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ilikebones wrote:xVidisha wrote:ilikebones wrote:to everyone considering med school and planning on going to mac lifesci because of rejection from hsci, i suggest you do your research and reconsider.
i recommend western biomed if you're planning on med school :) and why do you say that exactly? =/ or in your case, queens science would be the next best choice since you didn't apply to western my friend at mac life is seriously regretting it, for many reasons. the city is depressing, the campus is bad, the buildings look like they're 1000 years old, and the courses there are "too general". if you do research on mac life you'll see exactly what i mean by courses being too general And yet you applied... I don't know what your friend is talking about unless he made some sort of superficial generalization based on limited experience. Dundas, Ancaster and Toronto are all great and nearby. The only thing about Hamilton is the east end which you should probably stay out of. Hamilton has a ton of incredible nature pretty close to the campus. The campus itself is beautiful, and I don't know how a building looking 1000 years old on the outside can be a negative. Of course first year courses are general. There are a lot of areas for specialization in upper years, and some programs exclusive to mac. McMaster 2015
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anotherxnight wrote:ilikebones wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
I dunno. Somebody with a supp I really disliked got in. So I really dunno what's going on over at mac. w/e. My entire school got rejected and my school is gifted.
around 40 people (maybe more but that's all i know of) in our school applied and i heard ONE person with a 97% average got in. he/she studies 20 hours a day, no joke. he/she is going to another school in the US though, lol. he/she is also the top graduating average in my school ^-^ i don't mean to talk chit but after reading aeria's post the program sounds like garbage anyway my whole first answer was a meteaphor and i feel like whoever the fukc was reading it did not understand it because it really was a beautiful work of art :( I'd like to read yours sometime! You're all going to call me bitter and stuff but I honestly feel like the ones that got in this year were a bit vapid and pretentious. Eh. I really dunno. ^^^^ GENERALIZATION I GOT IN!  and I checked these forums as soon as I did; I didn't want to think about it until the results came out! Knew there would be another massive 60 page forum on mac health sci in here :D Hmmm I actually found that the least pretentious people from my school got in; that being said their averages have a verryy wide range! I know someone with an 87% average who got in- so it must be 100% supp app :) They increased the admissions this year though. On the other hand my friend had a 99% average and got rejected but in my opinion he was the epitomy of what a mac health sci student should be :/ so don't feel toooo bad if you got rejected either! Luck is a partial factor in the application process!! CONGRATS EVERYONE :'D no studying for me tonight >:D University of Western Ontario Biomeds, Ivey, Scholar's Electives : Accepted
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Queens University Arts and Sciences: Accepted
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gingerbread343 wrote:Aeria wrote:WKHC wrote:
@Aeria, thanks for sharing with us how it is really like in HSci. I don't feel too bad now that I am rejected. The subjectiveness would really kill me anyway.
Good luck and congrates to all who got in.
You're welcome and to everyone else who didn't get an offer, do not feel bad at all. This is far from a perfect program and your rejection might actually turn out to be a good thing. As long as you are a motivated individual, you can reach the same end goal, regardless of the path! :) What you said surprised me. I thought everyone in the program loved it! I got my offer today and am debating on whether or not to accept. I pm'd you! Any advice would be appreciated : ) The admission process is a good example of the subjectivity in play. All you need is 90% and 3 persons reading you essays would decide your fate? Either it is way overboard subjective or it is just a random lottery based on luck. How can they pick their student based on that? I am afraid that it would be more of the same in this program where marks are given out based on how they like you and your team. It is not sour grapes, I am happy this is over :)
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WKHC wrote:gingerbread343 wrote:Aeria wrote:WKHC wrote:
@Aeria, thanks for sharing with us how it is really like in HSci. I don't feel too bad now that I am rejected. The subjectiveness would really kill me anyway.
Good luck and congrates to all who got in.
