Superking25 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 In!......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallinar Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I'm in. yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 hahaha if only it was this easy to get in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick83 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Anyone else still waiting for references to be received?? I think they should have got there by now, but am wondering if OMSAS is still sorting through them all. I'm 2 for 3 and don't know when I should be asking my reference to send it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreek Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I sent them an e-mail and called...both said the same thing (practically, but a lil different)...the e-mail was later, so more accurate I believe, it was automatic. "Saying that they are now done (within a day) of inputing all references" and thats a qoute. So what I gather, whatever they do today, that is it, but I assume theres very little to be done. I'm in the same boat as you, and I will be asking my one referee to resend it today...and if by chance it gets updated from previously, makes no difference then. It also stated in the email, that references have no strict deadline, and some schools still process your file even if they aren't all in. good luck greek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Anyone else still waiting for references to be received?? I think they should have got there by now, but am wondering if OMSAS is still sorting through them all. I'm 2 for 3 and don't know when I should be asking my reference to send it again. hey, I just spoke with the OMSAS coordinator today... she said that all references have basically been updated and put into the system by now. (definitely the ones that were sent before the oct 1 deadline). so if you are still 2 / 3 like me, they said to ask the referee to re-send... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspired17 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 To those of you who are missing a referee letter on the OMSAS site: This happened to me last year. I suggest that you contact your referee & verify that the letter was sent. If it has been sent at least 2 weeks ago, call OMSAS & ask them about it. When I had this problem last year, my referee had sent the letter in a timely fashion and it was simply an issue that OMSAS or Canada Post had lost the letter somewhere along the way. If you think about the volume of letters that are received by OMSAS (~5000 applicants x 3 letters), I suppose that it is conceivable that quite a few of them never make it to their respective dossier. Do not worry, this will not affect your chances as long as you rectify the situation sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 If you think about the volume of letters that are received by OMSAS (~5000 applicants x 3 letters 5000? You're in for a rude awakening, my friend. 18,000 last year, 16,000 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laika Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 5000? You're in for a rude awakening, my friend. 18,000 last year, 16,000 this year. OUAC stats state there were 5,577 applicants last year. Remember that many of them applied to multiple schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 OUAC stats state there were 5,577 applicants last year. Remember that many of them applied to multiple schools. Oh, you're right. I've got the # of applications, total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspired17 Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Jochi: Where did you get the stats for this year? I have been wondering about whether they were consistent with last year or not? And yes, I was referring to the rough # of applicants and not the # of applications. It is bad enough that there are >5000 applicants, I cannot imagine what it would be like if there were 18 000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Jochi: Where did you get the stats for this year? I have been wondering about whether they were consistent with last year or not? And yes, I was referring to the rough # of applicants and not the # of applications. It is bad enough that there are >5000 applicants, I cannot imagine what it would be like if there were 18 000! Oh, vip_138 and I conducted an investigation... Basically, we compared people's reference numbers and the people who submitted about half an hour before the deadline had ref #s in the 15,500s, which suggests the total # is about 16,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspired17 Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Oh, vip_138 and I conducted an investigation... Basically, we compared people's reference numbers and the people who submitted about half an hour before the deadline had ref #s in the 15,500s, which suggests the total # is about 16,000. Ha ha... That's intense (& clever). I hope that you guys are right and that the # has gone down this year. That would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Ha ha... That's intense (& clever). I hope that you guys are right and that the # has gone down this year. That would be nice. Yeah, unfortunately, the year before it was like 12,000, so a drop of 2,000 is not enough to predict that any cutoffs change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayantemple Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 This is annoying, I guess I'm getting my reference to resubmit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonesRN Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Basically, we compared people's reference numbers and the people who submitted about half an hour before the deadline had ref #s in the 15,500s, which suggests the total # is about 16,000. Which reference number are you referring to in this? Is it the reference number you are given when you submit? I'm trying to understand the methodology of your investigation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Which reference number are you referring to in this? Is it the reference number you are given when you submit? I'm trying to understand the methodology of your investigation Yeah, the one you get when you submit. Like, I submitted about a week before the deadline, and my ref. # was in the 10,000s. People who submitted the day of the deadline were 14,500+ with the last person we know (submitted like half an hour before the deadline) being at about 15,500, so we figured we'd add another 500 to consider that one half hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonito23 Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 It could also theoretically mean that a lot more applicants applied to less schools this year, without having a significant change (decline) in the total number of applicants from previous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 This is annoying, I guess I'm getting my reference to resubmit... absolutely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreek Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 you never know, u might visit ur referee and they might tell u they submitted it yesterday (mine says it was done mon/tuesday),,,good stuff, push that limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lll Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 two of my references is still outstanding and they sent it two months ago....is the update complete?...is any1 else whose status said currently outstanding sya its received now?? ________ Toyota Allion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky222 Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 two of my references is still outstanding and they sent it two months ago....is the update complete?...is any1 else whose status said currently outstanding sya its received now?? One of my letters got there on Oct 17 and they changed it to receive before the weekend. I think they are just about finishing entering or close to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreek Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 finally my third referee became "received" according to the website....man,,,the canadian postal system is embarassing....my referee sent it in last monday, and it got 'processed' today...according to omsas,,,they were done majority of the letters last monday,,,and only needed tuesday to catch up, ill assume it took 5 days to get to guelph, if thats not embarassing, i dont know what is, anyone else still waiting for their forms to get processed? i feel ur pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarzan_55 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Finally! My last transcript is in...i think today was the "deadline" from omsas to have everything completed on your ouac app. This is speculation based on a very vague email i received back from omsas.. now we wait! fun fun.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJaswal Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 One of my reference letters is still outstanding. I sent it last thursday for the second time, and it's not processed. I already know that it is delivered b/c that's what priority mail says, but for some reason, it's not on OMSAS. I think I'm like one of the last ones whose application will actually be complete b/c of this damn reference letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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