MedGoldfish 127 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Hi all, I figured that an official discussion thread for this year's UofT application cycle would help us out. I know that we want to keep the invites/regrets thread to stats, so feel free to use this thread to speculate and ask, "So, when IS the next wave coming?" To start us off, I'm wondering if UofT has a "secret waitlist" where many of the applicants' files have already been reviewed, but they're just waiting until late March to send them an R. Last year's UofT threads were so quiet. Let's not be afraid to support each other and be neurotic together this year! meiosis, bhaggy and MD_Dream97 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baljinderthecrow 66 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I like the idea of this thread! I agree with your secret waitlist hypothesis, it would explain why so many people are rejected just a few days prior to the last interview date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meiosis 140 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 here’s hoping for a wave next week! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MedGoldfish 127 Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 I wonder if all the invites for March 1 have gone out? I know that there was another wave for March 1 interview spots on February 14, so maybe they will send more tomorrow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redbeanbun 28 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, Baljinderthecrow said: I like the idea of this thread! I agree with your secret waitlist hypothesis, it would explain why so many people are rejected just a few days prior to the last interview date. Yep exactly. I mean UofT does openly say that they keep a small group of people waiting until March in case interview spots open up, but perhaps the group is not that "small." At least for the people I know who got rejected from UofT last year, 90% of them were rejected in mid/late March. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baljinderthecrow 66 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 35 minutes ago, redbeanbun said: Yep exactly. I mean UofT does openly say that they keep a small group of people waiting until March in case interview spots open up, but perhaps the group is not that "small." At least for the people I know who got rejected from UofT last year, 90% of them were rejected in mid/late March. yea literally me and most of my friends were rejected very late in march. Kind of seems cruel. redbeanbun 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
medstudentwannabe2 10 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I remember! It was March 27th and everyone who didn’t get interviews got rejected. Interesting who they interview and who they don’t... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dooogs 106 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I wish they could send an update or somethin bhaggy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kreedz 104 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 For the (few) rejections which have been sent out so far, does anyone know if they were very strong applications or weaker ones? Has anyone with a very high GPA and good ABS been rejected? If not the majority of these rejections should be coming mid-late March. :/ At least, if we don't hear back by the end of the first week or so of March, we know that it will likely be a R. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mustgetin 7 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Have people heard back for March 28th and 29th? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
medstudentwannabe2 10 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 8 minutes ago, kreedz said: For the (few) rejections which have been sent out so far, does anyone know if they were very strong applications or weaker ones? Has anyone with a very high GPA and good ABS been rejected? If not the majority of these rejections should be coming mid-late March. :/ At least, if we don't hear back by the end of the first week or so of March, we know that it will likely be a R. I had friends from last year rejected with wGPA of 4.0 and amazing ABS. Albeit they were masters students, they had a diverse ABS with a lot of leadership and academic activities. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kreedz 104 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 minute ago, medstudentwannabe2 said: I had friends from last year rejected with wGPA of 4.0 and amazing ABS. Albeit they were masters students, they had a diverse ABS with a lot of leadership and academic activities. Do you know anyone like that rejected this year so far? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redbeanbun 28 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 3 hours ago, kreedz said: For the (few) rejections which have been sent out so far, does anyone know if they were very strong applications or weaker ones? Has anyone with a very high GPA and good ABS been rejected? If not the majority of these rejections should be coming mid-late March. :/ At least, if we don't hear back by the end of the first week or so of March, we know that it will likely be a R. Out of all my friends (undergrads), only one has been rejected and he thinks it’s due to his low GPA (met cutoff but not competitive). So it does seem like majority of rejections will come in March again which sucks. Just give me my R already and put me out of my agony! kreedz 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IMislove 560 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 28 minutes ago, redbeanbun said: Out of all my friends (undergrads), only one has been rejected and he thinks it’s due to his low GPA (met cutoff but not competitive). So it does seem like majority of rejections will come in March again which sucks. Just give me my R already and put me out of my agony! Happens every year, for many many years. Almost a rite of passage at this point lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redbeanbun 28 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 3 hours ago, IMislove said: Happens every year, for many many years. Almost a rite of passage at this point lol. Yeah lol. It's just that a lot of people thought they might've changed things up this year and actually made both invites/regrets rolling since there were quite a few rejections in January. However at this point it's pretty clear there hasn't been enough regrets sent out, so I'm sure the big wave at end of March is still going to happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snake 1 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 9 hours ago, kreedz said: For the (few) rejections which have been sent out so far, does anyone know if they were very strong applications or weaker ones? Has anyone with a very high GPA and good ABS been rejected? If not the majority of these rejections should be coming mid-late March. :/ At least, if we don't hear back by the end of the first week or so of March, we know that it will likely be a R. I know someone with a high GPA and good ECs who got invites at 2 other schools who was rejected form UofT in January. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baljinderthecrow 66 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 I know of someone who received an interview at Mac, but got rejected from UofT in January. They have high stats, met all cutoffs, and have good ECs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MedGoldfish 127 Posted February 19 Author Report Share Posted February 19 Does anyone know of people who have received invites for the March 8 interview date? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enmdkodof 12 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 6 minutes ago, MedGoldfish said: Does anyone know of people who have received invites for the March 8 interview date? I answered this in the other thread (maybe that is the wrong thread?), but i know MD/PhD applicants received interviews for that date already Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MedGoldfish 127 Posted February 19 Author Report Share Posted February 19 54 minutes ago, enmdkodof said: I answered this in the other thread (maybe that is the wrong thread?), but i know MD/PhD applicants received interviews for that date already Thank for letting us know! Is it for an MD/PhD interview, or is it an MD interview? Just wondering because March 8 is listed as an MD interview date, and March 7 is an MD/PhD interview date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enmdkodof 12 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 On 2/19/2020 at 1:37 PM, MedGoldfish said: Thank for letting us know! Is it for an MD/PhD interview, or is it an MD interview? Just wondering because March 8 is listed as an MD interview date, and March 7 is an MD/PhD interview date. _ MedGoldfish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mustgetin 7 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Is March 8th meant only for those applicants who applied both to MD/PhD and MD programs so that it limits them having to travel on multiple weekends for the interview? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MedGoldfish 127 Posted February 20 Author Report Share Posted February 20 Another wave today? Only time will tell... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uwy 3 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 It should be two weeks from March 8th. Any MD only applicants get any invites/regrets today? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_DrSchulsInSoles1_ 18 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Is tomorrow the day? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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