lizaloo223 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, moonlitocean said: Yes, the more highly ranked you are, the more likely you are to get first choice. Though I’m not sure how the lottery will affect campus choice this year. I thought it was everyone gets their 1st choice. Then if there's not enough space on one campus but space in the others, they take those who's 2nd choice was the open campus and lottery pick. I remember them answering a question about this in an online meeting. ex. If Waterloo isn't full and Hamilton is, the people that picked Waterloo 2nd get put into a lottery spooked 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerscrossed2020 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 someone correct me if I'm wrong but did they say that if you get in off the waitlist you take the spot of the person who declined their offer, and so your offer is bound to that campus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedWonderer Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, fingerscrossed2020 said: someone correct me if I'm wrong but did they say that if you get in off the waitlist you take the spot of the person who declined their offer, and so your offer is bound to that campus? Correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLWL Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, MDLD said: One thing that is kind of odd is that they are basically saying Casper can't predict how you do on an MMI. Since if it did they could have just used the casper score. And didn't they make casper, so this hurts them there Plus they have an article published stating how casper has positive correlation with mmi performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrOtter Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, GLWL said: Plus they have an article published stating how casper has positive correlation with mmi performance Idk the way they do it now doesn't completely discredit this either. Technically in order to be in the top 100 your CASPer must be pretty high so giving those offers is a good indication that CASPer can correlate with how they'd eventually do in the MMI. But the correlation is not strong enough to shift the weight to CASPer completely, hence the lottery portion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLWL Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, DrOtter said: Idk the way they do it now doesn't completely discredit this either. Technically in order to be in the top 100 your CASPer must be pretty high so giving those offers is a good indication that CASPer can correlate with how they'd eventually do in the MMI. But the correlation is not strong enough to shift the weight to CASPer completely, hence the lottery portion. Casper is only worth 33% when considering the top 100 as it is the pre interview formula. Plus people with very high cars and gpa don’t have to have stellar casper scores and still be in the top 100. The Mmi is worth 70% of the selection process. Yes the correlation is not that strong but they found it to be more correlated compared to the other standard measures, however since they used the pre interview formula casper is worth the same as the other measures, which doesn’t follow their published study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uottawaBIM Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 FWIW, GPA: 4.00, CARS: 130, CASPer: interviewed at uOttawa, but unknown ofc No button. OnePoundFish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, GLWL said: Casper is only worth 33% when considering the top 100 as it is the pre interview formula. Plus people with very high cars and gpa don’t have to have stellar casper scores and still be in the top 100. The Mmi is worth 70% of the selection process. Yes the correlation is not that strong but they found it to be more correlated compared to the other standard measures, however since they used the pre interview formula casper is worth the same as the other measures, which doesn’t follow their published study. i guess my thinking is that they keep saying capser is a good predictor of MMI performance if it was why not use it in place of MMI. but i can see why they might not. but idk this to me would make people less mad. And at least the class won't all have imposter syndrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusah Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Has anybody actually emailed McMaster about the button and gotten a response? Or would they have no idea since it's OMSAS's actions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, uottawaBIM said: FWIW, GPA: 4.00, CARS: 130, CASPer: interviewed at uOttawa, but unknown ofc No button. Still convinced button = offer now? This person sounds like top 100 to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, dusah said: Has anybody actually emailed McMaster about the button and gotten a response? I havent but I assume theyll deflect to OMSAS or just ignore you until Tuesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shqipe Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Random aside but how do you guys think I would do having 3.897 wGPA for Ottawa... also applied to the SAI and am bilingual Trying to avoid thinking about anything but just curious given that they will consider GPA and interview performance for final ranking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLWL Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, William Osler said: Still convinced button = offer now? This person sounds like top 100 to me I don’t have the button and iv been convinced by it from the beginning. Everything we have seen so far points to it being valid. This person may not have performed that well on casper and still gotten ottawa due to the 4.0 and great ECs. Plus as it was said earlier, we don’t exactly know how ottawa use casper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowmanTheSWOMEN Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Your interview is 100% of your ranking, so if your interview bin is a 3.5 or 4/4 you are given precedence over someone with higher GPA and lower bin. Dr. Shqipe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9V Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, William Osler said: Still convinced button = offer now? This person sounds like top 100 to me Based on the facts thus far, it really does seem to me that the top 100 will receive their button (and offer) on May 12th and that the current buttons are for those who were selected off the lottery. It may seem like I'm biased but I am judging this off the people who told us their stats on this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shqipe Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, HeyMrSnowman said: Your interview is 100% of your ranking, so if your interview bin is a 3.5 or 4/4 you are given precedence over someone with higher GPA and lower bin. Oh ok, so if interview went really well then no worries about GPA but if it wasn't within top bins, then GPA is used to rank within the bin until seats are filled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, M9V said: Based on the facts thus far, it really does seem to me that the top 100 will receive their button (and offer) on May 12th and that the current buttons are for those who were selected off the lottery. It may seem like I'm biased but I am judging this off the people who told us their stats on this thread. Why would make that differentiation to OMSAS is what I cant reconcile with that theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhopeful26 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, William Osler said: Still convinced button = offer now? This person sounds like top 100 to me 10 minutes ago, uottawaBIM said: FWIW, GPA: 4.00, CARS: 130, CASPer: interviewed at uOttawa, but unknown ofc No button. It doesn't sound like this person interviewed at Mac anyways though, I think they were just providing another stat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowmanTheSWOMEN Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Dr. Shqipe said: Oh ok, so if interview went really well then no worries about GPA but if it wasn't within top bins, then GPA is used to rank within the bin until seats are filled? Yessir! Dr. Shqipe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icymeia Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 I'm sad lol EmAeci, chxiel and SnowmanTheSWOMEN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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whatdoido Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 FWIW, I have a 4.0 cGPA and 131 CARS, and I don't see a button... I don't know how I did on CASPER, but I got a uOttawa invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icymeia Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, whatdoido said: FWIW, I have a 4.0 cGPA and 130 CARS, and I don't see a button... I don't know how I did on CASPER, but I got a uOttawa invite. did you interview at mac too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinbetween Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Dr. Shqipe said: Do you know how a 3.90 wGPA fares? I read somewhere that last year the average accepted wGPA was 3.94 (though definitely not to say we can't make it). I have no idea. I think it honestly depends on the interview. But rooting for both of us!! Fingers crossed. I'm also SAI but a much lower wgpa lol Dr. Shqipe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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