Guest Biochem10 Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Just writing to tell everyone that the interview invites are coming out for the MD/PhD program. I received mine by e-mail today and the date of the first Med school interviews is February 28. I`m so excited and freaked out.... Well, I guess I have a month or so to calm myself down. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest batman Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 do the the first MD interviews or MD/PhD interviews start on Feb 28? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biochem10 Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 The first MD interviews are on Feb. 28 as well as the MD/PhD interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kirsteen Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Congratulations Biochem10! Can I ask, are you an undergrad applicant or graduate applicant to UofT, i.e., have you completed or are you in the process of completing a graduate degree? Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Wow, I'm so jealous!! (Congratulations and good luck, though ) I applied MD-PhD too, but no email . Not all the invites come out at once, do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biochem10 Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Kirsteen, I'm an undergrad applicant from McGill, finishing my Honours Biochemistry degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ryguy Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Congrats! It does nothing for my own anxiety however. Thanks for the update though - that's why this site is so great. Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest med2006McGill Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Hi peachy, Not all the invites come out at once. MD/PhD applicants are interviewed on 2 separate weekends. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest batman Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 don't stress too much peachy. I got a U of T invite last year in late april, and i know people who got theirs in may, just a few days before the last interview weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 yeah, I know that MD interviews can come at any time - it's the PhD part I'm worried about --- thanks meds2006mcgill - that eases my mind a little. Does anyone know anything about how many MD/PhD applicants they interview and then accept relative to the size of the applicant pool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest med2006McGill Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Last year, they interviewed about 20 applicants but I'm not sure how many people they accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Do you know how many people applied? (ie they interviewed 20 of how many applicants?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest med2006McGill Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 I think around 40-50 people applied last year, but the number may vary from year to year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beth Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Biochem.....congratulations! I have heard that some of the schools interview alphabetically. What letter does your last name start with? Good luck with your interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DHP62 Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Congrats on the interview!!!! Anyone know when UofT interview invites come out for non-MD/PhD applicants? Thanks! DHP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shahenshah Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 hey congrats..one step at a time and soon you'll be on the other side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SoHo Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Congratulations on the interview Biochem10. When I called, I was told that interview invites for MD will be sent within the next 3-6 week period. Refusal letters should also be sent around the same time. Interviews are scheduled for: Feb 28 March 1, 2, 29, 30, 31 April 11, 12, 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 I got my interview invite for MD/PhD today - I'll see you on the 28th at lunch, BioChem10!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Krish Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 Congrats, peachy!! Does this imply that the U of T med students have finished reading all the essays? Or do they read those who applied to the MD/PhD program first? It would be great if U of T moderators can comment on this. The waiting continues..... Krish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biochem10 Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 Congrats Peachy and yes, I will see you at the lunch on the 28th. Looks like we're the only ones on this board interested in this program. It's no surprise to me, most of my classmates hate research. Now, all we have to do is get mentally prepared! See you later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SoHo Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 Completely second-hand info - I heard the deadline to hand in the essay evaluations was yesterday. But I suppose MD/PhD were read first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cheech10 Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 I wish I could comment definitively, but the 2nd years are the ones that read the essays. IIRC, the essays are read in batches (corresponding to the interview dates), so not all the essays have been read/files have been looked at. Also, I think there are slightly separate rules for the MD/PhD group, but I think they might be read at the same time as the first group, with a second batch later on. The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards essays being read in batches, with your file being totally ignored (except for ensuring completeness) until its batch comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SoHo Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 So you're only competing with the people in your batch and not the entire applicant pool? Hmm... that doesn't sound right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biochem10 Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 hi SoHo, I just wanted to clear up something about the application process to MD/PhD program that I learned from some previous applicants. Yes, I think they do read our essays first, but we also compete with the general MD pool. Therefore, if our essay is not up to the standard for the MD program, we will not be granted an interview. In terms of the final decision, the MD admissions office has the last word, no matter how much the MD/PhD committee likes us, we will not get in without approval from the MD committee. Anyway, I knew a guy who was a great researcher, he also had a 4.0 and great MCAT scores, but he just didn't have the personality for medicine. He got rejected on his first time applying to MD/PhD at U of T after the interviews. He ended up in doing an MD/PhD in the states. So, I think the process is fair, I think they try to get the MD/PhD applicants out of the way first because they only accept around 5 and if you don't get accepted into the combined program it's still possible to be accepted into the MD only stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cheech10 Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 No, you actually compete with the entire batch. They do have a general idea of how strong your application needs to be to be granted an interview, and a few extra or fewer interviews isn't going to be a big deal (to them). If they reviewed the entire group of files at once, they could send out interview notices all at once, but last year those in later batches were not notified until 2-3 weeks before their interview (and some were notified 2-3 *days* before their interviews). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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