in2bat0r Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Has anyone called or emailed about an update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
networkfailure Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 If you want to go ahead and call them and then report back then I would support you in that endeavour. I'm also finding this wait difficult with limited blog contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XZeRO Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I'm secretly hoping the radio silence on the part of the UofC staff means they're trying to get the interview invites out more quickly. One can dream! what do you mean by interview invites? I thought they already interviewed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOz Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 what do you mean by interview invites? I thought they already interviewed? Yeah we have already been interviewed. I'm certain hyperalgesia meant to say acceptances. We can only hope those letters come out earlier than May 14! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMFtastic Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Yeah we have already been interviewed. I'm certain hyperalgesia meant to say acceptances. We can only hope those letters come out earlier than May 14! Someone who is IP... Block your number n give'em a call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperalgesia Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Yeah we have already been interviewed. I'm certain hyperalgesia meant to say acceptances. We can only hope those letters come out earlier than May 14! Whoops! Definitely meant to say acceptances haha. I had just come off a committee meeting when I posted that, hence my braindeadedness. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylamonkey Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I keep having similar daydreams. "We regret to inform all applicants that due to provincial budget cuts, we will not be admitting a class of 2016" I can't even blame it on sleeping, like the poster above me. It's my slightly-paranoid conscious mind at work... BTW- I don't actually believe this at all, and sorry if it gives anyone else nightmares. I think that after 6years of applications, I can't believe that I actually am this close, and I have to find a way to normalize rejection. Are they going to be releasing on May 14th, like the ON schools? That might be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear89 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 ^ I really hope they do. I have one email coming from OMAS on 14th and one from Calgary and I want to have it all over with in one day, instead of prolonging the torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylamonkey Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 UBC is may 15th too. Not sure why OMSAS is earlier. I think that the discussion on the blog regarding letting us know earlier will apply more to future years, and not this one now, if they take it into account. I feel kind of sad that I won't really get a summer, and of course won't get one for 3 years, if I get accepted. I'm assuming I won't get in, and have to kind of twiddle my thumbs right now and I could be doing something more interesting if I knew either way. My june and july looks pretty booked but I would book it differently if I knew either way. Oh well. They won't let us know any earlier than May 14th, they just don't have the staff for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidhya Posted April 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Last year Dr. Walker released invites on the 11th due to his vacation. I would give my husband's right arm to have that happen again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoss Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Last year Dr. Walker released invites on the 11th due to his vacation. I would give my husband's right arm to have that happen again this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylamonkey Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Last year Dr. Walker released invites on the 11th due to his vacation. I would give my husband's right arm to have that happen again this year. Glad to see altruism is alive and well with those who may be my future classmates. *kidding!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidhya Posted April 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Glad to see altruism is alive and well with those who may be my future classmates. *kidding!* Testicle...I meant testicle....they only need one of those right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in2bat0r Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 New blog posts by Dr. Walker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidhya Posted April 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 OMG two posts now, I think i'm in heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdoc Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Interesting that he said not to expect any admission offers late March or early April. Seems to me that leaves the door for late April, which is right around the corner! Crap, now I'll be checking my email consistantly until the news comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteMe Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 +1 for reading between the lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telric Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpuppy Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Interesting that he said not to expect any admission offers late March or early April. Seems to me that leaves the door for late April, which is right around the corner! Crap, now I'll be checking my email consistantly until the news comes out. where do you see this?? edit: nevermind, found it in one of his replies. on the other hand, since he's referring to "early march", that makes it sound like he's more talking about a future application cycle, and that the current one there is no chance of it being an early decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdoc Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Ya, totally could be. I am also interested to hear about these changes to next year's application cycle. Anxiously waiting to see the Applicant Manual coming out next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear89 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I really want to see the new changes and start thinking about the new cycle early in case this one doesn't work out. Just the process of "planning" for the new one will hopefully make me feel better about this state of inertia we're all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy303 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Hello everyone, I had noticed that U of C admissions seems extremely quiet this year compared to past years. Obviously they are very busy, but updates on the blog have been very few and far in-between (the last one mid-Feb) whereas compared to last year Dr. Walker was sending out updates on various issues such as the CARMS match. The seat decrease was a huge disappointment that I think ups the stress for all of us this year, but I had another unsettling thought given the recent provincial cuts, and I hope we’re not due for worse news. This year’s seat decrease was announced prior to the provincial budget. Now we know that the province is planning unprecedented cuts to post-secondary in Alberta, something that we haven't seen since the mid-1990's. Although funding the past 15 or so years hasn’t been fantastic, it has at least been manageable with at least 2% increases on base operating funding, combined with generous capital expansion budgets for many institutions. U of C’s med school increased in size from 100 to the one time high of 180 students in 2009. Now we have just found out that the government is planning a 7.3% DECREASE to base funding when most institutions were anticipating a 2% increase, resulting in a loss of 9.3% of anticipated base operating funding for the upcoming academic year. The ministry’s response has been extremely antagonistic with all publicly funded institutions being sent these “Letters of Expectation” that the government expects each institution’s leadership to sign. One of the important issues highlighted is the need to decrease duplication and to streamline program delivery. The entire situation is quite nauseating, particularly when you consider the high cost of medical education. I’ve now started to worry that both the U of C and U of A will be forced to cut additional seats unexpectedly due to this recent budget announcement. Rather than sit and continue worrying about this though, I thought I would post and see how others are feeling about this situation. Perhaps we as a cohort should make our voices heard to the ministry that these proposed cuts could be disastrous to medical education, all the way from pre-med through to residency. Anyway, before I go on much longer, please post your thoughts and ideas. They are greatly appreciated. Sad news for sure. This is the type of thing that we all worry about, your politicians in Alberta are MORONS. Your province has a higher per capita GDP than any state or province in North America, due to energy resources. How they could mess things up so badly is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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