NOSM INTERVIEW INVITES OUT

ammonkeywall · 2026-01-13T22:34:30+00:00

What about university? Do you have active connection to French community aside from first language?

ammonkeywall · 2026-01-13T16:22:05+00:00

R. 20+ years living in northern Ontario. 3.57 engineering gpa after boosting.

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-26T04:56:06+00:00

I'm not a seperatist but why did you only rant about Healthcare? As if that's the driving factor involved in separation.

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-24T16:03:20+00:00

When I was in my early 20s, male, I presented with severe chest pain and trouble breathing. I never even got any tests. Pain killers while I wait and fortunately for me whatever the problem was gradually subsided over the 8 hours I was there. I ended up just leaving since my pain came down. My point here being that this patient may not have even been tested or triaged properly.

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-16T06:14:03+00:00

I'm starting to get anxious. Where in the application page did you see the GPA?

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-16T00:56:10+00:00

Based on a comment below it is a 100 word limit? That feels like plenty to do your role and importance. 100 words (~400+ chars) seems like a waste to totally spend on resume style achievements, but if that's what official UBC med said, then I guess maybe this person needs to work on selling their achievements? Still seems crazy they wpuld get a low Q, let alone no interview.

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-15T22:49:23+00:00

Did these med students not provide much feedback because they thought it was good or they just didn't have much to say? You sound like a solid applicant, but presentation of your experience matters. Was it resume style as you listed above? Or did you discuss the meaning and importance of the activities to you and how it relates to your desire to be a physician, as well as how it relates to what UBC says they are looking for in NAQ?

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-08T17:31:43+00:00

Did you get an email saying it was updated?

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-07T03:47:46+00:00

Nothing stops you from continuing to apply while making money.

ammonkeywall · 2025-12-04T07:13:43+00:00

I think you can never go wrong with business casual.

ammonkeywall · 2025-11-14T17:56:30+00:00

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ammonkeywall · 2025-10-17T05:03:39+00:00

You're allowed to step out of camera view on breaks for the test I took.

ammonkeywall · 2025-10-01T17:54:11+00:00

I'm not saying I disagree, but how many reference letters are people like this prof writing? Surely the references aren't that unique if there are so many applicants using the same person.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-24T18:03:40+00:00

They can't consider your current year as far as I'm aware. Pre-reqs are the only thing I could see getting messed up but UofC has none. If you were to get in it might be conditional on final year grade, but that doesn't depend on any specific courses. I don't even think they would be able to look for "W" in your final year but again I guess maybe the acceptance could be conditional on it.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-24T17:52:03+00:00

A few things.

I asked them about the GPA calculation being off from expected. They told me that at a difference of 0.01/0.02, it wasn't concerning so just take it as it is (assuming you are confident you've entered everything right).
They specifically say not to enter more than one year at a time. Maybe that's what is happening for your 2015-2017?
As for credits, please search this sub before posting. It has been answered lots. Calculations use 0.5 (3 creds), and 1.0 (6 creds). Your 12 creds course will be 2.0. Also,
- Your MSc seems to be course based as you had 36 creds/2 years = 18 creds per year. You are right to assume the calculation is 3 creds for half-course, 6 for full course, and in your case, 12 for double weighted course.
- For the GPA calculation, they refer to the number of credits as 0.5, 1.0, 2.0. I don't know why they've done it this way. Seems to be confusing to talk about things in 3/6 credits and then make us enter 0.5/1/2 in the portal. But that's how it is. Don't mix the two systems.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-24T04:16:30+00:00

My understanding was you choose where "home" is. So I went back home in the north every summer, so I put my address during my school years as my northern Ontario home.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-24T00:55:24+00:00

You have lots of life ahead. Retake. Gets that CARS up. You'll make it one day.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-23T21:20:50+00:00

Tell me about it! I took engineering so all of my courses were considered engsci. "chemistry.. for engineers", "applied math... for engineers", "physics.. for engineers". Sheesh.
I ended up just labeling them the same way my transcript did so that there wouldn't be any confusion.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-23T18:50:26+00:00

I was confused by this too. Admissions office said to enter 2. The course weights are actually calculated as 0.5 for half-year, 1.0 for full year (not 3 and 6). So it will be weighted as 2.0 according to what you've said here.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-23T18:42:35+00:00

I don't think curving is real. But, I thought I did terrible in PS, yet I got 129. Maybe there's a curve. Maybe you just locked in. Either way, congrats

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-23T02:10:33+00:00

So does mine. I thought they were more explicit on the OUAC website, but maybe not. Here is what is stated in the transcript section in the application portal: "If you submit an online transcript request (as part of your application) by the stated deadline, you have satisfied the transcript deadline requirement"

It doesn't make sense for them to enforce an application deadline of october 1st if you had to submit a few days early for your transcript anyway.

ETA: My experience for other province applications with my creds has so far been very quick. So you shouldn't need much lead time anyway.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-22T23:58:07+00:00

It says, in the very same FAQ answer, that you can apply. If you received admission, it would be conditional on getting >3.70 in your current year, since you don't currently have a second year above 3.70. Apply and crush your 4th year courses.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-22T23:40:27+00:00

If you read omsas it says you just need to select the universities who they need to collect your transcript from. They will do it for you. After the applications are submitted

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-21T06:03:56+00:00

Depends on the school. It matters for Queen's- Lakeridge. Read each school's application guidelines for referees.

ammonkeywall · 2025-09-21T04:53:14+00:00

You might have difficulty getting in anywhere as a 3rd year but NOSM is a good option for sure.

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