Interview Invites 2017

[rural_roots 132]

Fellow dreamers:

 

Seeing as the trend seems to be that NOSM interview invites are being released earlier and earlier each admissions cycle, I thought I would get this ready for us.  This thread is for STATS only - let's keep interview discussion in another thread.

 

Timestamp:

Interview: Yes or No
GPA: OMSAS 4.0 scale
Context: (What is your rural, remote or Northern Ontario connection?)
ECs: (Summation of your extracurricular activities)
Non-trad?:
# of previous applications:

Interview Location/Date/Time:

 

 

RR

[ljbaron 2]

 

Fellow dreamers:

 

Seeing as the trend seems to be that NOSM interview invites are being released earlier and earlier each admissions cycle, I thought I would get this ready for us.  This thread is for STATS only - let's keep interview discussion in another thread.

 

Timestamp:

Interview: Yes or No

GPA: OMSAS 4.0 scale

Context: (What is your rural, remote or Northern Ontario connection?)

ECs: (Summation of your extracurricular activities)

Non-trad?:

# of previous applications:

Interview Location/Date/Time:

 

 

RR

 

 

Where are your stats to start it out? 

[bornandraised 35]

Where are your stats to start it out? 

 

We typically wait until interview offers have been sent out before we list our stats. I think rural_roots was just providing the template for everyone 

[ljbaron 2]

We typically wait until interview offers have been sent out before we list our stats. I think rural_roots was just providing the template for everyone 

 

Ok cool! Looking forward to seeing stats!

[northo60 21]

Timestamp: 9:05 AM

Interview: Yes!!!
GPA: 3.84
Context: (What is your rural, remote or Northern Ontario connection?) Currently have been in Tbay last 4 yrs, grew up in Yukon and there until my mid 20s
ECs: (Summation of your extracurricular activities) Numerous: provincial panel member for 2 healthcare guidelines, mentor for NP students, on continuing education committee for annual NP education day, Girl Guide member x 17 yrs, long term camp nurse x yrs, president and on exec council of university club during undergrad yrs, played piano/studied music theory x yrs, soup kitchen volunteer x yrs
Non-trad?: Yes
# of previous applications: 0

Interview Location/Date/Time: TBay, March 25 at 1:15 pm

[crazyye 49]

Timestamp: 9:28am, January 23rd, 2017

Interview: Yes!

GPA: 3.91 + 0.2 (Masters) = 4.0 (using old calculation method)

Context: From Greater Sudbury, Francophone and Metis

ECs: Hospital volunteering, Big brother for big brother big sisters of Sudbury, and more!

Non-trad: yes, 30 years old, married with kids

# of previous applications: 2

 

 

Interview Location / Date / Time: Sudbury, Saturday April 1st, 2017, 1:15pm

 

Lets hope this is my year!

[NeedACar 13]

Timestamp: 8:46
Interview: Yes
GPA: 3.93(?)
Context: born and raised in Sudbury
ECs: average, research heavy
Non-trad?: no
# of previous applications: 0
Interview Location/Date/Time: April 1st

[rural_roots 132]

Timestamp: 9:33 am

Interview: Yes
GPA: 3.75 + .2 Masters = 3.95
Context: (born and raised rural southern ontario, 6 years in Thunder Bay, 2 years in Temiskaming Shores)

 

ECs: Lots of travel, varied work experience, outdoorsy things, organic farming, campus first response, wilderness first aid, hospital/community health/aboriginal health/family health volunteering. Shadowed 2 NOSM preceptor family physicians at a family health team in rural North Eastern Ontario for the past three years, as well as worked on several community preventative medicine projects as a volunteer with the health team.  Also worked with a local Aboriginal Organization on a community kitchen project.  Experience working in traditional healing settings with residential school survivors.

 

Non-trad?:  Oh yeah.  

# of previous applications: 4

Interview Location/Date/Time: Sudbury, Saturday April 1st @ 1:15 pm.

 

 

 

Let's do this.

