chenoa Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Hi all: So for OMSAS each referee fills out the CAF and writes you a reference letter. For Calgary, do referees just fill out an online form? I see that under "References" on UCAN it says that your refs will be asked "specific and structured questions about you." So they just answer the questions, and don't write a separate letter? Help appreciated. aikigirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzie.89 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 you got it; they just need to complete the form and submit it electronically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenoa Posted August 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Thank you for clarifying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FacelessMage Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 The format for the reference letters is in the appendix of the applicant manual. That way you can see what questions will be asked of your referees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenoa Posted August 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Thanks FacelessMage- I knew I had seen the outlines somewhere, haha. I feel like with the 3 specific areas that Calgary wants your referees to address profs really wouldn't be the best choices. Has anyone ever applied without using a prof as at least one reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bretzky Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Thanks FacelessMage- I knew I had seen the outlines somewhere, haha. I feel like with the 3 specific areas that Calgary wants your referees to address profs really wouldn't be the best choices. Has anyone ever applied without using a prof as at least one reference? Yeah I didn't use a prof last year, but didn't get in. Although I scored fine on my references. It definitely wasn't the references that made me cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FacelessMage Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Thanks FacelessMage- I knew I had seen the outlines somewhere, haha. I feel like with the 3 specific areas that Calgary wants your referees to address profs really wouldn't be the best choices. Has anyone ever applied without using a prof as at least one reference? I used a volunteer supervisor as one of my references and my boss as the other. I got a really high score in the category for the volunteer supervisor and low in the one with my boss (the one for my boss was done really last minute though after another referee backed out a week before the app was due). It didn't get in, but I know what to improve on this year, so that's good. I seem to remember Dr. Walker saying that it was good if you had a reference that wasn't a prof though, as long as they've known you for a good amount of time. It's more the ability to speak to your qualities that you're looking for in a reference letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perspectives Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 What do you guys think about using the president of a university club that advocates for health issues as a referee? I was an exec on the club as well, but I know the guidelines say not to use peers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonIver Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Well from reading the blog, the reference letters are not scored anymore. Dr. Walker said that the letters could be a big deal to your app or fairly insignificant depending on the rest of your app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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