UBC MD Interview Invites/Regrets Thread - 2020/21

[scubadancingg]

19 minutes ago, Excel-erate Your Breath said:

Excited to finally post my result in this thread, albeit it's not a pleasant post. Just doing this to document it.

Timestamp: 2020/18/12 4:38PM (this was the time the rejection email got sent; was not able to see application status until today)
Result: Regrets, No Interview
GPA (ineligible for adjusted GPA): 84.16%
MCAT: 512 (127/128/126/131...can you guess my undergrad major? lol)
Geography: IP, filled rural application
ECs: moderately strong (more details quantifying the strength below); go look at my first post on the forums for some more details if interested
NAQ Range: 50th to 75th percentile
My Result: got 50, IP cutoff was 53

Based on previous years of applicants (and the AQ scale being harsher every year), I assumed my GPA translated to about 20 AQ, meaning my NAQ = My Result minus AQ = 50 - 20 = around 60th percentile. Not bad, not great, a bit below the average of accepted applicants for the past few years.

Looking forward to having my abysmal second year deleted should I choose to apply to med next year - that'll put me at around 90% adjusted GPA. That, coupled with my current NAQ strength + the improvements to NAQ that I've already been working on since before submitting this application should hopefully see me get an interview invite next year should I choose to apply!

With that, I'll be signing off from these forums for a while - it's been great talking to y'all and being a helpful voice, but I just need to do my own thing for a bit. You might see me back around and active for next app cycle, but you also might not - going to take time and think about what is actually going to be best for me and my life.

Going to conclude with something that is against the norm of what is usually said online: it is okay to give up. Medicine probably isn't the only thing that you would be happy doing as a career in life because there's just too much variety in jobs in the world for you to literally not jive with ANYTHING else. I still have medicine as quite high on my career choice list, but there are a lot of factors that may end up pushing me to pursue something else instead.

DM me if your issue is super pressing and you really need me to speak on it - it sends me an email notification that I got a message.

 

Holy moly... with having a similar gpa (that is actually AGPA) and worse ECs than yours (just checked your older posts).. this really worries me for next year........

[scubadancingg]

Just now, scubadancingg said:

Holy moly... with having a similar gpa (that is actually AGPA) and worse ECs than yours (just checked your older posts).. this really worries me for next year........

Honestly, did ANYONE in-province get an interview this year with GPA between 80-85???? Each year you will see at least some floating around, but since last year it just seems like most people are 88+ , with some non-trads being 85-87

[plsdontletthisbeawaste]

TIME STAMP: 1:20PM PST (Friday, December 18, 2020)
Result: Invite
Early or Regular Deadline: Regular
GPA or AGPA (if applicable): GPA is 84.8%, but with AGPA around 86-87%?
MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 514 (129/126/128/131)
Current Degree (UG/Bachelors/Masters/PhD): Finished my BSc in May 2020
Geography (IP/OOP):  IP; second time applying, regrets last year
 

ECs:
Research, stipends, local/provincial conferences, and a first-author pub.
Team/club/leadership experience, employment history, recreational sports, mentoring/coaching, hospital volunteering, other community stuff.
Didn't apply for rural.

NAQ Range: when rejected last year, it was 50th - 74.99th Percentile (my activities haven't changed much this application cycle, so I'm assuming a similar NAQ)
My Result: Last year, from using the inspector tool, looks like my TFR was 47. IP cutoff was 52 and OOP cutoff was 63. My 83 average was around 19 AQ I guessed. Not sure what it was this year.

Overall I think I must have been right at the cutoff and was lucky to even get an interview because I've seen stats very similar to mine or even better on this thread but not get an interview. Definitely won't take this opportunity for granted and I realize that the interview is just another hurdle to jump (which I'm so deathly afraid of right now)

[HappyHippo]

6 minutes ago, Ubcmedapplicant101 said:

So even meeting the cut off doesn't get us an interview ? That's sad 

Good luck next time 

No, you have to be above. Didn’t know that either however I learned the hard way lol..

[practically.apoptotic]

17 minutes ago, HappyHippo said:

No, you have to be above. Didn’t know that either however I learned the hard way lol..

Yup, had a couple friends last year who were 51 and 52 with the cutoff at 52. This year I'm the one at 53 with the cutoff being 53

[BonJovi]

Does anyone know how UBC feels about applicants using an inspect element to find out about their scores? Are they okay with it?

[medhopeful23]

Does anyone know how the NAQ is calculated?

[kin1235]

Anyone else skeptical about the way their non-academic activities were evaluated?

I was waitlisted after an interview last year and this year I was rejected prior to the interview with a total file review score of 47. This application cycle my GPA was higher (90.08) and I improved my extracurricular activities. That being said, my NAQ went from the 25-50 percentile to the 0-25 percentile.

I was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience?

[idkmed]

42 minutes ago, kin1235 said:

Anyone else skeptical about the way their non-academic activities were evaluated?

I was waitlisted after an interview last year and this year I was rejected prior to the interview with a total file review score of 47. This application cycle my GPA was higher (90.08) and I improved my extracurricular activities. That being said, my NAQ went from the 25-50 percentile to the 0-25 percentile.

I was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience?

Hey same thing for me. I am OOP, and was 50-75 percentile for NAQ score last year, and this year become 25-50 percentile. This was despite even much better ECs and addition, though I did not change the descriptions much compared to last year. Either competition was insanely higher this year, or people had more time to improve wording of the entries. It's probably both and a number of other reasons, like personalizing the entries to highlight other stories and life experiences. 

[wonderous_dreamder]

Guys I'm wondering if there's way to calculate your NAQ score?

If we have our GPA, average GPA, and consider half and half, isn't there any way we can kind of calculate?

