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I have a course-based master's in linguistics from U of A (2014), so my situation is a little different, but I'm happy to share my stats with you. Unfortunately since U of A does not share exactly how they calculate GPA, I can only guess at what they might have come up with. My last 60 credits (including my master's is between 3.85-3.88), but I'm not sure whether they include grades from grad programs as I've heard that some schools do not. Without my master's, my last 60 credit GPA is 3.80-3.81. I do know that U of A does look at the prereq GPA separately. My prereq GPA is 3.96. My GRE scores were: 161 Verbal (88%ile) / 151 Quant (43%ile) / 4.0 Writing (58%ile). At the time of my application I had been regularly volunteering for a year with ISTAR, the Centre for Autism Services, and CCI-LEX (a volunteer run ESL school). I have done no direct job shadowing, or even direct volunteering with SLPs really (except a tiny bit at ISTAR). I had a strong letter of recommendation from my master's supervisor who is also an Adjunct Professor in the CSD department, and for the past 2 years I have worked healthcare research. I honestly had no idea whether I would get admitted. I was hopeful, but I've heard that having a previous master's can sometimes be considered a disadvantage (suggests you're not focused or something). I think the "tastes" of the admissions committee change every year as the committee changes, so it's hard to predict exactly what they're looking for in a given year. I know you're feeling hopeless at the moment, but last year I had a friend accepted to U of A off the waitlist in May, so you just never know.

When I talked to the admin at U of A last week, she said that if you don't hear on or by April 1st, that doesn't mean that you didn't get in. My acceptance letter has a response date of April 13, so I'm betting they'll send out another round of offers/wait list notifications once the offer rejections from this round come in around the second week of April. Keep those fingers crossed!

That does not mean rejection. When I spoke to the admin at U of A, she said that the portal will be the last place that your status gets updated, you will get an email long before that of any decisions. So unfortunately, the portal status does not give you any new info. Just gotta keep playing the waiting game!

@TravellingSpeechie Oh my gosh congratulations!! So exciting! I wonder if U of A meant they would be sending out emails by April 1st, rather than on April 1st then. Here's hoping! AHHH!! I just got in too!!!

@SLPlease? The admin at U of A said that offer letters would be going out on April 1st as well. No sure if that actually means April 3 though since the first is a Saturday...

I just had a friend call U of A (because I was too chicken) and Vicki said the first round of offer letters will be going out on April 1. She also said if you don't get an email on April 1 not to worry too much because it doesn't necessarily mean you haven't gotten in. At least now I have a date to look forward to... I'll have to try to stay calm until then. I only applied to U of A, so I'm really hoping to get in! I feel like my application is strong, but I just don't know, and I think the "tastes" of the department change from year to year as the acceptance committees change.

Still no word from U of A for anyone besides Mizuro? I was just checking last year's gradcafe forum and it looks like the first wave of notifications were sent on Friday, March 18. We're getting really close to the 18th, and tomorrow is a Friday... The suspense is really starting to get to me!

@SLPlease? Mizuro got the awesome recruitment scholarship to U of A, but as far as I know no other offers have been given out yet. I'm also waiting to hear back from U of A. I've been asking around and checking all the info I've got, but there is still hope! Last year they started giving out the rest of the offers around March 16-18 it looks like. So hopefully we'll hear something soon!

@mizuro That's awesome! Great job! Are you going to accept? Can I ask where you did your undergrad? I'm also really hoping to get into U of A, and am now compulsively checking my application status...