James Nystead Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, premed1995 said: Can someone link the Mac med 2023 Facebook group? I can’t seem to find it. Thanks in advance! It hasnt been created yet but it will be named McMaster Medicine Class of 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 24 minutes ago, guacamole17 said: wait - do you think that schools only send offers to OMSAS or all results? If so - it wouldn't make sense that the button means rejection right? also for the record - i have the button (3.95 GPA 129 CARS) what campus did u put as ur first choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontariopremed Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Ontario have mercy said: So historically Mac and Ottawa come first (before 8 am). Does anyone know what time Queen’s/Toronto send offers/rejections? my friend got a queen's offer at 8:43 AM, u of t offer at 9:25 AM, mac at 8:54 am, ottawa at 6:53AM - all two years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Why is ottawa up so early lol 1 minute ago, ontariopremed said: my friend got a queen's offer at 8:43 AM, u of t offer at 9:25 AM, mac at 8:54 am, ottawa at 6:53AM - all two years ago reginageorge, chxiel and jgdiff 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 minute ago, ontariopremed said: my friend got a queen's offer at 8:43 AM, u of t offer at 9:25 AM, mac at 8:54 am, ottawa at 6:53AM - all two years ago What a stud ontariopremed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Just now, MDLD said: Why is ottawa up so early lol Its automated from a computer lol MDLD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWayIAre Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 can anyone else just not mentally picture themselves getting accepted? like i have decent stats and I don't think my interviews went poorly but I just cannot picture a scenario in my head in which I get accepted lol, everytime I picture the results email it's just so much easier to imagine a rejection Applicant95, kreedz, PequalsMD and 11 others 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icymeia Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Anyone want to PM me on how anxious they are rn because I AMM! I have a horrible feeling... ijustwantanmd and Ms1998 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Just now, icymeia said: Anyone want to PM me on how anxious they are rn because I AMM! I have a horrible feeling... feel free to pm me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_stack Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, icymeia said: Anyone want to PM me on how anxious they are rn because I AMM! I have a horrible feeling... Hey me too! Mac was my only interview and I'm DEFINITELY a lottery person because my GPA sucks. My anxiety is invading my dreams, I cannot wait for this to be over soon lol. I'm happy to talk if you need ijustwantanmd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icymeia Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Just now, short_stack said: Hey me too! Mac was my only interview and I'm DEFINITELY a lottery person because my GPA sucks. My anxiety is invading my dreams, I cannot wait for this to be over soon lol. I'm happy to talk if you need I had a nightmare I got in... and then my younger sister told me... all happy... only it turns out SHE got in somehow, and I got rejected... and then she kept laughing at me........... reginageorge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrOtter Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, TheWayIAre said: can anyone else just not mentally picture themselves getting accepted? like i have decent stats and I don't think my interviews went poorly but I just cannot picture a scenario in my head in which I get accepted lol, everytime I picture the results email it's just so much easier to imagine a rejection. I can. I just don't allow myself to do that lol because it makes me too hopeful. Marf1225 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreedz Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 I feel my interview went so poorly that I shouldn't even bother having hope, but it's hard, I keep having some hope. Marf1225, chxiel, Maggiie19 and 4 others 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guacamole17 Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, MDLD said: what campus did u put as ur first choice? i did hamilton then waterloo then niagara! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_stack Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, icymeia said: I had a nightmare I got in... and then my younger sister told me... all happy... only it turns out SHE got in somehow, and I got rejected... and then she kept laughing at me........... Aw I totally get where you're coming from. I had such weird anxiety dreams last night and one of them was some random person being rude and telling me I got rejected because I didn't believe in The Button theory LMAO (I'm still inclined to think it might be meaningless haha) Honestly, I'm more afraid of my anxiety fueled dreams than I am of just facing the hours slowly ticking away so I'm probably not sleeping until this is over kreedz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icymeia Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Just now, short_stack said: Aw I totally get where you're coming from. I had such weird anxiety dreams last night and one of them was some random person being rude and telling me I got rejected