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  • Application Season
    2017 Fall
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    Speech-Language Pathology

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  1. Hey, don't worry! Averages are not minimums -- it's a really easy black-and-white thought process to get trapped in but that's not how averages work. A subGPA of 3.74 is not going to work against you, really. That's totally an indication you should be capable of graduate level work. If it helps, my subGPA was 3.73 I think and I got in to U of T. I had about 6 months of RA experience. Didn't write a thesis or major in psych or linguistics. I did have about 250 hours volunteer experience in three settings with different populations (ages and cultures). I really suspect my statement of purpose is where I stood out from other very capable applicants. Don't stress about things you can't change and focus on what you can do that will tangibly strengthen your application. I followed this advice from my referees and truly think it made my SoP a million times stronger than it would have been: a) tell a clear story of progression (eg explaining how a class/prof I had led to a volunteer opportunity resulting in a part-time work position which inspired interest in an area of research) b) have a concrete "agenda" as a future SLP (so like, I stated my "cause" aka the topic I'm passionate about and said these are the experiences that brought this to my attention, this is why it hits close to home, here is evidence of my capacity for operating appropriately within the social group disproportionately affected by this issue, and this is the specific approach I'm interested in my future practice) tl;dr take the time you could use to fret about your grades or obsessively studying for at best a couple tenths of a GPA point increase and put it toward digging really really deep into why you should be an SLP so that your statement of purpose can be as strong and concrete as possible. After all, you can train someone who's not an SLP to be an SLP and the admission commitee knows it. You can't train passion or drive. ?
  2. Those of you with offers from U of A (ie a message from Vicki about being a successful applicant) -- your status is still "under review" with the official letter still outstanding, right? I'm assuming we're all in the same boat in that regard but a few people have said things about accepting U of A offers so I thought I'd ask, do you mean you intend to/emailed about it or if you have real admissions letters already
  3. I'd also appreciate a PM! I was just hoping to get accepted at ANY school nevermind seriously have to pick!! I've been working at this for 2.5 years and it's overwhelming to have it pay off. also for people planning on applying U of A next year, you don't have to have an Indigenous history course already completed, it's also acceptable to explain how and when, like in spring between applying and June if you haven't taken one yet!
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