Guest silverjelly86 Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Just a heads-up for any worried applicants out there . . . OMSAS is supposedly fully updated, so if any references still appear as "currently outstanding" and they haven't been sent like, two days ago or something, that means that OMSAS hasn't received them, and you should get them send again. I hope there's not another post like this out there, but I called OMSAS today, as one of my references (sent over a month ago!) still appears as outstanding, and the woman said that it probably "got lost" in Canada post. I don't know why this has to happen to my reference letter for MEDICAL SCHOOL when I've sent quite a bit of mail before and this has never happened. I hope my transcripts were received . . . Anyways, just to let you know. I guess I should have probably got my ref to send another letter a while ago, but I just figured that OMSAS was backlogged. Anyhoo, I'm rambling and a lot of you probably think this is irrelevant. Does anyone know if we get another verification letter (other than the initial one they sent once they received your application)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rashka Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I don't understand how they "lost" the reference letters in the mail. My ref sent her letter out Sept 29th and a second Oct 19th. As of this morning, OMSAS has not received either one! If they don't get the reference by Friday I'm giving OMSAS another call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madison2001 Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I'm in the same boat as a lot of people seem to be. There is no way that Canada Post could be THIS unreliable. I have a feeling that it must be OMSAS that is misplacing our letters. Anyone know if missing one letter is going to cause any problems with our applications???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIRA Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 To answer your question, silverjelly, if I recall correctly, we will get a letter around mid-December verifying receipt of all documents, including references. Last year, when I got that letter in December, it said that one of my references was not received. After briefly freaking out, I had my reference re-send the letter and I still ended up getting an interview at Mac (the only place I applied). On the other hand, I heard from a reliable source that UofT and NOMS need to have everything in by early next week. So, if your references have not yet been received by OMSAS and you've applied to either of these schools, it's probably best to call OMSAS to make sure your application will not be affected. Good Luck! Jamira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest silverjelly86 Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Thanks, Jamira To everyone else, send your letters again if OMSAS has not received them, because if they show up as currently outstanding, they're lost somewhere. And I agree - OMSAS probably did lose our letters. Otherwise why would this only be a ref-letter problem, and not a general post problem? Aarrgh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fizzicyst Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Canada post lost my PhD diploma so trust me, anything is possible. I mean really, if a big, fat envelope marked DO NOT BEND gets lost, what chance do helpless little reference letters have?? >: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest silverjelly86 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Oh really, fizzicyst? Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 007 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Last year, my OMSAS profile stated everything had been received and then in December I got an email saying that they were missing one of my letters of reference. Whether they had lost it, or it had been accidentally keyed in as received, they couldn't tell me. However, OMSAS did seem to take the blame for it and just asked me to have my referee resend the letter. All was well from there on. So, bottom line is, don't worry too much. They are pretty lenient with getting references in and I think they'll let you know if stuff is still outstanding and you're getting close to the real deadline for things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pappy mckeys Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Hi everyone, I spoke with OMSAS today, they confirmed that the verification letters go out last week of November. In regards to Canada Post, last year they lost an entire tricycle that my brother had mailed...it was never found. Pappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 I'm facing a similar situation. My reference is still currently outstanding, but I got them to call OMSAS and they just said to send it in regular mail,so it must be ok. Anyone else still with letters outstanding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest silverjelly86 Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 I still have one outstanding, and my reference just sent it in yesterday, when I asked for it last week. Apparently, it was sitting in his office the whole time and he thought I was going to pick it up! I called OMSAS, and they said that they'll still forward the ref letter onto the med schools, but it's up to the individual med schools what they do with it. The woman told me to call the med schools and ask them what their deadlines are! That didn't sound to good. I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping that Ottawa and McMaster don't have strict cutoffs for ref letters! . . . it's not fair that OMSAS loses our letters all the time and holds up our applications. What's the $200 they charge us for if they can't even handle our ref letters properly? What a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 if anyone finds out these deadlines please post them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest silverjelly86 Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 I'm going to call McMaster and Ottawa on Monday. I hope it's not depressing news, 'cause I was really counting on these applications. Maybe if I plead my case they'll waive their deadlines . . . if they have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 I'll kind of afraid that OMSAS has no idea what they are talking about. They told me that reference letters are optional at Toronto...is there any truth to that??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 007. which schools did you end up getting an interview for in ontario after resending that letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 My prof sent me an email that he called OMSAS on friday and they said not to worry and when he asked if they wanted him to send a fax or express they said it was not required. So I wouldn't be too worried everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I talked to Ottawa, it's not a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jixe Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 A couple letters of mine just missed the deadline. I had called Western, McMaster and Queen's. McMaster stated there was no penalty so long as they were in before the end of the month (October). Western said it was okay to miss the deadline, but didn't state an absolute date. Queen's did not pick up after several tries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 so mac invalidates you after the end of the month??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 For Toronto, if you miss the deadline it doesn't invalidate you , it just means that you interview will be in one of the later rounds (maybe like march or april) Good luck to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Did it say to just resend it in the email and did they send you a verification when it was received? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest silverjelly86 Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Aaaaaaaaggggghhhh! McMaster's deadline is THE END OF OCTOBER?????? Mine was sent in last week (Nov. 4). Oh no . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Someone else on the mcmaster forum says they called on the 31st and they told them not to worry. >: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest melNB Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 All received...what a relief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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