MDWoman Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 36 minutes ago, William Osler said: Too early, usually starts a couple days later I wouldn't really look forward to any particular day though or else this entire wait will be torture. Big wave on May 27 tho. Its Wendy individually emailing each applicant x 100+ so it may take a while too Please update the thread once any of you hear from Wendy regarding a spot opening up Didn't some people get offers the very next day last year or the year before that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDWoman Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just now, Furosemide said: Hey all, got an offer from my IP school so will be declining my Mac offer. Best of luck to you all and please don't let anyone take the joy of getting an acceptance to med school away from you, regardless of how you got it! Congrats on your multiple acceptances. The Mac waitlist squad appreciates your sacrifice Furosemide 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, MDWoman said: Didn't some people get offers the very next day last year or the year before that? Every year there were a few days gap between D-day and waitlist movement and Mac - those that got in right off the bat are few compared to the tsunami on May 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillbeMD2024 Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 GL waitlist people, I will be rejecting Mac. I think I got in based on stats, 132 in CARS, but don't like the lottery aspect of it. nrcplstake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just now, WillbeMD2024 said: GL waitlist people, I will be rejecting Mac. I think I got in based on stats, 132 in CARS, but don't like the lottery aspect of it. thanks for your service. Now your username will match to. WillbeMD2024 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDWoman Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, WillbeMD2024 said: GL waitlist people, I will be rejecting Mac. I think I got in based on stats, 132 in CARS, but don't like the lottery aspect of it. Good luck in your future. What offer will you be accepting in lieu of Mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillbeMD2024 Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, MDWoman said: Good luck in your future. What offer will you be accepting in lieu of Mac? UofT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDWoman Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just now, WillbeMD2024 said: UofT Wow! Congratulations! lm4444, WillbeMD2024 and justamom 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamom Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Furosemide said: Hey all, got an offer from my IP school so will be declining my Mac offer. Best of luck to you all and please don't let anyone take the joy of getting an acceptance to med school away from you, regardless of how you got it! Congrats !!!!!!!!!! Furosemide 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineLCS Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 As an interesting note to anyone waitlisted, ALL the accepted people did not have "the button" and all the people waitlisted did have it. Now, it could be random still, but I find that interesting since it means the data compiled for trying to figure out "the button" is relevant to waitlisted people, although there's no guarantee that everyone who did have the button was waitlisted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seewhathappens Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 14 minutes ago, MedicineLCS said: As an interesting note to anyone waitlisted, ALL the accepted people did not have "the button" and all the people waitlisted did have it. Now, it could be random still, but I find that interesting since it means the data compiled for trying to figure out "the button" is relevant to waitlisted people, although there's no guarantee that everyone who did have the button was waitlisted. Not all, saw an accepted person with the button. Just sampling bias at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBrown Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Before coming to conclusions I like to first understand why certain decisions are made. From what I’ve read, it seems like no waitlist details are provided because in previous years they wanted to prevent people from inferring their MMI performance. I guess that makes sense. But given that our waitlist position this year is randomized, I fail to see why releasing details should be avoided. If anything, the only outcome of telling us would be a great reduction in anxiety for several people. Can someone explain to me a good reason for keeping details secret. If there isn’t a reason, would it be silly of me to ask this of McMaster? JigsawMD and Weluvmedicine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrcplstake Posted May 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just now, SBrown said: Before coming to conclusions I like to first understand why certain decisions are made. From what I’ve read, it seems like no waitlist details are provided because in previous years they wanted to prevent people from inferring their MMI performance. I guess that makes sense. But given that our waitlist position this year is randomized, I fail to see why releasing details should be avoided. If anything, the only outcome of telling us would be a great reduction in anxiety for several people. Can someone explain to me a good reason for keeping details secret. If there isn’t a reason, would it be silly of me to ask this of McMaster? I don’t really understand their reasoning either... honestly I would greatly appreciate any additional information on waitlist size or location! I feel like as long as you ask Wendy nicely, it can’t hurt. SBrown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takasugi Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Maybe they don't want to tell your waitlist rank because it's more work for them? IDK. Everytime someone declines, wouldn't they have to update you on where you rank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDWoman Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 They could just tell us our initial rank. Where we started off on the waitlist SBrown, JigsawMD and DonutLover 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBrown Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just now, takasugi said: Maybe they don't want to tell your waitlist rank because it's more work for them? IDK. Everytime someone declines, wouldn't they have to update you on where you rank? For sure that does seem like too much work. Good point. Perhaps even just knowing how many are on the list would be nice though. But then there would still be uncertainty. Perhaps I should just learn to deal with the uncertainty instead of looking for more info to appease me haha. In any case, good luck to all of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seewhathappens Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 I also suspect that they won't release waitlist info, so you can't try and game/gamble your position on the waitlist for other schools. For example if you have an offer, but waitlisted somewhere, you may behave differently in terms of waiting/accepting offers across Ontario, and especially outside the province, where Mac doesn't have info if you've accepted a different offer. SBrown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nystead Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 I think everyone here will calm down a bit once one of yall post theyve been contacted by Wendy Phil Jackson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDWoman Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 I think the earliest we can reasonably expect to be contacted by Wendy is May 20th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedWonderer Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Out of curiosity, some people here have said they are rejecting the waitlist. Will they be offered interviews next year too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrcplstake Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, MedWonderer said: Out of curiosity, some people here have said they are rejecting the waitlist. Will they be offered interviews next year too? I feel like if they didn’t accept a med school offer anywhere else, they would? But I feel like most people won’t reject a wl and apply to med schools again unless they accepted another med offer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLD Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, MedWonderer said: Out of curiosity, some people here have said they are rejecting the waitlist. Will they be offered interviews next year too? I would assume someone rejecting the waitlist is accepting an offer somewhere else so they would not need to interview next year as they would be in med school already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowmanTheSWOMEN Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 I will be declining the offer in favour of Ottawa! I have nothing against McMaster, it's just that I would like a chillaxed pace of a 4 year program. I hope this opens up a spot for someone in the waitlist! Keep your heads up SBrown, nrcplstake, Weluvmedicine and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleasehelp Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 What is the "button" that everyone is talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggition Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, pleasehelp said: What is the "button" that everyone is talking about? Go to your OMSAS account, then choices/offers. There's a button that says reset responses. That's The Button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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