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Post by waiting on Apr 17, 2013 13:05:25 GMT -5
I too, am checkin my e-mail every waking moment from 9-4. If anyone has gotten them, please post immediately! ;D
And good luck to everyone, hope for the best!
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Post by jjw on Apr 17, 2013 13:56:10 GMT -5
Interview emails have been sent!!!!!!! Just got mine!
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Post by Guest1234 on Apr 17, 2013 14:08:15 GMT -5
Check your email!!! Interviews being announced.
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Post by guest4738 on Apr 17, 2013 14:30:50 GMT -5
JUST GOT ONE!!! ;D
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Post by guest99 on Apr 17, 2013 14:52:37 GMT -5
Does anyone know if they send all of the emails out today? After I got mine I told my friend to check but she hasn't gotten one yet. Ie if you didn't/don't get one today are you out of luck?
Thanks!
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Post by yay on Apr 17, 2013 15:04:15 GMT -5
YAY i got mine too just now.
WAITING IS OVER. for interview invitation anyway....
good luck, guys! we went from 1/5 chance to now 1/2! Closer to the finish lineeeee
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Post by stormoc on Apr 17, 2013 19:39:10 GMT -5
Got mine, good luck everyone! Does anyone know if all interview invitations were sent today? I have some friends that didn't get one today.
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Post by guest11 on May 2, 2013 16:41:39 GMT -5
I was wondering if we are allowed to bring our bags/water to the interview and will there be a place to store them during the interview? Also, will there be resting time in between the stations?
Thank you.
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Post by dreizehn on May 3, 2013 1:46:04 GMT -5
I was wondering if we are allowed to bring our bags/water to the interview and will there be a place to store them during the interview? Also, will there be resting time in between the stations? Thank you. There's a seating area near the registration desk where you can leave your bags, etc. while your interviews are going on. I believe you can bring water/whatever along to the interviews if you want; I remember I did, and left it in the hallway between stations so it wasn't distracting, or simply another thing to fumble with when going into the interview room, introducing myself, etc. The interview process is described on the admissions web site: www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/recruitment/en/applyingtodvm/selectionprocess.asp. If you instead prefer my long-winded description, here we go: the interviews consist of 8 stations, with 10 minutes per station. The process begins with the interviewees in the hall, and a bell that indicates the beginning of the 2 minutes during which the candidate can read over the scenario and formulate his/her response. During this initial 2 minute period at each station, you must remain in the hall (i.e., you can NOT enter the interview room yet). After 2 minutes, the bell rings, indicating you now have 8 minutes during which you are allowed to enter the interview room and discuss the scenario with the interviewer(s). You do NOT have to enter the room right away at this point. You can if you want, OR you can remain in the hall to finish organizing before entering. For some people, myself included, an extra minute or so spent in the hall may really help to gather their thoughts, relax, and compose themselves, thereby improving their communication skills and interview as a whole. Whichever way you go with, that 8 minutes remains fixed (i.e., any additional time you spend in the hall beyond the initial 2 minutes comes out of the 8 minutes given to be in the room (e.g., if you spend an extra 2 minutes in the hall, you'll be left with 6 minutes in the room)). Once you enter the interview room, you will discuss the scenario. If you finish before the time is up, you can either remain in the room for the remainder of the time (and if you think of anything new, add it to your answer), OR leave the room and wait out the remaining time in the hall (just note that you can NOT reenter the room once you leave, and you can NOT proceed to the next station "early;" you simply wait outside the door of the station you just finished). At the end of the 8 minutes, a bell rings to indicate the beginning of the next 2 minute time split; each interviewee must immediately proceed to the next station, where they have those 2 minutes to review that scenario...and it loops around like this until all the stations are finally done (actually seems to go by rather quickly once you get into the rhythm of things). Now, that's pretty much the most roundabout way of responding without directly answering your question yet as to whether there is " ...resting time between stations." From above, you can see there is no designated "resting" time between stations. However, the time is yours to use as you see fit, so if you feel the need to take a very short break between/during the stations, you are free to do so (note you do have to remain at your current station, either in the room or in the hall); just keep in mind that you're not provided any additional time, so whatever time you spend "resting" comes out of the time for reviewing the scenario and/or discussing it in the interview room. The closest you probably get to a clear cut "break" would be if you finish your response before the time is up and decide to leave the room; since you can not reenter the room and can not proceed to the next station until the bell rings, the remaining time at that station would essentially be like a "break".