[bornandraised 35]

Timestamp: 9:49am (almost an hour after some of my friends... that was nerve-racking)

 

Interview: Yes 

 

GPA: 3.81

 

Context: Born and raised in small urban Northern Ontario

 

ECs: Currently working as a research assistant, previously worked at a local non-profit working with marginalized populations (drug using population, homeless, Indigenous, people at risk of HIV/HCV) developing and implementing an overdose prevention program, two years volunteering as an outreach worker (harm reduction/needle exchange), standardized patient at NOSM, 2.5 years as a Toastmaster (with leadership and communication achievements, and involvement with the executive committee), board member with Elizabeth Fry, ~10 years doing receptionist work at local walk-in clinic, two summers working at Science North, several research projects throughout undergrad and graduate degree (first author on two papers), multiple conference presentations, volunteer medical work in Africa, and physician shadowing throughout Northern Ontario.

 

Non-trad?: fairly traditional

# of previous applications: 3

 

Interview Location/Date/Time: Thunder Bay, March 26th at 1:15pm

 

First time interviewing in Thunder Bay... may be a fresh start?

 

Good luck, everyone!

[underpressure 6]

Timestamp: 9:35am

 

Interview: Yes!

GPA: ~3.65 +.2 for masters + ~3.85

Context: Born and raised in NWO

ECs: I sit on the board of directors for the Elizabeth Fry Society of NWO, allocations committee with United Way, previously delivered Meals on Wheels, sat on city Accessibility Advisory Committee (implemented some cool programs to increase city wide accessibility), ran 1/2 marathons and Olympic triathlon + various other community sports, scuba certified with 13+ dives and deep certified, took Ojibway lessons and participate in a traditional sweat lodge ceremony, high school drama club and sports, international exchange in high school, working in Aboriginal CAS, case management with adults with ABIs, case management with children and youth with developmental delays and autism in a small rural community and within 2 Aboriginal communities, volunteer with a animal welfare agency, now working FT in chronic pain system use and personal experience and health promotion and illness prevention research, freelance rheumatic illness researcher, 2 poster presentations at national conference, national academic award for honour's thesis, grew up on my family farm helping there.

Non-trad?: Non trad? 27 working FT in research

# of previous applications: None, this is my first!

 

Interview Location/Date/Time:  March 26th Thunder Bay, 10am

 

Good luck to everyone, what an exciting time!

[aray623 103]

Timestamp: 10:24am

Interview: No
GPA: 3.66
Context: Rural Southwestern Ontario 
ECs: A tonne of work experience with management and leadership roles, moderate amount of volunteer experience, a great deal sports and hobbies, no research
Non-trad?: No
# of previous applications:1 

Current year: 5th year BMSc

 

Good luck to everyone who got an interview. I'm rooting for you rural_roots and bornandraised!

[DrNietzsche 9]

Timestamp: 9:35am

 

Interview: No

GPA: 3.7 +.2 for masters + 3.9

Context: Born and raised in rural New Brunswick

ECs: Pretty well-rounded, hospital volunteer, saint john ambulance, peer mentor, union rep, lots of work experience, etc.

 

Non-trad?: Yes

# of previous applications: 1

 

A little disappointing but I have MUN and MAC so I will be looking forward to them! good luck to everyone!

[dreng12 5]

Timestamp: 10:23 am

Interview: No
GPA: 3.96

Context: From big city, but worked on my family's farm (southern ontario)
ECs: Research at Harvard Med, positions in government and pharma industry, range of clubs/sports teams

Non-trad?: 4th engineering
# of previous applications: 0

 

I'm definitely too much of a city girl, but I thought it was worth giving it a shot anyway. Good luck to everyone with interviews!

[kalyna.k 0]

Timestamp: 9:22 am

Interview: No
GPA: 3.89
Context: (What is your rural, remote or Northern Ontario connection?) Applying from Saskatoon, no rural past but rural interest for sure. Francophone.
ECs: Girl Guides, volunteer tutor, volunteer in program for kids with disabilities, sexual assault prevention puppet show. Lifeguard, first aid instructor.
Non-trad?: no?
# of previous applications: 0

[cookacola 82]

Timestamp: 10:22am

Interview: No
GPA: 3.94
Context: Southern Ontario 
ECs: Mostly volunteer/work experience revolving around working with children, some leadership experience, volunteer research assistant... nothing stellar
Non-trad?: No
# of previous applications:0 

Current year: 4th year BSc

 

It was expected, but thought I might as well try! Not upset/surprised

[CanoeingEpidemiologist 9]

Time stamp: 10:23 AM

 

Interview: No

 

Traditional/Non-Traditional: Mature student (25), married, live permanently in NO

 

Degrees: BSc (Honours) Biomedical Science; MSc (thesis) Population Medicine (Epidemiology)

