UofT Interview Invites/Regrets 2020

[Anon1 61]

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: 

[DrOzuma 52]

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)!!!

[Malulu123 13]

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

[Umut 0]

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

[dryorku 52]

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[tomatoegg 36]

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?

[neural 1]

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!!

[pixie094 53]

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! 

[CoffeeNerd 22]

 

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!

[starmay 12]

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. 

[Dippandpip 9]

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 

[HugeEuge 41]

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

[conditional knockout 24]

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

[MedHopefull144 5]

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[itookaphoto 2]

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!

[soma 0]

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

[birb 3]

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

[takasugi 98]

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 

[whatdoido 43]

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

[medicallyricalmiracle 151]

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

[Sailing_albatross 0]

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

[NotYourTypicalPreMed 15]

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. 

[pharmchefpremed 6]

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

[bruh 496]

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). 

[Reynolds Number 0]

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