UBC MD Interview Invites/Regrets Thread - 2020/21

[WizardPalace]

2 minutes ago, pre-med 12344321 said:

Mine seems to be working fine?

I remember last year the interview slots were really slow to update. So I don’t think anymore invites are coming

[sighIhateithere]

when do you think they'll stop sending invites today? 5 pm?

[BKin.d]

1 minute ago, WizardPalace said:

I remember last year the interview slots were really slow to update. So I don’t think anymore invites are coming

I think we would have more confirmations of invites here... Also seems like all have been early in alphabetical order

[JustSayian26]

1 minute ago, WizardPalace said:

I remember last year the interview slots were really slow to update. So I don’t think anymore invites are coming

I experienced the exact opposite last year. When I went to book an interview last year (after about 30 mins of getting the email because I was completely in shock last year and didnt know what to do), a lot of the slots were full.

[Coviduh19]

5 minutes ago, sighIhateithere said:

when do you think they'll stop sending invites today? 5 pm?

I think all the invites have been sent out (imo). 

I think I am more curious about my NAQ score at this point.

[BKin.d]

I'm gonna do some rough math here:

We have 143 members on this thread.

There were 2497 total applicants.

There were 700 interview invites.

That's a rate of 35.67%.

Therefore we would expect roughly 51 of those 143 to get invites if all applicants here were considered average. 

I think we would have more confirmations posted.

[JustSayian26]

Does the weird interview tab on last year application show up for everyone that had an interview last year? 

[itski]

Just now, JustSayian26 said:

Does the weird interview tab on last year application show up for everyone that had an interview last year? 

yea

[24KaratPureAu]

1 minute ago, JustSayian26 said:

Does the weird interview tab on last year application show up for everyone that had an interview last year? 

Yes

[nothingbutmed]

For everyones sake, I'm going to be optimistic and say that there's more invites coming  The alphabet thing seems a lil fishy, and I think adcoms are just on lunch break right now

[llandermm]

Just going to place this here for reference but this is from this morning!

Time Stamp (i.e. include date and time): 12:52PM EST
Result (i.e. invite or regrets): Invite  regular applicant (For MD/PhD not sure if I met regular MD OOP cut off)
GPA/AGPA (i.e. whichever is applicable): Around 93/4
MCAT (i.e. total score and breakdown in the order of CP/CARS/BB/PS): 131 / 126 / 129 / 128: 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): Research in a variety of areas, mostly unpaid (biostatistics and stats analysis for pediatric patient data, clinical research in orthopaedics, animal work for an immuno lab for the last couple years and for my thesis), hospital volunteering for 6 years, retirement home volunteering for 8, won a couple science case competitions, received ~10 academic scholarships
NAQ Range (i.e. what quartile you fell in): 0-25th percentile (last year)
Your Result (i.e. relative to interview cutoff): No invite (last year)

In my fourth year and feeling super fortunate Good luck to everyone and for those waiting to hear back I would not count yourself out yet! In my oas I still see 505 open spots still for interview scheduling and even if not everyone books right away, there is definitely a good number of invites to go

 

[greysweater]

There's some strange hostility in this thread. Objectively, it seems like there were way less invites sent today than historically. Also note they increased their interview capacity to 700 this year. 

[sally1999]

2 minutes ago, llandermm said:

Just going to place this here for reference but this is from this morning!

Time Stamp (i.e. include date and time): 12:52PM EST
Result (i.e. invite or regrets): Invite  regular applicant (For MD/PhD not sure if I met regular MD OOP cut off)
GPA/AGPA (i.e. whichever is applicable): Around 93/4
MCAT (i.e. total score and breakdown in the order of CP/CARS/BB/PS): 131 / 126 / 129 / 128: 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): Research in a variety of areas, mostly unpaid (biostatistics and stats analysis for pediatric patient data, clinical research in orthopaedics, animal work for an immuno lab for the last couple years and for my thesis), hospital volunteering for 6 years, retirement home volunteering for 8, won a couple science case competitions, received ~10 academic scholarships
NAQ Range (i.e. what quartile you fell in): 0-25th percentile (last year)
Your Result (i.e. relative to interview cutoff): No invite (last year)

In my fourth year and feeling super fortunate Good luck to everyone and for those waiting to hear back I would not count yourself out yet! In my oas I still see 505 open spots still for interview scheduling and even if not everyone books right away, there is definitely a good number of invites to go

 

Congrats! I was just wondering what your last name starts with  Best of luck with your interview

[llandermm]

1 minute ago, sally1999 said:

Congrats! I was just wondering what your last name starts with  Best of luck with your interview

Thank you!! My last name starts with W, but I feel like the MD/PhD invites may follow a different trend!

