frozenarbitor Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I felt it went pretty bad. First time doing it though. Felt I didn't have enough time to write down my thoughts, maybe due to my average typing speed. Left 1 question blank on one of the stations cause I thought I was working on the third questions but instead I was only one question two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photochem Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 No survey completion email received here either, just the one acknowledging that I'd started - I wrote on Wednesday, so it definitely would have shown up in my inbox by now if it had been sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtim Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Same here. I just wrote and didn't receive a completion email but got a starting email (which I find kinda funny - "congratulations for starting" - :S ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 ...Do they tell you your CASPer score?No. You basically know if you did well or not based on whether you get an interview invite. But even that doesn't really reflect exactly how you did on CASPer. Noob question, but the survey at the end is anonymous right? Cause I really let them know how I feel lol... (all good stuff though haha)Yes, it's anonymous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imperfection Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I wonder how slow typists can actually do that test. I WONDER THAT TOO! I usually get complimented on my fast typing skills at work and I can generally type very well without many typos but MAN I had difficulty finishing this test. For a lot of questions my 3rd question was 1 sentence :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritedaway Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 ugh i felt like i had so many typos although they say they dont take that into account, i wonder if there would be a bias upon seeing typos though? felt like i would have done better if i was in a interview situtation and had to say the answers out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Does/has anyone actually had FUN writing CASPer? My second time around this time, and once again.. it was actually fun! Actually sitting down to think about all of these weird situations is oddly interesting.. gives me insights into myself that i'd never really thought about. Anybody with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Finished a little while ago. I can't say I like the idea of casper overly much personally, but it is what it is. I don't like that if you're an average/slow typer that you're at a pretty big disadvantage. I can definitely say that if I don't get in this year, I'm doing a typing course! I also have to say that I think this year they had a lot of questions that required you (if you wanted to answer well) to have specialized knowledge of certain things. I don't think I liked that overly much. No idea how I did, but I think they should, instead of giving you 5 minutes for 3 questions, give you the questions one at at time and give you 2 mins per. But that could just be because that's what I was averaging on all of them... so only 1 minute to do the last one. I don't think I was able to explain my thoughts fully, most because my fingers physically wouldn't go that fast, but, who knows. It would be nice to at least get your casper score and the average accepted score. At least then you know if you were on par with it and your mcat/gpa is holding you back, or if you REALLY need to work on your casper taking skills..... Let the waiting games begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterg Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I did not enjoy casper. Here's to the days when the only worry I had about casper was what time it came on tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 If I ever see a friendly ghost from now on, I will want to punch it in the face. If this forum had a fb like function... I would totally like this post! Casper the friendly ghost my ass:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Well. Interesting experience. I kind of like this as it DOES test your actual personality. There was simply no time to think of "what would this med school expect me to say." That said, a little more time would have been nice. There is pretty much nothing you can do to prep for this test. I found a little Doing Right knowledge useful for one scenario though. Let's cross our fingers till January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoteny Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 As many people said, very little you can do to prepare. I really hate the time limit. I felt I could've answered many of the questions better if I had more time. Some of the questions were very difficult based on the time given. My responses for the 3rd question were generally very short and lacked much detail. I don't think CASPer is a very good way of determining who would be a good physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I feel like I did well overall throughout the test however I feel my answers for two sections were very rushed Oh man... I WANNA KNOW HOW I DID NOW!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 This was my 2nd time doing it. Last year I tried to prepare by reading Doing Right and all that stuff, and I bombed it. This year I just let go and went into it blind, answering what I really thought. I don't feel too bad about it - time was an issue again, and I didn't get to say everything I wanted to - but I certainly did better than last year. I thought it was kind of fun - it becomes less fun when I realize it has an incredible impact on my future career. I still don't particularly agree with it, but I like that different schools have different criteria. It gives people with different skill sets a chance, as opposed to a unified consensus of who would and wouldn't make a good doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasypus Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 That was really, really intense, and not in a good way. Especially since now, telling my husband about the scenarios, his answers seem way better than mine . But whatever, I'm trying to remind myself that it'll be what it'll be, and I don't stand a chance of getting in this year anyhow (USAmerican, the odds are terribly stacked against me), so it's just good practice for next time. Right... keep telling myself that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Reading the responses in this thread remind me so much of last year. I know it's hard to do, but try not to reflect too much on what you said/didn't say and just focus on whatever else is going on in your life. Otherwise, the wait for interview invites is going to feel super long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1234 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 hey guys i was wondering how much you guys typed for each of the answers.....i am a slow typist and had a really hard time - how many characters did you guys use up for the answers typically? or if counting lines, did you type like 3-4 lines/qs or more? i'm just wondering if someone used up ALL of the characters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan19 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I feel like there was **** in the text boxes... verbal diarrhea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 hey guys i was wondering how much you guys typed for each of the answers.....i am a slow typist and had a really hard time - how many characters did you guys use up for the answers typically? or if counting lines, did you type like 3-4 lines/qs or more? i'm just wondering if someone used up ALL of the characters I usually had about 500-600 characters left in each answer box. On some of my longest answers i had 300 left, some of the shortest i had 700 left. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markov79 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 My responses for the 3rd question were generally very short and lacked much detail. I don't think CASPer is a very good way of determining who would be a good physician. both seem like solid assessments of casper. i do give them credit for designing something that provides applicants with less of a chance to fake. glad to see that msn actually served a purpose other than wasting time. in reference to the second point, though, have they published anything that shows its a good assessment tool? i know that, in general, things like that are supposed to be good indicators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benge88 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I too had about 500 - 600 characters left over for my answers... I guess all we can do now is wait and see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Femto Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 For me, I think it went way better than last year. But now that my VR is one point lower (Arg!!), I am not expecting too much. My hands were pretty sore at the end, though. I totally agree with others; I think it would be ideal if we had a little bit more time for our responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Doom Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 My CASPer intermittently froze several times throughout the test (with the 5 minute counter not moving and me not being able to type). In fact, it was so bad that by the time that my 2-hour time limit was over, I had only finished section 9 (including the break). This means I had 4 whole sections that were not complete. I'm really worried since this is worth so much of my McMaster chances. What do you guys think I should do??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday1001 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 registered just for this casper... so I had to re-do the pre-test at 10:28am because I did the pre-test school on my computer at school, and did the real one at home. and it complained about having a different IP (I wrote them a little note saying they should specify that the pre-test must be done on the same IP.. what if you have dynamic IP??) how will this affect me?? the conditions just say to have it done 2 days ahead, and if you re-do it after that, then it might affect if you'll get spared if there are tech screw-ups... also, no confirmation e-mail either. kinda worried here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Everyone who wrote the test successfully: Forget about it until January to save yourself unnecessary pain and worry. That's what I'm doing anyway. Adios amigoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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