Rext Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Who else is clinging to hope that the admissions office is considering sending out invites at 10pm? Lol even if they were still working, they wouldn't be able to send out emails now lest we catch on that they have no personal lives outside of undergraduate MD admissions And reputation IS everything to these people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGSaint Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Who else is clinging to hope that the admissions office is considering sending out invites at 10pm? Haha I can tell this is your first time around. Are you applying as a 3rd year student by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Haha I can tell this is your first time around. Are you applying as a 3rd year student by any chance? Haha, well of course I was kidding but yes, I'm a med school app virgin and in 3rd year, how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGSaint Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Haha, well of course I was kidding but yes, I'm a med school app virgin and in 3rd year, how about you? Nice way to put it . Second time around (and thankfully the last), got nipped last year at Queen's since I have a 9/R combo. Applied very narrowly last year so US + Canada apps for me this year. Good luck to you in the midst of your undegrad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thank you! Merry Christmas, and here's hoping for a 9! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just as I was checking this thread I got an email. But it was from Amazon. lol. Oh well, another day of waiting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small_town_girl Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just as I was checking this thread I got an email. But it was from Amazon. lol. Oh well, another day of waiting... lol damn you my heart just stopped beating for a second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 lol damn you my heart just stopped beating for a secondBwahaha! I'll always be here to add more anxiety to people's lives. ♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
une17 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 haha Change that Q to an R and cause an ever bigger panic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madskillz99 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Last year, I got my invite at 3:33PM EST....so perhaps soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1428 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 nothing today, I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 This is just cruel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 AH no. I couldn't resist so I called the admissions office, they said "there's a good chance that interview decisions won't be released until after Christmas this year". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1428 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 AH no. I couldn't resist so I called the admissions office, they said "there's a good chance that interview decisions won't be released until after Christmas this year". LOL so much for mid-december Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OIC Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 ..... ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 AH no. I couldn't resist so I called the admissions office, they said "there's a good chance that interview decisions won't be released until after Christmas this year". The other day my mom commented that this thing Queen's does is akin to the way a cat plays with a mouse before killing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuronix Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 everyone here needs to relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
une17 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 everyone here needs to relax. Agreed. The e-mails are coming one way or another, nothing we can do about it but be productive in the meantime and/or enjoy the holiday season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Well of course everybody deals with it differently, I am too excited for an opportunity to interview for my top-choice med school, so I check pm periodically to stop the interview decision from distracting the rest of my life. Obviously I'd love to play it cool but, come on, a lot of us have been working towards this for many, many, years. Can't help but get a little anxious. And YES proton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLAV Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 lol watch it come out tomorrow... it would be like "SURPRISE!! don't believe what we tell you, your never safe from med school stress" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupeFiasco Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Food for thought: Queens said they are going to send out interview offers on a rolling basis. If they were just using strict cut-offs there would be no point in having a rolling application process. . . Is this another indication of Queens possibly having moved to a holistic process? Feedback. - Lupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madskillz99 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 They have always used a rolling process to send out invites. Must be based on as they review applications and whether they meet the cutoff or not. I don't think it suggests a holistic process is at work...if only things were that fair lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMDoc Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Food for thought: Queens said they are going to send out interview offers on a rolling basis. If they were just using strict cut-offs there would be no point in having a rolling application process. . . Is this another indication of Queens possibly having moved to a holistic process? Feedback. - Lupe Probably not, they did a rolling process last year, and there were strict cut-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarsystem Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Yea, I’m also finding Queen’s selection process a little strange as well. They say that they use hard cutoffs but use a rolling system to notify applicants which doesn’t make sense if they’re using cutoffs. Why not send them all at once? Could it be that maybe they’re organizing interview weekends at the same time as notifications are sent? I wish they were a little more transparent like Western is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafield Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Yea, I’m also finding Queen’s selection process a little strange as well. They say that they use hard cutoffs but use a rolling system to notify applicants which doesn’t make sense if they’re using cutoffs. Why not send them all at once? Could it be that maybe they’re organizing interview weekends at the same time as notifications are sent? I wish they were a little more transparent like Western is. Vast number of applicants.... I think they just enter people into their respective mailing lists as they go and send them out when they have a good enough batch. There is a large data entry component I'm sure. It's not like Queen's can say these are our cutoffs OMSAS.... send e-mails. They do it all themselves, and have to look at each application to make sure the applicant has the minimal pre-requisite courses (maybe not if your taking them in the current year), and find the grad student applications, who they consider below the GPA cutoff on a case by case basis. Seemingly simple stuff can take a long time. Also, 2 years ago, they had a server error trying to send out all emails at once on a Friday. Most of the rejections went through but nothing else which lead got tonnes of calls and e-mails on the Monday morning to the effect of where is my e-mail... did I make the cutoffs? Spreading it out gives them time in case of error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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