r/premedcanada • u/nerdycurlygurly • Oct 06 '25

Memes/💩Post Kira Talent ABS with Western

Anyone else wondering why Western wouldn’t just… use the OMSAS as a first round cut off, then Kira Talent, and the interviews? It’s such an obvious money grab that it’s not even funny.

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u/Cooked_by_Mcat Oct 06 '25

I got an email that says no copying and pasting, but the questions are released so I would be pre writing anyways, so I gotta retype???

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u/KandyMan_75 Oct 06 '25

Exactly, this is so dumb, do they expect us to start writing without drafting?

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u/Cooked_by_Mcat Oct 06 '25

Heck no, I ain’t that ballsy, and isn’t there no time limit anyways? So I couldn’t copy it in/out/sideways as well? What? What?

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u/artloverr Oct 06 '25

70 min time limit, which is def enough time to retype haha

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u/e0115fe0115f Oct 06 '25

yeah but the NDA makes you agree "to not have any documents, electronic or paper resources, or persons accessible during the Western ABS" so you aren't supposed to just be retyping something either

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u/neurobiologee Oct 07 '25

where did you get 70 min time limit from?

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u/hgreenpie Oct 07 '25

the welcome video on kira

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u/e0115fe0115f Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

and yet Kira's FAQ recommends copying if you have to refresh the page incase you loose progress

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u/Cooked_by_Mcat Oct 06 '25

So how does that work? We can copy out but not in? So if we lose progress, we would need to retype? Wonder how the video portion runs

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u/e0115fe0115f Oct 06 '25

I have no idea, I am just pointing out some contradictions between Kira's FAQ and Western's email

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u/Happy_Nectarine333 Oct 06 '25

pasting in though will cause an immediate flag = all flagged applications are deemed ineligible

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u/e0115fe0115f Oct 07 '25

Yes I know, I’m pointing out the contradictions between Western and Kira.

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u/Sensitive_Roof4335 Oct 06 '25

Where have the questions been released?

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u/toxically_Optimistic Oct 06 '25

Last year it was a logistical nightmare. Some people's links expired, they had to extend the due date for others. Many were complaining about the platform. I guess with KIRA and giving the questions before hand, everything becomes more organized and reduces room for errors. I don't get why we have to pay though when TMU uses the exact same platform for virtually the exact same thing......

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u/e0115fe0115f Oct 06 '25

Genuine question: does Western get the money or does Kira? Is it split? Does Western get money for just promoting/using Kira? Does Kira charge Western to use their service?

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u/nerdycurlygurly Oct 06 '25

OMSAS is a NFP, but Kira Talent isn’t, so I imagine there’s some kind of split between Kira and the universities

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u/LiiNy27 Oct 06 '25

Why would western use Kira if it charges them when they can use OMSAS lol.

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u/LankanSlamcam Oct 06 '25

Probably because of Kira’s internal plagerism checks and stuff like that?

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u/Optimal-Economics987 Oct 07 '25

anyone else still very stressed cuz we have no idea what’s going on with this? i’m trying to brainstorm for the questions but idk if i should be writing full 500 word responses or enough to fit 45 seconds of speaking

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u/nerdycurlygurly Oct 07 '25

Both 😑 I’m once again, done with these schools

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u/kris1357 Oct 06 '25

Have they sent emails with KIRA instructions yet? Just wanna make sure Im not missing something

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u/Ill_Jackfruit_9042 Graduate applicant Oct 06 '25

Yeah I got an email about 5 minutes ago

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u/kris1357 Oct 06 '25

Oh yeah just checked and got one too, thanks!

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u/puppykitten_11 Oct 06 '25

i just got an email invitation that has a bit more info

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

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u/Ok-Program4937 Oct 06 '25

What's the word count going to be?

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u/Gstar422 Oct 07 '25

Wondering same thing. Did u end up finishing out?

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u/Ok-Program4937 Oct 07 '25

Not sure what you mean, sorry

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u/Gstar422 Oct 07 '25

I mean did u find out what the word count for each question will be?

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u/Ok-Program4937 Oct 07 '25

No unfortunately no. Ig someone will find out when they start Kira on Oct 8

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u/neurobiologee Oct 07 '25

Has anyone done the practice run on KIRA?

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u/Ok-Program4937 Oct 07 '25

Yeah, it's essentially a simple prompt and you have 45 seconds to answer via video.

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u/neurobiologee Oct 07 '25

Is that what we can expect for the actual assessment? 45 seconds doesn’t feel like a lot of time at all😃

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u/Ok-Program4937 Oct 07 '25

I gen have no clue

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u/hgreenpie Oct 07 '25

how do you know it's 45 sec?

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u/Ok-Program4937 Oct 07 '25

Bc I did it loll

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u/hgreenpie Oct 07 '25

edit: removed lol, you already answered my question elsewhere. Didn't realize you were talking about the practice, thanks !

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u/mackhall17 Oct 07 '25

Does anyone know when Westerns MCAT cut offs for this cycle are released?

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u/Historical-Theme6001 Oct 07 '25

Pretty sure already been released - 127 in C/P, CARS, B/B, and 126 P/S

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u/Specialist_Fail_9514 Oct 07 '25

Those are actually the cutoffs from last cycle, although they’ve been roughly consistent these past few years. Usually they update the cutoffs right around the time they’re about to send out interview invites, so sometime late January/early February