cptnlevi Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 Just a PSA guys regarding doing a grad/masters/phd degree: Don't pursue solely to gain an 'advantage'. That's a waste of resources just to be put into a different stream of applicants. Really enjoy what the degree has to offer and don't bullshit yourself. I personally learned so much from the grad research experience. sciencegirl314, PreMed#219099, naptime98 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciencegirl314 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 17 minutes ago, TheFlyGuy said: 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. Thank you for confirming! Definitely helps so much with planning out what to do for future. TheFlyGuy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medyforest Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 55 minutes ago, TheFlyGuy said: 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. If this is the case do you know why my grad supervisor was contacted for verification? If me being in my last year of a course-based masters wasn't relevant to my application, why would they reach out to my grad supervisor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo1623 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 19 minutes ago, Canikickit120 said: If this is the case do you know why my grad supervisor was contacted for verification? If me being in my last year of a course-based masters wasn't relevant to my application, why would they reach out to my grad supervisor? It's irrelevant for "file review score" purposes (no extra credit), but they would still need to know if you intend on finishing your course-based masters before you potentially matriculate. Iamacat and TheFlyGuy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofers Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 Do people expect to hear about second wave of invites today still Puzzleheaded-cloud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abcd1288 Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 Just now, SurgicalZen said: Tune in on Tuesday for another episode of « Refresh Every Hour: The Toronto Files ». U of T adcoms lurking on this forum are probably having a field day. Captrex_501stlegion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captrex_501stlegion Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 If there's one thing for sure, we WILL hear back within the next 4 days. The two- week mark is this Friday. Also, thankfully the last wave will be at most two weeks after this one because there isn't a whole month between the 2nd and 3rd interview dates. We're almost there guys!! Yoyo2017 and TheToothFairy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreMed#219099 Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 . abcd1288 and Puzzleheaded-cloud 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcd1288 Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, PreMed#219099 said: I feel like they should've sent it by now? Seeing as the first wave meant 3 weeks and 2 days between invite and interview Or maybe I have it wrong lol Yeah I'm kinda annoyed by the fact that the first wave had more time to prep. And I don't think the "you should be preparing in advance, regardless" is a valid excuse. TheToothFairy and Puzzleheaded-cloud 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmy88 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 hours ago, abcd1288 said: Yeah I'm kinda annoyed by the fact that the first wave had more time to prep. And I don't think the "you should be preparing in advance, regardless" is a valid excuse. As unfortunate as it is, this is a reality for all medical schools. For example, Ottawa released their interview invites all in one day on Jan 29th with the earliest date (from what I’ve seen) being Feb 17th and latest being March 3rd which is almost a 2 week difference. I think UofT does the waves to try and mediate the difference in interview date times to actually try to make it more fair. I can see the frustration but unfortunately no system is going to be perfect carrots and veryhopeful 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB27 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 hours ago, abcd1288 said: Yeah I'm kinda annoyed by the fact that the first wave had more time to prep. And I don't think the "you should be preparing in advance, regardless" is a valid excuse. I mean I was a bit sad that I will have prepped more for any of my other interviews than U of T just because it was first and a lot of the prep translates. Student98 and newmy88 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofers Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 really hope its today and not friday Puzzleheaded-cloud and cptnlevi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptnlevi Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Any MD/PhD interviewees anxiously waiting for a potential second round interview today? hello224, monkeybrain2 and Premedstudent19 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheToothFairy Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 [Deleted] oofers, barromac, LastOneStanding and 5 others 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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idontwannabehopeless Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 8:06 AM, cptnlevi said: Just a PSA guys regarding doing a grad/masters/phd degree: Don't pursue solely to gain an 'advantage'. That's a waste of resources just to be put into a different stream of applicants. Really enjoy what the degree has to offer and don't bullshit yourself. I personally learned so much from the grad research experience. Hi, what would you recommend? Say to boost GPA? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainy Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 1:45 PM, shiron said: Nope, I still haven't heard back from them about this. Have they contacted you regarding rescheduling of the interview date yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlinden Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 22 hours ago, cptnlevi said: Any MD/PhD interviewees anxiously waiting for a potential second round interview today? Are they still being sent out? Did they recently add a new interview date for MD/PhD? It seems eerily quiet on this front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiron Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 8 hours ago, rainy said: Have they contacted you regarding rescheduling of the interview date yet? Nope, they haven't emailed me back about rescheduling. I'm guessing that they'll just send us a re-invite when the next wave comes along. TheToothFairy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofers Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 I fee like it has to be friday? :S barromac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlinden Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 34 minutes ago, oofers said: I fee like it has to be friday? :S Your profile pic is everyone's face right now rli2, pre-med 12344321, TheToothFairy and 7 others 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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