[sorrynotsorry]

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[ubccommutergirl]

TIME STAMP: December 18th, 2020
Result: Regrets
Early or Regular Deadline: Regular
GPA or AGPA (if applicable): 84.42 (AGPA)
MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 510 (126/127/127/130)
Geography (IP/OOP):  IP

ECs:
Most of the main things: Co-President and former Events VP for a NPO (4 years), founder of an anti-bullying program, social media manager, coordinator, and ambassador for 3 mental health non-profits, marketing team member for a university-run service, peer mentor in my major, various continued music commitments since 2011, backup musician for a couple singer-songwriters, research experience in 2 different labs, various ongoing hobbies.

NAQ Range: 75th-100th percentile.
My Result: 53 (according to inspect element). Must've missed it by the slightest bit since the cutoff was 53 so that hurt... 

Last year my score was 44 - GPA was around 81 at the time and NAQ in the 50-75th percentile.

[Simba123]

Anyone got interviews with a GPA with 80-84%?

[EnggPremed]

TIME STAMP: December 18th, 2020
Result: Regrets
Early or Regular Deadline: Regular
GPA or AGPA (if applicable): 92.14%
MCAT (CPBS / CARS / BBFL / PSBB): 520 (130/128/132/130) 
Geography (IP/OOP):  OOP

ECs: Diverse

NAQ Range: 50 - 74.99 
My Result: 59  

 

[marsaturn20]

16 hours ago, Simba123 said:

Anyone got interviews with a GPA with 80-84%?

I have a low A- average and got invited

[1234561234]

On 12/23/2020 at 8:08 PM, hope99 said:

anyone drop from 75-100 naq from last year to 0-25?

I dropped from around 40th to 0-25, even though I had a few more activities and increased duration of activities, with almost identical descriptions. However, that seems like a big drop.

[gin_and_myoclonic]

Time Stamp (i.e. include date and time): n/a
Result (i.e. invite or regrets): Regrets
GPA/AGPA (i.e. whichever is applicable): 86.49 -- actual = 89.76% but UBC's formula brings it down :)))
MCAT (i.e. total score and breakdown in the order of CP/CARS/BB/PS): 506 (124/129/124/129) -- Non-science background, yes I am re-writing (lol)
Geography (i.e. IP or OOP): IP -- filled out Rural section
ECs (i.e. brief rundown of Research Pubs/Presentations, Awards, Employment, and Non-Academic Activities - also Rural stuff if you want/if it applies): Some research, 1 of 15 students across Canada to receive a v competitive research scholarship in 2019, other academic/leadership based scholarships, competed nationally (and medalled) in dance, non-traditional applicant (recent RN graduate) with tons of patient experience, extensive personal experience as a patient myself with chronic illness, started my own charity which is still going strong, 2 years + experience as co-director of an indigenous mental health outreach program (not-indigenous myself, but my co-director is!), worked nationally to change accommodations processes for students with disabilities and was successful, VP of several university clubs, general consistent long-term volunteerism/EC's. 
NAQ Range (i.e. what quartile you fell in):  50-74.99

score for reference: 52

 

First time app -- hoping for more success at other schools/next year if necessary! Congratulations to everyone who got invites

[3betafish]

Time Stamp (i.e. include date and time): n/a
Result (i.e. invite or regrets): Regrets
GPA/AGPA (i.e. whichever is applicable): a little above 85% (just made the OOP cut off)
MCAT (i.e. total score and breakdown in the order of CP/CARS/BB/PS): 514
Geography (i.e. IP or OOP): OOP
ECs (i.e. brief rundown of Research Pubs/Presentations, Awards, Employment, and Non-Academic Activities - also Rural stuff if you want/if it applies): I’m a non trad applicant with a lot of varied experiences and worked many jobs in my life. I tried to share a lot about myself through my activities (what I care about: family, my community, and equity)
NAQ Range (i.e. what quartile you fell in): 75-100

My result: 56

 

Posting this because it’s been helpful for me to see other’s stats. I’m a first time applicant and getting these results was helpful to let me know where I stand and whether or not I should reapply at UBC as an OOP next year (I will not, unless I gain IP status, as my GPA is not going to change much at this point). 

Thanks to all in this thread :-).

[companisbiki]

Time Stamp (i.e. include date and time): 7 PM PST, Dec 17

Result (i.e. invite or regrets): Invite

GPA/AGPA (i.e. whichever is applicable): did undergrad in US, idk how GPA would be calculated (3.75/4)

MCAT (i.e. total score and breakdown in the order of CP/CARS/BB/PS): 508 (129/125/127/127)

Geography (i.e. IP or OOP): IP 

ECs (i.e. brief rundown of Research Pubs/Presentations, Awards, Employment, and Non-Academic Activities - also Rural stuff if you want/if it applies): No research. Music activity during high school. Volunteered for the International Student support group, summer camp for children with long term health issues, and also volunteered at the local hospital ICU as a hand hygiene auditor and escort during my undergraduate years. Worked as a Registered Nurse for 6 years in various settings such as Long Term Care (Residential), sub-acute, rehabilitation, and inpatient medicine units at hospitals, volunteered at a local Food Bank for a year (3-4 hrs a week) while working. Volunteered for free medical clinics in the USA as a nurse two times. Did short-term missionary work at a remote island in BC. Published an English conversation book in Korea for nurses. Included my immigration journey to Canada (from working visa to citizenship) as well as my hobbies such as backpacking trips. I had a bit more employment/EC experience but couldn't include them because I couldn't find verifiers.

Also filled out the Rural section.

NAQ Range (i.e. what quartile you fell in): Have no idea

Your Result (i.e. relative to interview cutoff): Also don't know

[Teaandsugar]

Is the inspect element tool still working for anyone?  I've been searching for it using key words such as "slider" and nothing is showing.  Thanks