froston Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 completely forgot to request my transcripts earlier i just did but they'll probably be late. should i just refrain from applying to omas this cycle or is there still hope haha Did/do you attend University in Ontario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undergrad519 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 1. Would nserc or similar awards go under awards or employment? Is it okay to include it under both or does that look like padding? 2. Where would I classify volunteering in a research lab where I actually worked on projects (but was never published)? Volunteering? Ecs? Something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanmacbook Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Quick question: a third year asked me about her having a "No credit" on her transcript (she didn't finish the course yet due to health issues). Should she put it in at all, or is there a selection for this on OMSAS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyDLuffy Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 If you did a poster and presented it at a conference, do you list them as separate entries or do you group them together? Unless I separate them, I will not have 5 items in Research category.. However, I do not wish to come across as trying to pad my sketch.. Advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FacelessMage Posted September 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 1. Would nserc or similar awards go under awards or employment? Is it okay to include it under both or does that look like padding? 2. Where would I classify volunteering in a research lab where I actually worked on projects (but was never published)? Volunteering? Ecs? Something else? I put the RA stuff under volunteer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanmacbook Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Quick question: a third year asked me about her having a "No credit" on her transcript (she didn't finish the course yet due to health issues). Should she put it in at all, or is there a selection for this on OMSAS? I'm going to bump this please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 If you did a poster and presented it at a conference, do you list them as separate entries or do you group them together? Unless I separate them, I will not have 5 items in Research category.. However, I do not wish to come across as trying to pad my sketch.. Advice? I would put it as one entry. 5 entries in research is quite high. I wouldn't be worried about not meeting that number. Not everyone has tons of research, and it's not necessarily required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchEnemy Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm going to bump this please I recommend listing ALL credits regardless its reasons, as long as it appears in his/her transcript. He/she might want to send an email to the individual school explaining why that course was incomplete. It is now up to the discretion of the adcoms to decide whether or not they wish to take that course into consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear89 Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Just to update my issue with late transcripts. I emailed OMAS and they said they would forward it to the medical schools regardless of when it arrives. I'm assuming that the medical schools won't be too picky about when they get the transcripts, especially because of the time it will take OMAS to process everything and that I ordered them before the deadline. So I'm hoping this means that I'm out of hot water and all will be well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk3s Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Hi all, I've been browsing the OMSAS booklet but haven't found a cut and dry answer to my question as yet - Do ?med schools only look at your most recent or best overall MCAT score? thanks in advance, uk3s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undergrad519 Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 This is dependent on the school. Check each school's faqs/website for this information. My question, which must have been asked before... For the OMSAS sketch, are you guys trying to include some level of description of an activity past naming your position? I'm just thinking about how some schools don't look at the detailed descriptions. Would having some short expansion on my role be a good thing or a bad thing for these schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerr Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 This is dependent on the school. Check each school's faqs/website for this information. My question, which must have been asked before... For the OMSAS sketch, are you guys trying to include some level of description of an activity past naming your position? I'm just thinking about how some schools don't look at the detailed descriptions. Would having some short expansion on my role be a good thing or a bad thing for these schools? You wanna illustrate VERY briefly on how you contributed/helped/shined in each and every sketch entry. Don't make them sound like chores or tasks, make them things which you did a heck of a job on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousND Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Hey everyone, 1. Should I include CPR-C Certification? If so I'm assuming it should be under accomplishments? 2. I was a research assistant in a lab, but received no publications. Should I still keep it under research or move it into employment? 3. In general for awards and accomplishments, what should be put under "Duration" For example, in high school I won the "Academic Achievement in Grade 12 English" award, which meant at the end of the school year I had the highest English mark. Right now under duration I have "one time." Is this appropriate? If not, what should I put? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undergrad519 Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 You wanna illustrate VERY briefly on how you contributed/helped/shined in each and every sketch entry. Don't make them sound like chores or tasks, make them things which you did a heck of a job on.Could you give an example? Would it be like "Executive of X committee - responsible for Y and Z"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ema2iur Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Hey everyone, 1. Should I include CPR-C Certification? If so I'm assuming it should be under accomplishments? 2. I was a research assistant in a lab, but received no publications. Should I still keep it under research or move it into employment? 3. In general for awards and accomplishments, what should be put under "Duration" For example, in high school I won the "Academic Achievement in Grade 12 English" award, which meant at the end of the school year I had the highest English mark. Right now under duration I have "one time." Is this appropriate? If not, what should I put? 1. Some people suggest to put it under formal education. This is where I have put my CPR entry. 2. I would personally put it under research if you don't have much in research. You don't need a publication for it to count as a research entry. You could also put it under employment as well if you have even less there, but the most important thing is to not have duplicate entries. 3. That works. The following quote is an adcom from the University of Toronto Admission's Blog responding to a similar question: "These would go best under awards. For duration, just say “one time.” Not all of these headings will be relevant to all entries, like “publications” is not relevant to all research activities." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousND Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 @ ema2iur Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzle Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 I'm going to bump this please just call omsas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aborjona Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Is there any applicant who has finished Undergrad in US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasypus Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Is there any applicant who has finished Undergrad in US? Yes, I did. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aborjona Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thanks so much. Do you know how to list full time course is OMSAS? I mean I took 15 to 17 credits in each semester, is that full time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasypus Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thanks so much. Do you know how to list full time course is OMSAS? I mean I took 15 to 17 credits in each semester, is that full time? Full time is whatever your uni considered full-time. OMSAS knows that US students take fewer classes than Canadian students because our classes fill more credit hours. Each class, just list it and put it as 'semester' (unless you were at a trimester school, then it's more complicated and you should look through some things). Hell, I had two years where I only took seven classes (28 credits total), but at my undergrad that was full-time, and I wasn't given any trouble by OMSAS. No matter what, our GPAs won't be weighted by Toronto, but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aborjona Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Oh thank you !! List 'semester' in the' Credit Value/Weight' field right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasypus Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Oh thank you !! List 'semester' in the' Credit Value/Weight' field right? Yep, 'zactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aborjona Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thanks. Do you/ anyone know if we can talk about the same experiences in the UofT ABS cluster sketch and question 2? I feel I am repeating the same experiences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasypus Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Thanks. Do you/ anyone know if we can talk about the same experiences in the UofT ABS cluster sketch and question 2? I feel I am repeating the same experiences I know I sure am. I mean, they say explicitly that they're considering them separately. Also, the thing that was the best thing I've done with myself in the last three years stays the best thing I've done with myself in the last three years whether it's being asked about from a "respond to a community need" perspective or a "community service and social responsibility" perspective, which should sure as hell not surprise them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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