Leon Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Discussion only. Stats are here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 and of course good luck everyone going through this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Dr. Hammond (Associate Dean of Admissions) happens to be hanging around the lecture hall right now, and when I asked he said that invites should be out sometime this afternoon. Best of luck, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recoil Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Dr. Hammond (Associate Dean of Admissions) happens to be hanging around the lecture hall right now, and when I asked he said that invites should be out sometime this afternoon. Best of luck, everyone! *Dun Dun Dun........* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decentcigars Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Dr. Hammond (Associate Dean of Admissions) happens to be hanging around the lecture hall right now, and when I asked he said that invites should be out sometime this afternoon. Best of luck, everyone! Oh sheeeeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londoner Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 can confirm jmatt1122. was in same hallway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeeDoc Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Anyone wanna make predictions on the new MCAT cutoffs? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardHammond Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 9PS 11VR 12 BS, 3.75 GPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recoil Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Anyone wanna make predictions on the new MCAT cutoffs? lol 13/13/13. They drop the interview portion and reduce class size to 10 kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardHammond Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 If VR is more than 11 I'm gonna cry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thsc Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 13/13/13. They drop the interview portion and reduce class size to 10 kids. Exactly what I was thinking...after all, that's the million dollar question: "How can we get away with the least amount of effort into evaluating these applicants?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin90 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Hahaha ... :/ I vote with Keratoconus that they will bump the GPA to 3.75. It's happened before, and I can't see them realistically increasing BS or VR beyond last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygella Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 OMG I'm looking forward to that video. Mac hasn't even started brain storming ideas for our video yet, for shame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldpizzahotsriracha Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Any idea when in the afternoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recoil Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Any idea when in the afternoon? I think the first year Western students saying it will be today has made it exponentially worse!! Why oh why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike4Med Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 *hits refresh 450 times* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I think the first year Western students saying it will be today has made it exponentially worse!! Why oh why. Sorry! Maybe I should have just kept my mouth shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion20 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Something tells me these may not be coming out today. It's pretty late now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Exactly what I was thinking...after all, that's the million dollar question: "How can we get away with the least amount of effort into evaluating these applicants?" Ha, Western just likes standardized objective measures of ability. That does make it a bit simpler of course until the interview stage. How do you really compare ECs in a standard fashion? Or how much faith do you have that the same GPA from different schools/programs have exactly the same value? It isn't about being lazy - it is about being fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Dr. Hammond (Associate Dean of Admissions) happens to be hanging around the lecture hall right now, and when I asked he said that invites should be out sometime this afternoon. Best of luck, everyone! Ha, dangerous Operative word is probably "should be" - or probably more likely were planning to, but of course are very cautious to make sure they get it right (flashbacks to prior year epic failures would give anyone cause prior to hitting send on things). Either way very soon now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decentcigars Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Something tells me these may not be coming out today. It's pretty late now. Yup, that dean or whoever just trolled us hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike4Med Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 High hopes for tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Yup, that dean or whoever just trolled us hard He is the associate dean of admissions - has held that position for a number of years now Also happens to be an extremely skilled scientist, excellent teacher and exactly the sort of person you would want running an admissions system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thsc Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Ha, Western just likes standardized objective measures of ability. That does make it a bit simpler of course until the interview stage. How do you really compare ECs in a standard fashion? Or how much faith do you have that the same GPA from different schools/programs have exactly the same value? It isn't about being lazy - it is about being fair. I agree with your premise. My issue is with the fact that they change these cut-offs year-to-year so that the combination of scores from each section are just enough to limit their interview pool to a certain number of applicants. Based on what evidence do they choose to make the verbal cut-off 11 or BS cut-off of 12 or PS cut-off 9 (or 10..can't rmr)? Do they think the VR is more important than PS? What evidence is there that a certain MCAT score will predict the applicant's success in medical school? I think the problem with the MCAT is similar to that of GPA. At what point is the MCAT or GPA no longer a strong predictor of success? You run into the same problemw ith all schools of course, because others will prioritize high GPA. But that's why you have to take a holistic approach and assess all components of the application and not simply over-emphasize one aspect (e.g. MCAT VR or BS). The way I see it, maintaining these high cut-offs (in comparison to most schools) is a very simple and easy way to limit how many files you have to review to determine interview decisions. That's what I have an issue with... Even the top-schools in U.S. do not dare set "cut-offs" to automatically decide that you're not worth interviewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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