Neurophilic Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I put my hotmail email address too! Stupid hotmail! Just curious why you guys wouldn't use your uni emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCpls<3 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Just curious why you guys wouldn't use your uni emails. Uni email only lasts you through the uni years before it becomes irrelevant. I've use my hotmail since I first got an email and intend to use it for the rest of my life. Thats my reason anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neurophilic Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Uni email only lasts you through the uni years before it becomes irrelevant. I've use my hotmail since I first got an email and intend to use it for the rest of my life. Thats my reason anyway. Oh that sucks. Western actually lets you keep your uni email for life now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdyBirdy Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Yo guys. I'm also on the same boat here with no peep from Queens yet. I'm using gmail--nothing in spam or normal folders. RIP I guess the suspense will last until Monday. X( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheeler Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 For those of you still waiting on Queen's emails: If it gives you any hope I was honestly expecting to receive regrets--I was not anticipating an invite from Queen's AT ALL. So you never know! All the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NutritionRunner Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 If there's another spam folder for outlook/hotmail in addition to the junk folder, please explain how to get there. Otherwise it's a wait until Monday lol Does hotmail have the "clutter" folder? My outlook email now has both a junk and a clutter folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabu Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hello everyone, I have not yet received an email response (I used my university email). Do any of you by chance know of anyone who has not received an email? Also, just out of curiosity, do the interview invite emails have different subject line compared to regrets emails? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermophilus Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hey Rabu, I am also still waiting after checking every folder of my email several times compulsively. Earlier in the thread someone mentioned the subject line for inv./rej. is the same so AFAIK there is no difference. I suspect that they simply were unable to work further overtime on Friday and will likely finish the mailing list tomorrow. I'm secretly hoping that there remains a few invites in the pile, but I remain cautious because every response later in the evening on Friday was a regrets email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hey Rabu, I am also still waiting after checking every folder of my email several times compulsively. Earlier in the thread someone mentioned the subject line for inv./rej. is the same so AFAIK there is no difference. I suspect that they simply were unable to work further overtime on Friday and will likely finish the mailing list tomorrow. I'm secretly hoping that there remains a few invites in the pile, but I remain cautious because every response later in the evening on Friday was a regrets email. plus here is a point where you are just asking to make another mistake due to being tired. Once you make one you are in no mood to make another, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpd388 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Did anyone also get an interview to NOSM? They have the exact same weekends for interviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UWOMedSci16 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Called admissions office ((613) 533-3307) and they said everything was mailed out by Friday evening but they got blacklisted and that it never arrived for some people. They were able to give me my decision over the phone though. If you haven't heard back, give them a call. They indicated that they weren't planning on resending emails for people that haven't heard yet unless you ask (they don't know who hasn't received word). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowserJr Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Called admissions office ((613) 533-3307) and they said everything was mailed out by Friday evening but they got blacklisted and that it never arrived for some people. They were able to give me my decision over the phone though. If you haven't heard back, give them a call. They indicated that they weren't planning on resending emails for people that haven't heard yet unless you ask (they don't know who hasn't received word). when I tried to call, It tells me they are unable to return long distance calls...how do I reach them? It feels rather ridiculous that they are just going to ignore the people who never got the email. How come other schools don't have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlDR Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm in the same boat^. I emailed queensmd@queensu.ca because that was the email they used to acknowledge my application. Does anyone know if they have a separate admissions email, or would that be it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torontototo Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I know this stuff isn't necessarily supposed to be 100% logical. But two years ago I interviewed at Queen's and was then waitlisted with no research and overall questionable ECs. Since then I've done research, gotten a few publications, done tons of other volunteer work as well as other interesting ECs, improved my grades, improved my mcat, and replaced a reference from an athletics coach with a reference from a physician I worked extensively with. And this year nothing. Sorry I don't mean to sound entitled, I know the process isn't clear cut like that and perhaps I really don't deserve an interview for one reason or another. But it's extremely frustrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewDirection Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I know this stuff isn't necessarily supposed to be 100% logical. But two years ago I interviewed at Queen's and was then waitlisted with no research and overall questionable ECs. Since then I've done research, gotten a few publications, done tons of other volunteer work as well as other interesting ECs, improved my grades, improved my mcat, and replaced a reference from an athletics coach with a reference from a physician I worked extensively with. And this year nothing. Sorry I don't mean to sound entitled, I know the process isn't clear cut like that and perhaps I really don't deserve an interview for one reason or another. But it's