toffeetree Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 for those who have applied before, what was your experience with verifiers? the online step by step application help seems to suggest that UBC WILL contact all verifiers and ask them to report precise hours and duties - is this true ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antisera Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 UBC contacted 2 of my verifiers via email a few weeks after receiving an interview invite. I think the process is fairly random, unless they're concerned about a specific activity, as some people had a few verifiers checked and others had none. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolboy Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 They do not contact all the verifiers (not very many in fact) - they kind of pick and choose who they want to - a couple of years ago they contacted one of my verifiers and there was an hours discrepency - I got an email from UBC asking if I could explain - I did and there was no problem - so as long as your honest and put a verifier for each activity you shouldn't be worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toffeetree Posted August 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 thanks...and poolboy, thanks for answering both the OMSAS and UBC verifier questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbesarecool Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Yes it seems like its fairly random. I applied twice to UBC and none of my verifiers were contacted either time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patch Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 a couple of years ago they contacted one of my verifiers and there was an hours discrepency - I got an email from UBC asking if I could explain - I did and there was no problem - so as long as your honest and put a verifier for each activity you shouldn't be worried. This is interesting. It's kind of tricky when you put say a soccer coach as a verifier. He could definitely verify that you played, but he would have no idea how many hours, even though he was there. For things like that I have been estimating the best I can but I could be way off, and my verifier would probably come up with a different number of hours even though both are probably logical estimates. How are others going about this type of activity wrt hours and verifiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolboy Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 For activities like that they will probably not contact your verifiers, and if they by chance do then they will understand that it can be really relative. They are more likely to contact verifiers from activities that involved organizations that usually count volunteer hours (i.e. hospital, first aid volunteer), or phone a person to see if you were really involved in it at all - don't sweat the small stuff!- and remember they should give you a chance to explain yourself if there is a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 i know that one of my verifiers was contacted this year. i think it is pretty random because i've spoken to others who didn't have any verifiers contacted at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antisera Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 One of my verifiers that was contacted was a swim coach, and he hardly remembered me since I had stopped swimming for the team in 1999. I sort of doubt he gave the same number of hours I had calculated for 2.5 years of swimming, but UBC never contacted me again regarding this, and I was still accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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