Hi! I can tell you how it went when I got waitlisted at Dal. March 10 people started receiving offers spread out over the several days while no one else got any updates. Then people started saying they were waitlisted starting like March 17, again a bit sporadically rather than a big batch of emails going out at once. I got an email offering the waitlist on March 21, and THEN I think people started getting rejected a few days after that. But I'm pretty sure some more people, not a ton but some, got good news after rejections started going out, acceptances or at least waitlist offers. Obviously the timeline is different this year, but the take for me was you just don't know until you know. You can adjust your expectations, but someone's gotta be the person they finally decide to offer the last available seat to.
My guess is top candidates are easy, the obvious rejections are easy, but the people in the middle take longer and that's why acceptances trickle out over days. Like what says more about the candidate's potential and suitability, research experience or varied volunteer placements? 300 SLP-related volunteer hours, or 100 SLP-related hours but over a years' experience working with developmentally delayed children or adults with TBI? What about living with a family member who has a communication disorder? How much "better" does a non-applicant need to be to win a seat over the Maritime applicant? ...