because I didn't believe in The Button theory LMAO (I'm still inclined to think it might be meaningless haha) Honestly, I'm more afraid of my anxiety fueled dreams than I am of just facing the hours slowly ticking away so I'm probably not sleeping until this is over As someone who doesn't have a button, I 100% believe in button = offer because I am pessimistic short_stack and hijkl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontariopremed Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 4 hours ago, inkbat said: mac: definitely on the lottery list due to low GPA and avg CARS... also no button which gives me a bad feeling about the result. just hoping to be at least waitlisted at this point :/ western: felt pretty good about the interview and got positive vibes from the panel. not SWOMEN tho, not sure if that puts me at a disadvantage. feeling most confident about this one. queen’s: felt fine about the MMI and great about the panel. felt a lot less confident about my chances here after finding out that panel may be more of a checkmark in the selection process. the anxiety is real rn im gonna speak about how i felt about my interviews from both cycles: 2018/19: ottawa - did not go well --> bad waitlist mac --> meh, some stations went better than others - did not feel that i bombed anything --> waitlist u of t --> thought it went really well and related with all my interviewers --> waitlist 2019/2020: ottawa --> much better than last year's interview --> hopefully good waitlist queen's --> (in person) couldn't really tell how my MMI went, but panel went well --> guessing waitlist u of t --> online interviews, have no clue how it went, it was super unnatural but i did my best --> hopefully offer mac --> most likely in the lottery given my CARS score --> hope it turns out in my favour all this info is to really say its extremely difficult to predict your own performance and whether or not that translates into an offer. Last year i had an extremely rough time accepting my failure and completely broke down with no backup plan/zero clue what to do with my life for an entire year. this isn't an easy process and has the potential to break you as a person. remember regardless of the outcome, that if you want to pursue a career in medicine - keep doing it until you succeed. i'll leave you with the stockdale paradox - this has resonated with me at a deep level and has helped me cope with my failure during difficult times. even if it doesn't work out this year - i hope you keep trying! "The Stockdale Paradox": you must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. good luck to everyone - sorry for the long post rinzler, jgdiff and Rabeprazole 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ontariopremed Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, med97 said: Hey could you please elaborate if you don't mind, what exactly didn't go well for you in Ottawa interview last year, as this is one of rare instances where feeling after did interview did correlate!! And it's nice to hear this year went better (what was different this year?) Thank you! 2018/19 - i was just super nervous and kinda froze during some of the questions and didn't respond to them as i would expect an applicant to - the panel was also super cold and that did not help - i could've been better prepped this year - i did more practice and prep - felt more comfortable with my answers and although cliche - i genuinely spoke from the heart - lastly, my panel this year at ottawa was super warm and helped me feel more comfortable despite my initial nerves and thinking *i'm a failure/lack of self-confidence* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:(( Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 26 minutes ago, icymeia said: Anyone want to PM me on how anxious they are rn because I AMM! I have a horrible feeling... Awhh relatable! Feel free to pm me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieMac Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 - short_stack and James Nystead 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_stack Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, icymeia said: As someone who doesn't have a button, I 100% believe in button = offer because I am pessimistic I think there's a lot of circumstantial evidence that might seem to point in that direction, so I don't blame you for feeling it might be real. I want to believe it's not real because I also don't have the button lol so I guess I'm biased too. I hope you have other interviews and offers because so far The Button is only associated with Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbmed Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, YesIcan55 said: I just checked that last year's equivalent thread had a total of 11 pages...this thread is almost 7x as long as of now lol Side effect of cooping up pre-med in the two months before admissions ahahah thisisamess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, icymeia said: As someone who doesn't have a button, I 100% believe in button = offer because I am pessimistic As someone who does have a button, I 100% believe in button = meaningless because I am pessimistic ijustwantanmd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, hbmed said: Side effect of cooping up pre-med in the two months before admissions ahahah And dropping the button and lottery bombshell within a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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