Renoir Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 You may want to separate OOP and IP scores from your first GPA and VR calculations, since those could probably be considered different populations for this purpose (i.e. more stringent criteria for OOP). You may end up getting more significance for accept vs. deny that way. Look at the last two calcs. Already did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfdes Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Look at the last two calcs. Already did that. The last two calcs only look at accepted scores though, and I thought the first two calcs were to look for statistical significance between accepted vs. rejected stats. Basically I'm thinking that someone OOP that was rejected may not have been rejected if they had had the same stats but were IP, so I'm not sure if it makes sense to lump all invites and rejects together when doing calcs. Might make sense to separate between OOP and IP first. It's been a while since I've taken a stat course though, so I may be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 The last two calcs only look at accepted scores though, and I thought the first two calcs were to look for statistical significance between accepted vs. rejected stats. Basically I'm thinking that someone OOP that was rejected may not have been rejected if they had had the same stats but were IP, so I'm not sure if it makes sense to lump all invites and rejects together when doing calcs. Might make sense to separate between OOP and IP first. It's been a while since I've taken a stat course though, so I may be wrong Well, there aren't many results posted for rejections, so it's not really a worthwhile stat. It would be really nice to have the raw data for the whole cohort of applicants from this year :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfdes Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Well, there aren't many results posted for rejections, so it's not really a worthwhile stat. It would be really nice to have the raw data for the whole cohort of applicants from this year :) Yeah, that was the issue I was worried would come up as I was suggesting the above lol. I suppose more people want to post their acceptances rather then rejection stats, can't really blame anyone tbh This is my first time applying to Calgary, when do they usually post their full interview stats up? I know UBC does it right before they send out invites, but haven't seen anything on the Calgary med site yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Well this make me sad Any idea how many invites were sent out, as opposed to acceptances? At Mac? 10% of interviews go to OOP so 50-60. Ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfdes Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 At Mac? 10% of interviews go to OOP so 50-60. Ish. Ahh I meant invites to the program (acceptances). I imagine the OOP waitlist, like most other universities, moves quite a bit, so if 15 OOP candidates end up accepting, I was just wondering how many in total are actually offered a spot, if that data is even out there. (was really hoping somewhere in the >50% range, so like 25 - 30 offers haha ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojjanhorse Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Ahh I meant invites to the program (acceptances). I imagine the OOP waitlist, like most other universities, moves quite a bit, so if 15 OOP candidates end up accepting, I was just wondering how many in total are actually offered a spot, if that data is even out there. (was really hoping somewhere in the >50% range, so like 25 - 30 offers haha ) I'm also interested in this. I know that they over accept OOP knowing that many will opt to going to their home provinces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narwhale Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Well, there aren't many results posted for rejections, so it's not really a worthwhile stat. It would be really nice to have the raw data for the whole cohort of applicants from this year :) I hope my rejection post can make your stats better! Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I hope my rejection post can make your stats better! Haha. Glad you're in good enough humour to joke about it! Your app looked really good, so I guess it could be a Top 10 thing? Really sorry to hear you got a regret. I hope you fare better with uAlberta! And yes, I'll definitely be using your post to help my terrible 1st year stats analysis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokiki Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I honestly suspect it is linear, scaled over 7 and up (something like ([score]-7)/8)*10%), or bell curved around ~11...both a simple to implement. Could be just me though...my answer to everything statistical is to bell curve it somehow. Calgary does everything with mean being = 100 and curves everything perfectly. They want to make sure that if VR is worth 10%, it really is worth 10%. Sorry it's been a while since I took stats but basically the perfectly average applicant will be at 100 for every single criterion. It's all pretty clear if you listen to their podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokiki Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Oh, an fourloves, put my rejection in there too. I'd be happy to go to UBC, but I really would have preferred U of C. They seem really chill and awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdyho124 Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 So... I'm guessing the podcast will be uploaded at a later time? for some reason I thought it was live streaming so I ran home from class so I didn't miss anything lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 So. Last year on the blog, Dr. Walker said they were considering trying to get offers out sooner next (this) year. Wonder if it will happen. That would be nice, hey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 So. Last year on the blog, Dr. Walker said they were considering trying to get offers out sooner next (this) year. Wonder if it will happen. That would be nice, hey? It'd be nice, but I'm pretty sure he said around May 15 for this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS92 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 It'd be nice, but I'm pretty sure he said around May 15 for this year. Just FYI.. Apparently last year they sent them a full week earlier than they said they would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Just FYI.. Apparently last year they sent them a full week earlier than they said they would! Nice! 10char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well I think they have to SAY May 15th, just in case. Hopefully it'll be a little earlier though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighopes100 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 lol we'll probably be in post exam happiness mode and not checking this site as much at that time anyways. 1 week won't matter much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 lol we'll probably be in post exam happiness mode and not checking this site as much at that time anyways. 1 week won't matter much Hahahaha I hope you are joking. If I can't stop checking this site now, I will be 10 000 times worse come May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighopes100 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hahahaha I hope you are joking. If I can't stop checking this site now, I will be 10 000 times worse come May. haha my bad, I guess it will just be me then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 haha my bad, I guess it will just be me then Nah. If you can do that, good for you! I don't have the will power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I didn't sign one. I thought it was just assumed. How unprofessional of those people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasktime Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I wouldn't worry about discussion too much. They usually change up scenarios day to day (remember he did say they had a bank of 70ish or so scenarios). And also, we are scored relative to the group of students seen that day, and different scorers participate on each day. If anything it would probably be more disadvantageous to go on one of the later days if we did not knowledge of what to expect and some students did! So people on the first day and probably on the second day shouldn't worry too much I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 There was definitely a non-disclosure contract. I don't know why interviewees would want to potentially give their competition what could be an advantage by disclosing interview scenarios. Anyways, apparently knowing questions in advance doesn't change much (according to Dr. Walker on the podcast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Anyways, apparently knowing questions in advance doesn't change much (according to Dr. Walker on the podcast). Agree 100% We did a ton of practice this year, and I've had several instances of having the same question from session to session. I honestly don't think I did any better the second go-around on them. If anything I was worse because I didn't feel the need to work so hard at showing my thought process. Just my 0.02p in case anecdotal counts in anyone's book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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