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Congratulations! I haven't received an e-mail yet. I'm curious if interview invitations will be sent out periodically, or if they are sent out in one go. It's hard to gauge from previous years if e-mails were sent out on different dates. Hopefully there's still a chance.

Has anyone heard back at all this week? Still anxiously waiting.

Hi everyone, Thank you for creating this forum! It's great to connect with other applicants. I applied for the P/J MACSE program in November. I graduated from Queen's University in 2017 with a BAH in Psychology. I have been working full-time as a teaching assistant at a Montessori school since I graduated. The summer before I started working at the school, I worked a city job as a designated inclusion support counselor for children with exceptionalities. Working at a school has affirmed my interest in education and although I considered pursuing Montessori teacher's college, I ultimately feel more drawn to the traditional system. I love that this program combines both teacher education and graduate level courses. I'm very interested in mental health in early childhood and how schools can incorporate these topics into the curriculum effectively and best support students. If accepted I'm keen to explore this topic more in depth. Some of my other experiences with children include: teaching dance to elementary students in University, running a lunch hour craft program, working as a neighbourhood parks program leader with the city, and camp counselling. A bit unrelated to children but something I included in my application was volunteering at a crisis phone line service for two years while in University. I felt that the training I underwent and the skills I acquired from the position helped support my intent to explore mental health practices in school, even though I primarily serviced adults while on the line. I did not apply for the research intensive stream, although I did include on my application my volunteer experience at a lab on campus. My final year I graduated with Dean's Honour List- roughly a 3.7 gpa (A- at Queen's). My overall average over four years is quite a bit lower (B to mid B range). I wish I had worked as hard all three years but I'm happy with my final year grades. My academic reference is a psychology professor who taught one of my fourth year seminars, and my professional reference is the director of the school that I currently work at. I also applied to York, Western, and UOIT for their teacher education programs, but this is of course my first choice. Best of luck to everyone- hopefully with the holidays wrapping up we should all hear back soon. Let's keep each other posted. Happy New Year!