Wait list 2020

[CoffeeandMedicine 14]

1 minute ago, zoxy said:

I posted this in the other thread as well but I thought I'd post it here as well. My OOP 3rd quartile email says that due to the uncertainty I should make alternative plans. Does the OOP 2nd quartile wait list email say the same thing?

I don't know about OOP, but my IP first quartile says the same thing!

[zoxy 132]

1 minute ago, Cactus93 said:

Did they tell you how many they put on your waitlist?

They did for OOP but the wait lists are seperate.

[littleappythatcould 7]

9 minutes ago, CoffeeandMedicine said:

I know a couple of IP applicants who got in off the wait list in mid-June in the past couple of years but I also don't have a clear picture. Regardless, I'm sure we won't see much, if any, movement until after the deadline to accept for the first round of offers. Such an emotional rollercoaster

Yes, very true! ....If only we could see the number of members the fb group has already haha! 

[Cactus93 2]

3 minutes ago, zoxy said:

They did for OOP but the wait lists are seperate.

How many on the OOP

[Malulu123 13]

I am OOP, will be declining my offer soon!

[coffeeandmed 200]

1 hour ago, littleappythatcould said:

Hi everyone! Congrats on getting this far. 

Just wondering how long accepted offers have to confirm with the College that they are in fact accepting. Anyone know? 

Hey! Don’t know if you got a response, but the offer deadline is May 25 at 4:00pm Sask time

[zoxy 132]

36 minutes ago, Cactus93 said:

How many on the OOP

Aren't you IP?

[Cactus93 2]

9 minutes ago, zoxy said:

Aren't you IP?

Sorry for being curious ?

[Abreezy 1]

4 minutes ago, Cactus93 said:

Sorry for being curious ?

Not sure what's up with the secrecy lol but I read in previous years' posts that OOP waitlist was 20-30 people. Not sure how true that is but hope that helps!

[burner12345 2]

They said there are 102 people placed on the IP waitlist this year. Is that normal? I'm wondering why they decided to pick such a higher number. 

[justdoingmybest 36]

19 minutes ago, Abreezy said:

Not sure what's up with the secrecy lol but I read in previous years' posts that OOP waitlist was 20-30 people. Not sure how true that is but hope that helps!

It is 45 people this year!

[zoxy 132]

57 minutes ago, Cactus93 said:

Sorry for being curious ?

I'm sorry, you can imagine I'm not in a particularly good mood. Still, that's not an excuse for being an a**hole. My apologies.

[Alegobeh2 8]

I am OOP in the first quartile waitlist. I will be rejecting my offer due to an acceptance at a IP school. I wish you all the best of luck!

[zoxy 132]

2 hours ago, burner12345 said:

They said there are 102 people placed on the IP waitlist this year. Is that normal? I'm wondering why they decided to pick such a higher number. 

That's such a high number and it seems unnecessarily cruel. According to the AFMC data they gave 104 IP  offers in 2018/19, 88 IP offers for 2017/18 and 96 IP offers in 2016/17. If they really did wait list that many people, then what they're doing now is quite disappointing.

[skmed257 7]

7 minutes ago, zoxy said:

That's such a high number and it seems unnecessarily cruel. According to the AFMC data they gave 104 IP  offers in 2018/19, 88 IP offers for 2017/18 and 96 IP offers in 2016/17. If they really did wait list that many people, then what they're doing now is quite disappointing.

From what I can tell, everyone that was not given a direct offer of admission was added to the In Province wait list. In previous years, I believe the wait list for IP applicants was 45 people (top 3rd, middle 3rd and bottom 3rd). Top and middle 3rd have the best chance of admission, whereas bottom third usually does not move. Cannot understand the decision to give someone a 4th quartile IP wait list spot instead of a rejection, seeing as over 75 people would have to reject their offers to be admissible...

[tallshirts 34]

Considering the class size is 100 (5 seats are reserved for out of province), that does seem like a high number. Where did you see the number of offers given in previous years? 

