Anon1 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontariopremed Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 idk how this is going to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hijkl Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 i KNOW that based on my stats (shitty GPA and mediocre CARS), i only got an interview by nailing CASPer. if they choose to evaluate us based solely on the pre-interview formula, i'm screwed. i was SO relying on this chance to prove myself. at least i had the chance to interview at 2 schools already. i feel terrible for the applicants who ONLY have mac... i personally know people who have been practicing for a MONTH for their only interview at mac. this is so fucking shitty. i'm so upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takasugi Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 This is kind of horrible. McMaster uses Casper, GPA and cars to select ppl for interview ... They don't really have anything but numbers. Atleast for schools like UofT and Western, they can use your essays. This is good news for me as I have a high GPA, high cars and high Casper. But man, some ppl are gonna be getting screwed. Maybe they can use the abs or incorporate more of the MCAT (but some ppl only write cars :/). Idk how this is gonna work for McMaster. It also makes sense to cancel them. Online mmis sound disastrous. 8 different interviews? A 2 minute break between stations? Another option they could have done was to do traditional/panel online interviews which they may not have been prepared for considering how invested they are in mmis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWayIAre Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Well...anyone who had a 3.98+ GPA and a 131+ CARS (and who did at least moderately well on CASPer) I think just got guaranteed admission... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_stack Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, inkbat said: i KNOW that based on my stats (shitty GPA and mediocre CARS), i only got an interview by nailing CASPer. if they choose to evaluate us based solely on the pre-interview formula, i'm screwed. i was SO relying on this chance to prove myself. at least i had the chance to interview at 2 schools already. i feel terrible for the applicants who ONLY have mac... i personally know people who have been practicing for a MONTH for their only interview at mac. this is so fucking shitty. i'm so upset. I’m in exactly the same scenario, and I am that person with only 1 interview, only at Mac... I' mcrushed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicallyricalmiracle Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 let's just pray all 6 OMSAS schools coordinate to give all interviewees an offer LOL RejectedAgain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontariopremed Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 i hope they do an online interview that is not MMI - MMI would be extremely challenging online and there are so many things that can go wrong technically during this process. writing an essay would not be an accurate reflection of your in person social and communication skills. this is going to be extremely interesting how they go about solving this issue i have a feeling this is going to disadvantage many applicants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD_endgame Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just now, ontariopremed said: i hope they do an online interview that is not MMI - MMI would be extremely challenging online and there are so many things that can go wrong technically during this process. writing an essay would not be an accurate reflection of your in person social and communication skills. this is going to be extremely interesting how they go about solving this issue i have a feeling this is going to disadvantage many applicants Do you think they'll be doing any form of interview? They said in the email that "we are reviewing our admissions process" which I took to mean no interviews but some form of file review. Hoping for the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejectedAgain Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 minute ago, MD_endgame said: Do you think they'll be doing any form of interview? They said in the email that "we are reviewing our admissions process" which I took to mean no interviews but some form of file review. Hoping for the best Yeah I don't think they're doing any interview. That is why they offered the compensation of an auto-invite next cycle (which is kinda cool tbh, but obvs we are all hoping to get in this year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeep Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 This is so sad... I've really been practicing 3-4x a week for MMI for the past 1.5 months and trying so hard for those personal questions and working my ass off because I really wanted to get in this year... It's just so sad to have no chance to prove yourself really and for all that work to go to waste. Of course, Mac is doing this in the best interests of all interviewees and interviewers, but as someone who got rejected from Ottawa and Queens, I'm pretty worried about my references/ABS and would be really screwed if they took that into account. All the best to everyone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontariopremed Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, MD_endgame said: Do you think they'll be doing any form of interview? They said in the email that "we are reviewing our admissions process" which I took to mean no interviews but some form of file review. Hoping for the best i have zero clue how they are going to make this a fair process - also getting an auto-invite for next cycle is fine but as someone currently on a gap year, i don't think that asking someone to wait another year to just get a chance to interview is appropriate the process is difficult enough as it is - financially emotionally and personally - throwing these curve balls doesn't help anyone lol MD_endgame and hijkl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JigsawMD Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 I’m just hazarding a guess but maybe they’ll put more emphasis on CASPer? Because looking at the ABS section, as someone stated above, would be kind of unfair to applicants applying this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheWayIAre Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 If their offers of admission are going to be based solely on the pre-interview stats, there is one way I think they might make it somewhat fair: weigh the strongest component of each person's stats (strongest relative to the applicant pool) the most, then the 2nd strongest the 2nd most, and the weakest component the least, to give each applicant a final score. Since to reach the interview all applicants must have done fairly well on their cumulative total GPA, CARS and CASPer. Also I seriously doubt they won't consider CASPer now. With the interviews gone, CASPer is the sole glimpse into the ethical character of the applicant. takasugi and SnowmanTheSWOMEN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applicant95 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 minute ago, sk8erboi said: I have a shit gpa and cars score so they better do 70% casper, 15% cars, 15% gpa I hope not! That's the thing - no matter how they score it, it's going to be unfair to a significant subset of people. There honestly is no perfect solution here. In my opinion, the fairest thing to do would be to have an online non-MMI interview, but they seemed to have already ruled that out based on the email we were sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejectedAgain Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 So b/c there are no more interviews do you think decisions will be released earlier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ontariopremed Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 even changing the weighting of certain metrics will negatively impact some applicants over others - i know i don't have a solution to the problem - but this is an extremely unfortunate situation i know globally medical admissions isn't the biggest problem - but for people who have applied time and time again, this process takes a lot out of you - they definitely need to handle this with sensitivity. maybe they delay interviews until late may and get back to everyone within 1-2 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applicant95 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just now, RejectedAgain said: So b/c there are no more interviews do you think decisions will be released earlier? Dude I hope so, but I doubt it (since all Ontario schools coordinate to release on the same day) RejectedAgain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jummyneutrondexter Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 My gpa is so bad i truly think im at the bottom end of the list if they go about it that way. Rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jummyneutrondexter Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 I dont think its that easy for them to delay the process because of things scheduled down the line once you get into med school. They probably considered it and came up with a significant reason as to why they couldnt postpone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applicant95 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jummyneutrondexter said: My gpa is so bad i truly think im at the bottom end of the list if they go about it that way. Rip Do you mind if I ask what it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowmanTheSWOMEN Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 My CARS is 128, I don't even know if I have a chance anymore But I understand they did what had to be done MD_Dream97 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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