[duke8]

I received an interview invite this morning (in province, regular deadline applicant).

This pre med journey has been full of so many ups and downs. I’m just enjoying the moment.

Thanks everyone. As much as premed 101 can stress me out, it sure is nice to have a community of people going through this together 

[glglglgl]

10 minutes ago, BKin.d said:

I'm gonna do some rough math here:

We have 143 members on this thread.

There were 2497 total applicants.

There were 700 interview invites.

That's a rate of 35.67%.

Therefore we would expect roughly 51 of those 143 to get invites if all applicants here were considered average. 

I think we would have more confirmations posted.

Just a slight correction: there were 2869 applicants so the percent invited is ~24%

[nothingbutmed]

1 minute ago, duke8 said:

I received an interview invite this morning (in province, regular deadline applicant).

This pre med journey has been full of so many ups and downs. I’m just enjoying the moment.

Thanks everyone. As much as premed 101 can stress me out, it sure is nice to have a community of people going through this together 

Congratulations!!! Would you mind sharing your time stamp and the first letter of your last name?

[BKin.d]

Just now, glglglgl said:

Just a slight correction: there were 2869 applicants so the percent invited is ~24%

2479 after some were disqualified. I'd assume those people probably wouldn't be here on D-day.

[kronos]

This is my 4th (and last) cycle applying and there does seem to be A LOT less people posting invite invitations compared to previous years.

If I had to guess, I'd probably say there is another wave(s) coming. Something just doesn't add up imo

[thatonekid]

Hi everyone. 

Friendly (mod) reminder to please stay civil and on topic. (Full disclosure- I will be removing some posts from this thread)

Good luck to everyone awaiting their decision to UBC.

 

Edited December 18, 2020 by thatonekid

[LemonBird]

Hey hey, this is a stressful day for everyone, no need to be hostile, and let's all be understandable of people feeling down and wanting to rant. 

I think looking at the interim stats posted by UBC, just like last few years, % of invite for IP is roughly 10%. Just eyeballing, there are more than 10% people getting invites on this forum. But this is just a forum, like people pointed out previously, not everyone look at the forum, and people are more likely to post if they got invites (I did not get one last year and felt sad and did not want to post), hence the higher % observed here. 

Congrats to everyone who got an invite, but let's not make this more stressful for people who didn't hear anything yet. Stay hopeful, there are still 4 more hours till UBC closes, fingers crossed for everyone!!

[sorrynotsorry]

Omg OMG OMG i got an invite!!!!!!!! Just now p

* crying right now. Will update stats later 

update:

Time Stamp (i.e. include date and time): 12:58 PM PST
Result (i.e. invite or regrets): Regular Invite 
GPA/AGPA (i.e. whichever is applicable): Around 85-87% 
MCAT (i.e. total score and breakdown in the order of CP/CARS/BB/PS): 520 (126 CARS)
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):

international student until I became a citizen recently. Learnt english at age 14. Research (with first author publications), many hours of volunteering, no notable awards, no high performance entries,  however I tried my best to tell who I really am as a person and my passion through my NAQ entries. I guess it worked out. 
NAQ Range (i.e. what quartile you fell in): N/A
Your Result (i.e. relative to interview cutoff): N/A

People make bad choices, things might not always be fair, and there will always be toxic people around you. But that is okay, you just gotta believe in yourself and give it your best shot. 

[WizardPalace]

INVITE 12:57PST

[BKin.d]

3 minutes ago, LemonBird said:

Hey hey, this is a stressful day for everyone, no need to be hostile, and let's all be understandable of people feeling down and wanting to rant. 

I think looking at the interim stats posted by UBC, just like last few years, % of invite for IP is roughly 10%. Just eyeballing, there are more than 10% people getting invites on this forum. But this is just a forum, like people pointed out previously, not everyone look at the forum, and people are more likely to post if they got invites (I did not get one last year and felt sad and did not want to post), hence the higher % observed here. 

Congrats to everyone who got an invite, but let's not make this more stressful for people who didn't hear anything yet. Stay hopeful, there are still 4 more hours till UBC closes, fingers crossed for everyone!!

IP invite is close to 40% (610/1547)

[Coviduh19]

Just now, sorrynotsorry said:

Omg OMG OMG i got an invite!!!!!!!! Just now p

Congratulations!!! Is your last name on the 3rd quartile of the alphabet?