sr_2000 Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 Hey everyone! Someone made a spreadsheet similar to Ottawa's for their waitlist—we're trying to figure out if the timestamp of email is correlated to your spot on the waitlist. According to previous years we know the high waitlist usually gets cleared, and we make 1/3 to 1/2 through the normal waitlist (apparently). The email you recieved should indicate whether you are on the high, normal, or low waitlist (specific wording, if you're not sure, ask!). Please try to fill out this spreadsheet -> to access the time down to the millisecond, click the three dots on Gmail -> show original -> control F your time and find the millisecond. Put it in the spreadsheet!!! Thanks so much and good luck to all of you. You made it this far, can't give up now! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YYLhBehUPv51vRiswCM1qXXWpbyKPbxt_vWYMppUe5g/edit#gid=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmzy Posted May 13, 2022 Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 What is the wording on how to know if we are on the high, normal or low wait list?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USER79 Posted May 23, 2022 Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 5/13/2022 at 5:02 PM, Emmzy said: What is the wording on how to know if we are on the high, normal or low wait list?? High: "In recent years, applicants in your position on the Wait List have received an offer of admission." Normal: "Although you were not ranked to receive an offer at this time, it was recommended that your name be placed on our Wait List. Any offer that is not accepted will be filled by an individual from the Wait List." Low: "In recent years, applicants in your position on the Wait List have not received an offer of admission." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USER79 Posted May 23, 2022 Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 Based on previous years, waitlist movement should begin Thursday/Friday this week I believe, but not sure if anything has changed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr_2000 Posted May 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 5 hours ago, USER79 said: Based on previous years, waitlist movement should begin Thursday/Friday this week I believe, but not sure if anything has changed.. I hope movement starts soon..I'm getting so tired of this wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USER79 Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 19 hours ago, sr_2000 said: I hope movement starts soon..I'm getting so tired of this wait Same here.. what's your WL status if you don't mind sharing? I'm on normal WL (NWL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ananas10 Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 Does anyone know if there has been any movement from the WL for Western yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorpremed Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 2 hours ago, ananas10 said: Does anyone know if there has been any movement from the WL for Western yet? Don’t think so. I’m guessing tomorrow evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr_2000 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 On 5/23/2022 at 11:53 PM, USER79 said: Same here.. what's your WL status if you don't mind sharing? I'm on normal WL (NWL) I’m NWL as well! The wait is so agonizing USER79 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apex Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 I think campus assignments were sent out this morning for unspecified offers so it shouldn't be long until they send out waitlist offers now! Fingers crossed for you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic gamer Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 The wait is so painful.... how many do they do in one go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternWaiter Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, epic gamer said: The wait is so painful.... how many do they do in one go? I believe they call you before sending an email, so it can go fairly slowly. Not 100% sure though. Edit for clarity: Even if they do these in batches, how many they get done depends on how easy it is to get a hold of people and how many peoples are making calls. The batches would likely follow some kind of pattern: calls for a couple of hours, calls stop for a bit (breaks), no calls during lunch, no calls past a certain hour, etc. Edited May 26, 2022 by WesternWaiter Added some additional information for clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr_2000 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 Someone on the spreadsheet (link posted in original post) updated that they’ve been accepted today off of HWL! Omg ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic gamer Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 But it doesnt seem to be in chronological order for origin of email time. Does this mean email time isnt indicative of order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr_2000 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 minute ago, epic gamer said: But it doesnt seem to be in chronological order for origin of email time. Does this mean email time isnt indicative of order? People above that person may or may not have had the chance to update the spreadsheet BUT regardless, I don’t think email time is indicative of order anymore because I heard someone with LWL got an email pretty early on in the morning so… I wonder how many other people will post they got in today though because only 1 person in 1 day seems like a really low amount.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternWaiter Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, sr_2000 said: People above that person may or may not have had the chance to update the spreadsheet BUT regardless, I don’t think email time is indicative of order anymore because I heard someone with LWL got an email pretty early on in the morning so… I wonder how many other people will post they got in today though because only 1 person in 1 day seems like a really low amount.. Yeah, I don't think it's totally indicative of rank, either. They did seem to do them in batches by WL type (for the most part) when the offers were originally sent out, but I have wondered if OMSAS number, province of residence, application submission time, Western student number, or some other parameter determined the email order. Or perhaps it was random within batches. But even the batch hypothesis has some holes in it given your story about an early LWL offer. Though I wonder whether some people failed to modify their timezone to match London (EST) time. Even if the batch hypothesis is correct despite a few anomalies, it could be that the initial sequence is attempted and then messages that fail to send are reattempted at the end. There was even an acceptance after most of the WL offers apparently. Makes you wonder. Edited May 26, 2022 by WesternWaiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwo_wl Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 40 minutes ago, sr_2000 said: People above that person may or may not have had the chance to update the spreadsheet BUT regardless, I don’t think email time is indicative of order anymore because I heard someone with LWL got an email pretty early on in the morning so… I wonder how many other people will post they got in today though because only 1 person in 1 day seems like a really low amount.. The person you are talking to either lied about being on the low wait list, or everyone on the normal and high wl is getting accepted. The latter being pretty much impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorpremed Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, uwo_wl said: The person you are talking to either lied about being on the low wait list, or everyone on the normal and high wl is getting accepted. The latter being pretty much impossible. I had a call this morning that I missed from an unknown caller and was hoping it would be western but it’s been radio silence since lol (NWL) I doubt it was them tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwo_wl Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 i revoke my comment LOL i completely read it wrong I thought you meant the person got an email too (my brain is fried I apologize) 57 minutes ago, sr_2000 said: People above that person may or may not have had the chance to update the spreadsheet BUT regardless, I don’t think email time is indicative of order anymore because I heard someone with LWL got an email pretty early on in the morning so… I wonder how many other people will post they got in today though because only 1 person in 1 day seems like a really low amount.. Literally subjecting myself to spam calls 6 minutes ago, poorpremed said: I had a call this morning that I missed from an unknown caller and was hoping it would be western but it’s been radio silence since lol (NWL) I doubt it was them tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternWaiter Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, uwo_wl said: The person you are talking to either lied about being on the low wait list, or everyone on the normal and high wl is getting accepted. The latter being pretty much impossible. I think sr_2000 was saying that someone on the LWL received the May 10th email early in the morning, not that they received an offer today. Based on that, I think it is perfectly possible to have been notified of one's WL position early since their algorithm might have some idiosyncrasies/require some manual intervention for select cases - both of which could ultimately result in anomalies with the notification emails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic gamer Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 I missed two calls from a number and im dreading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr_2000 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, uwo_wl said: i revoke my comment LOL i completely read it wrong I thought you meant the person got an email too (my brain is fried I apologize) Literally subjecting myself to spam calls Haha I was a lil confused no worries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr_2000 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 Are you HWL? I heard if they can’t reach you by call they send an email ! *replying to epic gamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic gamer Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, sr_2000 said: Are you HWL? I heard if they can’t reach you by call they send an email ! *replying to epic gamer yeah im HWL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternWaiter Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 Also HWL here and still no word... The suspense is definitely rising as we near the end of the work day. I know that, last year, they made calls until around 6:00 PM EST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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