talmeth Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hey, testing a theory here. Two previous applications.... none of my verifiers were contacted. No interview. This time, two verifiers told me they were contacted, and I received an interview invite. My hypothesis is that people who are below the cut-off for interview invites do not have their verifiers checked because of limited personnel resources. Can anyone refute this? Perhaps someone who didn't get an interview but who did go through a background check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladam Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 i was really hoping your theory was true...but at least 2 of mine were contacted and then i didn't get an interview. seems kinda silly to go out of the way to bother these people when it's the end of the road for me...but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH07 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I also had verifiers checked and was not granted an interview. Kinda weird...I will be contacting admissions as to why they would do this...at least their rationale behind it...also interesting is I have yet to get a notification email as to status change but have a status change in my application.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsmooth Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 i think verfiers are doing it randomly? random spot-checking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yunho Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 anyone knows if they continue to check with verifiers until they make the admission offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenir001 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 ya, i've heard they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugzm Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 at least two of my verifiers contacted without interview too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talmeth Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 K well, toss my hypothesis out the window then I guess it's just random on the entire pool. Sorry to those of you who didn't get interviews. I was in your boat for two years. And really, there is WAY too much premature celebrating. Getting an interview by no means guarantees admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmed23 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 last year and this year no verifier contacted (atleast no one informed me) but this year received an interview. I am sure after the interviews, they randomly verify other applicants as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fezzik99 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I have been granted an interview for the past two years but this year (even though at least two of my verifyers were checked) I did not get an interview. I am not really sure how this can be as my application only continues to get better. I wonder how much detail they will give as to why no interview. The score breakdown is not going to be enough I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medgirl08 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Got an interview the year before last (my first time applying). Got rejected post interview b/c of lack of "medically relevant volunteer exprience." Didn't apply last year to get enough hours of just that!! Applied again this year, verifiers contacted but NO interview. I wonder if the offers depend on the pool of applicants. Some years they might get really good ones and some other years they might not! So in the good years they can afford to be picky while during the not so great years some of the mediocre applicants will make it through as well. Just a theory though!! Still tyring to wrap my head around the rejection!! I guess better now than May!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcgirl33 Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Hey medgirl.... wow that makes zero sense. I feel like the marking scheme for UBC is actually 25% AQ 25% NAQ and 50% Total Crap Shoot. It really kills me. Why such a black box? Are you IP or OOP... I mean... could the applicant pool really change THAT drastically? I think you've showed so much commitment... keep truckin, and you'll get there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medgirl08 Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thnx bcgirl. I'm IP. What was even more interesting last time was that I got a score of 9/10 on the interview. Kind of made me wonder why they even offered me an interview if they were going to reject me based on lack of volunteer experience! I completely agree with the total crap shoot theory!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Verifier checked but no interview. None of my verifiers was checked last year, when I was definitely further from the cutoff, so perhaps they only check the borderline candidates? As for getting an interview one year but not the next, you would think that the size of the applicant pool would reduce variation between years to almost nil, leaving their changing grading system as the main culprit. As you say, it's a crapshoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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