Mickey26

School: University of Regina
Type: Clinical Psychology MA-PhD
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance (Informal)
Type of Notification: Email from POI
Date Notified: 2/13/21

Just a little bit late on here but ..

School: University of Toronto Scarborough
Type: Clinical Psychology MA
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance
Type of Notification: Official Email
Date Notified: 2/5/21
** very excited?  will be accepting**

CONGRATS!! Received email this morning tooo!! Will be accepting. I'd love to connect with you both if you decide to accept!  

Just received official offer email from the UCalgary program admin!

Interview 
School: OISE
Program: CCP
Date of invite: February 10
Date of interview: given a few choices this week
DM for POI: yes 
Notified through a phone call from POI Super nice surprise today!! 

School: University of Calgary
Type: Clinical Psychology Masters/PhD
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance
Type of Notification: Email from POI (informal acceptance)
Date Notified: 2/10/21
DM for POI: Yes
** will be accepting**
 
 
School: University of Calgary
Type: School and Applied Child Psychology (SACP)
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance
Type of Notification: Email from grad program admin
Date Notified: 2/5/21
DM for POI: Yes
 

Heard back from the University of Regina, invited to interview later this week.  Hopefully others who have applied to U of R will hear shortly.

Very excited to say that I just received an invite from my POI at York to interview sometime next week (Clinical-Developmental Program). He also mentioned in his email that the clinical-developmental virtual open house will be February 26th so that might help give you a sense of when you can expect to be contacted by - I'm sure lots of professors have not reached out to applicants yet

i applied last cycle when i was in my fourth year of undergrad and wasn't successful. this year, i've applied to 6 Canadian schools and so far have received five interviews, and one acceptance. i applied last year mostly to get a sense of the application process and only applied to and interviewed at one Canadian school (McGill), but i hope this is still somewhat helpful!
the number one thing i would really try and work out/focus on is research fit. instead of looking at what the PIs' interests are and shaping your statement around that, i tried to really define what i was passionate about and ask my supervisors and friends, spend ample time browsing website profiles and recent pubs, and attend virtual open house events (if possible). if you're truly interested in working with PIs you've applied to this year, there is no harm in applying again! i'm sure different supervisors would feel differently about this, but i would reach out and thank them for their consideration, reiterate your interest, and maybe bring up a couple of things you're doing to gain experience or strengthen your application too. you can also ask a trusted supervisor or friend about this!
as for improving the application, i would try and look at your profile holistically and think about its strengths and weaknesses, but also how the different aspects complement each other. for example, last year i had a pretty strong GPA, test scores, research experience, but they didn't match all that well with the PIs current research focus, which became obvious in the interview. i think publications are looked upon really favourably, but in my experience strong research experience (depth rather than breadth) is probably the most important factor. i have one manuscript in prep (and no pubs), but i have quite a bit of research experience compared to most people just out of undergrad. evidence of this experience (such as publications) obviously are super helpful, but i think PIs are also looking for how you speak to these experiences and the skills you've learned from them. also, if you're applying to a clinical psych program specifically, i would try and gain some clinical experience if possible, especially if you have significant research experiences already, and aim for at least one opportunity you can speak to in-depth. of course, it really helps if it fits well with your research interests! one last thing i can think of is test scores - i'm not sure whether these will be required and how much weight they'll have in the future, but a higher score can't hurt! 
 

School: York 
Program: Clinical Psychology (Developmental)
Date of invite: February 8
Date of interview: February 16 (with POI), February 26 (with department)
Email invite directly from POI. So excited! This application season has been BRUTAL. Obviously not a sure thing but nice to have some hope again...had kind of given up this year. On my fourth year of applying...if this is what you want don't give up!

I received an official rejection from UCalgary for clinical psyc today, which I knew was coming as I did not advance to open house as well as my application was never forwarded to the PI I was hoping to work with (not core faculty). 
On the other hand - I received an offer of admission to the UCalgary SACP program last night, which I will be accepting and am very happy about! 

School: York 
Program: Clinical Psychology (Developmental)
Date of invite: February 6th (Saturday! Wild!)
Date of interview: February 11th
DM for POI: Sure
 
Im BUZZING. The invite was from my POI and mentioned that there's also an open house end of February. 

The first round of acceptances for UTSC's clinical psychology program have just gone out! 4 applicants were contacted. 

For anyone wondering, I was informed that the first round of acceptance letters for Concordia's clinical program would be going out March 4th!

Interview
School: York 
Program: Clinical Psychology (adult stream)
Date of invite: Feb 4th, 2021
Date of interview: Over next few days 

Hey everyone! 
I know this is a clinical psych sub but I got an interview for McGill counselling psych (my first interview), and I was wondering- how do you usually respond to the emails? How do I show my enthusiasm without overdoing it???? 

School: York University
Program: Clinical Psychology
Interview type: Virtual
Date of Invite: 2/3/2021
received an email inviting me to an interview and letting me know i've been shortlisted!

School: OISE
Program: SCCP
Date of invite: February 1st
Date of interview: February 2nd 
DM for POI: Sure! 

I've been looming on this thread for a while, but I thought I'd post my first post ☺️
School: University of Ottawa
Program: Clinical Psychology
Date of invite: February 2
Date of interview: Next week
DM for POI: sure!

School: Queen's
Program: Clinical Psychology
Interview type: Virtual
Date of Invite: 2/2/2021
for anyone curious about Queen's, i interviewed informally with my POI about 2-3 weeks ago and was notified today that i would be moving on to the departmental virtual interviews! according to the email, for those that move on, there will be an open house in March or so and offers will be extended after that :)) 

Interview
School: OISE
Program: SCCP
Date of invite: January 29th
Date of interview: February 2nd  
DM for POI: Yes 
&
School: OISE
Program: SCCP
Date of invite: February 1st
Date of interview: February 1st 
DM for POI: Yes 
Note: the second interview listed was with a supervisor I did not apply to, originally I thought it may be some sort of departmental interview or a clinical interview but it was for a spot in their lab, I am interested in hearing if anyone has heard of that happening! 

Interview
School: Ryerson
Program: Clinical MA &PhD 
Date of invite: Feb 2nd, 2021
Date of interview: Visiting Day Feb 8th 
DM for POI: Yes 
I'm really surprised I haven't had any contact from my POI this whole season I just got an invite from the department for visiting day! Has this happened to anyone else not having contact with their POI then getting an invite to to interview day? Should I reach out and send a separate email to my POI saying thanks?
Also the visiting day time is the same time as one my interviews at another school and im not really sure what to do ?

Interview
School: OISE 
Program: SCCP 
Date of invite: Feb 1st, 2021
Date of interview: Feb 2nd, 2021 
Really not much time to prep but hoping everything will go well nonetheless! ? 

Hey guys, I'm really excited to say that I just received an email invitation for interview day at Ryerson! I was afraid that all the invitations had already been sent out, but I guess not
Feel free to PM for POI initials. 
I haven't yet received any information for a second clinical interview though, but I did interview really late in the process with my POI (late last week) so hopefully I will receive that information soon.
 

Interview
School: OISE 
Program: CCP 
Date of invite: Feb 1st, 2021
Date of interview: Over next few days