clinical_psyc_hopeful

I think have research assistant roles helps, but I think what you do in those roles/what experience you gain matters more. Do you have conferences, publications, did you do data analysis or just conduct studies with partcipants, were you involved in the REB process etc. I think I would work on gaining these experiences more than the sheer number of labs you work in. Hope this helps

That does help. This current lab has more opportunity for things like REB work etc. So I think I will concentrate on the two labs rather than taking on another that is simply more data coding. I have an undergraduate conference presentation but not publications yet. So far no data analysis experience but hoping to get that while doing an independent research project next year, plus hopefully getting the opportunity to analyze data in a lab during next school year, which will be my last year.  This comment did help! thank you very much. 

I think have research assistant roles helps, but I think what you do in those roles/what experience you gain matters more. Do you have conferences, publications, did you do data analysis or just conduct studies with partcipants, were you involved in the REB process etc. I think I would work on gaining these experiences more than the sheer number of labs you work in. Hope this helps

Hi everyone! I'll be attending uOttawa next Fall in Clinical Psychology  

Hi & congrats everyone!! I'm headed to OISE for the clinical and counselling program

Hi! Im headed to UCalgary this fall for their Clinical Psychology program (Msc & PhD).

Hi! Im headed to UCalgary this fall for their Clinical Psychology program (Msc & PhD).

Hi All, this is a topic for incoming clinical psych students to connect with each other, and ask any relevant questions etc. I am an incoming student at Lakehead U clinical psych program in Canada. Please feel free to join and comment your details if you wish ! Best of luck to everyone with their future studies  

Thinking of everyone who is hoping to get off the CGS-M alternate list today! 

Is there a page on here for incoming clinical psych students to ask questions/connect with other incoming students? 

Just received an unofficial offer from POI at Lakehead saying I got accept to the program this year ! Hopefully I will be able to start soon after defending my thesis Fingers crossed Thank you to everyone for all your support and openness on this forum. 

I received a CGS-M award this year for a school I had not interviewed with, but had not yet been rejected from. For me, it was a no. I still encourage people to reach out as this may differ across programs.
Good luck to everyone in the last week or so ❤️ 

I got SSHRC for 2/3 programs I applied to, one being a counselling psychology program and it's also for the school I was accepted at! I hope my decline for the other school opens up for someone else on here! I was so surprised I burst into tears! Congrats to everyone else who got offers/alternates! 
The only thing I'm a bit confused about, since I'll have it for my first year I assume it okay if I don't start my research till winter/spring 2022? 

It happened for me!!! I got the award offer and I've accepted!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone who applied for CGS-M good luck tomorrow!!! ☺️

Hey everyone!

I hopped on to share some great news: I GOT AN OFFER FROM MY DREAM PROGRAM!
School: University of Toronto, OISE
Type: MA in School and Clinical Child Psychology
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance
Type of Notification: Email from assigned Faculty Advisor, who gave unofficial offer; Email from Department to check SGS portal for decision, where two documents were uploaded (official offer letter and funding information)
Date Notified: March 24, 2021; March 25, 2021
DM for POI: Sure thing!

Thank you all for being so supportive to one another. I hope everyone gets accepted into the school of their dreams when the time is right for them.  

Some quick facts about my application
My GPA wasn't so great but I hope that offers some hope for people applying! I also didn't major in psychology but had enough courses to be treated as equal. I did better in my last year but honestly it wasn't that competitive. I did, however, have many publications and conference presentations/posters. I work at two different hospitals and a lab at UofT. My three references were all professors with two of them being child and adolescent clinicians: a psychiatrist and psychologist. I think it was my referees, letter of intent, and CV that made up for my marks

Hi everyone! I just accepted my offer to start the Clinical Psychology graduate program at UBC-Vancouver in the Fall. I turned down an offer from UNB today and really hope this opens a spot for someone in here on the waitlist! It was a super difficult decision but I'm so so excited. 
Anyone else in here going to UBC next year for Clinical in Van? Would love to start a groupchat or something ❤️  I'm from NS so will be very excited to make new friends! 

just wanted to put this out there in case anyone is also attending UBC-O in the fall
School: University of British Columbia-Okanagan
Type: MA Clinical Psychology
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Accepted off the waitlist (*will be accepting)
Date Notified: March 18th 2021
DM for POI: Yes!!

