UofT Interview Invites/Regrets 2020/2021

[goodVibesOnly 6]

Does anyone who applied to MD/PhD but did not get any info yet (i.o.w. rejection for the joint program) know if this means we are out for MD too, or is it still possible to get an MD interview? Did anyone apply for MD/PhD and get an MD only interview in the first round?

[digitalhealthdreamer 1]

Are we expecting to get U of T Rejects and / or invites this week?

[abcd1288 84]

Just now, digitalhealthdreamer said:

Are we expecting to get U of T Rejects and / or invites this week?

 

Hopefully, the wait is awful

[Captrex_501stlegion 114]

53 minutes ago, digitalhealthdreamer said:

Are we expecting to get U of T Rejects and / or invites this week?

Friday will be the 3 week-ish mark for the March 7 interview date. They sent out the Feb. 6 emails at the 3 week mark as well. Otherwise, the next Friday will be the 2 week mark, and they say that they will give interviewees minimum 2 week notice. So the safe answer is we will hear something in the next 2 weeks lol

[Friendlyapplicant 48]

23 minutes ago, Captrex_501stlegion said:

Friday will be the 3 week-ish mark for the March 7 interview date. They sent out the Feb. 6 emails at the 3 week mark as well. Otherwise, the next Friday will be the 2 week mark, and they say that they will give interviewees minimum 2 week notice. So the safe answer is we will hear something in the next 2 weeks lol

Is that the last round of interview or are there one in April?

[Captrex_501stlegion 114]

32 minutes ago, Friendlyapplicant said:

Is that the last round of interview or are there one in April?

The interview dates are Feb 6, March 7, March 21. I'm assuming there'll be a wave for each.

[pineapplepizza 46]

Tuesday motivation - hang in there, applicants.

[Captrex_501stlegion 114]

Posts on other interview/regrets pages: Pages 1-3: When will they come out. Pages4+: THEY'RE OUT. Silence till next year.

UofT interview/regrets page: Pages 1-8: When are they coming out, have rejections been sent out, what is the purpose of life?

[AB27 45]

55 minutes ago, Captrex_501stlegion said:

Posts on other interview/regrets pages: Pages 1-3: When with they come out. Pages4+: THEY'RE OU. Silence till next year.

UofT interview/regrets page: Pages 1-8: When are they coming out, have rejections been sent out, what is the purpose of life?

we should get a separate discussion thread going tbh

[Puzzleheaded-cloud 0]

Some people on **DELETED** said they got rejections?? around 30 mins ago (EST)??

[YaGunnasYa 2]

TIME STAMP: 2:03 ET

Result: R 

GPA:  3.8 OMSAS, unsure of eligibility for wGPA 

ECs: no research. Very thin on volunteering/employment/leadership positions. National team and NCAA D1 athlete, most of my app was national/international sports awards. 

Year: graduated 2019 

Good luck to all! 

[tt97 0]

TIME STAMP: 3:06 ET

Result: R 

GPA:  3.97 OMSAS

ECs: heavy research

Essay: not confident

Referee: ok

Year: graduated 2019 

Good luck to all! 

[pineapplepizza 46]

^ Thank you for sharing. Good luck and don’t give up.

Anyone else predicting that the second wave of invites (March 7th interview) will be releasing Friday, Feb 12 or Tuesday, Feb 16?

[abcd1288 84]

4 minutes ago, pineapplepizza said:

^ Thank you for sharing. Good luck and don’t give up.

Anyone else predicting that the second wave of invites (March 7th interview) will be releasing Friday, Feb 12 or Tuesday, Feb 16?

 

Most people are thinking of this Friday but who knows. Could be later.

[yeescience 40]

5 hours ago, hola1997 said:

 

Most people are thinking of this Friday but who knows. Could be later.

Why this Friday though? Wouldn't it be some time next week to have ~ 2 weeks to prep for March 7th interview?

[abcd1288 84]

20 minutes ago, yeescience said:

Why this Friday though? Wouldn't it be some time next week to have ~ 2 weeks to prep for March 7th interview?