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Post by aquavet on May 3, 2013 17:37:46 GMT -5
Can you confirm that we will be allowed to bring in written notes produced during the 2 minute reading period? Should we bring a clipboard, pen, and paper, or will they provide all of these items?
Thanks!
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Post by dreizehn on May 4, 2013 0:20:34 GMT -5
Can you confirm that we will be allowed to bring in written notes produced during the 2 minute reading period? Should we bring a clipboard, pen, and paper, or will they provide all of these items? Thanks! Based on the last two years (including my interview year): Candidates are provided with a pen and blank pad of paper, which can be used to make notes when preparing to enter the interview room (i.e., the minimum 2 minutes in the hall at each station). These notes can be taken into the interview room for use during the response/discussion, though they will be collected before leaving the interview room. The notes are not looked at in any way by the interviewers, but rather are merely collected and thrown away to (I assume) help preserve the confidentiality of the scenarios. Also, note that the scenario is provided both on the door outside the interview room and at the desk inside the interview room, so you do not have to make notes summarizing the scenario for your own reference, unless you so desire.
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Post by Guest1620 on May 7, 2013 8:37:39 GMT -5
Without trying to stir up too many emotions or discuss the scenarios in detail...
It was blatantly obvious to me yesterday that those who did their rooms in a certain rotation (begining before/after certain rooms) would have an advantage over others. Let me be more specific: in one room I was asked to discuss topic X in light of info Y. There was a prompt question after asking to reinterpret X if Z was in fact the case. Fair enough.
However, at another room further along, we were asked to discuss topic A, and as additional information were given very specific information about Z to be able to answer the scenario.
For those that had the second room before the first, as described above, there is a very obvious advantage that they would have had. The prompt question is literally answered in the information given by the second room described.
Maybe not everyone received that prompt. But I am sure it would have left a better impression on the assessors if one was able to answer the question without hesitation.
Seemed like a rather large oversight. Thought I would point that out.
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Post by guest1620 on May 7, 2013 8:40:50 GMT -5
Without trying to stir up too many emotions or discuss the scenarios in detail... It was blatantly obvious to me yesterday that those who did their rooms in a certain rotation (begining before/after certain rooms) would have an advantage over others. Let me be more specific: in one room I was asked to discuss topic X in light of info Y. There was a prompt question after asking to reinterpret X if Z was in fact the case. Fair enough. However, at another room further along, we were asked to discuss topic A, and as additional information were given very specific information about Z to be able to answer the scenario. For those that had the second room before the first, as described above, there is a very obvious advantage that they would have had. The prompt question is literally answered in the information given by the second room described. Maybe not everyone received that prompt. But I am sure it would have left a better impression on the assessors if one was able to answer the question without hesitation. Seemed like a rather large oversight. Thought I would point that out. Sorry for the typos.
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Post by aquavet on May 7, 2013 10:57:24 GMT -5
I know interviews have just started, but will the admissions team be releasing an official decisions date so we know when to check our mail? I am asking because it would help ease my mind knowing that I won't have to check my email every day in June.
Thanks!
