champ Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 anyone discovered this years gpa cut offs at ottawa yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Email them and let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Related question: Was it 3.87 for non-ottawa applicants last yr? And is there any place where this is posted? I haven't been able to find anything on UOttawa's site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Related question: Was it 3.87 for non-ottawa applicants last yr? And is there any place where this is posted? I haven't been able to find anything on UOttawa's site. yeah you won't find it posted anywhere, I havn't found it on their website. I thought I heard it was 3.85 last year... not sure though. I hope it doesnt go much above 3.85 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I think someone IP, but non-ottawa got an interview with a 3.83 last year. edit: May have been two years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I think someone IP, but non-ottawa got an interview with a 3.83 last year. edit: May have been two years ago... Lol, not a good trend! I think it was 3.85 last yr. I *really* hope it stays at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 yeah you won't find it posted anywhere, I havn't found it on their website. I thought I heard it was 3.85 last year... not sure though. I hope it doesnt go much above 3.85 this year. Yea, I heard it was 3.85 too. A rise is going to be ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrail Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I was invited to interview last year with a 3.83. Out of Ottawa, in province. So, the cut off could not have been 3.85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Yeah, I must have read your post earlier. It's strange though, since supafeld was invited with a 3.85, and he contacted Ottawa and they also said the cut-off was 3.85. Perhaps you've miscalculated your wGPA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGSaint Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Yeah, I must have read your post earlier. It's strange though, since supafeld was invited with a 3.85, and he contacted Ottawa and they also said the cut-off was 3.85. Perhaps you've miscalculated your wGPA? Definitely possible but I'm giving chrail the benefit of the doubt. 3.83 versus 3.85 makes a surprisingly huge difference for the 3.84 student like me...I guess we will see soon enough if anyone w/ a sub 3.85 gets an interview at U of O this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hey, for your sake, I hope it's 3.83 as well!! Shouldn't be much longer till we know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrail Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hey HBP, Trust me, I've calculated my wGPA over and over again in hopes that it was higher ... unfortunately it's still a 3.833333.... The only other thing I can think of is that I have a course based masters degree with a good GPA. That would pull my wGPA up, but I have specifically asked Ottawa on two different occasions if they would consider these grades, and both times the answer was "absolutely not". So who knows.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Email them and let us know. you know the admissions office phone number? il try calling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gb35 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 you know the admissions office phone number? il try calling 613 562 5409 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 613 562 5409 that goes straight to voice mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gb35 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 that goes straight to voice mail Western's did too earlier, but not when I tried again. That could just mean it's busy, or they're out to lunch. Or ignoring our calls, haha. I would hate to work in an admissions office around this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 So who knows....+1 They reserve the right to interview whoever they want, regardless of GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmosis Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 +1 They reserve the right to interview whoever they want, regardless of GPA. does this mean someone could be potentially interviewed if they are on the cusp or below the respective cutoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 So I called the number once again just before closing time and got a response. She said largely the cut offs didnt change from last year and I think she said the interview invites will go out Jan 31st...email perhaps? (dont hold me to that date it could change perhaps but I doubt it) OOP 3.87 In province out of Ottawa stands at 3.85 Ottawa area in province 3.7 *these are all quoted as wgpa's Those were the cut offs I asked for. Sorry, I forgot about the french streams. Are these any differnet from other years? I think its the same..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 So I called the number once again just before closing time and got a response. She said largely the cut offs didnt change from last year and I think she said the interview invites will go out Jan 31st...email perhaps? (dont hold me to that date it could change perhaps but I doubt it) OOP 3.87 In province out of Ottawa stands at 3.85 Ottawa area in province 3.7 *these are all quoted as wgpa's Those were the cut offs I asked for. Sorry, I forgot about the french streams. Are these any differnet from other years? I think its the same..... Same as last year then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chou Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Anyone got an idea about French Stream??! I heard it was weirdly low (arround 3,65 or 3,7). Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Anyone got an idea about French Stream??! I heard it was weirdly low (arround 3,65 or 3,7). Am I wrong? It is lower than the english stream. 3.70 was for people from Ottawa, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was 3.65 for French. You can call/email to find out. Or use the search function on this site to see what it was last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_gremlin Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 It is lower than the english stream. 3.70 was for people from Ottawa, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was 3.65 for French. You can call/email to find out. Or use the search function on this site to see what it was last year. It was 3.6 last year. Yes very low... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pininkid Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 A little bit of a thread hijack, but does anyone know whether applicants are still segregated by residency after meeting cut offs? Or are all applicants essentially on even ground once the interviews commence? Edit: never mind, got my answer a few threads down! Now another question: does UOttawa follow my university's credit weighting scheme when calculating wGPA? (I.E., a four-credit course has 33% more weight than a three-credit course. I calculated it like that and I'm on the precipice of 3.87! Hopefully the cutoff doesn't change next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Even ground. The only problem is that GPA is used to break tiebreaks after interview scores (which are numerical, and likely to be the same among a lot of applicants). So naturally, OOP and IP non-ottawa will be more likely to be above in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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