JohnGrisham Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Good luck in today's game of survival ya'll. on a side note, am I the only one who thinks it's ridiculous that ubc doesn't just send it out all at once? Technical feasibility should make it easy to verify all emails for accuracy and send them all off on the same day. I wouldn't even mind if they needed an extra week to prep and then send it all out on the same day etc. just food for thought. I'm fairly relaxed, relatively, but I know friends who are just nerve wracked and stressed by the 5 day process which is in UBCs control to simplify even if it's a first world problem and luxury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldpizzahotsriracha Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Good luck in today's game of survival ya'll. on a side note, am I the only one who thinks it's ridiculous that ubc doesn't just send it out all at once? Technical feasibility should make it easy to verify all emails for accuracy and send them all off on the same day. I wouldn't even mind if they needed an extra week to prep and then send it all out on the same day etc. just food for thought. I'm fairly relaxed, relatively, but I know friends who are just nerve wracked and stressed by the 5 day process which is in UBCs control to simplify even if it's a first world problem and luxury. I think the reason is to prevent their phone line + e-mail inboxes from getting too bogged down. As well, there's likely a system to sending out interview invites (I'd assume better score + early deadline = earlier) so sending invites all out at once might not be the best idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblackmama24 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Good luck today (and the rest of the week) everyone! I've decided not to look at premed101 anymore until I get an email - reading these posts are all too stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desperate_premed Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Can't they just post all the scores at the same time and announce through their blog or something? I'm sure there are better ways to do this. Sitting here waiting to get a rejection e-mail any minute sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
despmed Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Just some food for thought. A buddy of mine added 2 major pubs this year that he didn't have last year and his NAQ still went down by 0.4. Do you know why the NAQ goes down like that? Does UBC change its evaluation process or is it simply lower in comparison to others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med-dream Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Definitely try again next year, and work on your EC as you described. TIME STAMP: December 1 (2:45 PM)Interview Date:Result: RejectGPA: 82.16 (OGPA) and 83.80 (AGPA)MCAT: 9/10/9ECs: working with charity organizations, some research experience, co-op experience, work experience (not very relevant to medicine), event coordination, experience shadowing a doctor in India etc., sports Early/Regular Deadline:Year: 2nd year MSc (in School of Public Health at UBC)Geography: IP NAQ (For those with regrets): 23.33 AQ (For those with regrets): 22.85 TFR: 46.18 Can someone help me out... this is my first application, and I was pretty surprised at how low my NAQ was. I am unsure of whether I should even attempt to apply again next year, considering my TFR was so low. By next year, I will have added about five pretty relevant NAQ experiences (TAship, cancer research experience, research assistant job, and a couple of other volunteer experiences that are primarily health care related). Also, my graduate degree will have been conferred, and I think my GPA will go up slightly. I am just not familiar with this process having only applied once. Can someone who has some experience in this process perhaps give me a realistic idea of whether my NAQ will go up (I hear a lot of people saying theirs went DOWN even with added experiences) and whether my TFR is extremely low? Any input at all would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fc92 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I'd like to think that the NAQ is reflective of the overall applicant pool and based upon how similar/dissimilar your activities are in comparison to others. I can't see any other way in terms of how they would 'standardize' unique activities, and this may account for fluctuating NAQ scores on a year by year basis. Otherwise my guess is as good as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
despmed Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Definitely try again next year, and work on your EC as you described. Thank you, I really appreciate the input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplin Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Historically, are IP early-deadline regrets sent at the same time as IP regular deadline or before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Based on the posts, previous cycles have no affect. Rejections have been sent to ip, OOP, early deadline and regular deadline so far. No rhyme or reason lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTP Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 There will be another round of emails this afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med-dream Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 That would be invites for the early deadline applicants. I assume that all rejections were out yesterday. There will be another round of emails this afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famdoc2B Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 TIME STAMP: December 1 7:19 PMInterview DateResult: RejectGPA: OGPA- 90.63 AGPA-91.30MCAT: PS/VR/BS/WS 10/09/15ECs: Quite standard—TAed for intro. biology, organic chemistry, and histology; volunteered as a tutor for biochemistry, organic chemistry, general chemistry, genetics, and cell biology; physician shadowing; hospital volunteer; prison outreach volunteer; soup kitchen volunteer; chemistry research assistant--several posters and awards; microbiology research assistant--several posters and awards; worked as a carpenter for several summers; MCAT instructor; lab team leader; member of several societies; member of a choir.Early/Regular Deadline: EarlyYear: UG, Masters, PhD: Finished UGGeography: IP/OP? OOP NAQ (For those with regrets): 21.29 AQ (For those with regrets): 34.07 TFR 55.36 Hopefully I'll get a little luckier in Provence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanopsin Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 That would be invites for the early deadline applicants. I assume that all rejections were out yesterday. I really want to believe this but i have a gut feeling I'm going to get my rejection today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvader Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I really want to believe this but i have a gut feeling I'm going to get my rejection today me too friend. me too. especially after seeing the amazing stats that are getting rejected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldpizzahotsriracha Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 me too friend. me too. especially after seeing the amazing stats that are getting rejected To be fair though, the OOP cutoff is quite high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthvader Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 To be fair though, the OOP cutoff is quite high... I'm IP and I feel hopeless lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleming Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Historically, are IP early-deadline regrets sent at the same time as IP regular deadline or before? I believe all regrets are sent together. Early-deadline invites get sent one day earlier than regular-deadline invites, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkepticalStudent Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 me too friend. me too. especially after seeing the amazing stats that are getting rejected If anything I think this thread has shown me that you can really never know what the adcom is looking for! You never know - you might be getting an invite in two hours or so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Apologies if this has been mentioned before but I've been hearing mixed things. According to PM101 posts from previous years, if you haven't received a notification yet and early deadline applicants start getting invited, is it safe to assume you made it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz1 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Apologies if this has been mentioned before but I've been hearing mixed things. According to PM101 posts from previous years, if you haven't received a notification yet and early deadline applicants start getting invited, is it safe to assume you made it? No, I don't think so. Not that I have any confidence there is a pattern year to year, BUT I will say that I received a rejection last year after people started reporting invites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oitj Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Can you share your Naq score too? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desperate_premed Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I really want to believe this but i have a gut feeling I'm going to get my rejection today me too friend. me too. especially after seeing the amazing stats that are getting rejected I'm right there with you guys. After seeing those NAQ scores (especially OOP ones) I feel hopeless and I can't see how on earth I can make it. I will most definitely get an e-mail today. Sad but the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee12 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 The calm before the storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
despmed Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Sorry if this is off topic.. But some of the folks who have high NAQs, can you please describe any "unique" activities that you have done? Ones that you think make you stand out in the pack? Also, does anyone know if there are resources or even folks in this forum who are willing to perhaps look over and help point out areas of improvement for an application with respect to the NAQ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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