Snoo5678 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Fun_Mushroom1998 said: also, for what it is worth, there is a form that was posted on Twitter by a western med student to invite ACCESS students for interview prep. That form is due Feb 5th. Take it as you will but I guess we will definitely know this week Can you link the tweet? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun_Mushroom1998 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 19 minutes ago, Snoo5678 said: Can you link the tweet? Thanks Yes, this is the direct link to the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10mNiBdtK9Twd1ph2CGeKhC3NSLiApBDX93S8oyqAhPU/viewform?edit_requested=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoo5678 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Fun_Mushroom1998 said: Yes, this is the direct link to the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10mNiBdtK9Twd1ph2CGeKhC3NSLiApBDX93S8oyqAhPU/viewform?edit_requested=true Awesome! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanboy123 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 So when I went on the form, they changed the deadline to Feb 11th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234561234 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 They must have just changed it - looked at the form like less than a half hour ago and saw Feb 5th. Still hoping we get the results this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanboy123 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 Does anyone from last year who filled the form know how long they got to fill the form after receiving an invite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun_Mushroom1998 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 yup, they definitely just changed it. It was for sure Feb 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchulichAccess Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 Hi everyone, Schulich Access here! Sorry for the confusion. We are a group of 1st year medical students unaffiliated with Schulich's official ACCESS program. A couple points to clarify: 1. Schulich Access is open to ANYONE who feels they fall into the category of "underrepresented" as defined in the form. You do not need to have applied through the official ACCESS pathway! 2. We are not affiliated with Schulich Admissions in any way! Just like you guys, we thought interviews were being released last week so we tentatively set the deadline to February 5th. Interviews seem to be being released later than anticipated so we changed the deadline to February 11th. Hope that clears things up. Once interviews are out we'll make a post here with more details and where you can ask any questions. Best of luck this cycle, you got this! Hope to see you guys at at our interview practice n-methyltyramine, pigeon34, UWOnerd and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corgi321 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Wow so it’s been a week since the day we were all sure they’d be out and still radio silence LOL this wait is so rough marcoyolo, n-methyltyramine, Dr.KungFuPanda and 6 others 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n-methyltyramine Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, corgi321 said: Wow so it’s been a week since the day we were all sure they’d be out and still radio silence LOL this wait is so rough I know what you mean. This has definitely been a rough wait. Hopefully we don't have to wait until sometime next week, but at this point, I wouldn't be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medinsecure Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 I wonder if it was supposed to be today but because of the storm some people couldn't get to work to sned them ?? maybe tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysweater Posted February 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Regardless of the reason they are definitely cutting it close with the first interview date being March 5... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medinsecure Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 this wait is agonizing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n-methyltyramine Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, medinsecure said: this wait is agonizing Yup, something about the fact that it was supposed to go out last Thursday (based on historic trends) has made the waiting this week so much worse. Honestly I wasn't even thinking about it much until last Thursday. Anyone else in the same boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corgi321 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, n-methyltyramine said: Yup, something about the fact that it was supposed to go out last Thursday (based on historic trends) has made the waiting this week so much worse. Honestly I wasn't even thinking about it much until last Thursday. Anyone else in the same boat? Considering dentistry also came out on Thursday and they came out on the same day last year it’s a little odd that we’ve heard nothing since then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoyolo Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Yes, its been difficult to focus at work knowing that these decisions are coming down imminently. I wish I was better at putting it out of my mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanboy123 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Honestly this probably either means that covid delayed their essay reviewing process like what happened to Calgary or there was just way more applications this cycle to review. Also interviews are still over a month away, it seems like most Ontario schools except mac are now reducing the amount of time you get to practice for interviews like uoft, ottawa and queens give like 2.5 weeks to practice now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanboy123 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, corgi321 said: Considering dentistry also came out on Thursday and they came out on the same day last year it’s a little odd that we’ve heard nothing since then Also Dentistry has much less apps to review plus they dont have to write 8 essays lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n-methyltyramine Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Hanboy123 said: Honestly this probably either means that covid delayed their essay reviewing process like what happened to Calgary or there was just way more applications this cycle to review. Also interviews are still over a month away, it seems like most Ontario schools except mac are now reducing the amount of time you get to practice for interviews like uoft, ottawa and queens give like 2.5 weeks to practice now. I doubt it's due to covid (things weren't delayed last year, when covid was way worse) But yeah, it's probably due to the fact that western has fairly low GPA cut-offs to be considered for application review (for a Canadian school)+ 8 essay per applicant. So even a small increase in the number of applicants is likely gonna lead to a delay. I wonder where all the new applicants are coming from this cycle (all the Ontario schools reported more applications). More OOP applicants maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoyolo Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Hanboy123 said: Honestly this probably either means that covid delayed their essay reviewing process like what happened to Calgary or there was just way more applications this cycle to review. Also interviews are still over a month away, it seems like most Ontario schools except mac are now reducing the amount of time you get to practice for interviews like uoft, ottawa and queens give like 2.5 weeks to practice now. Has there been any reports of increased application numbers around Canada this cycle? I know last year there was a significant rise in the number of applications but have not seen much about number of applications for this ongoing cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanboy123 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, n-methyltyramine said: I doubt it's due to covid (things weren't delayed last year, when covid was way worse) But yeah, it's probably due to the fact that western has fairly low GPA cut-offs to be considered for application review (for a Canadian school)+ 8 essay per applicant. So even a small increase in the number of applicants is likely gonna lead to a delay. I wonder where all the new applicants are coming from this cycle (all the Ontario schools reported more applications). More OOP applicants maybe? Yea no idea it became so competitive this year. Even an increase of like 500 applicants means that there are 4000-4500 more essays to read which is acc quite a lot lol. Also I mentioned Covid because the sudden increase in cases in December and Jan could have disrupted them. But more likely its because of number of applicants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysweater Posted February 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Even if applications are increased they adjust their MCAT cut offs yearly due to the competitiveness of the applicant pool so that they are left with the same # of apps to review!!! I think this is just admin delays and no need to stress over the application numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n-methyltyramine Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Hanboy123 said: Yea no idea it became so competitive this year. Even an increase of like 500 applicants means that there are 4000-4500 more essays to read which is acc quite a lot lol. True. But honestly, it's their fault. They could just ask us to write 4 essays, instead of 8 (since we have to do 2 essays for each of the 'core values' they list). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoyolo Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Just now, greysweater said: Even if applications are increased they adjust their MCAT cut offs yearly due to the competitiveness of the applicant pool so that they are left with the same # of apps to review!!! I think this is just admin delays and no need to stress over the application numbers. Perfect, I won't stress over the application numbers now I can just stress about moving MCAT targets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanboy123 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 minute ago, greysweater said: Even if applications are increased they adjust their MCAT cut offs yearly due to the competitiveness of the applicant pool so that they are left with the same # of apps to review!!! I think this is just admin delays and no need to stress over the application numbers. I mean but how much could they increase their cutoffs by, they cant make the cutoffs all 129/129/129. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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