plastics91 Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hi guys I've recently been accepted into a school in US. I'm waiting to interview at few places in Canada. My ultimate preference would be to go to a Canadian medical school. I had questions about acceptance and wait list guidelines. From what I understand you can hold an acceptance at a US school but continue your application as is in Canada - am I correct? Also, within Canada, the only circumstance I would have to "give up" a seat on a wait list is if I get an offer from a Ontario school but wait-listed on another Ontario school, but I can hold multiple acceptance if they are outside the province, am I correct? Not that I'd want to, but let's say if I got an offer in Saskatchewan but was waitlisted at a school in Ontario, would I be able to remain on waitlist while accepting the offer in Saskatchewan? Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheeler Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yes and yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 The only caveat being that most schools have a deadline to accept, so you may need to accept and pay a registration deposit to the schools you are accepted to in order to hold that spot indefinitely. Otherwise your offer may expire while you are waiting for waitlist movement. Paying that deposit still won't cancel other waitlist movement though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastics91 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Thanks for the reply! But what about within Canada? If I was offered an acceptance at out of Ontario school, and was waitlisted in Ontario, would I need to drop the wait list in order to accept the offer at an out of Ontario school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 I don't believe so. This only happens in Ontario because it is a centralized application process so they are aware you have accepted another offer. Perhaps others could confirm but I'm relatively positive this is the case. I know this happens frequently with Dalhousie since their acceptances come much before Ontario schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comprehensible Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, robclem21 said: I don't believe so. This only happens in Ontario because it is a centralized application process so they are aware you have accepted another offer. Perhaps others could confirm but I'm relatively positive this is the case. I know this happens frequently with Dalhousie since their acceptances come much before Ontario schools. In Ontario, how long can you wait to see what happens on the waitlist before you accept an offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_jacob_45 Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 25 minutes ago, Comprehensible said: In Ontario, how long can you wait to see what happens on the waitlist before you accept an offer? You have two weeks to respond to an offer if you get an acceptance right away. If you're first waitlisted and eventually accepted (while waitlisted at another school as well), you have 1 week to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookacola Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 If you get a waitlist offer fairly early, you might get 2 weeks to respond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_jacob_45 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 21 minutes ago, cookacola said: If you get a waitlist offer fairly early, you might get 2 weeks to respond I think this depends on the school because I got an offer exactly 2 weeks after the first round of offers, and I got 1 week to respond (uOttawa). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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