waitandwait Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 9 days left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfish31415 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Thanks for starting this thread! How's everyone else holding up? I'm going through cycles of excitement and anxiety. At this point, I'll aim low and just hope that I'm at least waitlisted... What is everyone doing to pass the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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obi Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Good luck everybody! We'll see you in a few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashah68 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 First time applying to meds, finishing up MSc. can't wait for this 13th to come !!! All the best everyone. What are the chances of being accepted as a SWOMEN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMint Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 First time applying to meds, finishing up MSc. can't wait for this 13th to come !!! All the best everyone. What are the chances of being accepted as a SWOMEN? Pretty good. But I do know of some that didn't make it. But you have a really good chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeynut Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Man these last 8 days will be painful. I'm essentially doing nothing, starring out the window at snow and praying for double digit temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashah68 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I am in London, and it's pretty nice here. But this week is going by really slow. I heard we should be expecting an email at 9am on the 13th like other years. I don't know if I would sleep the night before. Probably binge on Star Trek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I've been keeping fairly busy and the time has been going by pretty quickly, but I very much want the wait and uncertainty to be over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashah68 Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 So out of curiosity I looked into previous year posts of accepted/waitlisted. And it seems that swomen that tend to have Mcat cut offs usually end up being waitlisted. I am doubting if they have some preference for swomen, apart from lower Mcat for consideration. I have a 32 Mcat (11,10,11)(just meeting cut offs), 3.87 GPA. Interview went well I think. But I'm beginning to think that this school weighs Mcat and gpa more than interview. Does anyone feel the same? Or tell me if I am wrong... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybird Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 But I'm beginning to think that this school weighs Mcat and gpa more than interview. Does anyone feel the same? Or tell me if I am wrong... ? Somebody told me, and take this with as much salt as you like, that the formula is 25/25/50 for MCAT, GPA, and interview score. Regardless of the formula, it's pretty obvious that Western cares most about the MCAT out of all the Ontario schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 So out of curiosity I looked into previous year posts of accepted/waitlisted. And it seems that swomen that tend to have Mcat cut offs usually end up being waitlisted. I am doubting if they have some preference for swomen, apart from lower Mcat for consideration. I have a 32 Mcat (11,10,11)(just meeting cut offs), 3.87 GPA. Interview went well I think. But I'm beginning to think that this school weighs Mcat and gpa more than interview. Does anyone feel the same? Or tell me if I am wrong... ? Do you mean SWOMENs whose score just meets the cutoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashah68 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Do you mean SWOMENs whose score just meets the cutoff? Yea. There is a conception I feel that if you are Swomen you are golden, but I think it may simply be leniency for them to be eligible to apply nothing else. From the past posts it seems a lot of swomen simply got normal waitlisted even though they claimed to have a good interview. I know premed101 may not be a perfect population sample, but it has me thinking. Lol I may be wrong and they do give swomen high preference? But doesn't seem like it from past posts.. Somebody told me, and take this with as much salt as you like, that the formula is 25/25/50 for MCAT, GPA, and interview score. Regardless of the formula, it's pretty obvious that Western cares most about the MCAT out of all the Ontario schools. Regarding the 25/25/50, it makes sense. It seems quite obvious that Mcat plays a huge role considering people that were accepted right away most of them had above cut off mcats... Oh well. Nothing can be done now just positive thinking and hope for the best I guess.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Yea. There is a conception I feel that if you are Swomen you are golden As a SWOMEN applicant, I hope there's some truth to it. I have a few friends who got in last year and I believe their MCATs were at the cutoff, not 100% certain though. My MCAT is a few points above the cutoff anyways, though, so I wouldn't be terribly uncomfortable either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLASTICSX Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Anyone know the weighting of GPA MCAT ECs and interview post interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorzo Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 So out of curiosity I looked into previous year posts of accepted/waitlisted. And it seems that swomen that tend to have Mcat cut offs usually end up being waitlisted. I am doubting if they have some preference for swomen, apart from lower Mcat for consideration. I have a 32 Mcat (11,10,11)(just meeting cut offs), 3.87 GPA. Interview went well I think. But I'm beginning to think that this school weighs Mcat and gpa more than interview. Does anyone feel the same? Or tell me if I am wrong... ? https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/docs/about/dean_report_2012.pdf This is a dean's report linked a while ago in this forum. There's probably a more recent version floating around somewhere, but in the end it shows 94 of 98 Swomen applicants invited to interview were offered a spot, almost certainly higher than the non-Swomen acceptance rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashah68 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/docs/about/dean_report_2012.pdf This is a dean's report linked a while ago in this forum. There's probably a more recent version floating around somewhere, but in the end it shows 94 of 98 Swomen applicants invited to interview were offered a spot, almost certainly higher than the non-Swomen acceptance rate. Holy crap! Wow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralk Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/docs/about/dean_report_2012.pdf This is a dean's report linked a while ago in this forum. There's probably a more recent version floating around somewhere, but in the end it shows 94 of 98 Swomen applicants invited to interview were offered a spot, almost certainly higher than the non-Swomen acceptance rate. Keep in mind that previous years had a lower (although still high - 70-75%) rate of admission offers to SWOMEN candidates. There may have been a change in the admission formula or it may have just been an outlier - we don't know because the admission formula has never been released. Last year's statistics for my class (https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/docs/about/dean_report_2013.pdf) seem to match the earlier 70-75% rate, so I'd bet my money on the 2012 incoming class being an outlier. There does seem to be a SWOMEN preference, and interviews definitely do matter. Past that, it's all speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherDreamer Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 the 2013 class rate was lower ~ around 75% (116 SWOMEN interviews and 87 offers) Edit: Ralk beat me to it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralk Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 the 2013 class rate was lower ~ around 75% (116 SWOMEN interviews and 87 offers) Edit: Ralk beat me to it lol Important enough to be said twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williaml Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Even though the SWOMEN offer rate was lower, the overall SWOMEN class members and class percentage were higher (74 vs 65 and 43% vs 38%): perhaps there is some set quota of SWOMEN students they accept (at a minimum, obviously accepting additional if they are competitive with the general pool)? This would explain the higher offer rate in 2012 since fewer applied and more rejected their offers... EDIT: it seems this may be the case (2011 also had a similar number of SWOMEN class members although there were more applicants https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/docs/about/dean_report_2011.pdf). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serine Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Question: Does Western send out Scholarship offers with the acceptance offers like U of T? Or are they awarded later on in the process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Question: Does Western send out Scholarship offers with the acceptance offers like U of T? Or are they awarded later on in the process? "Recipients will be offered these scholarships along with an offer of admission from Schulich Medicine. In the event of a late offer, exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis." (quote from letter sent in email with subject: Notification about Schulich Scholarship & Bursary Availability) Based on the wording of the letter, it seems this is for only the Schulich Scholarship, though. Not sure about the other awards/bursaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serine Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 "Recipients will be offered these scholarships along with an offer of admission from Schulich Medicine. In the event of a late offer, exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis." (quote from letter sent in email with subject: Notification about Schulich Scholarship & Bursary Availability) Based on the wording of the letter, it seems this is for only the Schulich Scholarship, though. Not sure about the other awards/bursaries. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee88 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I'm super excited to meet you 2018s . If you have any more questions feel free to post them up here and someone from the 2017s will try and get to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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