 

I mean they say at least 2 weeks before interview date so we're hoping it might be this Friday since decision came out on Friday for the first wave, IIRC

[hopefulpremed4 0]

On 2/9/2021 at 12:23 PM, tt97 said:

TIME STAMP: 3:06 ET

Result: R 

GPA:  3.97 OMSAS

ECs: heavy research

Essay: not confident

Referee: ok

Year: graduated 2019 

Good luck to all! 

Sorry to hear that!!

Does anyone have a guess at how many rejections were sent out on Tuesday? I thought they usually send them out after all the invites, so now I'm wondering if many R's were sent or if it's just a few and giving me false hope :/

[abcd1288 84]

1 hour ago, hopefulpremed4 said:

Sorry to hear that!!

Does anyone have a guess at how many rejections were sent out on Tuesday? I thought they usually send them out after all the invites, so now I'm wondering if many R's were sent or if it's just a few and giving me false hope :/

 

Definitely more than reported in PM101. You can find others in premedcanada subreddit but no one knows how many Rs in total were sent.

[coolmom 6]

2 hours ago, hola1997 said:

 

Definitely more than reported in PM101. You can find others in premedcanada subreddit but no one knows how many Rs in total were sent.

Where is the premedcanada subreddit?

[Captrex_501stlegion 114]

28 minutes ago, coolmom said:

Where is the premedcanada subreddit?

On that website.

[pineapplepizza 46]

Happy Lunar New Year. May the acceptance odds be ever in our favour.

 

[sciencegirl314 3]

Has anyone ever heard of a student with a 3.8 wgpa get an interview (not a grad applicant, just regular undergrad) for UofT? The new weighing formula really deflated things for me tbh.

Not sure if its worth pursuing a Master's degree in the fall to try and boost chances at this point. My understanding from their website is that a course-based Master's still puts students into the grad applicant pool (not just the thesis-based ones)...does anyone know if this is correct? 

[naptime98 54]

20 minutes ago, sciencegirl314 said:

Has anyone ever heard of a student with a 3.8 wgpa get an interview (not a grad applicant, just regular undergrad) for UofT? The new weighing formula really deflated things for me tbh.

Not sure if its worth pursuing a Master's degree in the fall to try and boost chances at this point. My understanding from their website is that a course-based Master's still puts students into the grad applicant pool (not just the thesis-based ones)...does anyone know if this is correct? 

Course-based masters only gives you a grad applicant boost once you graduate from it. There will be one cycle where you are still assessed in the UG stream. Additionally, a course-based masters is the smallest “boost” you can get by being a grad applicant, so it may not be enough to make up for a GPA on the lower end.In order from smallest to largest impact on your application:

Course-based Masters complete

Research-based Masters in progress

Research-based Masters complete

PhD in progress

PhD complete

[sciencegirl314 3]

56 minutes ago, naptime98 said:

Course-based masters only gives you a grad applicant boost once you graduate from it. There will be one cycle where you are still assessed in the UG stream. Additionally, a course-based masters is the smallest “boost” you can get by being a grad applicant, so it may not be enough to make up for a GPA on the lower end.In order from smallest to largest impact on your application:

Course-based Masters complete

Research-based Masters in progress

Research-based Masters complete

PhD in progress

PhD complete

Hey thank you so much for following up on my question! Super helpful to hear from you

Just wanted to quickly clarify one thing though to be very safe: we are only allowed to apply in the final year/second year of the course-based Master's...so if I apply in Fall 2022 for Fall 2023 entry (while I'm in my final/second year of this degree), I would still be assessed in the UG stream as I have not actually graduated from the course-based Master's? Their website does not explicitly explain all this so thought I'd confirm.

[TheFlyGuy 112]

5 minutes ago, sciencegirl314 said:

Hey thank you so much for following up on my question! Super helpful to hear from you

Just wanted to quickly clarify one thing though to be very safe: we are only allowed to apply in the final year/second year of the course-based Master's...so if I apply in Fall 2022 for Fall 2023 entry (while I'm in my final/second year of this degree), I would still be assessed in the UG stream as I have not actually graduated from the course-based Master's? Their website does not explicitly explain all this so thought I'd confirm.

That's correct, the determination of your graduate status occurs at the time of application, so if you're still in a course-based degree on Oct 1st when you submit on OMSAS, you'll be assessed as an undergad for that cycle.