 (MD) Result: Invite wGPA: wGPA: 3.99 MCAT: 510 (129,126,129,126) ECs: Nothing crazy. To date: 3 years of hospital volunteering that involves a lot of communication with families and staff, over a year of tutoring immigrant youth for a few hours a week, a ton of research with a first-author publication (not a big journal), mentorship of several undergrads on my project, OGS x2, NSERC-USRA x2, teaching assistant with lots of stuff to talk about. Essays: Spent about 5 weeks on these and the Western ones (mostly weekends). Kept the can-meds/clusters in mind and had a structured way of writing with reflection. Had many people review them, but they could have been improved a bit with more time, especially my choice of life experiences to include. I don't think these were necessarily a strong part of my application. Year: MSc yr 2 Geography: IP DrOtter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MedHopefull144 5 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 . conditional knockout and DrOtter 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
itookaphoto 2 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: 1:55pm (EST) Jan 30th Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): Feb 29 (MD) Result: Invite‼! cGPA/wGPA: 3.96/3.98 MCAT: above cutoffs (I guess that’s obvious) ECs: NSERC, other undergrad research and pubs, exec of various clubs in both my undergrad and masters, TA during undergrad, event coordinator for welcome week at university department. event first aid jobs, photography. I did stuff that I was interested in and where life took me; I didn't stress myself to get "ideal" ECs because I know I'd hate it Essays: reflected a lot before writing them; I ended up having a lot of examples from experiences during my MSc for both the 4 essays and the ABS. I used specifics of how I felt, what I did, and how my decisions impacted the results I obtained. Year: finished course-based MSc in Sept 2019, finished undergrad in 2017 Geography: IP - GTA After rejections from mac and Ottawa, I was expecting this rejection in March. I feel so blessed! DrOtter and rawshrimp 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soma 0 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: Jan 30 1:53 pm Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): Feb 29 (MD) Result: Invite cGPA: 3.93 (not eligible for wGPA) MCAT: 518 ECs: Research, hospital volunteering, club leader, mentorship Essays: Spent about 2 weeks writing Year: 4th year UG Geography: IP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
birb 2 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: Jan. 30/2020 (1:55 pm EST) Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): Feb 29 (MD), mostly interested in MD/PhD tho from which I haven't heard anything yet Result: Invite cGPA: 3.96 MCAT: 524 ECs: very research-heavy with a little bit of long term volunteering Essays: Nothing special Year: 2nd year Master's Geography: IP DrOtter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
takasugi 98 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: Jan. 30/2020 (1:53 pm EST) Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): Feb 29 (MD) Result: Invite cGPA: 3.95ish (i don't really know lol) MCAT: 513 ECs: Decent. Nothing spectacular. I guess my work and research experience would be the strongest. The rest of my ECs are not that great. Essays: I guess fine? I don't really see myself as a great writer. Year: Working after Masters Geography: IP Surprised to get this interview Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whatdoido 39 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: January 30, 2020 (1:35 pm EST) Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): March 1 (MD) (I have Ottawa on Feb 29th, so... that should be interesting) Result: Invite cGPA: 4.00 MCAT: 524 ECs: I was very, very late to the ECs game (really only started my 3rd year of uni), so I felt they were lacklustre. Long term research, club exec positions, tutoring, mentoring, one or two unique things. Essays: I pulled an allnighter and wrote them after writing 9 of Western's and then my ABS, so meh. Year: Gap year following UG Geography: IP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
medicallyricalmiracle 151 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 TIME STAMP: 11AM Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): MD Result: Invite cGPA/wGPA: 3.88/3.99 MCAT: above cutoffs ECs: research w/ conference talk, heritage club, mentoring, volunteering, intramurals, scholarships (~6 major awards) Essays: spent a great deal of time revising, only got 1 person to look them over for grammar/general content and #VibeCheck Year: 4th UG Geography: IP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sailing_albatross 0 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 TIME STAMP: Jan 23th Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): n/a Result: Rejected cGPA/wGPA: 3.5 (Engineering Undergrad) MCAT: Above all cut-offs ECs: Excessive research experience. Worked in in various research labs with 1 first author paper and 10 co-authored papers. Extensive OR experience as well - interned in Division of Neurosurgery for 1 year. Essays: Spent a really long time working and drafting and re-drafting. 1 months work of work. Year: Graduated undergrad in June 2017. Currently in 2/3 rd year graduate degree (MASc) Geography: IP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NotYourTypicalPreMed 15 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 TIME STAMP: Feb 4, 11:41AM Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): March 1st MD Result: Invite cGPA/wGPA: 3.79 cGPA / wGPA 3.94-3.96 MCAT: 507 (meh) ECs: Lots of research, awards and scholarships. Some international volunteering, volunteering in a hospital, some involvement on campus, TAing, tutoring, mentoring. Basically made sure to fill out all 32 entries in the ABS. Essays: Thought about them for a long time. Ended up writing them the day before the application was due. Year: 2nd year of MSc Geography: IP I am shocked. mdplsacceptme, wannabemdplease, MashedPotato and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pharmchefpremed 6 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 TIME STAMP: Feb 6@ 1:58 (late entry) Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): MD March 28 Result: Invite cGPA/wGPA: cGPA 3.89 (OMSAS excluded Pharmacy degree), if academic explanation was taken into consideration for pharmacy Degree then wGPA 4.0 MCAT: Above cut offs ECs: Non-trad applicant. long term employment (Pharmacist) and others. Essays: I hope ok Year: non-trad, currently working as a pharmacist (hospital based) Geography: IP AddypremedT and GoGoBananas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bruh 496 Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Of the 9 people I know who applied to UofT, 7 of them have not heard back yet. Of the 2 who heard back, 1 got an invite, and the other rejected. So, I think there is still a lot of people waiting to hear back (myself included). mustgetin, Weluvmedicine, MD_Dream97 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reynolds Number 0 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 TIME STAMP: Feb 14 @ 2:04PM Interview Date (MD or MD/PhD): MD March 1st Result: Invite cGPA/wGPA: cGPA 3.96, wGPA 3.99 MCAT: Above cut offs ECs: Diverse, unique, research heavy Essays: Solid Year: 4th year undergrad Geography: IP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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