2020 Interview/Invite Thread

[corgi321 103]

3 minutes ago, Dancegal said:

Ya... it really hurt and I'm still so emotional. I don't think I emphasized that I would stay there enough, I didn't want to make up anything as I really am unsure where the future will take me (even though I would love to move back to Halifax or move to New Brunswick even) but I tried to be genuine and honest in my experiences. But congratulations to everyone else who got an invite, its a beautiful city and wishing you the best of luck.

I mean I don't think it's entirely fair for them to have you emphasize that you would stay there the rest of your life, who knows what the future holds...the most they should be expecting is that you're honest and introspective

 

But then again who knows what they're looking for in the essays, there's people with connections like yours that get rejected and sometimes people that have never been to the Maritimes that get invited so knows what it is exactly that they want

[EgginTryingTime 6]

Yup same boat as some of the other IP 

Reject

IP(NS)

GPA: 3.7

MCAT: 515

No email about casper cutoffs not met

[premed2232 0]

Invite

IP

MCAT: 508

GPA: 3.9

[09mmd15 2]

Big R

OOP

GPA: 4.0

MCAT: 515

Maritime connection: Very strong I thought. Spent my adolescence there and maintained some pretty strong community connections

Wow really wasnt expecting this tbh... don't know where I went wrong in my essay :/

[tryingtrying 3]

What is going on this year! IP applicants getting rejected? OOP applications that grew up in the maritimes getting rejected?? Am I missing something here

[carrotcake 0]

OOP Reject: 1:04 PM EST

MCAT: everything above 125

GPA BSc: 3.9; GPA PhD: 3.9

Maritime Connection: fam has been in NS for 3 generations.

This is so disappointing... I really thought I had a shot considering one of my colleagues got accepted into Dal last cycle and he had ZERO maritime connection and similar stats.

[SmallTownGal 30]

9 minutes ago, Hopefulkid said:

Just got my rejection

IP (NB)

GPA: 4.0

MCAT: 513

Also didn't get the email that was sent out to applicants who did not meet the CASPER cut off

 

Do we think Snapshot may have played a role in invites this year? So odd and I'm sorry to hear this

[retawxy 11]

1 minute ago, tryingtrying said:

What is going on this year! IP applicants getting rejected? OOP applications that grew up in the maritimes getting rejected?? Am I missing something here

I feel like the "significant increase in application" might have been more than we can imagine... I also can't believe these people with such deep ties can be rejected.

[Premedwithadream 18]

Just now, SmallTownGal said:

Do we think Snapshot may have played a role in invites this year? So odd and I'm sorry to hear this

They specifically said in the e-mail that Snapshot did not play a role in invites, so it's not that.

 

[retawxy 11]

Just now, SmallTownGal said:

Do we think Snapshot may have played a role in invites this year? So odd and I'm sorry to hear this

Dal said Snapshot wasn't used.

[jmn753 16]

IP (NB) invite!!

MCAT: 513

GPA: cGPA 3.6, BSc: 3.6, MSc: 4.0

Really grateful and excited!

[justarandomapplicant 2]

So I didn't get an email but see 3a/b in the application again...? Anyone else not get an email yet?

[MedDalQuestion1 4]

Just now, SmallTownGal said:

Do we think Snapshot may have played a role in invites this year? So odd and I'm sorry to hear this

Maybe but I would be more inclined to believe that Casper Snapshot will be used as part of the scoring for "Discretionary Points" post interview.

[MedDalQuestion1 4]

1 minute ago, justarandomapplicant said:

So I didn't get an email but see 3a/b in the application again...? Anyone else not get an email yet?

Check your junk mail. You should be in the clear.

[naptime98 50]

R

OOP

522

3.9

Mediocre connection

[justarandomapplicant 2]

Just now, MedDalQuestion1 said:

Check your junk mail. You should be in the clear.

Oh haha, yeah it was in the spam trap. Got an invite :)!

[sally1999 13]

10 minutes ago, 09mmd15 said:

Big R

OOP

GPA: 4.0

MCAT: 515

Maritime connection: Very strong I thought. Spent my adolescence there and maintained some pretty strong community connections

Wow really wasnt expecting this tbh... don't know where I went wrong in my essay :/

Super confused why you wouldn't get one? Geez the OOP pool must have been insane this year.

[newmy88 273]

Interview or Rejection: R  

TimeStamp: 1:03pm EST

GPA: 4.0

MCAT: 513

Maritime Connection (/OOP, IP): OOP, no real maritimes connection but thought my essay was compelling 

[nickij_2 0]

Interview invitation (2:09 PM atlantic)

MCAT: 504

GPA: 3.9

Maritime Connection: In province (NS)

[premedpre 2]

Invite!

OOP
3.9 GPA
509 MCAT
Strong connection to the maritimes

[anonpremed00 0]

Rejected

IP (NS)

GPA: 3.9

MCAT: 505

No CASPer rejection email. Extremely confused and upset. I thought IP get interview invites if all cutoffs are met. Not sure where to go from here.

[mastermucocele 20]

21 minutes ago, EgginTryingTime said:

Yup same boat as some of the other IP 

Reject

IP(NS)

GPA: 3.7

MCAT: 515

No email about casper cutoffs not met

Did anyone confirm though that those emails sent about Casper cutoffs were for IP people too? From what I saw, only OOP people had posted that they got emails about not meeting Casper cutoffs. There was a Dal interview invite thread on here or red-dit last year where someone IP got rejected on the day interview invites came out due to Casper. 

[MedDalQuestion1 4]

1 minute ago, mastermucocele said:

Did anyone confirm though that those emails sent about Casper cutoffs were for IP people too? From what I saw, only OOP people had posted that they got emails about not meeting Casper cutoffs. There was a Dal interview invite thread on here or red-dit last year where someone IP got rejected on the day interview invites came out due to Casper. 

I feel as though it would still be specified in the email that the rejection was due to Casper.

[neurophile 13]

Rejection - OOP

1:04pm Eastern

GPA: 3.9

MCAT: 509

Maritime connection: none, but wrote a strong essay.

[NB9718 0]

IP Rejection (NB)

MCAT: 505

GPA: 3.7 (UNB And MPH at MUN)

Felt confident about CASPER, and did not receive the email about not meeting the requirement. Also received a rejection from MUN and think that CASPER may be the cause, although I have not heard from either school. Does anyone know the email address that we should contact?

Thanks for your help everyone, good luck and I'll see you again next year!