nothingbutmed Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, M3P0 said: Does this mean regular (i.e. not early) applicants will hear about invites tomorrow? The whole "one day in advance" thing seems pretty important to stick to. No one knows for sure, but I'm 95% sure that this will be the case. It would be really odd for UBC to break their own rules, especially right before a weekend which would give quite a significant advantage to early applicants in booking their interview. You can most likely expect a rejection if you don't hear back tomorrow (again, if UBC follows their rules). Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast_Layne Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 5 hours ago, theonewhoknockstwice said: I see this every year and I haven't really seen anyone respond to it, so I feel like it's worth a post. An 97% at UBC is not the same as an 97% at a university which uses the American grading system. For that matter, a percentage grade (or any numeric or alphanumeric grading scale for that matter) is almost entirely unique to a university/school. This is because the faculty and the culture embrace a certain meaning for a grade, and then mark/scale accordingly. At best, one might be able to generalize marking schemes to a country's education system (as World Education Services rather ridiculously does for their credential evaluations), but even this doesn't take into account striking differences in the way the same scale (A-F; 0-100; etc) is often used from school to school. I say this as an American who completed his university education in Canada, the U.S., and a couple other countries. The same quality of work could easily receive a 95% at a U.S. school and an 88% at a Canadian school. This is not because one is "stricter" or "more challenging" than the other--just that the use of the 0-100 scale is quite different. Thanks for your insight! Just curious, what other countries did you do your post-secondary education in? :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24KaratPureAu Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, nothingbutmed said: No one knows for sure, but I'm 95% sure that this will be the case. It would be really odd for UBC to break their own rules, especially right before a weekend which would give quite a significant advantage to early applicants in booking their interview. You can most likely expect a rejection if you don't hear back tomorrow (again, if UBC follows their rules). Best of luck! I just wonder, what is the advantage for early applicants booking 1 day in advance vs 3 days in advance? The timeslots will be filled either way when regular applicants have their turn (maybe except for a small portion of early applicants who don't have Internet today). Sorry I don't mean to be disrespectful in any means. Hope everyone gets the best results these two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3P0 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, 24KaratPureAu said: I just wonder, what is the advantage for early applicants booking 1 day in advance vs 3 days in advance? The timeslots will be filled either way when regular applicants have their turn (maybe except for a small portion of early applicants who don't have Internet today). Sorry I don't mean to be disrespectful in any means. Hope everyone gets the best results these two weeks. Early booking makes it easier to pick a time that fits into your other commitments (exams, work, personal activities). 24KaratPureAu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingbutmed Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, 24KaratPureAu said: I just wonder, what is the advantage for early applicants booking 1 day in advance vs 3 days in advance? The timeslots will be filled either way when regular applicants have their turn (maybe except for a small portion of early applicants who don't have Internet today). Sorry I don't mean to be disrespectful in any means. Hope everyone gets the best results these two weeks. No problem! Personally I don't think it's a huge advantage, but technically UBC would be going against their own policy if they sent out any invites on Monday. I guess the benefit is that early applicants have a choice of any interview date/time they want (if they book right away). Under regular circumstances, that one additional day would make it easier to book flights, hotels, etc. for potentially a lower price/better date before regular invites came out. This year, its less of a big deal but UBC shouldn't be breaking policy regardless. 24KaratPureAu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24KaratPureAu Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, M3P0 said: Early booking makes it easier to pick a time that fits into your other commitments (exams, work, personal activities). 1 minute ago, nothingbutmed said: No problem! Personally I don't think it's a huge advantage, but technically UBC would be going against their own policy if they sent out any invites on Monday. I guess the benefit is that early applicants have a choice of any interview date/time they want (if they book right away). Under regular circumstances, that one additional day would make it easier to book flights, hotels, etc. for potentially a lower price/better date before regular invites came out. This year, its less of a big deal but UBC shouldn't be breaking policy regardless. Thank you for the explanations. I completely agree with both of you. It makes complete sense that if it were the normal times, people can book travel early, and if you were waiting for several other schools, you can register for dates to ensure there is no overlapping interviews. I just hope that we all get to see the "Interview" tab appearing in the OAS system these two weeks. I honestly will trade away all early appointment/booking privileges if I can just get invited to interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmy88 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Wishing everyone luck today SmallTownGal, 24KaratPureAu, dontasknn and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreMed#219099 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Good luck today! Early applicants (with no invites) - did OAS update for anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venusflytrap Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, PreMed#219099 said: Good luck today! Early applicants (with no invites) - did OAS update for anyone? No nothing yet! sally1999 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodVibesOnly Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 15 hours ago, rmorelan said: ha, and well ahem - there is a reason we follow this format and just move discussion to another place. Helps people with analysis and keeps things on track. Hmm sorry not sure what you mean is this not the right forum? I thought we were supposed to fill in that template... justamom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sally1999 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Wait so are they supposed to be sending out invites for all other applicants today? PirouetteCacahuete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardPalace Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, sally1999 said: Wait so are they supposed to be sending out invites for all other applicants today? Read the last couple pages of posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, goodVibesOnly said: Hmm sorry not sure what you mean is this not the right forum? I thought we were supposed to fill in that template... I think they are referring to the fact we usually try to have one thread for discussion and one just for the stats - so people can easily skim and find the stats without digging through pages discussion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodVibesOnly Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 minute ago, frenchpress said: I think they are referring to the fact we usually try to have one thread for discussion and one just for the stats - so people can easily skim and find the stats without digging through pages discussion! Ahhhh gotcha, and this is the discussion not the stats? My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, goodVibesOnly said: Ahhhh gotcha, and this is the discussion not the stats? My bad. I don’t think anyone went to the trouble to set up two yet! gin_and_myoclonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodVibesOnly Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 minute ago, frenchpress said: I don’t think anyone went to the trouble to set up two yet! Oh okay thanks for clearing up my confusion I knew I copy-pasted weird, but the response made me think I put it in the wrong spot or something. Best of luck to you and everyone! gin_and_myoclonic and justamom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gin_and_myoclonic Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 12 minutes ago, goodVibesOnly said: Ahhhh gotcha, and this is the discussion not the stats? My bad. @goodVibesOnly Don't worry about it :). I'm new here too -- navigating these forums and their ~etiquette~ can be a bit of a learning curve I think. Either way, I appreciate you and others posting your stats! Congrats on your invite goodVibesOnly, Ali-oop and justamom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITC Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 It may be a good idea to have a separate thread for stats given this much of discussion we have already here, if anyone is interested in starting one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumbling bee Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, ImReadyNextCycle said: It may be a good idea to have a separate thread for stats given this much of discussion we have already here, if anyone is interested in starting one? I think this is the stats thread. In past years "regrets/interviews" thread normally includes both stats and discussion and is sometimes cleaned up to only include stats after the fact. goodVibesOnly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofers Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 has all early invites heard about their application? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamom Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, Bumbling bee said: I think this is the stats thread. In past years "regrets/interviews" thread normally includes both stats and discussion and is sometimes cleaned up to only include stats after the fact. yeah I think if we can get through the application process we can handle this Bumbling bee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premed0821 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, oofers said: has all early invites heard about their application? I haven't. I'm assuming they'll reject me but they haven't gotten around to posting my scores yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofers Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 @premed0821 I think thats the same for me): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodVibesOnly Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 33 minutes ago, smolandfeisty said: @goodVibesOnly Don't worry about it :). I'm new here too -- navigating these forums and their ~etiquette~ can be a bit of a learning curve I think. Either way, I appreciate you and others posting your stats! Congrats on your invite Tyty! I really appreciate, I've found it very helpful to look at them for Dal and previous years as well. Bumbling bee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sally1999 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Anyone hear anything yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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