You're welcome and to everyone else who didn't get an offer, do not feel bad at all. This is far from a perfect program and your rejection might actually turn out to be a good thing. As long as you are a motivated individual, you can reach the same end goal, regardless of the path! :) What you said surprised me. I thought everyone in the program loved it! I got my offer today and am debating on whether or not to accept. I pm'd you! Any advice would be appreciated : ) The admission process is a good example of the subjectivity in play. All you need is 90% and 3 persons reading you essays would decide your fate? Either it is way overboard subjective or it is just a random lottery based on luck. How can they pick their student based on that? I am afraid that it would be more of the same in this program where marks are given out based on how they like you and your team. It is not sour grapes, I am happy this is over :) Yup! Congrats to everyone that got it. I have no clue that they're looking for in the supps but you guys obviously had whatever it was. I wish I could see their grading scheme. uOttawa 2016
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minae1000 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:ilikebones wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
I dunno. Somebody with a supp I really disliked got in. So I really dunno what's going on over at mac. w/e. My entire school got rejected and my school is gifted.
around 40 people (maybe more but that's all i know of) in our school applied and i heard ONE person with a 97% average got in. he/she studies 20 hours a day, no joke. he/she is going to another school in the US though, lol. he/she is also the top graduating average in my school ^-^ i don't mean to talk chit but after reading aeria's post the program sounds like garbage anyway my whole first answer was a meteaphor and i feel like whoever the fukc was reading it did not understand it because it really was a beautiful work of art :( I'd like to read yours sometime! You're all going to call me bitter and stuff but I honestly feel like the ones that got in this year were a bit vapid and pretentious. Eh. I really dunno. ^^^^ GENERALIZATION I GOT IN! and I checked these forums as soon as I did; I didn't want to think about it until the results came out! Knew there would be another massive 60 page forum on mac health sci in here :D Hmmm I actually found that the least pretentious people from my school got in; that being said their averages have a verryy wide range! I know someone with an 87% average who got in- so it must be 100% supp app :) They increased the admissions this year though. On the other hand my friend had a 99% average and got rejected but in my opinion he was the epitomy of what a mac health sci student should be :/ so don't feel toooo bad if you got rejected either! Luck is a partial factor in the application process!! CONGRATS EVERYONE :'D no studying for me tonight >:D You're either joking about what I bolded or you don't know what the pre-req's for Health Sci is. You need a 90 for your supplementary to even be read. If your friend had an 87, his application wouldn't have even been read. @ WKHC | anotherxnight: I agree. No one knows what Mac wants from these supplementary applications and I find that to be a huge flaw in their decision process. Even if there were SOME guidelines, each marker would have a different interpretation as to what follows the guideline and what doesn't. And even then, there are many different interpretations of what's good and what's not. Honestly, if they wanted to get to know us, an interview would be a much better way. Obviously the drawback is like having 2000+ interviews. And anotherxnight, no one is going to call you bitter. We're all disappointed we didn't get in. Like I said, what you found to be pretentious the supp markers may have found otherwise. We all have different tastes. And likewise, everyone from my school got rejected except my friend. He applied for the sake of applying (cuz it was a hard program to get into lol) and isn't even considering going to HSci. But he is REALLY good at English.
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lesson1 wrote:WOO :D got in!
i won't be able to make it to may at mac 'cause i have to work a shift tomorrow!!! :(
someone please give me a play by play on the forum tomorrow night??? would be much appreciated <3 May@Mac is on Saturday! :S And I would appreciate a recap as well (since I won't be attending the event)! McMaster University 2016
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cuteshorty73 wrote:lesson1 wrote:WOO :D got in!
i won't be able to make it to may at mac 'cause i have to work a shift tomorrow!!! :(
someone please give me a play by play on the forum tomorrow night??? would be much appreciated <3 May@Mac is on Saturday! :S And I would appreciate a recap as well (since I won't be attending the event)! I'll hopefully be there. I'll summarize what happened for the people who can't come when I get back. Bachelor of Health Sciences '16
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CyanicSparrow wrote:cuteshorty73 wrote:lesson1 wrote:WOO :D got in!
i won't be able to make it to may at mac 'cause i have to work a shift tomorrow!!! :(
someone please give me a play by play on the forum tomorrow night??? would be much appreciated <3 May@Mac is on Saturday! :S And I would appreciate a recap as well (since I won't be attending the event)! I'll hopefully be there. I'll summarize what happened for the people who can't come when I get back. You rock my socks. ;) Thank you! McMaster University 2016
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cuteshorty73 wrote:lesson1 wrote:WOO :D got in!
i won't be able to make it to may at mac 'cause i have to work a shift tomorrow!!! :(
someone please give me a play by play on the forum tomorrow night??? would be much appreciated <3 May@Mac is on Saturday! :S And I would appreciate a recap as well (since I won't be attending the event)! WOOPS, haha i TOTALLY meant saturday... man i'm ridiculously out of it today. McGill | Biological, Biomedical and Life Sciences
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anotherxnight wrote:
Yup! Congrats to everyone that got it. I have no clue that they're looking for in the supps but you guys obviously had whatever it was. I wish I could see their grading scheme.
