2015hopeful

I had a dream where I accidently pressed a button that cancelled my whole application. I can't help hoping they'll start accepting in February this year. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas in October all over again... Except this time there might be no gifts!

Me too! In review! So excited. In this process, the littlest things can produce so much emotion.

Hi andrestoga! Well, speaking for myself, it's my first time applying so I don't know if it has proved useful for others, but for me, it isn't useful at all. I still do it all the time any way. A friend of mine who was applying last year told me about checking the GradCafe results page many times a day and I thought that was a pretty bad idea, as it made her even more stressed out and I couldn't see what good it could possibly do. Yet here I am checking the results page several times a day, even though I know the schools I'm applying to won't even send out admission replies until March. I look at the students' comments on the results page, their GPA, etc. Maybe part of why I do it is to try to predict what's gonna happen, maybe to gain some sense of control in a process which I don't control at all anymore since my applications are already submitted. It's irrational, I know. Maybe I think if I know in advance I'll be rejected it'll soften the blow a little bit. Another part of it I think is feeling all these other applicants are pretty much going through the same feelings I am, and there's a sense of community. What about you? Are you completely zen in waiting for your reply and not trying to predict the unpredictable?

Arggh, sorry about that first post: can anybody tell me how we can edit our own posts? As a plan B, I'm looking into master programs to teach French in high school or French as a second language. Applied linguistics is another possibility. I haven't started the proccess for those programs yet though.

Hi! Yes, for me

Hi! I'm 45 with two kids 15 and 12. I'm only applying to the two closest schools so as not to uproot the whole family, which makes me a bit nervous, but it is what it is. Good luck to you all!

Why doesn't ORPAS just switch to an entier l'y online process like McGill?

Oh no, I'm so sorry Vancity! Do you think if Canada Post wrote you an official statement of some sort, ORPAS could grant you a delay or something?

Haha! I was wondering the same thing! Wrote them to ask, but haven't heard back.