qszwdxefc Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 This is pure speculation, but anyone think they decreased the cutoff for OOP in fear that the 90 IP spots won't fill? I mean ~115 applicants for 90 spots. I'm sure at least 25 people have multiple interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd7 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Yeah the person who wrote that email should write a thriller novel or something, because my god, the suspense as I was reading... I know, right? I was like blah blah blah K WHERE IS IT? Even though they bolded and underlined "will be" the struggle was still real to find that sentence midway through. At first I thought it gave a long preamble because it was negative - I assumed if it was positive it would say something like "Congratulations! You have passed the MMI and your application will be under further review for admissions" or something in the first sentence. Nope. This is pure speculation, but anyone think they decreased the cutoff for OOP in fear that the 90 IP spots won't fill? I mean ~115 applicants for 90 spots. I'm sure at least 25 people have multiple interviews. That's an interesting theory... and I wouldn't be surprised if you were correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Health_in_Perspective90 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Happy to report a top 70% performance! (Time stamp: 3:30PM EST) Congratulations to everyone who made it and for those who just squeaked out keep working hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haps Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Passed, as well (OOP). Now to fret over what my referees will say or whether they will return the school's calls etc. Though, lets hope everyone is right in that most OOPs who pass the interview are accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdhdrls Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 This is pure speculation, but anyone think they decreased the cutoff for OOP in fear that the 90 IP spots won't fill? I mean ~115 applicants for 90 spots. I'm sure at least 25 people have multiple interviews. Is my math terrible? I keep on calculating ~120 IP applicants (including aboriginal) for max 90 spots. Not that it even matters. Here's to borderline obsessing for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd7 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 I thought they interviewed 130 IP but I realise now that didn't include people in the aboriginal equity group so it was actually 138. So 87% of that is 120 people and there are 90 spots but historically the most OOP spots to be filled is 4 (for example, last year 98 IP were admitted). However, with an extra 30 OOP post interviews they may fill close to all 10 spots for OOP - who knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda48 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Does anyone know how many people they put on the IP wait list? I assumed 30 but I actually have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdhdrls Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 I thought they interviewed 130 IP but I realise now that didn't include people in the aboriginal equity group so it was actually 138. So 87% of that is 120 people and there are 90 spots but historically the most OOP spots to be filled is 4 (for example, last year 98 IP were admitted). However, with an extra 30 OOP post interviews they may fill close to all 10 spots for OOP - who knows! Great! My brain hasn't gone to mush, then! I'm pretty confident they'll be filling all 10 OOP spots. They filled 8 in 2013 with only 62 interviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd7 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Great! My brain hasn't gone to mush, then! I'm pretty confident they'll be filling all 10 OOP spots. They filled 8 in 2013 with only 62 interviewed. Oh good to know, I didn't even notice that but someone on here had said historically they never filled more than 4. But 2013 admissions was before they were on probation I think so maybe that's what affected last year's numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 are all 94 oop on the waitlist (minus the 10 top oop given invites)? or will there be more cuts come may 15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recoil Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 are all 94 oop on the waitlist (minus the 10 top oop given invites)? or will there be more cuts come may 15? All will be on waitlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sit Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Apparently OOP's will also be told their rough position on the waitlist as well All will be on waitlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qszwdxefc Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Is my math terrible? I keep on calculating ~120 IP applicants (including aboriginal) for max 90 spots. Not that it even matters. Here's to borderline obsessing for a month. Sorry, I was too lazy to punch in the numbers myself so I just typed something in that range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qszwdxefc Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Apparently OOP's will also be told their rough position on the waitlist as well That's actually pretty sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haps Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Fingers crossed for >10 OOP this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Fingers crossed for >10 OOP this year what do you mean? i thought they were pretty firm about 10 spots max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haps Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 what do you mean? i thought they were pretty firm about 10 spots max. 120 people for 90 spots. Normally they have 160 for 90 spots. Not sure how deep they usually go in their waitlist but in the event they can't fill the inprovince spots, I assume they would want to tap into the OOP pool. Just wishful thinking on my part. Not really backed by anything presented by the CoM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 120 people for 90 spots. Normally they have 160 for 90 spots. Not sure how deep they usually go in their waitlist but in the event they can't fill the inprovince spots, I assume they would want to tap into the OOP pool. Just wishful thinking on my part. Not really backed by anything presented by the CoM If this helps at all, at the post interview info session it was shared that for the last 8 years they have always gotten through the top 3rd of the waitlist, often a good portion through the middle third, and only one year reached a few people in the bottom third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny878 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Did any of you IP applicants apply for or get accepted to usask dent? Asking for a friend who is waiting for the dent waitlist to move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qszwdxefc Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Fingers crossed for >10 OOP this year I was thinking the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haps Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 If this helps at all, at the post interview info session it was shared that for the last 8 years they have always gotten through the top 3rd of the waitlist, often a good portion through the middle third, and only one year reached a few people in the bottom third. To be honest, this year, I suspect, the demographic will be so different that it will be hard to tell what will happen. Now that they require a degree, the applicants will probably have applied to multiple places so the results may differ from past years. I'm just exploring the different results as a way to pass time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd7 Posted April 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 To be honest, this year, I suspect, the demographic will be so different that it will be hard to tell what will happen. Now that they require a degree, the applicants will probably have applied to multiple places so the results may differ from past years. I'm just exploring the different results as a way to pass time! Yup. This year and next year will be very weird years for USask's numbers because of the change in requirements (degree this year, MCAT next year). Literally anything could happen and I wouldn't be surprised if they dipped a little deeper into the waitlists this year and next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katee87 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Anyone else stressing out the fact that 9 successful applicants were disqualified last year for academic and professional issue? That's a high number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIsForApple Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Anyone else stressing out the fact that 9 successful applicants were disqualified last year for academic and professional issue? That's a high number Well do you have anything to worry about? This seems like something that shouldn't be of concern to any reasonable applicant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haps Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Anyone else stressing out the fact that 9 successful applicants were disqualified last year for academic and professional issue? That's a high number I would've liked to learn about the specifics. The ambiguity around the topic is the only thing that worries me. Though, I agree with the above poster that most applicants need not worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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