future_doc Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 It would be volunteering if for free to those who cannot afford it. In other words, you are giving them respite, necessary time to be alone and charge their batteries. Perhaps, you spend quality time with these children, reading to them or otherwise engaging their attention in something constructive for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMC Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Thanks. You are all very helpful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan94 Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I have heard that the top 3 need to be from your undergraduate studies not graduate studies? could anyone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I have heard that the top 3 need to be from your undergraduate studies not graduate studies? could anyone confirm this? Yes that is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsojc Posted September 6, 2013 Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 It clearly states on their website the top 3 need to be from "post-secondary university studies"....I would consider graduate school a post-secondary university study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 It clearly states on their website the top 3 need to be from "post-secondary university studies"....I would consider graduate school a post-secondary university study. Ottawa tends to give little weight to graduate studies so I would emphasize undergrad work on the application. AFAIK they are the only school that allow you to quite a Masters to begin med (which I think is somewhat immoral). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMC Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Hi all, I posted this in the general omsas discussion, but I haven't received a reply and need advice asap. Since high school I have helped out with my dads girlfriends business. It is a country convenience/food/coffee shop. I basically maintain the property (brick repair, painting, fixing problems with the floor, cut the grass) and help with preparing and serving food. I do not get paid for this. Is this okay to put down on my ABS considering it is "family"? I put many hours into this and I have done so many different things that it has made me much more well-rounded, so I definitely learned a lot. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMC Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 How do they expect us to fit everything we have learned in 150 characters!!! This is ridiculously hard and I will have to exclude so many valuable points... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Hi all, I posted this in the general omsas discussion, but I haven't received a reply and need advice asap. Since high school I have helped out with my dads girlfriends business. It is a country convenience/food/coffee shop. I basically maintain the property (brick repair, painting, fixing problems with the floor, cut the grass) and help with preparing and serving food. I do not get paid for this. Is this okay to put down on my ABS considering it is "family"? I put many hours into this and I have done so many different things that it has made me much more well-rounded, so I definitely learned a lot. Thank you I am sending you a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Yes that is true Where did you read this (about UG only)? I cannot find it anywhere in the OMSAS guide or Ottawa website. I mean I am going to try and emphasize UG stuff, but I want to make sure putting grad stuff doesn't disqualify me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Where did you read this (about UG only)? I cannot find it anywhere in the OMSAS guide or Ottawa website. I mean I am going to try and emphasize UG stuff, but I want to make sure putting grad stuff doesn't disqualify me. Sorry about any confusion I caused. It states clearly that they only want activities that you completed throughout your post-secondary studies, this would include grad school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecobeco Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Remember guys it is top 3 in each category (EC, work, volunteering, academia and research) so maximum is 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Remember guys it is top 3 in each category (EC, work, volunteering, academia and research) so maximum is 15. The wording is improved from the previous cycle, so I don't expect as many people to make the same mistake again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingplaid Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 The wording is improved from the previous cycle, so I don't expect as many people to make the same mistake again Savac - I have seen you around quite a lot over the past couple years. Tough year last year, sorry to see. Are you applying this year? If so, where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Savac - I have seen you around quite a lot over the past couple years. Tough year last year, sorry to see. Are you applying this year? If so, where? Tough year, he got two interviews as a 3rd year applicant, I'd say that's a pretty good year, and should have a much better one this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 The wording is improved from the previous cycle, so I don't expect as many people to make the same mistake again Is it even possible to mark more than 3 in one category? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Is it even possible to mark more than 3 in one category? I sure don't, actually in volunteer and EC i could mark more than three. But I've had the same joob since first year Uni so that's only one etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Savac - I have seen you around quite a lot over the past couple years. Tough year last year, sorry to see. Are you applying this year? If so, where? Yeah, I'm here quite often. PM101 keeps me sane. I'm applying to a fair chunk of the Canadian schools, and a few US schools as well. Tough year, he got two interviews as a 3rd year applicant, I'd say that's a pretty good year, and should have a much better one this year! Yeah, here's hoping that this year works out better! Good luck to you as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Yeah, here's hoping that this year works out better! Good luck to you as well Why thank you, i honestly would just like to get in somewhere, I keep looking at my GPA/MCAT and keep telling myself that I have to get an interview somewhere. I imgaine we'll be seeing a lot of each other from now until May 13. Good luck to you as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingplaid Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Yeah, I'm here quite often. PM101 keeps me sane. I'm applying to a fair chunk of the Canadian schools, and a few US schools as well. You had my vote last year, and you have it this year as well! Best of luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 What would the downside be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 You had my vote last year, and you have it this year as well!Best of luck!! Thanks! I genuinely appreciate that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elisboy Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Can you include items that are started in high school and continued throughout university? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW082 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I would definitely use an activity started in high school and continued in university. Use actual start date as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallingawake Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 What are people's thoughts on including a personal sketch item as one of the top 3 activities? I took care of an ill family member along with taking on greater home responsibilities. It's something that had started in high school and has continued into the present. It's significant to me but I wonder if I should choose something more traditional for the top 3. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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