May 12 Countdown Thread 2020

[Overstressed 7]

3 minutes ago, marioh123 said:

Last year, I was waitlisted at McMaster and was not accepted - I had the button. 

This year I interviewed at Mac and I still have the button. 

I don't think the button means anything 

So maybe it's also indicative of being wait-listed? 

[James Nystead 251]

2 minutes ago, marioh123 said:

Last year, I was waitlisted at McMaster and was not accepted - I had the button. 

This year I interviewed at Mac and I still have the button. 

I don't think the button means anything 

Have a good weekend guys, pce out

[Anon_9 38]

2 minutes ago, HeyMrSnowman said:

can someone inspect element their button

I think someone did and it showed the word "error". Guys this is most likely a glitch, let's come back on Monday.

[short_stack 174]

3 minutes ago, marioh123 said:

Last year, I was waitlisted at McMaster and was not accepted - I had the button. 

This year I interviewed at Mac and I still have the button. 

I don't think the button means anything 

Sorry, just to clarify - was McMaster your ONLY interview last year and this year?

[James Nystead 251]

Just now, Overstressed said:

So maybe it's also indicative of being wait-listed? 

OMSAS has no idea nor do they give a hoot if youre waitlisted or not

[SoftTings 77]

MAC JUST SENT AN EMAIL

[MedicineLCS 353]

Mac used a partial lottery!

[short_stack 174]

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[Ms1998 11]

7 minutes ago, Overstressed said:

I've been following this forum for the last two years, just never felt the need to post anything until this whole scandal started. I didn't even get an interview at Mac this year so I have no stake in this. 

 So I went and checked. Only two people said “yes” to the button with only a queens interview. One was an md/PhD student who got accepted earlier which we already established is a criterion for having the button. The second user is aeoaeoaeo,  and I went back to their post and they had said “no” to the button. Phew! 

[SoftTings 77]

TLDR: Top 100 get offers, rest are in a lottery

[MedicineLCS 353]

EDIt. Probably not a great idea to share the entire email... 

[DrOtter 345]

2 minutes ago, MedicineLCS said:

Mac used a partial lottery!

Oh sh*t we called it

[SnowmanTheSWOMEN 156]

someone with high iq explain the relationship between buttons with the lottery then

[MedicineLCS 353]

To recap:

Top 100 offered because they usually get offers (70+%).

The rest were placed in a lottery for their spots (including waitlist!). 

The simple conclusion is that they send out the same number of offers anyway, so those with the button may or may not have been in the top 100/won the lottery. 

[Neuroresearch 46]

When they say they use GPA and MCAT, do you think they're using just CARS or whole score?

[DrOtter 345]

2 minutes ago, MedicineLCS said:

EDIt. Probably not a great idea to share the entire email... 

Was it meant to be confidential only to interviewees? 

[takasugi 98]

What is the top 100 based on though?

[SoftTings 77]

I'm honestly very upset, and my opinion of Mac has gone down a lot. It's gone from my top choice to my bottom, I find this to be a gross mishandling of the situation

[Juxtaglomerulus 6]

Just now, takasugi said:

What is the top 100 based on though?

I'm assuming pre-interview scores! 30% GPA 30% CARS 40% CASPer ?

[MedicineLCS 353]

Just now, DrOtter said:

Was it meant to be confidential only to interviewees? 

They have the little rider that I normally don't read at the bottom of the email, so I feel fine sharing the idea, but not the text. 

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Just now, takasugi said:

What is the top 100 based on though?

I think they mean that the pre-interview ranking of the 552 people was used, minus the aboriginal applicants. So after aboriginal applicants were removed, the top 100 selected people were automatically given an offer, and the remaining 450ish will be lottery.

[James Nystead 251]

Just now, takasugi said:

What is the top 100 based on though?

Preinterview formula 32%GPA 32%CARS 32%CASPer 1% boost MSc 4% boost PhD

[MD_Dream97 27]

2 minutes ago, Neuroresearch said:

When they say they use GPA and MCAT, do you think they're using just CARS or whole score?

CARS. cuz they say pre-interview ranking which only uses CARS plus CASPer and GPA. 

[SnowmanTheSWOMEN 156]

Just now, Juxtaglomerulus said:

I'm assuming pre-interview scores! 30% GPA 30% CARS 40% CASPer ?

they never said casper tho

[DrOtter 345]

1 minute ago, HeyMrSnowman said:

someone with high iq explain the relationship between buttons with the lottery then

At this rate, it probs means that CASPer was weighed extremely heavily hence all the people with the button and less than perfect GPA and CARS. The rest are chosen based on a lottery hence a mix of low and high stats but middling CASPer.