TriforceRaven99

For those on this forum who have received an offer of admission and accepted it, are there any social groups set up yet online for incoming teacher candidates?

Thank you, and I’m sure that your efforts will shine through! It really does look like the school is considering every possible facet of your experiences so I’m sure that those would play a huge part in getting you in! So, I had a bunch of experience from first-year to my third-year of undergrad with science research, usually with chemistry-related topics. After third-year when I realized that I didn’t want to make a start-up company like a lot of people from my program usually do, or go into grad research and do research for life, I reflected and realized that teaching was the way to go for me. From there, I immediately took on a tutoring position at Waterloo that a prof friend of mine offered me, tutoring chemistry to first-year students in residence weekly. From there, I took on an 8-month co-op as a teaching assistant for Waterloo’s professional development program, helping to run some online courseware and doing a lot of marking. From there, I graduated and got a contract job with Spirit of Math and I’m still working there now as a teacher. I also tutor privately whenever I’m not doing my salary job. Overall, there was a lot of moving parts. Even if I got in mostly from my own hard work, I still do give much credit to a lot of people who helped me along the way. A good support system can work wonders I’ve learned.

Some good news: The following day after I saw the “Invited” status on ACORN, I got an email from OISE telling me to check my decision letter on the SGS application website. Looks like they thought I was good enough to have a spot on the I/S cohort list. Now, I was very sceptical about this and I’m still very much in disbelief. Main reason is because my average upon applying to this program was basically only meeting the minimum required grade. While I did well in my last year of undergrad, I still failed a third-year course and got a couple of straight 50s in a few courses throughout undergrad. So if you’re applying to this program with a not-so-ideal average, I wouldn’t worry about it as you are most definitely better off than I was. I’ve seen a lot of great profiles on this thread and I’m sure many (if not all) of you will get in. Hope to see you all around this September!

Hi all, just discovered this forum searching online about what some of the "telling signs" could be about the application process. I just noticed not too long ago this afternoon that my ACORN status under "Academics" says "Degree Registration Status, CTHISMT E 2019-2020 Fall/Winter 'Invited'" From what I've been seeing on this discussion post, it seems like this could be a good sign but it may not mean anything? I called OISE's Registrar to be sure and they said that while they're not seeing anything confirmed on their end, since I applied near the end of September last year, I should be hearing from the school in the next couple of weeks. Also, @Datawraith, sorry to hear that your application didn't work out I'm actually a 2018 Nano from Waterloo, so I'm in a similar boat. I understand the feel of second and third year being incredibly tough as well. I hope you were able to get accepted into another top program of your choosing!