Inny
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What a fantastic post!
Just wanted to add something:
- UWO has two unique clinical placements you can do. One is in a native reserve in Northern Ontario; the other is in a cleft-palate clinic in South America.
U of T has placement opportunities like this as well. Some international ones, and some up north.
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If you go to school in Canada, your qualifications are recognized by ASHA. But we have very few programs (only 6 in English), so it's harder to get into than in the US.
England would be fun!
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Last I heard it was 56.
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Kath16, I agree with your whole post!
But I find this interesting:
I actually went and spoke with one of my professors from my undergrad today (He is an SLP), to get some advice. He told me that McGill is like 'gold' in the SLP world for some reason. It seems to hold a lot of prestige. Obviously, I would not choose a school based on that, but it is interesting.
Was he educated at McGill?
Seriously. This is not something I've heard before. Also, I've never gotten the impression that SLP is about the school you go to, especially not in Canada. Sure, if you want to be a lawyer, which school you go to is important. But as an SLP... once you're an SLP, you're an SLP and it shouldn't matter? Especially if you went to school in Canada... All the schools that have SLP programs are great schools! Perhaps it's just McGill's overall prestige? As a whole, the university is really famous.
Then again, U of T holds a lot of prestige too. U of T, McGill, and UBC are always the top three.
Best of luck to both of you!
ETA: One thing I forgot about: If memory serves, McGill students don't have classes or placements the first summer of their program. U of T students do. There's a placement in July/August. In can be in either July or August, or part time over the two months. If having a few months off in the middle of the program is appealing to you, consider that! -
I already wrote a post but didn't get any replies:(
Still trying to decide between McGill and U of T... Can't decide, ANY suggestions...
Thanks
In all of my own excitement, I didn't see your post!
Can you give us some more info about your interests? Have you lived in Toronto or Mtl. before? Where do you plan/hope to live after?
Also: Can you come to the U of T open house on Monday?
Do you speak French fluently? At McGill, you will likely be sent all over the place for placements, so keep that in mind.
At McGill, there's a lot of interest in bilingualism and neurogenic disorders, according to the site.
At U of T, there's a lot with swallowing disorders.
While I admittedly have never been to the McGill school of comm. studies, it seems it's separate from the OT and PT schools. At U of T, SLP, OT, and PT are all in the same building in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, which is in the middle of "hospital row".
McGill's program is just over half the size of U of T's. So if a small class is appealing to you, consider that.
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For future applicants:
UBC's tuition is only $4349 per year.
I didn't know this when I applied but it was definitely a nice surprise when I found out.
I wonder why there's such a huge difference..?
I've been thinking about this.
Two things came to mind:
1) BC (or at least UBC) tends to have cheaper tuition than Ontario schools.
2) There are less SLP spots per capita in BC than in Ontario. So in Ontario, money is getting stretched across more schools/spots, where as in BC, it's just going to UBC.
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I saw an estimate around 10K as well.. I looked at something for Western and it looked about half the price? Was I looking at the wrong thing?
It says $3,856 per term. I would think you would need to make at least two instalments (once in fall, once in winter) of that fee. Once again it comes down to if you have to pay again for the summer.
ETA: My friend has confirmed that U of T is approximately 10K a year. So that means the price on the site is for the whole year. Hope that helps.
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Has anyone figured out what tuition for UofT is? I found their estimated costs per year, but not the actual tuition fee.
doesn't include the spring/summer semesters either. I don't know if they're not being transparent, or if I can't navigate their website.
The 10K price tag is what my friend who is currently in the program has told me. I will ask her if there was an additional fee for the summer.
ETA: "Spring" is not a semester at U of T. So the price should be for Sept-April, or Sept -Aug, but I think it's the latter.
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Congrats egad00!!!!!
I have the same question about UBC and U of T... In U of T's email it says it ranks among the highest in North America.. but I want to know how the other schools rank!
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Finally got into my email! I have been accepted at U of T too!!!
This is gonna be a tough decision!
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GMail is down! Can't get into my email!
ETA: Congrats Centcan!
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Also where do we check for UT tomorrow?
My guess is it might be an email.
It would have been nice if everything was on the ORPAS site. I almost had a heart attack hunting for my Western log-in info for like 15 minutes.
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I think I am going to email Sue and see if I can set up a tour at the school. I figure it can't hurt to put a face to the name, right?
Doesn't hurt to ask I guess!
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I didn't get in to UWO
. Just what I was expecting, given my not so stellar GPA. But I so hope that you two got in!! I'm sorry
I actually have not applied to Aud, I'm in SLP. I guess I'm just nosy poking around this thread. I'm likely going to UBC in the fall for SLP (so far it's the only place I've been accepted). Aud and SLP students take courses together there. I hope you get off the waitlist there... People with actual experience (versus just a nice GPA) bring so much to the class!
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Congrats everyone!!!!!!!
I too got waitlisted. Not surprised. And it's ok, cause Vancouver is where my heart is.
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I agree with Audie. I find a lot of Ontario students prefer to stay in Ontario as opposed to move to Vancouver.
Good luck!!!!!
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Thanks Inny for the response anyways! I don't know about being jealous about being on a waiting list haha but I guess it's better than a rejection!
Just out of curiosity... Did you apply to any other French programs?
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Does anyone know anything about being waitlisted at University of Ottawa? i.e. number of people waitlisted, ranking, etc.
I haven't come across anybody else who's applied to U of O. I'm jealous. I was originally planning on applying there but it didn't work out this year. If I didn't get in to any of the English programs this year, I was going to apply there next year. So I don't have an answer to your question, but best of luck!
So far from everyone in my undergrad this has been the experience. Western sends out their acceptances between midnight and 3 am and then rejections/waitlists right after. Toronto, they continue to send acceptances throughout the morning ( I have never heard of anyone hearing after noon) and then mails rejections within the next two days.
This has been what I have seen/heard as well.
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I want my money back
Me too!
Imagine how much money schools get from applications alone....
ETA: Congrats junowhat!
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Congrats to everyone who got in!
Mine says "refused". Quelle surprise! /sarcasm. Having one acceptance already thankfully makes it hard to care. I definitely think it was my cGPA that did me in.
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To Anyone who has heard from SUNY New Paltz, because my mom is as anxious as i am she checks this site to see if anyone has heard from my schools yet and at like midnight last night new posts for New Paltz came up and she woke me out of a dead sleep to check my email/website
I just had to say that's adorable.
Canadian SLP applications thread!
in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
Posted · Edited by Inny
It's funny, cause Western was my last choice school (not because of the school/program itself, but because I'm a person of colour who grew up in that area and don't feel like going back there/sticking out like that again). I got wait listed at Western, and will likely go to UBC, but your posts are kind of making me wish I had the option of Western