Tria Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Could someone let me know whether Queen's has already sent out interview invitations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degoo_ Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 I sure hope not. In general, I've heard that invites go out at the end of January and in early Feb. Let's hope for the best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tria Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Thanks degoo_! That makes me feel much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Wouldn't you guys already know if you can make the cut-offs or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degoo_ Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Yea but actually getting an invite email/letter is so much more reassuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingalongdong Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 I sure hope not. In general, I've heard that invites go out at the end of January and in early Feb. Let's hope for the best... I just checked my old emails. I got my Queens invite Jan 31, 06 and my Western invite Feb 3, 06. Best of luck to you folks nervously awaiting interview invites even though you know you're gonna get them. If you're nervous now, wait till May/June rolls around. Or worse yet, WAITLIST! Gah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degoo_ Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 I'd save the letters too. I recently found my acceptances to undergrad studies. It all seemed so promising and fulfilling then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaymcee Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I pride myself on being able to find information, but I can't seem to find how many applicants Queen's interviews. Does anyone have this number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahone Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Although the conventional comment is that Queen's interviews 450 ppl, a review of the accreditation documents on Queen's SoM website indicates that it has generally been more than that recently, closely approaching 500 last year. Comparing cutoffs from last year to this year, my guts say that there will be more people invited this year- how many? I have no idea. But in the absence of concrete numbers, my sense is that the math favors well over 500 this time round, and possibly a fair bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladam Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 i'm actually in my undergrad at queen's, and at a career fair yesterday someone from the queen's medicine booth told me about 540 people were being interviewed this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahone Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 540? Seems that would be low but I can't know for sure. Maybe fewer applied to Queen's this year? Unlikely I would guess but who knows. Not trying to pick a fight at all, I don't doubt that someone would give a figure to you, it's just that that number seems a bit surprising to me. That would be interviewing less ~54 more people than in 2005-06. I pulled this out of the Queen's accreditation Self Study....the formatting is my edit so that it would display in a readable fashion: Table 7 Outcomes for Medical School Application Cohorts 1999-00: 1448 applications, 406 interviews, 138 offers 2000-01: 1570 applications, 398 interviews, 128 offers 2001-02: 1580 applications, 427 interviews, 147 offers 2002-03: 1641 applications, 467 interviews, 222 offers 2003-04: 1388 applications, 474 interviews, 174 offers 2004-05: 1609 applications, 467 interviews, 186 offers 2005-06: 1778 applications, 486 interviews, 204 offers Probably safe to assume that application #s are roughly as high, but more likely they have increased to ~2000, give or take. Not increasing class size this year, therefore still only 100 ppl admitted. From that, and a 2 point drop in the cutoff MCAT sum (while GPA cuts are basically unchanged, according to last year's threads regarding cutoffs), wouldn't you expect a fairly large bump in the # of people interviewed, assuming they can get faculty, students and commun. members in to conduct the interviews? That's my tak on it, I guess we'll see soon enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfette Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Probably safe to assume that application #s are roughly as high, but more likely they have increased to ~2000, give or take. Not increasing class size this year, therefore still only 100 ppl admitted. From that, and a 2 point drop in the cutoff MCAT sum (while GPA cuts are basically unchanged, according to last year's threads regarding cutoffs), wouldn't you expect a fairly large bump in the # of people interviewed, assuming they can get faculty, students and commun. members in to conduct the interviews? That's my tak on it, I guess we'll see soon enough Well, as it has been said in a previous thread. It is hard to know whether the MCAT cutoff went up or down. Athough the overall number went down (32 to 30), the individual sections went up (10-10-10), and the WS section went up (O to P). But as you said, we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahone Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 That's fair enough. However, WS aside, I like to look at it this way: last year, if you made the minimum for each section, you weren't necessarily getting an interview...you had to make ANOTHER cutoff wrt to the sum score (32). This year, if you make the minimums for each section, numerically you are done. WS is another bag of poo anyway (actually I wonder how many people that eliminates...) Call it obsessive rationalization...I need hope, ergo, in my mind, the MCAT cut was dropped haha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanni Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 i'm actually in my undergrad at queen's, and at a career fair yesterday someone from the queen's medicine booth told me about 540 people were being interviewed this year. This number is correct. 540 letters will be sent out shortly. If you are offered an interview, you should receive your letter within the next week or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingalongdong Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Everybody, listen to the Great Hannini (aka Hannibanani aka Hannibal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensfan Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Everybody, listen to the Great Hannini (aka Hannibanani aka Hannibal) ha ha, eric, you are such a tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temp_degoo Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Dingalongdong - I don't think many people have described the Queen's Med experience. Could you give some information? General impression, from acceptance, matriculation, classes, onwards. General day, work load, types of people, opportunities (in med, and beyond). Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I got my rejection letter on Friday, by the way. I didn't meet the VR cut-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premedgirl Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I got my rejection letter on Friday, by the way. I didn't meet the VR cut-off. Where do you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Where do you live? The letter arrived in Mississauga on Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofthopeful07 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 according to my mom, i got my rejection letter last week also. lol, does anyone else have thier parents opening their mail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 according to my mom, i got my rejection letter last week also. lol, does anyone else have thier parents opening their mail? Yup...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensfan Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 if you want some info on the queens medicine experience and check out what the peeps in the 2010 class are like, visit the interview website: http://meds.queensu.ca/students/meds2011/ make sure you visit the med school community section under individual profiles & advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyB Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Got The rejection letter today in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starzee Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I also received a rejection letter today, although I was fully expecting it, I think I missed the WS by a letter, I'm in NS. Anyway, Goodluck to everyone who has yet to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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