 

[zoxy 132]

7 minutes ago, tallshirts said:

Considering the class size is 100 (5 seats are reserved for out of province), that does seem like a high number. Where did you see the number of offers given in previous years? 

 

I did some calculations combining the information from AFMC and USask admission statistics.

https://afmc.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/2020_admission-requirements_EN.pdf

https://medicine.usask.ca/documents/ugme/admission/admissions-statistics-5-year-summary.pdf

[Cactus93 2]

Over the past 5 years it looks like between 28-46 people decline the offer  -AFMC

[PR-qrs-ST 1]

1 hour ago, zoxy said:

That's such a high number and it seems unnecessarily cruel. According to the AFMC data they gave 104 IP  offers in 2018/19, 88 IP offers for 2017/18 and 96 IP offers in 2016/17. If they really did wait list that many people, then what they're doing now is quite disappointing.

I think it’s understandable that you are not in the highest spirits, but there’s some fairly emotionally charged responses coming from you that are regrettable. 
 

The mandate of the CoM is to graduate physicians that are suitable and needed by the province. As such, 100(ish) students graduate every year and, relatedly, some 120 residency positions are filled. Medicine is a very competitive program attractive highly qualified applicants and, therefore, it is important that every available seat is filled for the good of the program and for the mandate to be fulfilled. 
 

As such, being accepted is a privilege. Being on the wait list is also a privilege. It is understandable to be emotionally charged when rejected or waitlisted as you have undoubtedly put a lot of effort into pursuing this profession. That said, the waitlist exists to fulfill the needs of the college and the provincial mandate - not the hopes of prospective students. 
 

I’m sorry for the tough love. Hope you hear good news soon. 
 

-CurrentMed

[zoxy 132]

51 minutes ago, PR-qrs-ST said:

I think it’s understandable that you are not in the highest spirits, but there’s some fairly emotionally charged responses coming from you that are regrettable. 
 

The mandate of the CoM is to graduate physicians that are suitable and needed by the province. As such, 100(ish) students graduate every year and, relatedly, some 120 residency positions are filled. Medicine is a very competitive program attractive highly qualified applicants and, therefore, it is important that every available seat is filled for the good of the program and for the mandate to be fulfilled. 
 

As such, being accepted is a privilege. Being on the wait list is also a privilege. It is understandable to be emotionally charged when rejected or waitlisted as you have undoubtedly put a lot of effort into pursuing this profession. That said, the waitlist exists to fulfill the needs of the college and the provincial mandate - not the hopes of prospective students. 
 

I’m sorry for the tough love. Hope you hear good news soon. 
 

-CurrentMed

I'm not griping about being wait listed and I fully understand that it's a privilege and not a right. In fact USask has  clear admissions criteria, isn't a blackbox like Queens, UBC, and Alberta to name a few, and didn't cancel interviews like Mac who just used a lottery for admissions so I applaud the Usask admissions team for that.

I'm just stating the fact that I don't understand why they would waitlist so many IP people when, according to the AFMC data, most IP students accept their offers. Btw, I'm OOP as I said above so their wait listing of 102 IP students(assuming the person who stated this number is being accurate)  has exactly zero impact on me.

 

[thisisamess 3]

On 5/15/2020 at 9:33 AM, littleappythatcould said:

Hi everyone! Congrats on getting this far. 

Just wondering how long accepted offers have to confirm with the College that they are in fact accepting. Anyone know? 

Until May 25th I believe!

[burner12345 2]

Has anyone heard of movement yet?

[littleappythatcould 7]

On 5/19/2020 at 12:52 PM, burner12345 said:

Has anyone heard of movement yet?

I personally haven't heard of any movement (IP, 1st Q). I wonder if we will hear something tomorrow since they mentioned updating every week? Just a guess. 

[thisisamess 3]

I feel like most movement will come after May 25th since that was the deadline to confirm acceptance for those with offers so far! 

[12345mdsk 13]

I know of one person that’s gotten accepted off of the waitlist today