hopefulspeechie52
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1 hour ago, klfstudent said:
I was one of the first off the waitlist at Western after they found out acceptances/rejections from ORPAS and I found out May 16th last year
Since the deadline to accept/reject the offer is by April 14, I would expect to hear about getting of the waitlist sooner than May 16. Also, how did you know you were one of the first off?
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3 minutes ago, dxsh4 said:
Wondering the same question...
In terms of Western, I called Janet Harmon, and she told me that the waitlist basically could stay open all summer long.
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1 minute ago, SLPMaybe said:
On the waitlist for Western and I'm disappointed but trying to stay positive... hoping for the best for everyone!!
Whats the difference between waitlist accepted and waitlist offer??? I got waitlist accepted?
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did anyone get acknowledgement from U of Toronto?
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@SLPinthemaking
Hey guys! I emailed the mcmaster administrative team about the whole accrediting thing, and they said that since they've been approved to hold the program, it is safe to assume that they will get accreditation.
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anyone else waiting for a prof to do their reference and is not getting any answers back from their email??
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3 hours ago, Bananis said:
My referee just contacted me and said that his link to submit the reference letter is no longer available. Does anyone know if there is a time limit to submit it? I sent it to him ages ago so he would have plenty of time, but I thought it just had to be in before the deadline? Anyone else have this problem? I'm going to contact ORPAS but of course they're on holidays until tomorrow and I'm sure there will be a huge amount of calls..
I called way back and asked if there was a time limit and I was told that there wasn't....
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4 hours ago, Mattycat said:
Hi! Being in fourth year, technically my "last 20 courses" aren't complete. They said they go backwards into your 2nd year if you are still completing your undergraduate while applying. I took from this that they will take marks from my fourth year and go back to the beginning of my third year. For me specifically, I have 16 half-course credits from these periods. The missing 4 half courses will be taken from the "annual GPA" of second year (so my second year GPA will count as the grade for 4 of my courses. This is basically what I've been told by others too. I am not 100% sure of this so someone PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
This is directly from the OUAC/ORPAS site:
How is my sub-GPA calculated?
The sub-GPA is based on the 10 most recent undergraduate courses, the equivalent of 20 ORPAS course lengths, even if:
- the courses did not count toward a degree
- the courses were not taken at the university where a degree was awarded
This additional calculation will include supplemental courses (summer, part-time, intersession, correspondence). Failed courses are also included.
Courses without a numeric/alpha grade or any other non-convertible grade will not be included in the calculation (i.e., PASS grade designations).
The sub-GPA is calculated by adding the ORPAS converted grades and course lengths beginning with the most recent grouping/duration, to a total of 20 ORPAS course lengths. Where course grades/lengths must be extracted from a full term to make up the 20 course grades/lengths required, the average of the next grouping/duration of ORPAS GPA values will be used. In the situation, where “Full-time”, “Supplementary” and “Semester” durations exist for the same year, the “Supplementary” grades will be used first, then “Semester” and then “Full-time”.
This calculation will include the current year’s fall terms final
Yes, from what I am told, they will technically look at second year, second semester grades since thats how far 10 full credits goes. I wish there was some calculator to be honest...
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18 minutes ago, Mattycat said:
I'm so glad there's a Canadian SLP 2017 Thread!
Hi. I'm in my 4th year at U of T, doing a Human biology and Psychology double major, have a cGPA of 3.6 and a sub GPA of 3.7 (the bio courses killed my GPA
) with about 200 hours of SLP volunteer experience with different populations (school kids, kids with autism, adults with aphasia), but no research experience. All my prerequisites are complete with a grade of 3.7+, but mainly 4.0's. I only made the decision to apply to SLP last year and have been trying the get my personal statements, references, and application together while finishing up with school. I will be applying to U of T, McMaster, Western, and McGill.
Does it look like I have a chance of getting in to any of the schools? Any feedback would very much appreciated!Hey! your description sounds a lot like mine, so if anyone could respond that would be great! Since I'm also applying, I can't say much other than you meet all the requirements and more. In terms of the sub GPA, how did you calculate that?
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42 minutes ago, Bananis said:
@hopefulspeechie52 Thanks, I guess I'll call after the weekend. Are you an Ontario school though? I wonder if that's why it's not showing up for me. I'm in Sask.
hey, yes, I am in an Ontario school. It could be that, but it should at least detect the school since you already put it in the post secondary information tab.
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1 hour ago, Bananis said:
@hopefulspeechie52 I just don't have that option anywhere. I attached a screenshot but maybe I should just call ORPAS. I'm already emailing them about a whole bunch of other issues so it's really annoying haha
hmm, my transcript area already has my university listed on there because I already inputted that in my post secondary information tab. If you've already done that and it's not appearing I would definitley just call orpas so you can get a quick response.
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@bananis hmm, on my application there is a tab called "Transcripts" and once I'm there I can press the "request transcript" button where my school would be responsible for sending my transcript to ORPAS, on the transcript request, it does not ask for imformation about the school, just my student number and when I want the grades to be released. I would call ORPAS to see if there's anything else we're missing.
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@princesst hey, I believe as long as you use the transcript request on ORPAS that's all you have to do because they will contact the registrar on their end. I used the transcript request for my teacher's college application (also on ouac) and it sent through smoothly
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@SLPMaybe yea for sure, while I was on the phone with her I just asked her if she would be able to locate the email and or keep track of it. That way she knows someone is waiting on a response
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@SLPMaybe Hi, I noticed it took them a while to get back to me, but they're honestly so backed up with their system so I just called admissions (Sarah) and she opened the email and gave me a date as to when they'll get back to me by. Calling is the best way to get it done.
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@Bananis Hey, do you get that message after submitting the transcript request? I haven't gone that far yet. I think you should call orpas to be on the safe side
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@A_linguist @speechie2017 thanks for your responses guys
I do have one last office hours with him tomorrow, so I have printed the information that he requested from me, and wrote the due date, my email, and the date that orpas should have emailed him on. I wouldn't doubt this prof if he wasn't so disorganized. I'm just anticipating the panic I would be in when it's like january 3 and he hasn't sent it in yet, and he isn't answering any emails haha. I called orpas and they said I need to email them if I have a problem with one of the references and they would need to remove it on their end.
If any of you guys have any questions regarding the application process, I would be happy to help because I have been doing research on this program for about 3 years.
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Hi guys! just thought I would join this feed since I will also be applying in the upcoming cycle. My top choices are U of T, McMaster and Western. I will be at about 100 hours of SLP experience, and I'm still working out my GPA. to answer you @Jopyon, I know that u of T used to require 1 full credit in stats so they clumped the stats and research methods courses there. Now, it's half stats and half research methods. I just had a question regarding references, I have a prof who has agreed to write my reference however he is asking for other information on the side, which I give to him through email, but he seems very disorganized and never answers back to email, but in his office hours he told me to send his info in on ORPAS so now the damage is done and I must stick with him. What will happen if the january 6 deadline rolls in and he hasn't completed it yet?
Thanks
2017 Canadian Application Thread!
in Speech-Language Pathology Forum
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hey there was a delay for my ORPAS and Western Student centre to apply the updated changes. As long as you went on ORPAS, made it a firm accept, pressed review and submit, you'll be fine!