honeywell12 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I interviewed at Mac last year and I was super excited with what the two-person station was this year compared to last year. I thought the information session was somewhat less impressive than last year, though that may be because it was my second time around. If you have any specific questions or concerns, feel free to ask and I'll be happy to answer them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybird Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I have absolutely no idea how to gauge my performance, though, and I'm worried that I was not able to include too many personal anecdotes to make my answers more unique. You aren't the only one, most of my interview group expressed the same sentiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisencat Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I thought that the stations covered a lot of interesting topics and overall I had a positive experience. I have absolutely no idea how to gauge my performance, though, and I'm worried that I was not able to include too many personal anecdotes to make my answers more unique. Really impressed by the school, I will definitely be giving it consideration if I'm fortunate enough to get an acceptance. I don't think I mentioned specific personal experiences in any of my answers ... I can only think of one or two stations where I could have done so, but I felt like most stations were general/impersonal and that there wasn't much opportunity to incorporate personal experiences naturally into my answers... I hope that this lack of personal anecdotes doesn't reflect too negatively upon us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarvish Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I can think of maybe 2 stations were you could have tied in personal experience and once the interviewer specifically asked me about it but that's the only time I mentioned it. I wouldn't think of it as a horrible thing in anyway whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 If anything, it would probably be a bad thing to incorporate your personal experiences into a station when it's totally irrelevant (which is typically the case, often by design). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetherus Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Just be natural, if the question was made so that you could talk about personal experience, you probably would have done so. I feel there was two stations that I may have talked about personal experiences. On the rest, it would have been really awkward and pushed to incorporate personal experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverwolf1277 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Ya like everyone has said, minus when specifically asked about them, most of the other stations it would have probably seemed forced and also taken time away from answering the questions effectively to try and talk too much about personal experience. I think in contrast to a traditional interview, the MMI is less about your experiences and more about how you handle problems and your thought process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yah, I never understand why people are so focused on "making it personal". I think it sounds super awkward and kind of conceited (most of the time) when people insert their personal experiences into MMI questions, unless it is very obviously called for in the question. I only did if it was asked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epona Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 It's so nice to hear I wasn't the only one who felt that way! Going into the interview, people who I asked advice from kept stressing how important it was to include personal anecdotes but I really felt many of the station topics weren't closely related to a personal experience of mine so I just went with answering the question. I feel like less of a failure now knowing that I was not alone in thinking that haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designed Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 hey guys, for the email we got today, what did you guys put as your omsas number? was it the six-digit number we got in our interview emails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prometheus321 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yes, it's the 6 digit # on your interview email. Also, does anyone know when information about admissions bursaries/student awards is generally sent out? I don't want to miss any deadlines but am having trouble locating this info on Mac website. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottawamed.90 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Our bursary applications are done in the fall - you won't need to worry about them until after schools started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcenteno Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 hey guys, for the email we got today, what did you guys put as your omsas number? was it the six-digit number we got in our interview emails? ............what e-mail.............. should I be concerned that I didn't get one? i interviewed this past Saturday, i'm hoping that whoever got the e-mail interviewed the week before me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygella Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 ............what e-mail..............should I be concerned that I didn't get one? i interviewed this past Saturday, i'm hoping that whoever got the e-mail interviewed the week before me? The email comes about a week after the interview, so dont panic just yet lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcenteno Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 The email comes about a week after the interview, so dont panic just yet lol thought so, but thought it'd be better to check anyways....thanks for the clarification! lmao i should get off this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybird Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 hey guys, for the email we got today, what did you guys put as your omsas number? was it the six-digit number we got in our interview emails? I put 2014-(6 digit number), but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarvish Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I submitted mine and there's nowhere that you can double check to make sure it's correct. Yay paranoia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybird Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Western's interview video being out, I'd like to highlight my favourite segment - their House homage making fun of McMaster's emphasis on VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestar10 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Western's interview video being out, I'd like to highlight my favourite segment - their House homage making fun of McMaster's emphasis on VR Well that was mean Ironically, Western is the school that won't interview you without an 11 in VR unless you're swomen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shematoma Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Calgary is another school that won't interview "non-local" students w/o a VR 11. I'd say what's truly insane about Western this year is the BS 12 requirement. That's quite ridiculously high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LeCreuset Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Calgary is another school that won't interview "non-local" students w/o a VR 11. I'd say what's truly insane about Western this year is the BS 12 requirement. That's quite ridiculously high. Well seeing as the cutoffs for Western are set post-application these cutoffs merely represent the top 400-500 of the 2000 ish applicants Western get. So it's not ridiculously high as these cutoffs aren't Western saying "we only want people with a 12 BS or 11VR" it's just what the applicant pool looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybird Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Well seeing as the cutoffs for Western are set post-application these cutoffs merely represent the top 400-500 of the 2000 ish applicants Western get. So it's not ridiculously high as these cutoffs aren't Western saying "we only want people with a 12 BS or 11VR" it's just what the applicant pool looks like. I think what's meant is that they could have set cutoffs along the lines of 11/11/11 instead of 12/11, especially as nobody was expecting BS to go up to 12 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestar10 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I think what's meant is that they could have set cutoffs along the lines of 11/11/11 instead of 12/11, especially as nobody was expecting BS to go up to 12 this year. Didn't mean to start a which system is better argument haha. Just commenting on the fact that the video chirps Mac's VR emphasis while for the past couple years Western has had the same if not more emphasis on VR as a requirement for interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PictureofASheep Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Well, I'm done with the interview last Saturday. Didn't feel too good about it. I thought most of my answers were way too generic. Probably not making it in. But we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfdes Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 For those of you who had multiple interviews, how did you rank McMaster in terms of where you would go if you had the opportunity to choose? I only interviewed at two schools this cycle and so am very curious haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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