Same Answers To Narratives As Last Year - Good Or Bad?

[AAAmeds 32]

I applied to McGill last year but did not receive an interview, unfortunately. I am reapplying again this year, and since I believe that my answers to the narratives from last year were very well-written, I am planning to just copy paste them for this year. Does anybody know if this is a bad idea (i.e. Adcoms go and check your answers from last year and prefer to see updated answers every year) or not?

[Bambi 1,720]

They don't check, but if the quality of your essays did not meet their standards, you are potentially setting yourself up for failure.

[SpeedyPotato 172]

I know I'm late on this, but you can actually ask to meet with them and tell you where you ranked in your PN. It'll give you an idea on whether or not you should make any changes.

[AAAmeds 32]

I know I'm late on this, but you can actually ask to meet with them and tell you where you ranked in your PN. It'll give you an idea on whether or not you should make any changes.

Oh I live in the west coast. Do you know if there is any chance that they would provide this info via email/phone calls instead of meeting up in person?

[SpeedyPotato 172]

Oh I live in the west coast. Do you know if there is any chance that they would provide this info via email/phone calls instead of meeting up in person?

I think they might if you email them yes, although I went in person so I cant say for sure. I'd write to them that's for sure!

[caribou 47]

Oh I live in the west coast. Do you know if there is any chance that they would provide this info via email/phone calls instead of meeting up in person?

 

 

I got my ranking by email 2 years ago when I first applied. Email Admissions asking for your feedback, they'll forward your request to the right person. 

[MDmaybe99 72]

Hey everyone, as interview invites are coming out soon, I'm starting to psych myself out more and more. I got an interview last cycle and ranked 2nd quintile for GPA and 3rd for CVPN. Knowing that my GPA increased only by 0,02 this year and my CVPN remained the exact same (I submitted the same answers), what would my chances be to get an interview again this cycle?

[tameimpala 92]

No one could possibly answer that for you since the applicant pool will change each year. Just hang in there! Good luck

[MDmaybe99 72]

When are interview invites getting sent out?

[Al22 109]

 https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying

Program      Application Deadline     Submission       Deadline Target date for invitations to interview      Interview 

M.D.,C.M.    Nov 1, 2016                Nov 1, 2016          Feb 3, 2017                                                                    Mar 20-23, 2017

Med-P         March 1, 2017             March 1, 2017       April 3, 2017                                                                   April 19-21, 2017

 

 

but as it was said in another thread (http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/93138-waiting-for-application-status-update/?p=1024577) : 

around Jan 21st it started last year, so expect around the same time, last third of Jan, perhaps very early Feb. 

[Vicodin 52]

Yeah it comes out Feb 3 so chill out until then

*refresh refresh refresh*

[0zero0zero 11]

Hey everyone, as interview invites are coming out soon, I'm starting to psych myself out more and more. I got an interview last cycle and ranked 2nd quintile for GPA and 3rd for CVPN. Knowing that my GPA increased only by 0,02 this year and my CVPN remained the exact same (I submitted the same answers), what would my chances be to get an interview again this cycle?

May I ask what your degGPA was last year? I am curious what range last year's second quintile was. Also, were you second quintile relative to the OOP pool or IP pool? I'd appreciate any info!

[cookacola 82]

 https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying

Program      Application Deadline     Submission       Deadline Target date for invitations to interview      Interview 

M.D.,C.M.    Nov 1, 2016                Nov 1, 2016          Feb 3, 2017                                                                    Mar 20-23, 2017

Med-P         March 1, 2017             March 1, 2017       April 3, 2017                                                                   April 19-21, 2017

 

 

but as it was said in another thread (http://forums.premed101.com/index.php?/topic/93138-waiting-for-application-status-update/?p=1024577) : 

 

So interviews are in the middle of the week? Wish I realized that earlier...... so I guess they are expecting us to miss school for the interview..

[RedLily 216]

So interviews are in the middle of the week? Wish I realized that earlier...... so I guess they are expecting us to miss school for the interview..

 

If you're lucky it's Monday, get it out of the way lol. In past years interviews were in late Feb, during most university's reading week, not sure why it's different this year. 

[MDmaybe99 72]

May I ask what your degGPA was last year? I am curious what range last year's second quintile was. Also, were you second quintile relative to the OOP pool or IP pool? I'd appreciate any info!

 

 

Last year, my GPA was 3.95. Not sure if the quintiles are divided by OOP or IP? Nevertheless, i am IP.

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Last year, my GPA was 3.95. Not sure if the quintiles are divided by OOP or IP? Nevertheless, i am IP.

WOW 3.95 GPA in province is only second quintile??? There must be a lot of 4.0s then...

[Haribo7173 363]

That's actually insane...

[Vicodin 52]

Uhhh I had a 3.83 GPA and was first quintile for GPA and for CVPN. Maybe they weigh recommended or advanced courses heavily?

[Haribo7173 363]

Interesting...what do you mean by 'advanced' courses? Like upper level courses?

[Vicodin 52]

Interesting...what do you mean by 'advanced' courses? Like upper level courses?

Yes I mean upper level courses

[Haribo7173 363]

I always felt the academic context could always count for more than they probably say it does (10%) I'm assuming they really look at the overall picture... (eg 4.0 GPA student who took 3-4 classes a semester and 100 level electives all throughout their undergrad vs someone with a 3.80 with a full course load and many more upper level courses)

[MDmaybe99 72]

Weird, I wonder how they calculate that.. i always took full course load each semester (minimum 5 classes) and the recommended upper level courses..

[Haribo7173 363]

Maybe it's the nature of the degree itself? I don't know, something feels fishy haha

[SunAndMoon 583]

Maybe Vicodin is in grad school or a professional program? 

Could be the nature of the degree, although I would tend to think that that is a bit unfair and arbitrary. 

[Vicodin 52]

SunAndMoon- Nope I only did a 4 year undergrad (biomedical science)

 

I remember them talking about my upper level courses and how they look at difficulty and stuff. So I agree with Haribo in that they would distinguish between someone who did part time studies in an unrelated field vs. someone doing full time studies in a related field. As well as how difficult the electives you chose were. I have a few friends with very high GPAs that took courses like Bee Keeping and Canadian Hockey for their electives...