waitlistlurker Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 Hi all, I just got an offer for Western's OT program but I'm also on Western's medicine waitlist (and a couple of other med waitlists). Does anyone know if I were to accept the OT offer, if that would automatically remove me from the OMSAS waitlists? Has anyone been in this situation before? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicallyricalmiracle Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 it would probably be a bad decision since they are at the same school. also, if you're getting on multiple waitlists for medicine (which, i'm assuming is your first choice) you may want to consider waiting it out/reapplying next year rather than spend 2 years on the OT grind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrOtter Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 You might want to check with Western and other med schools before passing on the offer. There have been posts from candidates who got accepted and enrolled in Master's courses before withdrawing and accepting a med offer, even within the same faculty. So it might not be as big an issue. So check in with the schools first beforehand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitlistlurker Posted June 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 Thanks for your responses, I've already emailed the schools to clarify, but was just wondering if anyone had been in the same situation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitlistlurker Posted June 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 In case anyone else is wondering, so far two schools (Ottawa and McMaster) have confirmed that ORPAS and OMSAS are separate, so accepting the OT offer would not affect their waitlists in any way. Haven't received responses from Western or Queen's but I'm hoping it would be similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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