@anotherxnight hey idunno if you remember but i was the one who said i would have given you all 7's if it were up to me, i honestly loved your supp app to death and i legitimately couldn't believe it when you posted that you didnt get in. dont know if thats any consolation to you, but i really meant it! McGill | Biological, Biomedical and Life Sciences
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lesson1 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
Yup! Congrats to everyone that got it. I have no clue that they're looking for in the supps but you guys obviously had whatever it was. I wish I could see their grading scheme.
@anotherxnight hey idunno if you remember but i was the one who said i would have given you all 7's if it were up to me, i honestly loved your supp app to death and i legitimately couldn't believe it when you posted that you didnt get in. dont know if thats any consolation to you, but i really meant it! Thanks. That actually means a lot! <3 I'm not really upset about it anymore but I really want to know where I went wrong. My grade 11 average was pretty crap(81%) so maybe? sigh I don't know. uOttawa 2016
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LJustin wrote:minae1000 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:ilikebones wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
I dunno. Somebody with a supp I really disliked got in. So I really dunno what's going on over at mac. w/e. My entire school got rejected and my school is gifted.
around 40 people (maybe more but that's all i know of) in our school applied and i heard ONE person with a 97% average got in. he/she studies 20 hours a day, no joke. he/she is going to another school in the US though, lol. he/she is also the top graduating average in my school ^-^ i don't mean to talk chit but after reading aeria's post the program sounds like garbage anyway my whole first answer was a meteaphor and i feel like whoever the fukc was reading it did not understand it because it really was a beautiful work of art :( I'd like to read yours sometime! You're all going to call me bitter and stuff but I honestly feel like the ones that got in this year were a bit vapid and pretentious. Eh. I really dunno. ^^^^ GENERALIZATION I GOT IN! and I checked these forums as soon as I did; I didn't want to think about it until the results came out! Knew there would be another massive 60 page forum on mac health sci in here :D Hmmm I actually found that the least pretentious people from my school got in; that being said their averages have a verryy wide range! I know someone with an 87% average who got in- so it must be 100% supp app :) They increased the admissions this year though. On the other hand my friend had a 99% average and got rejected but in my opinion he was the epitomy of what a mac health sci student should be :/ so don't feel toooo bad if you got rejected either! Luck is a partial factor in the application process!! CONGRATS EVERYONE :'D no studying for me tonight >:D You're either joking about what I bolded or you don't know what the pre-req's for Health Sci is. You need a 90 for your supplementary to even be read. If your friend had an 87, his application wouldn't have even been read. @ WKHC | anotherxnight: I agree. No one knows what Mac wants from these supplementary applications and I find that to be a huge flaw in their decision process. Even if there were SOME guidelines, each marker would have a different interpretation as to what follows the guideline and what doesn't. And even then, there are many different interpretations of what's good and what's not. Honestly, if they wanted to get to know us, an interview would be a much better way. Obviously the drawback is like having 2000+ interviews. And anotherxnight, no one is going to call you bitter. We're all disappointed we didn't get in. Like I said, what you found to be pretentious the supp markers may have found otherwise. We all have different tastes. And likewise, everyone from my school got rejected except my friend. He applied for the sake of applying (cuz it was a hard program to get into lol) and isn't even considering going to HSci. But he is REALLY good at English. Uhm sorry :/ I dunno if i made you mad but you sound mad I acknowledge the prereq's for health sci; i think all of us have read those at least 100 times ahah but it ISN'T impossible. He had a 90 average when he applied- it just dropped so I guess maybe that's why. I'm sure he had an epic essay though. University of Western Ontario Biomeds, Ivey, Scholar's Electives : Accepted
National President's Scholarship Winner
McMaster Health Sciences: Accepted
UofT Trinity: Accepted
Queens University Arts and Sciences: Accepted
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anotherxnight wrote:lesson1 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
Yup! Congrats to everyone that got it. I have no clue that they're looking for in the supps but you guys obviously had whatever it was. I wish I could see their grading scheme.