Just wanted to share acceptance to SCCP (alberta) master's program!
Feel free to message if you'll also be attending

School: Queen's University
Type: Clinical Psychology (MA)
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance 
Date Notified: Mar 8
so excited and beyond grateful to have received my second offer! please feel free to message me for any information. i feel so lucky to even have one acceptance let alone multiple, so if anyone is in a similar boat or wants to talk about decision-making my dms are always open and i'd love to talk it through with you!

Hey guys! Just thought I would share some good news I received yesterday  
School: Ryerson University
Type: MA Psychology
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance
Date Notified: Mar 7
DM for POI: Yes!

Hi everyone! I also received some good (and VERY surprising) news that I have been accepted off the waitlist for McMaster's RCT program. 
School: McMaster University
Type: PhD (technically starts with MA) Psychology
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Informal acceptance 
Date Notified: Mar 8
DM for POI: Of course

Got an acceptance letter from U of Manitoba today! Feel free to PM me if you did too-- I'd love to chat!! (Also feel free to PM for POI as well )
 
School: University of Manitoba
Type: Clinical Psychology Masters/PhD
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance
Type of Notification: Email from Department (a letter)
Date Notified: 2/25/21
DM for POI: Yes

I got the email this afternoon and I am still in shock... I'm so grateful for this community -- I wish the best of luck to all of you ❤️?
School: University of Ottawa
Type: MA-PhD in Clinical Psychology
Acceptance/Waitlist/Rejection: Acceptance
Type of Notification: Email from department
Date Notified: Feb 22
DM for POI: Of course!
 

This is my second time applying so I can definitely speak to these really good questions (all things I was wondering last year!) 
(1) I only applied to 3 schools last year and this year, I applied to 2/3 of the same supervisors - this year I was accepted to 1 and waitlisted to the other. I did reach out after I got the rejection letter and thanked them for their time, let them know I would apply next year (they encouraged this as well - I think most POIs do), and asked if there was anything in my application they thought I could improve upon. Specifically one POI wrote me back a very detailed and kind email with phenomenal and super well-crafted advice about my application. That being said, I absolutely think you can ask for this even if you didn't interview with them. The worst they can say is no! 
I didn't ask to volunteer in their lab/work over the summer because they were in another province, but had they been close to home I definitely would have asked. Where things are remote this year, you should absolutely ask just in case they do have something available! I think that would look very keen on your end and again, they may say yes and you have your foot in the door for next year! 
 
(2) Once you finish your honours thesis, you will have a lot more to strengthen your CV with! Talk to your honours supervisor about potentially publishing your thesis, and see if you can submit to conferences related to your research.  This is super easy right now because everything is virtual, so conferences are more accessible than ever. You could also see if there is a paid position in your lab (or another lab) as an RA or even Research Coordinator once you graduate, which would strengthen your CV even further.
I'm not sure how much this added to my application, but I also volunteered with Kid's Help Phone as a Crisis Responder (they're always looking for volunteers) and felt this really prepared me for questions about how I knew I wanted to be a Clinical Psychologist and other clinical based questions. It's also an amazing volunteer opportunity for those who want to go into this field, super rewarding and helped me grow so much as a person! I 1000% recommend
 
Lastly, do not give up hope!!!! This is an extremely hard program to get into (harder than med school and law school combined). Most people do not get in on their first try ESPECIALLY while still in undergrad - cut yourself some slack. You are doing so great. This was a hard pill that I had to swallow last year so trust me, I know that it hurts. If this ends up being a gap year for you, appreciate that in its entirety! This is the first time you won't be in school since you were so young! Enjoy it! Try to build your CV as much as you can, spend time with your family and friends, and relax. You earned a break and it will be very much appreciated once you do enter a taxing graduate program (which you absolutely will eventually!). Good luck!