 

GPA: 3.6 GPA

 

Context: Born in the GTA, raised in the GTA. Mom was a fly-in fly-out nurse/wound-care specialist in Moose Factory, Moosonee, Fort Albany and other communities in NO when I was growing up (not part of my context - but where my interest started). I went to the University of Guelph for both my undergrad and masters - however, my masters research was on Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in Inuit in Iqaluit, NU and Health Knowledge translations/exchange in Inuit populations in the Circumpolar North. I worked, traveled, and collaborated with Inuit researchers and community members for the two years and spent time in Iqaluit. I now work at a Family Health Team in NO in senior management - and have lived here for just over two years. I live out of town on a private road with my husband and dog. I am also the Founder and Director of a Canadian Charity that works in a very remote region of Ghana, West Africa.

 

Employment/ECs/Volunteer:

- peer-reviewed publications x2 (International - first author, National- secondary author)

- senior management FHT NO

- Shadowing as hospitalist and family MD

- research assistant - Indigenous Health research group

- Founder and Director of charity in remote Ghana, West Africa (raised >$35,000)

- president/vice president in variety of university clubs/community of interest

- medical secretary at refugee clinic + doctor's without borders

- hockey, long distance canoe racing, NO Refugee committee, dragon boating

- first aid for HCP (AED/CPR), wilderness & remote first aid, mental health first aid

 

# of applications: 3 including this one

 

[FiftyshadesofMD 90]

Timestamp: 10:24 am

Interview: No
GPA: 4.0 (to everyone out there, GPA is just one-third of the application at NOSM, so a high GPA won't guarantee anything)
Context: (What is your rural, remote or Northern Ontario connection?) Moved to Canada in 2013 and have lived in Toronto ever since.
ECs: Lots of experiences with vulnerable communities back home, a professional pianist and athlete, lots of work experiences, etc., but nothing from/in NO.
Non-trad?: I guess no. 
# of previous applications: 0

[runforestrun2 0]

Timestamp: 9:23 am

Interview: Yes

GPA: 3.94

Context: Grew up near the southernmost border of what is considered NO

ECs: Sports, research, volunteering, camp counsellor

Non-trad: No - 4th year BSc

# Previous Applications: 0

[nwo_tbay 15]

Timestamp: 8:41 am

 

Interview: Yes
 

GPA: 3.85 (HBSc) + .20 Masters (Epidemiology)
 

Context: (What is your rural, remote or Northern Ontario connection?)

- Born and raised in Thunder Bay; moved only for Masters

- Community health outreach within FN communities in the SLZ, NW/NE LHIN

- Research investigations in NWT/NU, rural NL

 

ECs: (Summation of your extracurricular activities

- BBBS Thunder Bay (7 years)

- Varsity Athlete (3 years)

- Special Olympics Ontario, CCS, CQ volunteer (5 years)

- Hockey Coach (3 years)

- Public Health Volunteer- Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania (3 years)

- Shelter House Thunder Bay volunteer (7 years)

- Chair various board positions in TBay (1-2 years)

- TBRHSC Cancer Centre (5 years)

- Majority of my employment has focused on improving health outcomes for FNIM

- Various recreational sports (XC skiing, distance runner etc.)

- Various FNIM specific publications/abstracts/oral presentations

 

Non-trad?: 26
 

# of previous applications: 2

 

Interview Location/Date/Time: Thunder Bay, March 25^th @ 1:15pm

 

Congrats to all those that received interview invites--and for those of you that received regrets, keep your head high and keep at it!

[nwo_tbay 15]

 

Time stamp: 10:23 AM

 

Interview: No

 

Traditional/Non-Traditional: Mature student (25), married, live permanently in NO

 

Degrees: BSc (Honours) Biomedical Science; MSc (thesis) Population Medicine (Epidemiology)

 

GPA: 3.6 GPA

 

Context: Born in the GTA, raised in the GTA. Mom was a fly-in fly-out nurse/wound-care specialist in Moose Factory, Moosonee, Fort Albany and other communities in NO when I was growing up (not part of my context - but where my interest started). I went to the University of Guelph for both my undergrad and masters - however, my masters research was on Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in Inuit in Iqaluit, NU and Health Knowledge translations/exchange in Inuit populations in the Circumpolar North. I worked, traveled, and collaborated with Inuit researchers and community members for the two years and spent time in Iqaluit. I now work at a Family Health Team in NO in senior management - and have lived here for just over two years. I live out of town on a private road with my husband and dog. I am also the Founder and Director of a Canadian Charity that works in a very remote region of Ghana, West Africa.

