harlow Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hey cdndent I feel your pain, you just described the exact situation I'm in! Good to know I'm not alone but FML, I can't focus on exams and I have 1 on Monday, 2 on Tuesday and 1 on Weds I sort of hope UofT would release it on Friday, so it either banishes my hopes and I buckle down to work or I'm super happy at getting in and don't have to freak about my marks so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdndent Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hey cdndent I feel your pain, you just described the exact situation I'm in! Good to know I'm not alone but FML, I can't focus on exams and I have 1 on Monday, 2 on Tuesday and 1 on Weds I sort of hope UofT would release it on Friday, so it either banishes my hopes and I buckle down to work or I'm super happy at getting in and don't have to freak about my marks so much I hear ya, i too hope they release it on Friday... i just wanna know if i'm in or not damnittt! lol But b/c I want it to be released Fri, it's prob going to be released Monday Good luck @ UWO this weekend and best of luck on all your exams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdndent Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 If ur GPA is above 3.85 and DAT also around 21 then u really only need to do "average" to get in... Do you mean 3.95??? (although i hope you really did mean 3.85 ) Isn't 3.85 the minimum GPA to get an interview??? meaning everyone will have at least 3.85? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Do you mean 3.95??? (although i hope you really did mean 3.85 )Isn't 3.85 the minimum GPA to get an interview??? meaning everyone will have at least 3.85? well according to the rejection letter they sent out, 3.85 was the average of the interviewees... i'm sure some ppl with lower than this got an interview... it's just...hard to find them on this forum? hopefully...haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastin11 Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 You are being too optimistic--remember, grad students drag the average gpa down, in reality, the average gpa among undergrads to get an interview is much higher. F-ing grad students lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 hmm good point, but there seems to be a mixture of opinions on how UofT calculates grad students GPA. If they place them in a separte group yet still calculates GPA based on their undergrad GPA then I guess your argument would be correct. If they use Grad GPA then i think they would actually raise the GPA no? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinch Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 A few of my friends are in dentistry out west. But I've heard that at UofT, it is actually relatively easy to get in if you're a grad student - effective undergrad GPA cutoffs are lower (mainly because the easy to get 3.9-4.0 grad gpa is counted). For those directly from undergrad...i think the marks required are quite a bit higher - almost analagous to UofT's medical school. About 35-40% of UofT's denral class have masters or phds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibichibi Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Well I am a bit below 3.85 (I don't know exactly though) and I don't have grad degree and I got an interview. So 3.85 is not the cut-off. But I am quite a bit above the 21 for DAT if that makes a difference. I don't know what to think of the interview anymore...I don't think anybody can tell you for sure how this admissions process works. Like, do they rank people and assign them percentiles or do they just use raw scores (I doubt that b/c with everybody being so identical, wouldn't that result in huge numbers of ppl with the same overall scores)? It's all a mystery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 well the absolute minimum for interviews have always been 3.75 and ive seen people getting in with scores like 17-18 in both AA and PAT (had high GPA though). there will always be some 4.0s and 3.75s, but once u got an interview, i just know that the interview has the most influential power to ur acceptance. and...since it's hard to tell how ur interviews went, we can only pray!!! omg! the wait is killing me...i've been slackin too much this semester thinking about this, and there is no way going back now...i'm so screwed if i don't get in...hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastin11 Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Has anyone tried calling and asking when they plan to release acceptances? I don't mind calling, I just don't want to if they've already heard the same question from 1000 different callers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazaag Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Haha..thanks for dissing grad students like myself! lmao. High grad gpas are not THAT easy to get. I'd say if your undergrad is 3.7..then your grad gpa migh tbe around 3.8. It also varies hugely with what program you take and what school you are in. Plus, in most research based grad programs you only do 3 or 4 courses max!! How much that counts is really a mystery. I personally do know a few grads who applied and either a) did not get an interview (i know 2 this year) or did not get in after the interview (one last year). The guy who got the interview had a gpa of 3.7ish i think, but it seems to me that grad students are ranked amongst themselves..perhaps some sort of normalization is done so that at the end, if a grad student ranks first amongst his group and an undergrad is second among their respective group..then when joining the two the ranks would remain the same perhaps. Its just a guess....but long story short..our advantage is that we might have less competition amongst grad students which makes it easier for us. That being said, i met 4 grad students who interviewed at UoT so far and they all have incredible grad gpas (much higher than mine)..so the competition there might be getting intense as well and with more grad applicants, competition might just be the same as for undergrads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdndent Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 tomorrow just might be the day guys!! *crosses fingers* Good luck to all!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibichibi Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 ewwwwwwwwwww I wanna puke I hate waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlow Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Me too chibichibi! It's driving me nutssssssssssss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tales Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I feel for you guys, I was in your spot last year. Unfortunately, I think you guys may have to wait another week if the trend continues. Just for a little tease, here's the letter you can expect if you get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aravis Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 *tear tear* that is a really beautiful letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibichibi Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I almost wish I had exams to prepare for so I can STOP being NEUROTIC and stop obsessing about everything and nothing at the same time, all the time. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibichibi Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I'm gonna have a heart attack every time I refresh my inbox starting tomorrow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdndent Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I almost wish I had exams to prepare for so I can STOP being NEUROTIC and stop obsessing about everything and nothing at the same time, all the time. Sigh. you don't have any exams to study for???? LUCKY YOU!! please chibichibi, you do NOT want exams on top of this anxiety.....seriously lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I feel for you guys, I was in your spot last year. Unfortunately, I think you guys may have to wait another week if the trend continues. Just for a little tease, here's the letter you can expect if you get in. omg this is killing me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlow Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 so true! Exams + anxiety = doomed to kill my gpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdndent Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I feel for you guys, I was in your spot last year. Unfortunately, I think you guys may have to wait another week if the trend continues. Just for a little tease, here's the letter you can expect if you get in. oh dear gawddd, i canNOT survive another week of this!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibichibi Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 oh dear gawddd, i canNOT survive another week of this!!!!!!! Worse yet, to think it might not just be another week, but months! (For those of us who get on the waitlist...or wait for Western!!!!!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibichibi Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Seriously I wish I had $$$$$$ to go shopping and forget about this...obsess about shoes and clothes and the like rather than this stupid thing...maybe I should be glad I am penniless right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Seriously I wish I had $$$$$$ to go shopping and forget about this...obsess about shoes and clothes and the like rather than this stupid thing...maybe I should be glad I am penniless right now i just realized u have a 40 in MCAT...... why...rn't u in Wash U in St Louis Med already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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