Interview Invitations Are OUT!!!! Accepted/Rejected

[gourmet]

These stats would mean a lot more if they also provided the standard deviations

[ubcMDhopeful]

There are several reasons that I can think of as to why the % is higher,
1) Some GPAs are adjusted
2) The scaling for other schools has been made easier (like SFU)
3) There are more OP applicant spots which boosts the averages of interviewed applicants.
4) Less applicants are invited for interviews therefore its more competitive.

[meilin]

Originally Posted by Prince Medward

The admissions blog now has a a post about FAQs for not invited applicants. Does this suggest that all regrets have now gone out?

http://admissionsblog.med.ubc.ca/

i wish this could be true

[ubcMDhopeful]

I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit.


the equation is

AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19


R² = 0.9999


EDIT: This is a fitline for the 85-90 range dont think it applies to <85 or >90

[optimism101]

Not to increase anyone's anxiety, but just saw this on the admissions blog:

John
November 15, 2011 at 6:23 pm | Permalink | Reply
Would it be correct to say that while regrets may come out at any point throughout this week, invites will only come out on Friday?

Admissions
November 15, 2011 at 8:44 pm | Permalink | Reply
Nope. All notifications can come at any point this week.

[backpacker]

Originally Posted by ubcMDhopeful

I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit.


the equation is

AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19


R² = 0.9999

How did you even come up with this?

[keepontrying]

Originally Posted by ubcMDhopeful

I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit.


the equation is

AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19


R² = 0.9999

If this is correct, then those with low 80s average basically have zero shot at getting the interview since they would need close to perfect NAQ.

From last year's stats, all the low 80s have very similar AQ score and the jump was seen starting in the very high 80s, so I don't think your equation is correct. The change in AQ scale is probably not to punish those with lower grades but rather reward those with superb grades (90+).

[ubcMDhopeful]

I forgot to mention in my original post that the equation is for the 85-90 range dont extrapolate it to lower / higher grades lol.

[animo_acid]

Originally Posted by ubcMDhopeful

I tried a polynomial line and it seems that it is a much better fit.


the equation is

AQ SCORE = -0.1022*(GPA%)^2 + 20.682*(GPA%) - 987.19


R² = 0.9999


EDIT: This is a fitline for the 85-90 range dont think it applies to <85 or >90

wow some people on this forum can do some crazy math!!

[Prince Medward]

Applicants that have verifiers contacted can take heart I think. While some on these forums have speculated that verifier contact is totally random, I doubt that adcom would devote resources to verify applications that have zero shot even if all NAQs are assumed true.

More likely, they initially rank applicants on the assumption that the NAQs are true. Then they verify the top 600 or so applications. After verification, some applicants may drop out of the interview pool to be replaced by others. Any other process would result in wasted time and effort.

Therefore, I think that if you know a verifier has been contact there is no need to worry.