 

Employment/ECs/Volunteer:

- peer-reviewed publications x2 (International - first author, National- secondary author)

- senior management FHT NO

- Shadowing as hospitalist and family MD

- research assistant - Indigenous Health research group

- Founder and Director of charity in remote Ghana, West Africa (raised >$35,000)

- president/vice president in variety of university clubs/community of interest

- medical secretary at refugee clinic + doctor's without borders

- hockey, long distance canoe racing, NO Refugee committee, dragon boating

- first aid for HCP (AED/CPR), wilderness & remote first aid, mental health first aid

 

# of applications: 3 including this one

 

 

CanoeingEpidemiologist,

 

Your ECs/ accomplishments are exactly what I would expect for a NOSM learner--really wishing you all the best and to never give up on your dreams! 

[originalname1025 24]

Timestamp: 9:54 (ET)

Interview: Yes 
GPA: 3.7
Context: Raised in a small NWO town (Pop. 8000)
ECs: -Research Student at two NWO Health Care facilities (3 and 2 years)

-3 publications focusing on first nations health status in NWO

-Project lead on a diabetes project aiming to increase diabetes health status in NWO patients

-President of a Student Organization at University

-Various volunteer positions in my community (Coach, Tutor, etc)

Non-trad?: Traditional, 22 years old in my first year of my MSc.
# of previous applications: 1

Interview Location/Date/Time: April 2nd, 10am- Sudbury 

 

Excited to get prepared for my second interview at NOSM, good luck to everyone interviewing!

[GlassCastle 4]

Timestamp:9:37

Interview: Yes!!!

GPA: 3.67

Context: OP- grew up in northern Alberta in a very rural remote community. Spent Highschool and last seven years in Vancouver/Victoria.

ECs: directed a Bible camp on a native reserve in northern Alberta for three years, volunteered at hospital throughout university, volunteered in Africa on a medical relief trip, lots of travelling over the past six years.

Non-trad?:yes- married, and mother to two precious babies

# of previous applications:0

Interview Location/Date/Time:March 26, Thunderbay

 

I am so excited! This was my first choice of school as they so closely align with my values as a future physician!

[bealsmh 7]

Timestamp: 0949

 

Interview: Yes 
GPA: 3.9
Context: Grew up in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia in a rural community on a family farm. Currently live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Aboriginal applicant. 
ECs: Currently work at the IWK Health Centre,  neonatal/paediatric hospital as a respiratory therapist and finishing a Bachelor of Health Sciences. Previously worked as a Paramedic for 5 years within rural communities. Previous lifeguard and volunteer fire fighter. Involved in various volunteer organizations. President of Dalhousie University Health Sciences Association, many involvements within university community. 
Non-trad?: Single, 25 year old 
# of previous applications: first time 

 

Interview Location/Date/Time: Thunder Bay, March 25, 1:15 pm. 

[slamchop 0]

Timestamp: 9:01 AM

Interview: Yes
GPA: 3.88
Context: Born in Sudbury and lived there for about 6 years. moved around a lot as a kid, but attended High School in the GTA. 
ECs: All kinds of stuff. I have a Business degree from Laurier, where I was heavily involved. Head Teaching Assistant, Orientation week Leader, and elected as President and CEO of my Students' Union in my final year. Also worked in industry at Procter and Gamble as a Sales Professional for just over a year after graduation.
Non-trad?: I think I am still considered traditional. Turning 25 in March.
# of previous applications: None.

Interview Location/Date/Time: Sudbury - April 1st, 10:00 AM

 

Congrats to all.

[dami4070 0]

Timestamp: 12:14pm

Interview: Yes!!!!
GPA: 3.9 
Context: Lived in small NO community for 7 years, schooled in Sudbury
ECs: Hospital health records for one summer, shadowing a local physician, hospital volunteer, plenty of campus involvement, pharmacy tech for many years, athletic and musical extra curriculars, volunteer at kids camps in northern ontario, worked to run a kids camp for aboriginal students one summer, and others 
Non-trad?: No
# of previous applications: 0

Interview Location/Date/Time: Sudbury, April 1st, 10:00am