w8kg6 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hey all!!! I just wanted to take this chance to let you know that the class of 2014 has made a few Facebook groups to start to get to know you all! At Dal, the med 1's and 2's are pretty tight, and we're excited to meet the incoming class . We've made a group for the overall class, as well as one for the Dal Med New Brunswick class of 2015 (us NBer's are EXTREMELY excited to have another class around, haha). Here are the links, guys. My name is James Milne, and if you'd like, you can add me up on FB if you have any questions you'd like answered. DalMed 2015: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191068370933408&ap=1 DMNB 2015: http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q=Dalhousie%20medicine%202015&init=quick&tas=0.6354521637999898&ref=ts#!/home.php?sk=group_144860392243444 It looks like the general group is still being worked on, but I'll keep you guys updated about what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy136 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 can we join this group? I'm a bit of a noob on fb lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8kg6 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 can we join this group? I'm a bit of a noob on fb lol You definitely can. Just click the link, then hit request to join group, and we'll add you up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrail Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hhmmm... I'm not sure you've set up the general 2015 account to allow requests There's a request to join on the DMNB page, but not on the general one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gb35 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 It looks to me like the DMNB one is an actual group you can join, whereas the Dal Med: Class of 2015 one is just a fan page you can "like" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy136 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 yeah! that's what I'm having trouble with lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8kg6 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Sorry guys, I actually only set up the DMNB one myself, haha. I'm going to give Danny a call to see if we can sort that out. In the meantime, get off FB, call your parents, and let them know the outcome of your app, haha. UPDATE: We've made an actual group for the general class of 2015. The link is posted above in my original post . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muse88 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Has anybody tried to pay the deposit yet? When I try to log in, it says "Your Web access has been disabled. This is caused by five or more consecutive failed login attempts. Please contact us to re-activate your PIN." Also, Did anyone who got accepted have their status on DalOnline (where we created our application) change from "Written Notification to Follow" to "accepted"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDV08 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 If your account has been disabled, that's no problem- just call the Dal registrars office and explain what happened (multiple log-in attempts I presume?)...they will reset the account and give you your original p/w...then you are all set. For myself I paid my fee through online banking...you can add Dalhousie University as a payee under bill payments, and then use your B00 number as the account number...bada bing bada boom $200.00 poorer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muse88 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 If your account has been disabled, that's no problem- just call the Dal registrars office and explain what happened (multiple log-in attempts I presume?)...they will reset the account and give you your original p/w...then you are all set. For myself I paid my fee through online banking...you can add Dalhousie University as a payee under bill payments, and then use your B00 number as the account number...bada bing bada boom $200.00 poorer! Thanks! It seems like it's not just me who are having the problem with Student Accounts. I called the admission office and IT help (?), and they told me that other people are having the same problem. If you are currently not a Dalhousie student, it won't let you log-in and just say "Your Web access has been disabled. This is caused by five or more consecutive failed login attempts. Please contact us to re-activate your PIN." Apparently, it's because I am not an official dal student yet, so it does not recognize my banner number. They advised me to call the Student Account and pay it over the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmel Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Has anybody tried to pay the deposit yet? When I try to log in, it says "Your Web access has been disabled. This is caused by five or more consecutive failed login attempts. Please contact us to re-activate your PIN." Also, Did anyone who got accepted have their status on DalOnline (where we created our application) change from "Written Notification to Follow" to "accepted"? Mine has changed now to Accepted - Deposit Requested. I paid the deposit yesterday morning, so hopefully will hear from the med office soon via e-mail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gouldj7 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Yea I had an issue with the deposit last night too. Same problem everyone seems to be having. Im gonna try to call the school inbetween classes today. Has anyone tried calling yet?? If so whats the deal, are they gonna fix it all or are we gonna have to pay over the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inprovapp Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Can't wait to meet everyone, now that we know we are in does anyone have any fun summer plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gouldj7 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Can't wait to meet everyone, now that we know we are in does anyone have any fun summer plans? Live the dream, all day, errday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muse88 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Yea I had an issue with the deposit last night too. Same problem everyone seems to be having. Im gonna try to call the school inbetween classes today. Has anyone tried calling yet?? If so whats the deal, are they gonna fix it all or are we gonna have to pay over the phone. I don't think they are going to fix the problem soon....When I called them, they told me to pay it over the phone (Student Accounts : (902) 494-3998). Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrail Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 hhmm... I had no trouble paying through the online system, and I'm not a current Dal student. Either way - just make sure you pay it! For summer plans... Just keep working to try and save some money so I don't have too much debt at the end of it all. I'm going to work as much overtime as humanly possible until August, and then I'll take all of August off to relax. I can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gb35 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 hhmm... I had no trouble paying through the online system, and I'm not a current Dal student. Either way - just make sure you pay it! For summer plans... Just keep working to try and save some money so I don't have too much debt at the end of it all. I'm going to work as much overtime as humanly possible until August, and then I'll take all of August off to relax. I can't wait Haha chrail we've got opposite philosophies. I'm taking the whole summer off. See you in August!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 You guys should be taking both spring and summer off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gouldj7 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Agreed!! Hey, change of pace. But do I read correctly. This years dmnb class had a white coat ceremony and the nb gov gave them stethoscopes??? Wht about us Hali campus folk?!! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmel Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Agreed!! Hey, change of pace. But do I read correctly. This years dmnb class had a white coat ceremony and the nb gov gave them stethoscopes??? Wht about us Hali campus folk?!! Lol I'm pretty sure we get stethoscopes from Doctors Nova Scotia - that's what has been done in past years in Halifax! Also another note: my dal online now says accepted- deposit received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gouldj7 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'm pretty sure we get stethoscopes from Doctors Nova Scotia - that's what has been done in past years in Halifax! Also another note: my dal online now says accepted- deposit received. Nice! Damn, my dalonline still wont work. Makin some calls taday. (Yet another change of pace)- Anyone thought about professional lines of credit yet? when do people normally contact the bank about those? earlier the better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polysicks Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I found last year's "Don't Panic" guide (http://admissions.medicine.dal.ca/download/Dont_Panic_2010_Edition.pdf). They'll probably send out a new Don't Panic soon which may provide other information, but on pg. 47 of the .pdf it states that last year MD Management planned to hold a meeting with reps from major banks during O-week, and that these reps may be more knowledgeable about med PLCs than regular bank reps. Also of interest, MEMORANDUM From: Dean Tom Marrie, M.D. To: faculty, staff, residents, graduate students Date: March 11, 2011 Re: Expanding the Halifax-based Med I class When Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick began last September, the seats for New Brunswick students in the undergraduate medical education program shifted from Halifax to Saint John. That left our Halifax-based undergraduate program able to accommodate 10 more students. From a number of perspectives, this presented us with an opportunity worth seizing. As a result, we have decided to offer 10 unsubsidized seats to qualified students from Saudi Arabia. The arrangement will be mutually beneficial. Saudi Arabia can use physicians with Dalhousie training, especially now that the country has plans to expand its health care system as a part of a $400 billion five-year development program. We have a well-established history of successfully training Saudi residents. Adding undergraduate education to that mix is relatively straightforward. The strong association of Saudis, here, on the Dalhousie campus, ensures a ready-made cultural community for Saudi medical students to find support. They will be fluent in English and graduates of North American universities. Those factors should help them fit easily into our student body and reduce the learning difficulties they might otherwise encounter in our environment. In return for their medical training these Saudi undergraduates will give us a needed source of new revenue to maintain our current operations. They will be paying the full cost of their training because they will be taking unsubsidized seats. New revenue is critically important. We have lost significant funding from the Nova Scotia government, while our annual ongoing costs have grown to address our accreditation problem. Senior officials in the Nova Scotia Department of Education and the Department of Health and Wellness have given their approval in principle to our initiative with the Saudi Arabian government. Our plan also aligns well with a memorandum of understanding on health care signed last October by the governments of Canada and Saudi Arabia. On the strength of a verbal understanding, which we fully expect to formalize shortly in a signed agreement with the Saudi government, we are proceeding with the admissions process. We will be interviewing 30 qualified Saudi candidates for 10 openings in our undergraduate program in Halifax. Saudi candidates will be held to the same admissions and performance standards as our Canadian students. They will not be competing with their Canadian counterparts for residencies through the Canadian Resident Matching Service. We cannot offer these unsubsidized seats to Nova Scotia students unless there is a change in government policy. The province currently supports 63 undergraduate medical seats. A health human resources study, however, is now under way to determine how many physicians are needed and the outcome may influence the number of seats we have to train Nova Scotians. I hope you will warmly welcome the successful Saudi applicants to our undergraduate medical education program next fall. Their interest in our program is a compliment to our faculty and students and to the calibre of our medical education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuronix Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 ummm...does this take away from the seats already allocated? I understand why the school is doing this ($$$), but that's really annoying for us medical school hopefuls from canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 so... there are going to be more seats available for students who are not going to practice in canada than there are for out of province canadian students? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGSaint Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 so...there are going to be more seats available for students who are not going to practice in canada than there are for out of province canadian students? Brutal ain't it? Wonder how much $$ we're talking about here per year for the Saudi students. Money is the name of the game ladies and gentlemen. And that sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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