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I accepted my offer to McMaster! So there will be a spot opening at Western ? best of luck everyone!

Similar to the person above, I’m also from Barrie so it made sense to do the CDA program while I could live at home, so that I was gaining more knowledge in the field and doing something relevant (as opposed to just working a random unrelated job!). You’re right that a lot of people in CDA just want to be a CDA, but I knew that the type of work a CDA does vs what an SLP does are not the same, and I know I want to be an SLP (not to mention the pay difference lol). Had I not been accepted this application cycle, I would have worked as a CDA and then eventually reapplied to SLP, but that’s not an issue now! ?

I’m not sure if this is what you are looking for but I competed the CDA program instead of taking a year off, and I highly recommend it if you are in the financial situation to do so. You learn so much about speech and language (very similar to what SLPs learn), and you get a large amount of hands on experience. In my program, we have a clinic on-site so I ran weekly sessions with clients, as well as 490 hours in placements during the winter semester. There are 2 programs in Ontario (I’m at Georgian College but there’s one at Durham), and I (as well as many of my classmates) applied after the application deadline and were accepted. Just send an email to ask if they are still accepting applications. When I was deciding last year what I should do with the year, the SLPs I volunteered with said this program wouldn’t hurt your application for SLP, if anything it would benefit it. It won’t count towards your GPA for orpas, but the knowledge is so useful in the field. Just something to think about!

I’m trying to decide between Western and McMaster, does anyone have any insight to either program as to why you would choose it? Looking for any and all opinions!!

Accepted to Mac and Western!!! Congratulations everyone! ?