mvaughan Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Hello, I just sent a letter to admissions about exemption for full course load and to have wGPA applied, however, when I phoned to verify whether they have received the letter the person on the other line said "we cant verify the receipt of any documents". So essentially I guess I just have to hope they got it? Anyone else have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptic.living Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Yeah.. they won't verify or anything. If you're unsure they received it .. send it again/send it to OMSAS. Even if they receive it a bit later, they'll probably include it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1234 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Yeah.. they won't verify or anything. If you're unsure they received it .. send it again/send it to OMSAS. Even if they receive it a bit later, they'll probably include it. that's interesting, so if you need to send any letters to the med schools, do most people send them to OMSAS or directly to the med schools? and can you also go drop off the letter in person at their office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 The letter of exemption goes to the UofT Medical Admissions Office directly. By mail or dropped off in person - it doesn't matter, as long as it gets there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globy321 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hello, I just sent a letter to admissions about exemption for full course load and to have wGPA applied, however, when I phoned to verify whether they have received the letter the person on the other line said "we cant verify the receipt of any documents". So essentially I guess I just have to hope they got it? Anyone else have this problem? Why do you need to send in an exemption letter? Isn't there a box in OMSAS that asks for that and you need to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 There is, but they only give you 100 characters. That's enough for about 1 short sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globy321 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 There is, but they only give you 100 characters. That's enough for about 1 short sentence. Actually they give you 1000 characters not 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 They don't want or need more and if you exceed the limit and do it another way to circumvent the process, you certainly have not done yourself any favours. Very complicated situations with multiple factors can be completely explained in 1,000 characters! If you cannot be concise and precise as instructed, bo not expect a sympathetic hearing, especially as you are trying to create special rules just for you alone when others have complied with the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina_HP Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 They don't want or need more and if you exceed the limit and do it another way to circumvent the process, you certainly have not done yourself any favours. Very complicated situations with multiple factors can be completely explained in 1,000 characters! If you cannot be concise and precise as instructed, bo not expect a sympathetic hearing, especially as you are trying to create special rules just for you alone when others have complied with the rules. I was wondering whether I should send a letter to U of T regarding my MCAT score because I had a problem with my computer station when I was doing the Verbal section and I lost like 10minutes? In OMSAS they don't give a place to explain anything about the MCAT score. Do you think it's a good idea if I mail them a letter explaining the problem I had with my computer station and that I submitted a report with AAMC. This may have affected my score for the verbal section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 YES, precise, concise and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina_HP Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 YES, precise, concise and simple. Since I am a graduate student, should I send the letter with the supplemental graduate application or should I send it separately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Since I am a graduate student, should I send the letter with the supplemental graduate application or should I send it separately? If it were me, I would go gor the supplemental as I know for sure it is now part of my file and they need the supplemental anyways, so why another route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 Actually they give you 1000 characters not 100. Heh ok I guess I read wrong. Quite obviously I didn't use the box. But UofT's admissions website explicitly tells you to send a letter to them if you need special consideration for the weighted GPA formula. Even if you put it in OMSAS, I'd still send a letter to UofT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1234 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 OMSAS gives you a line (i think that is the 100 characters) to explain why your academic performance may not have been truly good, whereas U of T allows you to write a short essay (1000 characters) to explain that. also, is it a known fact that they provide exemption if you write in and explain a bad MCAT score? i mean i know it's upto them if they think your case is legit, but is that even possible, for them to overlook it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 I don't think anyone here can really say for sure, but from what I gather they don't really accept excuses for bad MCATs. I remember reading on the admissions blog last year that their "standards are already quite low", and they quite easily overlook scores that dip 1 (or 2) below their cutoffs. You can try, it won't hurt. But I wouldn't expect anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anxious_101 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Since I am a graduate student, should I send the letter with the supplemental graduate application or should I send it separately? If you don't plan to send in your grad package until December, I would send in your letter separately and do it before November. They do all their wGPA calculations early before the file reviews and so if they don't have your letter, they might overlook the wGPA consideration. You can always attach a second copy of the letter with you grad package for the sake of keeping everything together as future_doc mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1234 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 If you don't plan to send in your grad package until December, I would send in your letter separately and do it before November. They do all their wGPA calculations early before the file reviews and so if they don't have your letter, they might overlook the wGPA consideration. You can always attach a second copy of the letter with you grad package for the sake of keeping everything together as future_doc mentioned. thanks for this tip, useful to me also and please check your PMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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