@anotherxnight hey idunno if you remember but i was the one who said i would have given you all 7's if it were up to me, i honestly loved your supp app to death and i legitimately couldn't believe it when you posted that you didnt get in. dont know if thats any consolation to you, but i really meant it! Thanks. That actually means a lot! <3 I'm not really upset about it anymore but I really want to know where I went wrong. My grade 11 average was pretty crap(81%) so maybe? sigh I don't know. probably has to do something with marks. what was your average? i think the "marks dont matter after 90" thing is bullchit
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minae1000 wrote:LJustin wrote:minae1000 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:ilikebones wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
I dunno. Somebody with a supp I really disliked got in. So I really dunno what's going on over at mac. w/e. My entire school got rejected and my school is gifted.
around 40 people (maybe more but that's all i know of) in our school applied and i heard ONE person with a 97% average got in. he/she studies 20 hours a day, no joke. he/she is going to another school in the US though, lol. he/she is also the top graduating average in my school ^-^ i don't mean to talk chit but after reading aeria's post the program sounds like garbage anyway my whole first answer was a meteaphor and i feel like whoever the fukc was reading it did not understand it because it really was a beautiful work of art :( I'd like to read yours sometime! You're all going to call me bitter and stuff but I honestly feel like the ones that got in this year were a bit vapid and pretentious. Eh. I really dunno. ^^^^ GENERALIZATION I GOT IN! and I checked these forums as soon as I did; I didn't want to think about it until the results came out! Knew there would be another massive 60 page forum on mac health sci in here :D Hmmm I actually found that the least pretentious people from my school got in; that being said their averages have a verryy wide range! I know someone with an 87% average who got in- so it must be 100% supp app :) They increased the admissions this year though. On the other hand my friend had a 99% average and got rejected but in my opinion he was the epitomy of what a mac health sci student should be :/ so don't feel toooo bad if you got rejected either! Luck is a partial factor in the application process!! CONGRATS EVERYONE :'D no studying for me tonight >:D You're either joking about what I bolded or you don't know what the pre-req's for Health Sci is. You need a 90 for your supplementary to even be read. If your friend had an 87, his application wouldn't have even been read. @ WKHC | anotherxnight: I agree. No one knows what Mac wants from these supplementary applications and I find that to be a huge flaw in their decision process. Even if there were SOME guidelines, each marker would have a different interpretation as to what follows the guideline and what doesn't. And even then, there are many different interpretations of what's good and what's not. Honestly, if they wanted to get to know us, an interview would be a much better way. Obviously the drawback is like having 2000+ interviews. And anotherxnight, no one is going to call you bitter. We're all disappointed we didn't get in. Like I said, what you found to be pretentious the supp markers may have found otherwise. We all have different tastes. And likewise, everyone from my school got rejected except my friend. He applied for the sake of applying (cuz it was a hard program to get into lol) and isn't even considering going to HSci. But he is REALLY good at English. Uhm sorry :/ I dunno if i made you mad but you sound mad I acknowledge the prereq's for health sci; i think all of us have read those at least 100 times ahah but it ISN'T impossible. He had a 90 average when he applied- it just dropped so I guess maybe that's why. I'm sure he had an epic essay though. LOOOOOOOOOOL look at this troll
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ilikebones wrote:anotherxnight wrote:lesson1 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
Yup! Congrats to everyone that got it. I have no clue that they're looking for in the supps but you guys obviously had whatever it was. I wish I could see their grading scheme.
@anotherxnight hey idunno if you remember but i was the one who said i would have given you all 7's if it were up to me, i honestly loved your supp app to death and i legitimately couldn't believe it when you posted that you didnt get in. dont know if thats any consolation to you, but i really meant it! Thanks. That actually means a lot! <3 I'm not really upset about it anymore but I really want to know where I went wrong. My grade 11 average was pretty crap(81%) so maybe? sigh I don't know. probably has to do something with marks. what was your average? i think the "marks dont matter after 90" thing is bullchit It was 95% at first midterms and 93% at the second midterms. Maybe my English mark? 87. Lol I kinda got 17% in a grade 11 online course because it was too boring. Unis really need to start weighting averages depending upon individual high schools. uOttawa 2016
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so I got rejected. But I don't feel bad. Queen's science is where I kinda wanted to go from the beggining and I convinced myself that I liked mac because health science was known for getting people into med school. however, their admission is quite flawed. My friend who got in to stanford with a 2310 on his SAT just got rejected from mac health science.. they really should do interviews because you dont get a feel for the people you are letting in with 4500 words -_-.. you just dont. however, mac's loss anyway. They just lost two Mensa members (me and my friend).. queen's science 2016 here I come.. (kinda excited cause even though mac is a much better program, queen's has the best campus ever and the nicest atmosphere). maybe mac med school :P (but John Hopkin's really) McMaster Health Science- rejected
Queen's Science- Accepted
Western Biological and Biomedial Sciences- Waiting
Guelph Biomed- Accepted
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anotherxnight wrote:ilikebones wrote:anotherxnight wrote:lesson1 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
Yup! Congrats to everyone that got it. I have no clue that they're looking for in the supps but you guys obviously had whatever it was. I wish I could see their grading scheme.