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Post by dreizehn on May 8, 2013 3:30:11 GMT -5
Without trying to stir up too many emotions or discuss the scenarios in detail... It was blatantly obvious to me yesterday that those who did their rooms in a certain rotation (begining before/after certain rooms) would have an advantage over others. Let me be more specific: in one room I was asked to discuss topic X in light of info Y. There was a prompt question after asking to reinterpret X if Z was in fact the case. Fair enough. However, at another room further along, we were asked to discuss topic A, and as additional information were given very specific information about Z to be able to answer the scenario. For those that had the second room before the first, as described above, there is a very obvious advantage that they would have had. The prompt question is literally answered in the information given by the second room described. Maybe not everyone received that prompt. But I am sure it would have left a better impression on the assessors if one was able to answer the question without hesitation. Seemed like a rather large oversight. Thought I would point that out. Keep in mind that in the MMIs candidates are NOT marked on their specific knowledge (unless the information is provided directly in that individual scenario/question), but rather on their " ...ability to think on their feet, communicate opinions and ideas, critically appraise information, and demonstrate advanced understanding of issues facing the profession," and, more specifically, on the following "soft" skills: " ...ethical behaviour, empathy, judgment, critical and creative thinking, personal management skills [, and] communications skills" (as summarised on the admissions web site: www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/recruitment/en/applyingtodvm/selectionprocess.asp). So, following your labelling system, at the station where the detailed information about Z was provided in the scenario, that information was likely quite important to providing a well formulated and complete answer, hence why it was provided there. However, for the station where Z was merely mentioned in a "prompting question" without any accompanying detailed information about Z, the detailed information would NOT have been necessary to a "good" answer, and candidates without this detailed knowledge would NOT have been at a disadvantage. As the MMIs are all about assessing soft skills, it would have been more important for this question that the candidate provide a well thought out answer, backed up by solid, logical reasoning, with everything communicated in a clear manner; all of this is quite possible without the detailed information about Z provided at the other station. Furthermore, as MMIs are looking at candidates' soft skills, there really is no single "correct" answer to scenarios/questions. A soundly reasoned answer that is clearly communicated is the real goal, and whether or not it "matched" the detailed information about Z provided at the other station is generally quite irrelevant. Just a quick bit in the middle here on "hesitation" since you mentioned it: hesitating or pausing is NOT always incompatible with effective communication, and can indeed be used quite effectively. For example, a candidate who pauses to think and organize (even in the middle of the interview) before providing a clear and comprehensive answer would likely be more impressive than a candidate who answers without hesitation, yet only touches the surface of the issue at hand. Finally, some candidates may occupy all the discussion time on their own and not receive any "prompting questions," others may have time left at the end and receive one or more such questions (if any actually exist for the station/scenario), while still others may cover in their own answer the focus of the question(s) thereby making them unnecessary (if they existed). As the focus of the MMIs is the soft skills summarized above, as demonstrated throughout the interview, whether or not the candidate is asked any prompting questions is irrelevant and will not directly affect how they are assessed (i.e., it's not like there are additional "marks" for answering prompting questions). A great deal of work is put into the MMIs by the admissions committee, much of it out of the view of the applicants, in order to ensure the process is as objective and fair as possible for all candidates. I know interviews have just started, but will the admissions team be releasing an official decisions date so we know when to check our mail? I am asking because it would help ease my mind knowing that I won't have to check my email every day in June. Thanks! In the year I applied, I don't think we were notified in advance of an exact day when decisions would be released, they just kind of appeared one day. I have found that users post to this forum almost immediately once they hear, and Ms. Lowenger has usually also made an official post on here stating that decisions have been released. The OVC admissions page states that 2013 decisions will be out in " early June," which is pretty consistent with the past few years, for which applicants have received decisions 3-4 weeks after the interviews. So, you can probably put it out of your mind until the first week of June at the earliest, but I wouldn't count on getting it nailed down any more specifically than that.
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Post by Guest22 on May 14, 2013 9:57:45 GMT -5
Med school acceptances went out today and I'm here like If one more person asks me if I've heard back from OVC yet, I might go crazy!
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Post by guest0001 on May 14, 2013 18:52:07 GMT -5
Will we be sent our interview scores before acceptances/declines are released? I am very interested to see how the interview scores turned out.
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Post by dreizehn on May 14, 2013 19:39:03 GMT -5
In my year (2011), we automatically received our interview scores by e-mail a few days after the admission decision e-mails.
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Post by rc on May 18, 2013 17:59:06 GMT -5
same with my year (last year)
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Post by Notfromguelph on May 6, 2016 9:52:42 GMT -5
Hey guys, for those of you who got interviews, congrats . I was wondering if you guys know what's best to wear. Of course a nice dark pant suit for ladies is a good idea, can you have coloured Blazers, coloured blouses etc? What about jewellery? I would like to be professional and comfortable but I also think it's important to be yourself, and stand out a little. Thoughts?
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