skynet Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I was wondering, how is it fair that some of the people interviewing on the 30th or the 29th already knew about their interview earlier than the ten days we'd have if we do get interviews invites today. I just don't see the logic in holding on to the files, and if rolling applications is the explanation, it makes it even more unfair. *sigh* Not just more than 10 days, but people were reporting interview invites for the 29/30 weekend as early as February 26. You're right, I don't think it's the prep that makes a difference, it's the peace of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Looks like more emails are coming out (although maybe few per day). Just posted my stats in the invites/regrets thread (got invite). Hopefully everyone who is still waiting will hear soon. Hang in there and best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthStar Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 An undergrad invite? Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearkha Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I just got an email from Leslie that tells me to sign-up for the Missisauga tour through a certain link. I have not received an invite yet!!?? Anyone else got this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Yeah - graduated in June 2013. I haven't received any links about tours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthStar Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Maybe "finishing grad review" meant they held a ton of grad application rejections until they were done. Just like they held all those undergrad applications until last Wednesday. Ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I just got an email from Leslie that tells me to sign-up for the Missisauga tour through a certain link. I have not received an invite yet!!?? Anyone else got this? I also got this email, but I've received an interview from them. This COULD be a good sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5th time the charm Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 TIME STAMP: 6:27Interview date: March 30 Result: Invite cGPA: 3.92, wGPA: 3.98 MCAT: 14/10/14 ECs: research, hospital volunteering, tutoring, uni first year students mentoring, club leaderships and memberships, various scholarships and grants Essays: Felt very good about them - spent lots of time Year: UG complete Geography: IP Don't lose hope everyone who is still waiting!!! I hope you see you next Sunday! Better late than never!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwr2013 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 So I'm guessing this means all the grad invites have been sent out and now we are back to UGs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I also got this email, but I've received an interview from them. This COULD be a good sign? I'm guessing that is a good sign. I'd probably e-mail her about it? That'd be really awful if she sent that out to a bunch of people by mistake: "come take a tour of our Mississauga campus, which you won't be attending since your rejection is coming later this week." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Thank you, 5th time the charm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5th time the charm Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Thank you, 5th time the charm! What a great way to end your day with that news!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozgrad Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 The reason seems to be that they just didn't finish reviewing our files in time. I suppose it's better to disadvantage a few of us rather than all the March 29/30 interviewees, so might as well send them invites if they're ready. I would love to rant about how it's taking so long and we submitted our applications on October 1 so there's no good reason our files haven't been reviewed yet.... BUT, for all I know they have a good reason. WHO KNOWS. The faculty had a very tough time this year recruiting enough people to review files. Since it's on a volunteer basis, they end up at a stand still when they've run out of volunteers but still have a pile of applications to review. This puts the burden on the admissions staff, and there are only so many hours in the day. That's probably what is taking the file review so long! A lot of students signed up to do file reviews this year. As someone who reviewed files this year, it takes an inordinate amount of time if you want to do it fairly and holistically (which I'm assuming is how all of you want it done!). Students spent their Christmas breaks, free time after exams etc reviewing files. In casual conversation, we told our classmates who weren't doing file review how exhausting and time demanding it was. So when the admissions office sent out an email looking for more reviewers (when they were out of volunteers), I'm fairly certain students didn't jump at the opportunity. Which might explain the lingering file review at this point in the game Understandably it sucks to still be waiting, but wouldn't you rather someone take their time, read your reference letters/ABS/essays thoroughly and fairly compare you to other applicants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozgrad Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Volunteers have been recruited to help for 2 sessions on Sunday (morning interviews and afternoon interviews). All interview dates so far have only consisted of morning interviews. Looks like they're accommodating more interviewees that way - and my guess would be that it's unlikely they'll add another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
une17 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 The recent undergrad invites give the impression the end is nigh for graduate stream applicants who are still waiting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numero0121407 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 One of the invites was a grad applicant though, so, still looks like it's a little more random than we'd like to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthStar Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Were probably all best to stop guessing at this point. We will all know in the next couple of days. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathToMed Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 It's around now that my daily routine of checking this site is turning unhealthy my stress levels are fluctuating rapidly. I'll probably stay away until I finally hear my own news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwr2013 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Another grad invite..looks completely random now. I'm guessing there will be this trickle of invites for some of us before a mass wave of rejections for everyone left standing. The end of days are upon us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynet Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 The faculty had a very tough time this year recruiting enough people to review files. Since it's on a volunteer basis, they end up at a stand still when they've run out of volunteers but still have a pile of applications to review. This puts the burden on the admissions staff, and there are only so many hours in the day. That's probably what is taking the file review so long! A lot of students signed up to do file reviews this year. As someone who reviewed files this year, it takes an inordinate amount of time if you want to do it fairly and holistically (which I'm assuming is how all of you want it done!). Students spent their Christmas breaks, free time after exams etc reviewing files. In casual conversation, we told our classmates who weren't doing file review how exhausting and time demanding it was. So when the admissions office sent out an email looking for more reviewers (when they were out of volunteers), I'm fairly certain students didn't jump at the opportunity. Which might explain the lingering file review at this point in the game Understandably it sucks to still be waiting, but wouldn't you rather someone take their time, read your reference letters/ABS/essays thoroughly and fairly compare you to other applicants? Yeah this is a pretty decent reason. If I get an interview I'll be happy they took their time to thoroughly read over it! Haha if I get rejected I'll wish they just glossed over it and missed the glaring insufficiencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.app2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looks like today might be d-day for the rest of us still left over. Good luck everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Maybe they bit off a bit more than they could chew, trying to get through all the files before the last weekend in march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynet Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 It's gotta be today right? It can't not be today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueSeraSera Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 It's gotta be today right? It can't not be today... At the beginning of the week I also felt like it had to be this week. But now, I wouldn't be totally shocked if it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numero0121407 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 If it is not today, I would guess that they may need to add another interview day....unless it is ok to let someone know about their interview few days before :S:S:S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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