Our impressively multi-talented med students have perfectly encapsulated the journey to medicine in lipdub video form: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WThlN42CX9k#t=12. This was shown at the interviews this year, but if you haven’t seen it yet, please check it out! Most readers of this blog will probably find a lot to appreciate in the video.
Speaking (or singing) of the other side, we are slowly getting to the other side of this application cycle. Right now we are busy checking references, following up with verifiers, and getting things ready for the Admissions Selection Committee. The selection committee is made up of doctors, faculty members, medical students, and other representatives from all corners of BC who will meet soon to select the candidates for MED 2018. To give a quick refresher on post-interview selection criteria, at this point in the cycle all aspects of the file can come into play. After a holistic file review the decision to admit or not is made by consensus of the selection committee. Since the selection committee is not aware of site preference rankings, they do not determine who goes to which site – we in the Admissions Office do that later (see the previous post for more information).
After the candidates are selected, the next big thing will be the offers! Stay tuned for more posts as the offers approach.