gourmet Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 These stats would mean a lot more if they also provided the standard deviations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubcMDhopeful Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 There are several reasons that I can think of as to why the % is higher, 1) Some GPAs are adjusted 2) The scaling for other schools has been made easier (like SFU) 3) There are more OP applicant spots which boosts the averages of interviewed applicants. 4) Less applicants are invited for interviews therefore its more competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meilin Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 The admissions blog now has a a post about FAQs for not invited applicants. Does this suggest that all regrets have now gone out? http://admissionsblog.med.ubc.ca/ i wish this could be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubcMDhopeful Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit. the equation is AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19 R² = 0.9999 EDIT: This is a fitline for the 85-90 range dont think it applies to <85 or >90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimism101 Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Not to increase anyone's anxiety, but just saw this on the admissions blog: John November 15, 2011 at 6:23 pm | Permalink | Reply Would it be correct to say that while regrets may come out at any point throughout this week, invites will only come out on Friday? Admissions November 15, 2011 at 8:44 pm | Permalink | Reply Nope. All notifications can come at any point this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backpacker Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit. the equation is AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19 R² = 0.9999 How did you even come up with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepontrying Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit. the equation is AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19 R² = 0.9999 If this is correct, then those with low 80s average basically have zero shot at getting the interview since they would need close to perfect NAQ. From last year's stats, all the low 80s have very similar AQ score and the jump was seen starting in the very high 80s, so I don't think your equation is correct. The change in AQ scale is probably not to punish those with lower grades but rather reward those with superb grades (90+). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubcMDhopeful Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I forgot to mention in my original post that the equation is for the 85-90 range dont extrapolate it to lower / higher grades lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animo_acid Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit. the equation is AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19 R² = 0.9999 EDIT: This is a fitline for the 85-90 range dont think it applies to <85 or >90 wow some people on this forum can do some crazy math!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Medward Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Applicants that have verifiers contacted can take heart I think. While some on these forums have speculated that verifier contact is totally random, I doubt that adcom would devote resources to verify applications that have zero shot even if all NAQs are assumed true. More likely, they initially rank applicants on the assumption that the NAQs are true. Then they verify the top 600 or so applications. After verification, some applicants may drop out of the interview pool to be replaced by others. Any other process would result in wasted time and effort. Therefore, I think that if you know a verifier has been contact there is no need to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangos Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 so no one ( at least on this forum) has yet been notified of acceptance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genemo Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Isnt it a lot higher than last year??? Last year, invited, overall 84.68% prereq 82.52% latest 60 86.59% this year invited...87.33%?! seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genemo Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Applicants that have verifiers contacted can take heart I think. While some on these forums have speculated that verifier contact is totally random, I doubt that adcom would devote resources to verify applications that have zero shot even if all NAQs are assumed true. More likely, they initially rank applicants on the assumption that the NAQs are true. Then they verify the top 600 or so applications. After verification, some applicants may drop out of the interview pool to be replaced by others. Any other process would result in wasted time and effort. Therefore, I think that if you know a verifier has been contact there is no need to worry. T.T Does that mean if my verifiers were contacted pretty recently, that means Im on the bottom of the list... I guess I shud stop guessing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rwethereyet Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I would suspect regrets are sent out en mass tomorrow later in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genemo Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 And why they are only inviting 560 BC applicants this year??? Are they admitting less people or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apixaban85 Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I would suspect regrets are sent out en mass tomorrow later in the day. Last year, most rejections came out Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rwethereyet Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 And why they are only inviting 560 BC applicants this year??? Are they admitting less people or what My guess is that from last year's overhaul they determined that 560 interviewees is sufficient for them to form a competitive pool to assess for the final spots. That or anything more was determined to be too taxing on their resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubcMDhopeful Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Applicants that have verifiers contacted can take heart I think. While some on these forums have speculated that verifier contact is totally random, I doubt that adcom would devote resources to verify applications that have zero shot even if all NAQs are assumed true. More likely, they initially rank applicants on the assumption that the NAQs are true. Then they verify the top 600 or so applications. After verification, some applicants may drop out of the interview pool to be replaced by others. Any other process would result in wasted time and effort. Therefore, I think that if you know a verifier has been contact there is no need to worry. I dont think this is true, anectodly, the people I know who have been accepted did not have any of their verifiers contacted. I think that due to the many theories out there as to why ADCOM contacts people (another one is that they dont contact really high scoring applicants because that is a waste as well) it is bad to speculate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Medward Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Speculation is all we have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gourmet Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 i hope rejections are sent out within the next hour. did anyone get anything today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genemo Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I dont think this is true, anectodly, the people I know who have been accepted did not have any of their verifiers contacted. I think that due to the many theories out there as to why ADCOM contacts people (another one is that they dont contact really high scoring applicants because that is a waste as well) it is bad to speculate. You are talking about last year or this year? I've never heard of anyone's verifier got contacted in previous years but this year myself got 2 verifiers checked. I'm pretty sure they have a new way of doing it this year and more verification check is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genemo Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 My guess is that from last year's overhaul they determined that 560 interviewees is sufficient for them to form a competitive pool to assess for the final spots. That or anything more was determined to be too taxing on their resources. If that means this year, people invited to interview have a larger chance getting in...then thats good. But I doubt it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larrivee Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Isnt it a lot higher than last year???Last year, invited, overall 84.68% prereq 82.52% latest 60 86.59% this year invited...87.33%?! seriously... It makes sense. They are taking off applicant's worst year (assuming they qualify for this which I'm guessing many will) which should boost the average GPA seeing tons of people have one year in particular (often first year) which dramatically lowers their GPA. Also, they invited fewer to interview this year so it would also make sense that those invited have higher overall scores than the non-invited people thus further driving up the average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebelnj Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Time ... Is .. Going .. So ... Slowwwwwwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy303 Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 wow some people on this forum can do some crazy math!! this is exceedingly simple to do with MATLAB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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