Kirsteen Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Hi there, Given that our CaRMS application deadline is approaching, I was interested in hearing how things went last year for the CaRMS applicants. Were there many problems with the servers last year? (I recall hearing something about some bumps along the way.) If so, roughly how long before the application deadline did anything begin? (I'm not trying to be a lazy wee bugger as my application is complete and has been submitted for a while, but curious in case some last minute tweaks are in order, and hoping to gather a bit of insight to judge whether it would be worth it to reopen the application.) Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Within a couple of days of ANY major deadline, it gets slow, and the last day... forget any other plans you have if you have to get something done on the CaRMS website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmo14 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I don't recall there being too many bugs last year at least not in my experience. There was definately a slowdown the day before the deadline and sometimes saving things at that time took quite sometime (I remember around 30 mins at times). If you submit 1 day early it should be pretty smooth sailing. The worst time for delay for CaRMS last year was opening up results on match day. I remember trying to log in for 20 mins. and then when I finally got in it took 20 mins for the results screen to come up (probably lost at least 2 years off of my life in those 40 minutes). Good luck with CaRMS this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted November 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I don't recall there being too many bugs last year at least not in my experience. There was definately a slowdown the day before the deadline and sometimes saving things at that time took quite sometime (I remember around 30 mins at times). If you submit 1 day early it should be pretty smooth sailing. The worst time for delay for CaRMS last year was opening up results on match day. I remember trying to log in for 20 mins. and then when I finally got in it took 20 mins for the results screen to come up (probably lost at least 2 years off of my life in those 40 minutes). Good luck with CaRMS this year. Hey there kosmo, Ta for the match day tip. I'll have to ensure that there's lots of diversions around on that day during that wait. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Medicator Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 Yeah I'll second that motion.. it took me forever for that stupid window to open up with my match result.. thank goodness that olympic hockey game was on to keep me sane. My advice: Submit early.... and submit often Cheers, Medicator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneliz Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 I found that the problems always started within about 12 hours of a deadline. In the last four hours... forget it. It would take >20 min to login and usually ~30 min to save anything. And, with multi-layered saves needed to submit something, this was a little panic-inducing. I would suggest that you submit the day before any deadline and then don't touch it again. Resist the urge to 'check' anything on the day of the deadline. Print the screen when you submit... I too had issues with match day. I couldn't log on for >30 minutes and then it took about 10 minutes to load the match screen. You will need some strong diversions to keep yourself calm if that happens again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted November 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 Thanks for the heads-up. Hope the first half of PGY-1 is treating you both well. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted December 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Hey, Just for fun, I went onto the CaRMS website a few minutes ago and it seems as though all is going well this year re: server speed. Unlike some of the stories from last year, it took about 20 seconds to log-in as opposed to 20 minutes. Hopefully that's a sign of good things and good CaRMA to come. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyMax Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Hey, I always found that the CaRMS web server handled the volume pretty well. On Match Day, I logged in right at noon, actually about a quarter after twelve- I was reading something random on the internet which was more interesting that CaRMS when the clock struck noon- and it only took me about 2 minutes or so to get on and get my result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CutieYellow Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 CaRMS was pretty amazing today. Logged in this morning just fine. Even logged in around 11h45 and speed was fine. Yay! Dunno if that means everyone was just all done before! But even at 12h15, i was still able to be in the system. Weird. Officially closed now though..yayyyyy...so glad it's all over. On to interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted December 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 ...so glad it's all over. On to interviews. Ohhh yeah. Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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