U of T acceptance

[GGDAT]

Whether I can offer good interview advice is arbitrary... but here goes....

 

Well said Dinan. Here is my two cents:

 

With the questions you are asked, they are looking for people who has experienced a lot of things and are well rounded. If the scenario does not apply to you, DO NOT EVER PASS A QUESTION. At Dalhousie, they would not even let me, they kept pushing me to answer a question. PASSING A QUESTION MEANS 1. you lack some experiences that you should have. 2. even if you didn't you can't even think of what you would do. 3. you like to evade tough situations.

 

Now, tips on how to ace the interviews. Say they asked tell me a situation where you saw a friend cheat on an exam and what you did.

 

Now you might think: oops, I've never had that happen in my life. But here is how you answer it, ask yourself if you did what would you do?

 

You are allowed to take sometime, so ask the interviewers to give you a few minutes for you to think about the most relevant experience that you have had.

 

Be sure to involve names, dates, courses to make your story convincing. Instead of saying my friend. Say my friend, Bob Dylan, kept peeking at my a girl in our class back in U0 in first level physics midterm. I approached him later telling him, I saw what he tried to do and told him the consequences that might come out of it. He was a bit upset at first saying that it was none of his business. But I told him because I am your friend and would not want you to suffer from your actions I am just simply trying help. I offered my advice to Bob. Etc.

 

If the situation does not DIRECTLY involve a personal experience, think of the best and closest experience and tweak it.

 

My toughest question I was asked was: What DID you do if a friend told you a very discrete information and you MISUNDERSTOOD IT?

 

I thought oh-boy, its hard enough for some to tell me a very deep secret and then for me to misunderstand it???

 

Well, my friend (whom I won't name here, but I did name during the interview) had some family issues back in 2007 (include the time). He called me one night before during my finals period and was very, very upset. He explained to me his situation, "His mother were a frequent visitor to casinos and gambled away some most of his family's wealth. Now his family in Taiwan is experiencing problems and their parents are on the verge of divorce."

 

Well, I didn't misunderstand him because frankly my friend was clear. But I had to tweak the story, saying I thought it was more of a financial problem and I offered to lend him my savings so he can stay in Canada and finish his school. But later on I realized that he was really sad over the fact that his parents were going through a divorce and then I told him that he had to stand up for his family. He has the power to hold his family together and convince them to forgive each other and pull together as a family. I advised him to call both his parents separately and convince them to stay together because it is a lot harder if everyone had to deal with such situations alone and mad at one another. This maybe a test that God has put to bring the family together. And it ended in a happy ending.

 

For more "situational/if" questions think of as many possibilities as you can. Think of complications that can evolve, think how people can react to your situations differently. The more you say the more likely you will say what they want. (since you don't loose points for saying "irrelevant things" but you do get points for hitting a criteria they were looking for). So cover all grounds in a "if" situation.

 

Lastly, yes this is a standardized test, but you have to involve your listeners and really captivate them. If you do, they might give you an better grade if they were fluctuating between a 4 and a 5 out of 5.

 

I knew my interview at UBC went well, because the interviewers found my experiences compelling and spend most of their time listening and looking at me rather than looking down at their score sheet.

 

In the end, if you are moral, kind, compassionate, and possess the qualities to become a good citizen and a good health care provider. Then you just need to express yourself and your opinions. If you are not articulate, then work on your ability to speak to strangers.

 

If you lack the moral aspect, then you really need to change yourself.

 

Lastly, before the night of the interview, think about all the MAJOR experiences that has happened in your life. Ask yourself who it involved, when? where? how? what was the good outcome? What you would have done differently if the outcome was not good? etc. Get a goodnight sleep, put on your best smile! Be yourself! And be confident and humane. Use emotions, don't sound like a robot!

 

I hope this helped some of you! And good luck to everyone of you!

[JAMA0295]

That is great advice GGDAT! That's what I did.

[Tales]

Here's a link to the facebook group for anyone that was interested:

 

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117447594939327#!/group.php?gid=117447594939327

[bbbCAN]

Sorry,

I see bbbCAN was accepted and he previously told me he used 2130.

So I'm all good!

 

That's all I took for physio, so you should be good.

[bbbCAN]

for those who were accepted and are in their 3rd year, do we have to maintain a 3.0 GPA in each of our courses this year? or an overall GPA for the whole year of 3.0 of higher??

I'm asking because I don't think i will get a 3.0 for in this bs wildlife ecology course I am taking lol. I dunno wat I was thinking when I took it (the description sounded easy)

Anyway for anyone at UWO, don't ever take Biology 3446 (worst class period)

 

cheers

[Sinkay]

for those who were accepted and are in their 3rd year, do we have to maintain a 3.0 GPA in each of our courses this year? or an overall GPA for the whole year of 3.0 of higher??

I'm asking because I don't think i will get a 3.0 for in this bs wildlife ecology course I am taking lol. I dunno wat I was thinking when I took it (the description sounded easy)

Anyway for anyone at UWO, don't ever take Biology 3446 (worst class period)

 

cheers

I think it's every course you've ever taken in your life. Including the ones from highschool. Sorry, now back to your cube in LG! hahah

/s

[freebird]

for those who were accepted and are in their 3rd year, do we have to maintain a 3.0 GPA in each of our courses this year? or an overall GPA for the whole year of 3.0 of higher??

I'm asking because I don't think i will get a 3.0 for in this bs wildlife ecology course I am taking lol. I dunno wat I was thinking when I took it (the description sounded easy)

Anyway for anyone at UWO, don't ever take Biology 3446 (worst class period)

 

cheers

Well it says annual GPA, so I'm going to go out on a limb (a very short limb) and say that no, not all of your grades have to be above 3.0. =P

[richuurd]

I would assume an average GPA of at least 3.0 in the 2009-2010 session would suffice.