hopelessWaitlister Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hello Potential Med 2015, From my user name you probably already know that I was once wait-listed, so I know exactly how you feel at this point of time, especially when uOttawa is the only school you applied or gets wait-listed. To ease your anxiety a little bit, I'll explain how uOttawa wait-list works based on my past research and experience (Note: There may be changes made this year. What I said below is only based on what happened last year. The summery below is solely based on my personal observation, and I don't have any official sources to back it up.) Based on what I have read, after interview, you will get an interview score of 4, 3.5, 3, 2.5...etc. They normally interview ~450 people for the English stream and ~90 people for the French stream. If you get a 4 on your interview, you are in directly,which is around ~100 people. So I assume the 3.5 group should also have ~100 people, 3.0 another ~100 people, so on and so forth. Then within each group, individuals are ranked based on the wGPA. People with higher wGPA will be called first within that interview score group. Once they exhaust one score group, they will move on to the next score group, until they reach the school's admission goal. For the English stream, a lot of people admitted or wait-listed end up choosing other schools, so the wait-list does move quite a bit. Last year, everyone in the 3.5 group and people with >3.91 in the 3.0 group got in. In the letter that you have received, it may say "Your name has been placed on a waiting list. You will be notified by telephone or by e-mail communication if your name appears at the top of the list, should a vacancy occur before September." If you have this, then it means you are on the "good" waiting list, which I assume are the 3.5 and 3.0 group. If you has something like, from your ranking on the wait list, we advise you to make other plans, then you are probably in the 2.5 group. I am not very clear how the French Stream works, but the French Stream wait list not seem to move very much. In terms of timing, usually most of the spots in the English Stream will be filled by mid-June, but every year is different, you never know. However, I do advise you to make other plans if you have waited passed June. In terms of pattern, you should expect to see two waves. The first wave happens in mid or late May, when people who received offer declines their offer. Most people in the 3.5 group will be called in this wave. The second wave will be much smaller. These are people who have already accepted offer from somewhere else, but they haven't yet removed their name from the waiting list, when they get called, they are likely to decline the offer. The facebook group for Class 2015 has already been created: University of Ottawa Medicine Class of 2015. This year we did not allow second years to join the facebook group (except 2 admin people) until a month later, so you may use the facebook group as a tool to guesstimate how much the wait list will move. A word of advice, the best thing to do is to not think about it and just move on with your life. I know it is hard, because I couldn't do it last year. This is why I did all these research just to ease my nerve. But as you mature, you will start to realize once you have tried your best and gave all you have, the result doesn't mean as much. If you look back it's really the experience that matters whether or not it leads to success or failure. Don't get depressed when you fail, see it as an opportunity to improve yourself. None of us are perfect, I think we have all experience failures in the past, and we should expect to experience defeats in the future as well. Learn to reflect on your failures and you will become a better person. By the way, you will do a lot of self reflection here at uOttawa. I know this may sounds corny to you, as you may think "whatever, you are already in, so you can talk about all this." Please don't think this way. Once again, I know it's not easy, and I know exactly how you feel, but try your best. I hope these information helps. Best of Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopelessWaitlister Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Sorry, I forgot to mention. Please post your wGPA, so we can track the movement of the wait list. Since posting here is pretty much anonymous, I encourage all the lurkers to step up and post your wGPA, if you get called. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopelessWaitlister Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Please post the following info: wGPA: Stream: English or French From Ottawa: Yes/No (Apparently it makes a difference, but I am not sure.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larrivee Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 thanks for the info H, wGPA: don't know how to calculate OMSAS = 3.97 English No, OOO and OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkmedic Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Please post the following info: wGPA: Stream: English or French From Ottawa: Yes/No (Apparently it makes a difference, but I am not sure.) Whether you're from Ottawa or not only matters pre-interview; applicants from Ottawa have a lower wGPA cut-off. After that, everyone is on even ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1nz Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 wGPA: 3.91 English stream IP, OOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleflower Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 wGPA: 3.96 English OOO and IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottoncandy Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Thanks for all the useful info hopelesswaitlister!! It was really kind of you to post that up for us. How much time do they give you to accept the offer of admission if you get off the waitlist? Or does the decision have to be made right away, while you're on the phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopelessWaitlister Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Hi Cottoncandy, Once you receive the call, you need to make a decision right away (either accept or decline). Still accept the offer if you are not sure, because you are given a week of time to respond (sending them the $1000 deposit and sign the acceptance letter). It's not like you have to come to Ottawa, if you said yes on the phone. Let me know if you have more questions, I am happy to answer them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervouslywaiting Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Thanks so much for all that information! I am good waitlisted wGPA: 3.94 I was wondering what happens if you don't answer the phone the first time they call. Do they leave a message and wait for you to call back or do they just move on with the next person on the list? They have my house number and I am barely home so I am nervous I will miss their call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedOne Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Waitlisted cGPA 3.97 english stream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottoncandy Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Hi Cottoncandy, Once you receive the call, you need to make a decision right away (either accept or decline). Still accept the offer if you are not sure, because you are given a week of time to respond (sending them the $1000 deposit and sign the acceptance letter). It's not like you have to come to Ottawa, if you said yes on the phone. Let me know if you have more questions, I am happy to answer them. Thanks! Just wondering in case I get in off another waitlist a couple days later (highly unlikely, I know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr34mXXX Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 so do they call and send email if you get off waitlist??? Because for those of us who work at hospitals w/o cell phone services, what happens if students miss the calls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeliciousMelon Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 from reading past threads, yes they will call and email if you miss the call (and tell you to call them back). no worries, they'll find a way to contact you. =). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachlover2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 wGPA : 4.00 stream: English OOO, IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 good waitlist wGPA : 3.99 stream: English OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1nz Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 HOLY look at the monster GPAs in this thread... I'm never gonna get off the waitlist =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie89 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 good waitlist cGPA 3.97, not sure what weighted is English stream, OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopelessWaitlister Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Don't worry, if you missed the call. I missed my call last year. They will send an email to you and ask you to call back, so make sure you check your email everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopelessWaitlister Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 good waitlistcGPA 3.97, not sure what weighted is English stream, OOP Visit this link if you are not sure how to calculate wGPA: http://www.intermed.med.uottawa.ca/Students/MD/Admissions/eng/excellence_marks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darknebula Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 excuse my nubness, what does OOO stand for? I think it stands for "Out Of Ottawa" but within Ontario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darknebula Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 gotcha, thanks! And CONGRATS !! I hope this school is higher up on your list than UBC =P Dont worry. Hopefully you will get your very own spot and wont have to worry about WL movement etc. All the best and fingers crossed our entire MMI practice group comes in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrosia Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Has anyone ever been taken off the bad waitlist? Just curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeliciousMelon Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 I think a couple of years back, they exhausted the good WL and admitted people from the 'bad' WL. But I think after that, they just added more people to the good WL based on the previous year's movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozilladoc Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Does anyone have an idea or approximation of how many people usually are put on the good WL? maybe someone can start a poll somewhere (i personally don't know how to do that --- pretty noob at this !! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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