Guest Melisende Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 dayne67 and blueskies8000, i was rooting for both of you too! i too have similar stats as both of you and i also graduated last year in engineering. i did get an interview at u of t. i think it is worth looking into how you filled out your applications. i have heard of someone who had stellar extracurricular activities and in a feedback session (at a different canadian institution) that person was told that her extracurriculars were not strong. i think sometimes how you fill out your application really makes a difference. have someone else look over it for you and see if what you have done is highlighted in your application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueskies8000 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 try2dstress & melisende: congratulations on your interviews! Melisende: You mentioned that you graduated last year. What did you do between the time that you graduated and now? dayne67: I have an interview @ Western.... =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Melisende Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 blueskies 8000, i have been working since my graduation. good luck on your interview at western! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diplom Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 got my pfo today, ah well, still got interviews at queens, western and NOSM. uofTgpa- 3.93, P-11, V-11, B-12, W-Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lurkergonepublic Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Finally got my UofT PFO today in Calgary. It was dated March 1st. So that makes 4 rejections (from every Ontario school I applied to) and 4 interviews (from every non-Ontario school I applied to). And which batch do you think I spent more money on... So I guess I'm destined to be an non-Ontarian - I suppose I can live with that. :smokin For the stat hungry out there still sitting on the edges of their mailbox: gpa 3.6ish (Maybe closer to 3.5 in OMSAS), MCAT 12-12-12-S, and a buttload of extracurrics that were enough to get 4 interviews elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whocares123 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Got my final rejection today. ONtario resident. Student at MAC. GPA - 3.95 Mcat - 33R with 9 in verbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Parii Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 got that nice PFO thing today. it always has to happen before weeken to screw up your life when you have time to reflect and hate everything... pari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UTMed07 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Quite the crop of engineers out there (try2dstress, dayne67, blueskies8000, Melisende). dayne67: I'm sorry to hear you got the cursed thin letter. If things haven't changed, the MCAT is still an issue; I also had an 'O' in writing and that was the reason I got a thin letter from UWO (whereas U of T didn't mind). Any case, I probably wouldn't re-write the MCAT-- it is too painful. I tend to think the essay was the weak link and possibly the extracurriculars-- both of which could be improved with some work. Melisende & try2dstress: Congrats on the interviews and good luck! blueskies8000: I hope UWO gives you love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Boy Wonder Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 *sigh* got my rejection letter just a couple of days ago. I knew it the second i saw the skinny bastard. lol, but my coping strategy worked, everytime i checked the mail since February i said, ok where's that rejection letter? And when it did come, i was prepared lol. That and the fact i'm reconsidering going this year at all helped soothe the pain. My stats were: UofT GPA: 3.97 (3rd year, that's probably why) MCAT: 14, 10, 13, R Buncha Scholarships, volunteering here and there (kinda weak here) and a @#%$ ass last minute essay... hmm...now that i think about it, no wonder i didn't get an interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uftstudent Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I had very similar stats Stevie Boy Wonder, and sorta weak ec's...got my pfo today (actually it sat in the mailbox all night while i was wondering why i haven't gotten a reply!). Though i was trying to prepare myself...it still feels like a personal rejection, especially doing undergrad at u of t!:\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kahone Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 PFO arrived last friday, dated March 1...long time till arrival. Grad student (PhD) with 9 papers published/accepted/in press at time of supplementary package deadline, oodles of abstracts, presentations, CIHR, CPS, OGS awards etc etc, 31Q MCAT, etc etc.....sans interview. bollocks. Missed out on a cure for cancer...that's my rationalization. BTW was waitlisted at U of T last year - how's THAT for frustrating.:lol good luck all K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest docbil Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Hi Kahone, Sorry to here about your PFO letter. Did you get mine with yours by any chance? I did not cure anything!! No heart disease, no boredom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest docbil Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 GOT MINE TODAY. Yupeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kahone Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 docbil: Backatchya. :lol kahone orders pint of favorite, tips back a long quaff and says, "well dere's a'weys next year, me b'ys..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cher Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 i got my rejection today too soo sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest docbil Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Oh well. At least now you/we have a response. Maybe we should have a UofT reject party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arjuna83 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I agree. Rejection party all the way :rollin btw I'm really surprised that they rejected you docbil. You sounded like a well qualified applicant. Oh well I'm sure you've got much better news from elsewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlazinKhan Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 It's 3am and I probably should be doing better things, but why the hell are people with 3.95GPA not even getting an interview? I understand that essay & such are important, but it sounds like most people had good EC's as well, so could the essays influence it that much since its 60% academic / 40% non-academic, I'd imagine good EC's could compensate for a weak essay. I'm just curious to know since I think I'm dreaming if I have a shot at UofT med (I'm first year undergrad at UofT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 why the hell are people with 3.95GPA not even getting an interview?I bet there are more than 400 (or however many people get interviews) applicants with a 3.95+ GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest knpy Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Has anyone still not received the official rejection letter yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jgray2 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 i still haven't received mine yet. i'm no longer holding my breath, and to be honest, neither should anyone else. (cuz when you pass out, you might hit your head on the way down.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rubberoduck Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I think the weight of academic vs. essay would depend on the circumstances. I know applicants who got interviewed with very low GPA. While it can be argued that GPA weighes more in UofT's formula, given this year's level of competition, I suppose it's not hard to find lots applicants with 3.9+ with very small margins of difference. At this point, GPA seems to be very ineffective, so that is probably why admissions turned to ECs and essays instead. That said, I think that if you had a UofT final GPA of 4.0, you will likely stand out in the crowd and receive an offer for interview. I hear that there are a lot of things that go into the 60% academic portion of the formulae, so it's very presumptuous to predict what scores you would get on that portion based on GPA alone when the pool is so competitive in this aspect. I think one of my greatest lesson learned in this application year is not to try to guess what the admission committee would think and predict my outcome. Medical school admission will forever remain a complete mystery to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sensfan Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 i have a 4.0 and i got reeeeeeeejected. mcat 38Q, lots of extracurriculars... so i wouldn't get too hung up on the meaning of marks at u of torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grobz Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Got mine today...finally. Don't feel to bad if you got the PFO, it seems from the above posts that lots of great people didn't get the invite. Well, I hope one of the other schools will let me in. g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest circusgirl Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I'm really sorry to hear that you weren't successful in getting an invite since you sound like great candidates, but geez, you guys are making me feel bad for getting one! I couldn't tell ya what they are looking for, but (as cheesy as this sounds) if at first you don't succeed, try try again (I was unsuccessful last year and seem to have lucked out this year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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