vincent56 Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Hi, I have a 3.80 gpa (calculated with the uottawa way: 3x first most recent year + 2X second most recent year....). What are my chances of being accepted after the interview ? I mean, should I have an INCREDIBLE/AMAZING interview to be accepted? I apply to the french stream, and I live in Gatineau. Thank you, Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 If you have good EC's, don't worry. I know a couple of students that got accepted in the french stream with 3,6-3,7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent56 Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Even with 3.6? Thanks for answering, And with a 3.8 gpa do you think I should take an extra year to boost it? (I know these following year would only cout for fall 2017). Thanks, Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent56 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Do I honestly have a chance this year with 3.643? That's what I currently have. But I hope to habe 3.8 for the following year, when this current year will count. Thanks, Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 3.643 is a bit low I think. Try to boost it to 3,75-3,80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent56 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks for your answer. if after this year I got 3.80, does it worth it do do an additional year to boost my gpa? It would go up to 3.95 something like this. Does it make a difference for the french stream? (From gatineau region). Thanks, Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prothrombin Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks for your answer. if after this year I got 3.80, does it worth it do do an additional year to boost my gpa? It would go up to 3.95 something like this. Does it make a difference for the french stream? (From gatineau region). Thanks, Vince If your wGPA is a 3.95 you are more than good for the french stream, and even the english stream. The cut offs for Ottawa/Gatineau residents fore the English steam in order for them to look at your sketch has traditionally been 3.7, and I think just a bit lower for french. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent56 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thank you! But can you answer my question please? Does it worth it to do an additional year to pass from 3.8 to 3.92-3.93 (something like that)? Or I'm okay with 3.8 and should stay with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thank you! But can you answer my question please? Does it worth it to do an additional year to pass from 3.8 to 3.92-3.93 (something like that)? Or I'm okay with 3.8 and should stay with it? Apply with the 3.80 while taking the additional year. Plan for the worst and hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iyin0991 Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Apply with the 3.80 while taking the additional year. Plan for the worst and hope for the best. Exactly my thoughts. This is not the time to take risks based on chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent56 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thanks to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyang4380 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 what GPA is generally competitive (not just cut offs) for the IP OOO pool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organomegaly Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 what GPA is generally competitive (not just cut offs) for the IP OOO pool? 3.90+ is "competitive", but really a 3.95+ is what you need to have a good shot. Ottawa is a very GPA intensive school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyang4380 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 oh wow, even for the ottawa region pool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organomegaly Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 oh wow, even for the ottawa region pool? No, my answer was based on IP OOO and OOP. For in Ottawa/French/Aboriginal applicants, the GPA does not need to be as high, but obviously still quite good. It's just for the former two categories that the requirements are extremely intensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDS In Training Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Agree with the above post. uOttawa MD program is mostly a GPA numbers game pre-interview. The interview score eventually weighs 50% in the final decision. Considering how close people's GPA are when going into the interview, the panel interview will have a huge influence on the final ranking list as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organomegaly Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Agree with the above post. uOttawa MD program is mostly a GPA numbers game pre-interview. The interview score eventually weighs 50% in the final decision. Considering how close people's GPA are when going into the interview, the panel interview will have a huge influence on the final ranking list as well. Can anyone else confirm this about the interview weight? My knowledge was that the interview was 100% with tied-interviews being broken with wGPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Can anyone else confirm this about the interview weight? My knowledge was that the interview was 100% with tied-interviews being broken with wGPA. Technically you're both right, based on how I believe that it works. My understanding has been slightly refined by what goingplaid (uOttawa 2017) has stated on the forums. Technically the interview is worth 50% because they add up the scores. If the WGPA is out of 4.0, then so is the interview. Interview scores can be 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, etc. So clearly somebody with a 3.5 interview can't be better than somebody with a 4.0 no matter how good their WGPA is. So in essence, it works like you stated. Interviewees are placed in groups based on their interview scores, and the groups are ordered based on decreasing WGPA. If you follow the waitlist movement you can actually see this happening. The offers start higher and approach ~3.85 before rolling back to 4.0. This is still conjecture on my part, and several other members on the forums, but we've got several years of 'data' to back it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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