TheApplicant Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Does anyone know what time of year verifiers are called, and what sort of questions are asked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDusa Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 From what I heard, verifiers are rarely contacted if not ever. I never heard that someone had their verifiers called before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nietzsche_hammer Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 6 hours ago, TheApplicant said: Does anyone know what time of year verifiers are called, and what sort of questions are asked? It’s not the FBI bro don’t expect anything fancy. Business as usual to confirm your shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgar Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 I've read on previous thread that some people had their verifyers called, but it seems very rare indeed. I guess that they contact them if they have serious doubts about your CV, and perhaps they contact a few random ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, Elgar said: I've read on previous thread that some people had their verifyers called, but it seems very rare indeed. I guess that they contact them if they have serious doubts about your CV, and perhaps they contact a few random ones. Granted, ECs are only 10% of your pre-interview score. IMO - from a cost-benefit perspective, it's not worth the mileage to verify intensely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nietzsche_hammer Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 13 hours ago, la marzocco said: Granted, ECs are only 10% of your pre-interview score. IMO - from a cost-benefit perspective, it's not worth the mileage to verify intensely. If you write that you are Indinia Jones that will require a serious investigation for mental illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la marzocco Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Nietzsche_hammer said: If you write that you are Indinia Jones that will require a serious investigation for mental illness. Some schools certainly focus on ECs more, but a 70% GPA + 20% CASPer formula at McGill leaves very little room for ECs to matter. This is just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt if you may. I know UBC focuses more intensely on ECs and generate a NAQ score which is a significant component of the pre-interview ranking.. which makes sense why they verify intensely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indefatigable Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 12 minutes ago, Nietzsche_hammer said: If you write that you are Indinia Jones that will require a serious investigation for mental illness. Speaking from experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nietzsche_hammer Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, calcan said: Speaking from experience? I told them I was Hitler and I got into jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indefatigable Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hate crimes are a serious criminal offense in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nietzsche_hammer Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 hour ago, calcan said: Hate crimes are a serious criminal offense in Canada. We are not in Germany where it’s forbidden to talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indefatigable Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Maybe the Germans are onto something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDusa Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Love how the thread turned out haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nietzsche_hammer Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 33 minutes ago, calcan said: Maybe the Germans are onto something. Chit chat with Merkel next week, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApplicant Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 On 12/14/2017 at 2:48 PM, MEDusa said: Love how the thread turned out haha! You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribou Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 12/13/2017 at 3:55 PM, MEDusa said: From what I heard, verifiers are rarely contacted if not ever. I never heard that someone had their verifiers called before. One of my verifiers was called 2 years ago for a current volunteer position, and it wasn't for anything too outrageous or impressive. They can randomly fact check whatever you've listed as part of that activity on your CV (responsibilities, start/end dates, etc) - nothing more, nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDusa Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 On 02/01/2018 at 7:42 PM, caribou said: One of my verifiers was called 2 years ago for a current volunteer position, and it wasn't for anything too outrageous or impressive. They can randomly fact check whatever you've listed as part of that activity on your CV (responsibilities, start/end dates, etc) - nothing more, nothing less. Good to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji3 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 One of my verifiers got contacted but had retired last month. The replacement that was contacted had trouble verifying the volunteer work. Is this an issue? Invites come out next week, I'm worried they'll reject me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDusa Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 33 minutes ago, Neji3 said: One of my verifiers got contacted but had retired last month. The replacement that was contacted had trouble verifying the volunteer work. Is this an issue? Invites come out next week, I'm worried they'll reject me! To have a peace of mind, can you find a way to contact the person who had retired and have them either call the admissions directly or call the replacement to confirm that you were in fact a volunteer ? Personally, I don't think that it would be a cause of your rejection if your overall file is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestedinmed99 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Neji3 said: One of my verifiers got contacted but had retired last month. The replacement that was contacted had trouble verifying the volunteer work. Is this an issue? Invites come out next week, I'm worried they'll reject me! I thought they would contact verifiers post-interview - surprised that they are doing so prior to offering interviews. Congrats though - overall seems like a good sign of serious consideration for the interviews (I doubt they would call verifiers of all people they were interested in interviewing....) Would you mind sharing which number you had listed this verifier at? For the verifiers, they said to list them in priority and I am curious to know whether they called the first couple or one of the middle ones. Hope it works out for you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamteam22 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 Verification of verifiers is done at random on a predetermined number of applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji3 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 14 hours ago, MEDusa said: To have a peace of mind, can you find a way to contact the person who had retired and have them either call the admissions directly or call the replacement to confirm that you were in fact a volunteer ? Personally, I don't think that it would be a cause of your rejection if your overall file is excellent. Thank you! I feel a bit more relieved now!! 9 hours ago, interestedinmed99 said: I thought they would contact verifiers post-interview - surprised that they are doing so prior to offering interviews. Congrats though - overall seems like a good sign of serious consideration for the interviews (I doubt they would call verifiers of all people they were interested in interviewing....) Would you mind sharing which number you had listed this verifier at? For the verifiers, they said to list them in priority and I am curious to know whether they called the first couple or one of the middle ones. Hope it works out for you!!! Thanks! My first and third verifiers were contacted. The first is my supervisor and the third, a volunteer manager at the hospital I used to volunteer at (she retired though!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunAndMoon Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 I would get ahead of it and contact admissions to clear that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamteam22 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 38 minutes ago, SunAndMoon said: I would get ahead of it and contact admissions to clear that up. Good idea ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestedinmed99 Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 8:26 AM, Neji3 said: Thank you! I feel a bit more relieved now!! Thanks! My first and third verifiers were contacted. The first is my supervisor and the third, a volunteer manager at the hospital I used to volunteer at (she retired though!). Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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