antisera Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Anybody know when the cut-offs will be posted this year? I'm impatient, yes But it looks like last year they were posted mid-December. Here's hoping the VR cut-off doesn't go up... or the overall MCAT score :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haiku_guy Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I think that last year the cutoffs were mid-late Dec. I hear you on the MCAT cutoff, should be fine after my rewrite, but got killed last year... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antisera Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 The cutoffs are up! http://meds.queensu.ca/undergrad/admissions/the_cutoffs Can you believe they went down?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest canucker Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Wow, definitely surprised that the GPA cutoff didn't change and the MCAT overall cutoff went down. Very Western-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahone Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Can you believe they went down?! Might have something to do with the recent and repeated long runs through the post-interview waitlist. This might be a way to expand the pool, so to speak - maybe? Certainly my impression over the last 4 years has been that if there is a choice, more often than not people don't want to go to Queen's, or maybe it's Kingston. Who knows for sure.... Anyone have any word if this means they're actually interviewing MORE people this year? Is this a fluke of the applicant pool this year? cheers K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eesanr Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I don't think they're interviewing more ppl. Having a higher cutoff for PS and BS prob. offsets having a lower overall score since u can't compensate for a 9 in one of those sections with a higher score in the other. Plus the WS went up which is going to eliminate applicants from the pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaymcee Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Whatever– beggars can't be choosers, and I've got an interview for March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahone Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 It might be Kingston I couldn't spend another 4 years here. Lol. I spent 12 at Queen's and I am hoping for the opportunity to go for another 4!! The very best thing about Queen's University is Kingston. The very best thing about Kingston is that the majority of undergrad (incl medical) students leave at the end of April and are gone until the end of August!!! Best times of my life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bioboy2007 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Damn!! ...Should have applied to Queen's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bioboy2007 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Does anyone know when Western cutoffs are announced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarzi Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 So now that the cutoffs have been posted, I'm assuming we all now know whether or not we will be granted interviews. The question is, when will we hear from Queens regarding the invites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdity Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Whatever– beggars can't be choosers, and I've got an interview for March. i'm out of the loop as usual, but does making the cutoff mean an automatic interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a41 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Yes, although I'm told by some people on ad com that there are some cases in which people who just miss the cutoffs are granted interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madz25 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 i'm out of the loop as usual, but does making the cutoff mean an automatic interview? Yes. Meet cutoffs = automatic interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saberial Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Ouch! I meet the MCAT cutoffs but my best two year average is 3.77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mdhopefully Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Yes, although I'm told by some people on ad com that there are some cases in which people who just miss the cutoffs are granted interviews. anyone know if this has actually happened? or is this for special consideration people? thanks ps: i missed the cut-offs with an nice O instead of the P......wasnt expecting this seemingly odd cut off changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaymcee Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Yes, although I'm told by some people on ad com that there are some cases in which people who just miss the cutoffs are granted interviews. I don't know where you heard this, but it certainly didn't apply to me, as I surpassed the MCAT cutoffs last year, but had a cumulative GPA of 3.67 (cutoff was 3.68). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eesanr Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Yes, although I'm told by some people on ad com that there are some cases in which people who just miss the cutoffs are granted interviews. I think that only applies to grad applicants. On the queen's med website, it says something to the effect that grad applicants who meet the mcat cutoff, but do not meet, but are close to, the gpa cutoff, they'll have their file reviewed and an interview can be granted based on that review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Its about time Queen's lowers that average. Nonetheless, I am surprised to see it go down. I thought things were only getting more competitve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a41 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 anyone know if this has actually happened? or is this for special consideration people? thanks ps: i missed the cut-offs with an nice O instead of the P......wasnt expecting this seemingly odd cut off changes I was just told that there were people who had 9 on VS and still received interviews last year (when the cutoff was 10). Who knows, maybe they had 15 15 T or something. I got O too It's conceivable that after the cutoffs are applied that they could hand out a few extra invites (for example to those grad students who don't quite make the GPA req). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antisera Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 So just to clarify... everyone who makes the cut-offs receives an interview. regardless of the rest of their application? And the number interviewed is usually around 450? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBJ1 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I was just told that there were people who had 9 on VS and still received interviews last year (when the cutoff was 10). Who knows, maybe they had 15 15 T or something. I got O too It's conceivable that after the cutoffs are applied that they could hand out a few extra invites (for example to those grad students who don't quite make the GPA req). Who was it that told you some people with 9 on VR still received an interviewed last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a41 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 So just to clarify... everyone who makes the cut-offs receives an interview. regardless of the rest of their application? And the number interviewed is usually around 450? Yeah. The cutoff's are designed to cut the applicants down to about 450. Decisions are based on something like 50% interview, 25% sketch, 25% references/extra currics, with the MCAT being used to separate equal scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a41 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Who was it that told you some people with 9 on VR still received an interviewed last year? I really don't remember her name, and I can't seem to navigate too well through the queen's website. It might just have been her encouraging me to apply/trying to get me to worry less. Sorry I don't want people to take my comments TOO seriously, after all I'm only a stranger on the internet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mdhopefully Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 a41....yeah that P cutoff shocked me....i figured they wouldnt stress too much over 2 half hour essays and maybe look at the abs questions which took hours....but whatever....ad coms always come up with new creative hoops to jump through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.