SkyBlue Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 does western make decisions like UofT in that they accept the top students per room/group of interviewers? (to account for marking differences between groups of interviewers) is that really how UT does it? Can I ask where you heard this from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eebee Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I feel like no matter what the system is, some people who deserve to get in wont, and some people who dont will. There's no way to ensure that everything is perfectly fair. If they were to go by that rule, and one panel gets a bunch of crappy kids, and one panel gets a bunch of amazing kids, by chance...then one crappy kid gets in over an amazing one. Then again, if they go by just their score, then those marked by an easy panel will have a better shot. A lot of it is luck, but I think at the end of the day they try to make it as fair as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraises Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 i heard it from elite interview...when i went for a session this year the person looked very confident about this information she even said that every year, UofT tries something "different"? for instance, one year, they decided to take in ppl who aced carving as an experiment but this turned out really badly so every year, we don't know the 'special factor' they're going to test out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentist89 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Honestly, what is with these people??? I really believe that a lot of people here are just posting these ridiculous stats/scores to either freak people out, and to make others feel inadequate. Or maybe they did horribly on their dat/interview, and they are using the internet as a means of developing some alternate life in which they feel superior. Nevertheless, if you have scores like that, you would NOT be asking how good they are. And to be honest, scores such as those are not very realistic coming from a person who spells "guys" so incorrectly. I agree. and LOL @ "guys" Not gonna lie, those are pretty pathetic scores. I recommend you end all ambitions towards dentistry immediately, and spare yourself the embarrassment of being rejected later on. How could you only get 27 on bio? Bio is like the easiest section. If you look at the LOWEST DAT scores for the accepted class, they are all at LEAST 29. Oh and 28 on carving? I would NEVER trust anyone with that type of dexterity to EVER perform operations on my mouth. Time to move onto Plan B, my friend. You're just not cut out for dentistry. Hilarious. But i hope he doesnt take you seriously! He might not actually know (but HIGHLY unlikely) you know this is a lie because there's no such score of 28 for carving This made me laugh too. I dont know how the carving works but in my DAT there were only set marks as well. Dont know if 28 was a number (didnt look that high up haha) So what are you trying to say? There is a point in trying to scare people, so long as you try and scare people EARLIER in the application cycle? really? Are you also this stiff in real life? the person who posted those crazy DAT scores, and the other person who posted the CDA interview of 45 were clearly just mocking the OP with their ridiculous claims. Relax and ease down. /end ironic post of the thread? hey! sorry but 45 is not a possible score.. maybe 45 / 3 interviewers = 15 that would be a possible score.... it's out of a possible 35 because there are 7 questions each worth a maximum of 5 points I just thought of a solution. I heard they drop the lowest interviewers mark, so 45 might be the sum of the two best ones? Most likely the 45 was posted as a joke though. Not really entertaining but at the end of my UWO interview they asked if I had applied anywhere else? What do you think they were looking for in this answer? Honesty I think. Dental schools are very competitive so saying you have applied other places isn't the worst thing in the world; the student/faculty member obviously know how hard it is to get in! I feel like no matter what the system is, some people who deserve to get in wont, and some people who dont will. There's no way to ensure that everything is perfectly fair.If they were to go by that rule, and one panel gets a bunch of crappy kids, and one panel gets a bunch of amazing kids, by chance...then one crappy kid gets in over an amazing one. Then again, if they go by just their score, then those marked by an easy panel will have a better shot. A lot of it is luck, but I think at the end of the day they try to make it as fair as possible. I think youre right. The only way they can try to spread it evenly across the board is to use a marking scheme for answers. That way no matter how hard the interviewer is, if your answer fits what they want, you get the points. But in the end we are all human, so if they like you you might do better As for the op, I think this was posted as a joke (or he's REALLY that oblivious haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzinc10 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Had a good time reading these posts, but I am going to hijack this thread a bit and put it back on track. So, Margaret Edghill at UofT, who is the faculty registrar, said that we should be getting back admission decisions way before the stated May 1st deadline. Someone also posted on this forum that UofT gave back results last year by April 11th. Now UofT seems to send out all correspondance on friday's at the end of the day. So, my guess is that we will be hearing from UofT on good friday! I have also heard from several people in UofT that each pair of interviewers roughly interviews 10 people over the course of the 2 days. So they will rank those people they have seen and the top 3 get in. I guess the rest of the people are ranked according to a formula to determine if they are waitlisted or rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juba Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Friday is a holiday so I highly doubt that they will send out the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebird Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I have also heard from several people in UofT that each pair of interviewers roughly interviews 10 people over the course of the 2 days. So they will rank those people they have seen and the top 3 get in. I guess the rest of the people are ranked according to a formula to determine if they are waitlisted or rejected. I dunno, this would mean that GPA is not factored into the results after getting an interview. And going by past entrance GPA scores, that doesn't seem very likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraises Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 i think when they choose the top ppl from each group of interviewers, it's with adding gpa and dat onto the interview score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalgal3123 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 any guesses what the mean gpa will be for UfT acceptances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanospeed Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 any guesses what the mean gpa will be for UfT acceptances? With the GPA inflation these days, I wouldn't be surprised if it was at least 4.0 Friday is a holiday so I highly doubt that they will send out the results. Actually last year was sent on Good Friday as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaDent Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 With the GPA inflation these days, I wouldn't be surprised if it was at least 4.0 Actually last year was sent on Good Friday as well... Last year, good Friday was March 21st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanospeed Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Last year, good Friday was March 21st My bad. Haha I was naive to think the faculty would actually work on a HOLIDAY Ah well, I guess it's hard to say now when exactly the results come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebird Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 My guess is next Tuesday (I put Monday at first, but I forgot, that's Easter Monday). As for the GPA question, who knows, but in past years it's been 3.91 and 3.94. Obviously they weigh the GPA quite heavily since the mean GPA for an interview this year was 3.83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaDent Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Ya I would guess either Thursday or Tuesday. I assume they send it out on the Friday usually to avoid a rush of calls the next day so if they sent it out Thursday they would have a long weekend for people to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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