extremely frustrating I totally feel you on this. My case isn't as dramatic as this is my first time applying but it must be incredibly frustrating to actually improve your application and somehow be worse off in the process. I thought I had a really good shot... We need to hold a Queen's rejection pity party for those of us who weren't invited. But in accordance with the med school admissions spirit, we will tell everyone that there is an amazingly fun party being organized that will change your life but we won't tell anyone when or where it is, or what you need to do to be invited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastrunningfish Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Has anyone gotten an email today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3m141592654 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 If you haven't heard back yet, I would call and ask. I called and was told over the phone that I was invited and they re-sent the lost email to my email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottawannit Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Anyone here previously interviewed at Queen's? I didn't know that any school did both an MMI as well as a panel interview. The invite email didn't explain how this is set up. Can anyone give any insights into how the day will go, what kind of questions they ask in the panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qszwdxefc Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Congrats to everyone invited, we're excited to welcome you for interview weekend! Regarding the questions about MCAT, GPA, etc. Queen's probably has one of the more holistic review processes. A high score won't necessarily give you an interview and low scores won't necessarily exclude you. To clarify, I'm wondering if it's possible for Queen's to use ABS as a pre-interview factor, or if interview invites are strictly based on GPA and MCAT. ABS is definitely used pre-interview. I believe it's still 100 (invited) Although the class size is 100, 10 spots go to QuARMS and 2-3 spots go to MD/PhD students so the number of acceptances for the MD stream is around 87. That being said, there will be people who turn down an acceptance just like any other school. Does anyone have an idea of what times the interviews are generally offered on each day? If I recall correctly it starts at 8:30am and ends around 4:30pm Anyone here previously interviewed at Queen's? I didn't know that any school did both an MMI as well as a panel interview. The invite email didn't explain how this is set up. Can anyone give any insights into how the day will go, what kind of questions they ask in the panel? You start with the MMI, go to a waiting room after that's done, and they will call you individually for the panel interview. Can't say much more unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epona Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Anyone here previously interviewed at Queen's? I didn't know that any school did both an MMI as well as a panel interview. The invite email didn't explain how this is set up. Can anyone give any insights into how the day will go, what kind of questions they ask in the panel? From what I remember, Queen's will send a comprehensive e-mail closer to the interview date explaining everything you need to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capillary Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 If you haven't heard back yet, I would call and ask. I called and was told over the phone that I was invited and they re-sent the lost email to my email address. That's awesome 3m14. Amazing news Do you know what the original timestamp of your email would have been, had you received it on the day of (on Friday)? Reason I'm asking is some people seem to suspect that if you had been invited, you'd have received the email earlier in the day and / or before their server or system got blacklisted from sending out too many emails. Called admissions office ((613) 533-3307) and they said everything was mailed out by Friday evening but they got blacklisted and that it never arrived for some people. They were able to give me my decision over the phone though. If you haven't heard back, give them a call. They indicated that they weren't planning on resending emails for people that haven't heard yet unless you ask (they don't know who hasn't received word). Thanks UWOMedSci16. So... if by saying they're not resending things, are they suggesting that the emails that haven't gone through were for those not invited? Hope that makes sense. Because otherwise they'd want to ensure that those invited DID receive the emails right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Optician Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I advise everyone who didn't find an email reply in spam or clutter who has a gmail or hotmail account to call QUEEN'S immediately! I just called to find out that I had missed an invite email!! They also said that the all gmail and hotmail addresses seemed to have blacklisted Queens on Friday January 29, 2016. The blacklisting appears to result in NO EMAIL received at all (BE IT JUNK OR INBOX) Call: 613-533-3307 The interview slot booking opened this morning and I almost missed on my only available time to get to Queens for an interview!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3m141592654 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 That's awesome 3m14. Amazing news Do you know what the original timestamp of your email would have been, had you received it on the day of (on Friday)? Reason I'm asking is some people seem to suspect that if you had been invited, you'd have received the email earlier in the day and / or before their server or system got blacklisted from sending out too many emails. Thank you! I didn't get the original time stamp. I'm not quite sure what you mean though, if they'd sent the email before they were blacklisted, I would have received it. I guess this may mean that they didn't send invites before regrets. They did tell me that they were sending batches of emails 5 minutes apart, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I advise everyone who didn't find an email reply in spam or clutter who has a gmail or hotmail account to call QUEEN'S immediately! I just called to find out that I had missed an invite email!! They also said that the all gmail and hotmail addresses seemed to have blacklisted Queens on Friday January 29, 2016. The blacklisting appears to result in NO EMAIL received at all (BE IT JUNK OR INBOX) Call: 613-533-3307 The interview slot booking opened this morning and I almost missed on my only available time to get to Queens for an interview!! yeah...we have to figure out a better way of doing that. I am glad it worked out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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