DoktaEvergreen Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 I thought I'd start a thread to track and highlight changes in the admission process this year. When I get back, I will also be posting a few sections on some of the changes to our application process for this coming cycle. Some minor, but for some people important, changes have been adopted. Hows that for a teaser….. That was posted on the blog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthscigrad09 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 What a good teaser it is! I hope those important changes are grad student friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdoc Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Over the course of the year Dr. Walker gave two hints on the blog... 1) 10 year rule to come into affect 2) New rules so that nursing students can apply (with all of their practicum marks). Maybe there will be some other good news too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdoc Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 New manual is up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear89 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 I just glanced it over but do we no longer have 30 activities and just gave employment history to give? Or did I just miss that section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FacelessMage Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 I just glanced it over but do we no longer have 30 activities and just gave employment history to give? Or did I just miss that section? This is what is sounds like to me as well. Top 10 activities, plus separate sections for employment, awards, and publications. Last year's manual specifically specified that there were were spots for activities, but maybe they changed that this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoktaEvergreen Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 This is what is sounds like to me as well. Top 10 activities, plus separate sections for employment, awards, and publications. Last year's manual specifically specified that there were were spots for activities, but maybe they changed that this year. So they've eliminated the 30 activities altogether? Where do we put non-employment like volunteering and what not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapidmonkey Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 There is also a new form that graduate students have to have signed with their supervisor for the application, stating whether they intend to finish their graduate degree, apply to LiM, or withdraw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdoc Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 So they've eliminated the 30 activities altogether? Where do we put non-employment like volunteering and what not? I guess volunteering, etc, etc, would all go under top 10. (???) We're going to have to be very selective this year it looks like. We'll see when it opens Friday evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear89 Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Yikes, I wonder if it will hurt me since a lot of the top 10 I decided on are under employment :s but I do have volunteer activities that I'd like to mention :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pika Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 1) I bet UofTers are happy about the change in % GPA calculation 2)The revised top 10 section is bogus. I guess awards are more important than volunteering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear89 Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Hey does anyone know if the 1000 characters for the impact statement and the 250 characters for activity description includes spaces or excludes spaces? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdoc Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 There is also an employment section I believe. So, you have employment + 10 activities + any publications. Also, for your other question, last year spaces counted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilcountry Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Pretty sure that spaces count as a character. At least that's the way it was this past app cycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracklebrite Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 What's the impact statement? An essay saying why we want to attend UC or med school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilcountry Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Not quite. You write 1 impact statement for each of your top 10 activities. It's supposed to summarize how that activity has impacted your life. I believe a more concise explanation can be found in the applicant manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracklebrite Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Ohh I see, yep I'm reading that manual now. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear89 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 There is also an employment section I believe. So, you have employment + 10 activities + any publications. Also, for your other question, last year spaces counted. Great thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Why couldn't it be the 7 year rule? In states, courses you took 7 years ago are considered expired for some schools. 10 years seems like an awfully long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmathematics Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hmm..I'm also wondering where we would put volunteer/extracurricular activities that are not mentioned in the top 10 :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdoc Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 It doesn't look like we will have the opportunity to put more than 10 plus work experience. It's kind of a bummer for people who a lot of smaller activities or people who have moved a lot... dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proteinaceous Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 It doesn't look like we will have the opportunity to put more than 10 plus work experience. It's kind of a bummer for people who a lot of smaller activities or people who have moved a lot... dang. Don't worry too much about the length of time committed to each activity. Most of the activities outlined in my application were very short-lived (<40 hours total). It's much more of a matter of how well you describe the activity and what you gained from the experience that will help you in your future as a physician (i.e. the CanMeds competencies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenarbitor Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Don't worry too much about the length of time committed to each activity. Most of the activities outlined in my application were very short-lived (<40 hours total). It's much more of a matter of how well you describe the activity and what you gained from the experience that will help you in your future as a physician (i.e. the CanMeds competencies). +1 I think this was my case too. One of my top 10 was a volunteer activity that I just started, but it was significant to me because it kind of symbolize a changing point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADH Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Anyone else getting the message "- Hours required" (even after entering hours) when clicking "Add Employment" ? Also, if you accidentally click "Submit" (which is very close to "Save for Later"!) will you subsequently be unable to make changes to that section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FacelessMage Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Anyone else getting the message "- Hours required" (even after entering hours) when clicking "Add Employment" ? Also, if you accidentally click "Submit" (which is very close to "Save for Later"!) will you subsequently be unable to make changes to that section? I got the same message as well. From Dr. Walker's blog: "The new application cycle is open, and despite a lot of effort this week trying to work out the kinks, it is not working properly. We are well aware of the problems, and will get on them first thing next week. In the meantime, you can work on the things that do work. Do not lose sleep over the things that do not. The files themselves are stable, in the sense that anything you put in will remain as we fix the issues that exist. I’ll post again once we think it is working properly, and starting in August, will start posting some thoughts about the application process itself and the changes for this year. Stay tuned." Also, if you do hit submit, you can still change stuff later. Hitting submit just marks the section as complete in the overall checklist of your application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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