MedPen Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hey guys, Is anyone else having trouble waiting for 11 more days to hear if we got interviews or not? I submitted my application back in November since I applied to the MD/PhD program and the wait has gotten to the point where it is unbearable I guess if you submitted your application on Jan. 15th, it's not that bad...or is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soybot Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 So invites are only released on one day (the 4th)? I assumed they'd send them out sporadically starting the last week of January, and ending on that Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnbv Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm pretty sure that the OOP interview-invites went out a bit earlier than the date listed on the website. But, then again, the turn-around was much longer for OOP than it is for IP, so I doubt that we should expect them too much before the 4th. Less than 3 weeks is a pretty short wait as far as med applications go! I know that I'm getting ahead of myself here, but does anyone know when (ballpark) acceptance letters go out after the interviews? If this wait seems long, imagine the wait after the interview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnbv Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Ouf, that's a pretty killer wait. Where did you see the May 5th date listed? Just long enough to not be able to make real plans for the year ahead until the last minute. You'd think that it would take a long time to sift through the initial applications to decide on interview invites, with all the referee reports, grades, abstracts, etc, but that it would be pretty straight forward afterwards since the interview scores are presumably calculated more or less on the spot. I would assume that after the interview, all that's really left to do is scoring the personal narratives to calculate the 80/20 total. I guess it's the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnbv Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm not sure how much you can gather from last year's applications, since all the dates have been shifted quite a bit this year. Last year, I'm pretty sure that IP interview invites only went out in March and the interviews were only in April, so it makes sense that decisions wouldn't be till May. (see http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40422&page=3). I know I'm getting way ahead of myself, but I'm hoping that since interviews are almost two months earlier this year, they'll have final decisions a bit earlier too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm not sure how much you can gather from last year's applications, since all the dates have been shifted quite a bit this year. Last year, I'm pretty sure that IP interview invites only went out in March and the interviews were only in April, so it makes sense that decisions wouldn't be till May. (see http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40422&page=3). I know I'm getting way ahead of myself, but I'm hoping that since interviews are almost two months earlier this year, they'll have final decisions a bit earlier too. Quebec med schools start sending admission offers no earlier than May 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Quebec med schools start sending admission offers no earlier than May 15. That's only true for the french schools or for people applying to Med-P at McGill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjsdefz Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Good luck to everyone who will have interview on Monday! I guess the increase in the number of applicants is not as much as the out-of-province and international pools -- it does not trigger a twitter post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakoulias Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Good luck to everyone who will have interview on Monday!I guess the increase in the number of applicants is not as much as the out-of-province and international pools -- it does not trigger a twitter post. Not yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Yes, that is good news. I really want to learn in my home city. McGill 2015? I hope so. We'll know if it's a possibility in 9 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I guess the increase in the number of applicants is not as much as the out-of-province and international pools -- it does not trigger a twitter post. I have been hoping for a tweet of any kind actually. I'll take anything that sheds some light on what's going on with respect to the assessment of our applications... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon123 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I have been hoping for a tweet of any kind actually. I'll take anything that sheds some light on what's going on with respect to the assessment of our applications... So have I! I was expecting them to update their page like they did for the OOP/int. I guess they are busy ranking our files and the MMI today. I can't wait till Feb 4th!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 So have I! I was expecting them to update their page like they did for the OOP/int. I guess they are busy ranking our files and the MMI today. I can't wait till Feb 4th!!! I guess it makes sense that nothing was announced before the OOP interviews since I am sure the people over at admissions are crazy busy. I hope starting tomorrow they focus on us Hey, admissions, we are feeling a little neglected here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan0105 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 They haven't had time to do much because the international and OOP interviews were today and yesterday. I'm sure they will give you some updates once that is all cleared up and out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjsdefz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I remember this phrase from two years ago -- no news is good news. Hopefully that girl is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediman88 Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 OMG, 5 days left. Can't stop thinking about it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakoulias Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 It's hard to believe that it's only been 2 weeks since the application deadline...feels like at least 2 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakoulias Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Anyone know if they're interviewing the same number of IPs as last year? If so, anyone who gets an interview would be going in with decent odds (although the caliber of interviewees is probably higher than previous years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2MD Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I kinda wish they would tweet something, anything... I wonder how big the effect of the changes to MCAT requirement policy was to the total number of applicants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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