@anotherxnight hey idunno if you remember but i was the one who said i would have given you all 7's if it were up to me, i honestly loved your supp app to death and i legitimately couldn't believe it when you posted that you didnt get in. dont know if thats any consolation to you, but i really meant it! Thanks. That actually means a lot! <3 I'm not really upset about it anymore but I really want to know where I went wrong. My grade 11 average was pretty crap(81%) so maybe? sigh I don't know. probably has to do something with marks. what was your average? i think the "marks dont matter after 90" thing is bullchit It was 95% at first midterms and 93% at the second midterms. Maybe my English mark? 87. Lol I kinda got 17% in a grade 11 online course because it was too boring. Unis really need to start weighting averages depending upon individual high schools. anyone here with an average above 95+ and got rejected?
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@ilikebones I had a 95 and got rejected UTM Life Sciences I
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ilikebones wrote:
anyone here with an average above 95+ and got rejected?
I got 96 in IB and got rejected.
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ilikebones wrote:minae1000 wrote:LJustin wrote:minae1000 wrote:anotherxnight wrote:ilikebones wrote:anotherxnight wrote:
I dunno. Somebody with a supp I really disliked got in. So I really dunno what's going on over at mac. w/e. My entire school got rejected and my school is gifted.
around 40 people (maybe more but that's all i know of) in our school applied and i heard ONE person with a 97% average got in. he/she studies 20 hours a day, no joke. he/she is going to another school in the US though, lol. he/she is also the top graduating average in my school ^-^ i don't mean to talk chit but after reading aeria's post the program sounds like garbage anyway my whole first answer was a meteaphor and i feel like whoever the fukc was reading it did not understand it because it really was a beautiful work of art :( I'd like to read yours sometime! You're all going to call me bitter and stuff but I honestly feel like the ones that got in this year were a bit vapid and pretentious. Eh. I really dunno. ^^^^ GENERALIZATION I GOT IN! and I checked these forums as soon as I did; I didn't want to think about it until the results came out! Knew there would be another massive 60 page forum on mac health sci in here :D Hmmm I actually found that the least pretentious people from my school got in; that being said their averages have a verryy wide range! I know someone with an 87% average who got in- so it must be 100% supp app :) They increased the admissions this year though. On the other hand my friend had a 99% average and got rejected but in my opinion he was the epitomy of what a mac health sci student should be :/ so don't feel toooo bad if you got rejected either! Luck is a partial factor in the application process!! CONGRATS EVERYONE :'D no studying for me tonight >:D You're either joking about what I bolded or you don't know what the pre-req's for Health Sci is. You need a 90 for your supplementary to even be read. If your friend had an 87, his application wouldn't have even been read. @ WKHC | anotherxnight: I agree. No one knows what Mac wants from these supplementary applications and I find that to be a huge flaw in their decision process. Even if there were SOME guidelines, each marker would have a different interpretation as to what follows the guideline and what doesn't. And even then, there are many different interpretations of what's good and what's not. Honestly, if they wanted to get to know us, an interview would be a much better way. Obviously the drawback is like having 2000+ interviews. And anotherxnight, no one is going to call you bitter. We're all disappointed we didn't get in. Like I said, what you found to be pretentious the supp markers may have found otherwise. We all have different tastes. And likewise, everyone from my school got rejected except my friend. He applied for the sake of applying (cuz it was a hard program to get into lol) and isn't even considering going to HSci. But he is REALLY good at English. Uhm sorry :/ I dunno if i made you mad but you sound mad I acknowledge the prereq's for health sci; i think all of us have read those at least 100 times ahah but it ISN'T impossible. He had a 90 average when he applied- it just dropped so I guess maybe that's why. I'm sure he had an epic essay though. LOOOOOOOOOOL look at this troll I'm a master troll :B but not for the reply i made above LOL. Nobody likes being accused of being mad if they're not mad, which I don't think he was, but I wanted to apologize just in case okay :$ University of Western Ontario Biomeds, Ivey, Scholar's Electives : Accepted
National President's Scholarship Winner
McMaster Health Sciences: Accepted
UofT Trinity: Accepted
Queens University Arts and Sciences: Accepted
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