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I see the formal invite for the open house for Calgary is posted in the results - if anyone feels comfortable, can you confirm this came from the program director and not just the POI that you applied to? Thanks! 

That is difficult, for me personally I would go with the ideal supervisor as I feel that will have a higher impact on your overall competencies than the ideal program. But again, I think this may vary a lot. I feel I'm so super biased too, my current supervisor has been an absolute dream mentor and I have gained so many valuable opportunities and learned so much from her, I don't think I'd trade that in for the world. 

That is difficult, for me personally I would go with the ideal supervisor as I feel that will have a higher impact on your overall competencies than the ideal program. But again, I think this may vary a lot. I feel I'm so super biased too, my current supervisor has been an absolute dream mentor and I have gained so many valuable opportunities and learned so much from her, I don't think I'd trade that in for the world. 

I think this will vary contingent on everyone's life circumstances too, so what may be higher priority for some are lower for others. For me personally, it is 1) supervisor/research fit - you have such a close relationship with your supervisor, that you need to trust that relationship will be beneficial to you both and give you the opportunities to learn that you need for your end-goals and objectives. 2) location. My family is very supportive and my husband and kids would absolutely move for me if it was necessary - and my original plan was to apply everywhere and we move to wherever accepts me. After a lot of reflection, I was able to determine that even without location being a huge consideration, the school in my city was still among the very top of my list. As a result, I decided for this year to only apply to this school and if I need to reapply next year I may expand that. At the end of the day, even though I know they will come with me - staying in the city makes things infinitely easier on my kids and spouse, and I needed to take that into consideration. from there it would be school culture, connections to practicum opportunities, then prestige. 

I think this will vary contingent on everyone's life circumstances too, so what may be higher priority for some are lower for others. For me personally, it is 1) supervisor/research fit - you have such a close relationship with your supervisor, that you need to trust that relationship will be beneficial to you both and give you the opportunities to learn that you need for your end-goals and objectives. 2) location. My family is very supportive and my husband and kids would absolutely move for me if it was necessary - and my original plan was to apply everywhere and we move to wherever accepts me. After a lot of reflection, I was able to determine that even without location being a huge consideration, the school in my city was still among the very top of my list. As a result, I decided for this year to only apply to this school and if I need to reapply next year I may expand that. At the end of the day, even though I know they will come with me - staying in the city makes things infinitely easier on my kids and spouse, and I needed to take that into consideration. from there it would be school culture, connections to practicum opportunities, then prestige. 

Met my my POI there today. She said she needed to send them out by the latest tomorrow, but I’m not sure if that was a personal deadline, or one set by the department! 

No, I don't believe any have gone out. My PI only just started interviews this week! 

hi everyone! i'm new to this forum but i saw someone asking about Dal so i thought i'd reply here. i received an acceptance email last wednesday (jan 13th) and my official offer today. my POI did let me know that offers are sent out on a rolling basis, with a super small percentage sent out in january. people have been admitted as late as april, so please don't stress if you're still waiting to hear back!
other interviews i have had and am waiting to hear back from are queen's, waterloo, and UBC. good luck to everyone!! ☺️

School: Ryerson
Program: Clinical Psychology MA
Interview type: POI requested time to talk.
Date of Invite: Jan 18th
DM for POI(s): Yes
 
This is my first interview! If anyone has advice on how to prepare that would be greatly appreciated!!

I get the impression that dropping the GRE wasn't the result of the pandemic alone - but also an attempt to create equal opportunities for students to apply to programs that may be facing additional barriers as a result of this requirement. So, I suppose it depends on what the schools' stance is and their reasoning for dropping it. I want to say it won't be back for all schools, but probably some. (not helpful, I know...)

I get the impression that dropping the GRE wasn't the result of the pandemic alone - but also an attempt to create equal opportunities for students to apply to programs that may be facing additional barriers as a result of this requirement. So, I suppose it depends on what the schools' stance is and their reasoning for dropping it. I want to say it won't be back for all schools, but probably some. (not helpful, I know...)

I may just be desperate for communication. Yesterday I reached out to an applicant from a previous year asking if there was a section for emails or letters to come through for acceptance or rejection because I had no idea where in the portal that would go, but this really may be an oblivious moment for me and I am just that hopeful for some kind of correspondence lol! 

School: UTSC
Program: Clinical Psychology MA
Interview type: Formal interview days Jan 25-27
Date of Invite: Jan 15th from Program coordinator 
DM for POI(s): Yes

Congrats!! 

School: University of Calgary
Type: Clinical Psychology (MSc)
Date of invite: 1/15/2021
Type of invite: Email from POI for preliminary interview 
Interview date(s): next week 
POI: PM for POI

Thanks for sharing! I've been stalking the boards for info on Calgary, so it sounds like their initial screening and forwarding applications to PI's is nearing completion, which is nice to have an idea of where they are at. I hope your interview goes well and you click with the PI! 
 

Hi lovely people! 
A few more interviews to share, feel free to message me for the POI if you're interested.
 
School: Simon Fraser University
Type: Clinical Psychology - General (MA/PhD) 
Date of invite: 1/11/2020
Type of invite: Email from Department for formal interviews (3) 
Interview date(s): All will be completed prior to Feb 3rd
 
School: Queen's University
Type: Clinical Psychology (MSc)
Date of invite: 1/10/2021
Type of invite: Email from POI inviting me to interview 
Interview date(s): Mid-Jan
 
Also has anyone else heard from Dal re: admissions (I haven't yet)? Would be amazing if you could DM me if so. Thanks so much.
 

Thanks for sharing! I've been stalking the boards for info on Calgary, so it sounds like their initial screening and forwarding applications to PI's is nearing completion, which is nice to have an idea of where they are at. I hope your interview goes well and you click with the PI! 
 

Thanks for sharing! I've been stalking the boards for info on Calgary, so it sounds like their initial screening and forwarding applications to PI's is nearing completion, which is nice to have an idea of where they are at. I hope your interview goes well and you click with the PI! 
 

Thanks for sharing! I've been stalking the boards for info on Calgary, so it sounds like their initial screening and forwarding applications to PI's is nearing completion, which is nice to have an idea of where they are at. I hope your interview goes well and you click with the PI! 
 

Hi everyone! 
I received an email from my POI at Calgary today requesting to meet sometime next week to chat. The email was pretty informal so I wouldn't worry if you haven't received anything yet - i suspect these will be going out on a rolling basis. I know that Calgary has had interview days in the past and this request to meet is definitely not for an interview day so don't worry if you're still waiting to hear! 

This, all of this. The exact same thing happened to me last cycle. Rejection was so much harder because I was so "sure" that I would get in at this specific program. I think it's important to remain hopeful and have a generally positive attitude, but this year I am remaining much more realistic about the possibility of outcomes and more mentally and emotionally balanced. It is so important to protect your mental health during this process.
This isn't meant to bring people down, but I wish I had known last year that literally things can change up until the very last minute (like they did for me). The outcome does not reflect our potential or competency, it's just that the process can be idiosyncratic and so much is way beyond our control or based on information we're not privy to. I really hope this process becomes more transparent and less difficult on the applicants because right now I feel that a lot of this is pretty unnecessary and could be ironed out beforehand.

Congrats!! 

I've received some interviews so far but I'm still waiting to hear from others. I figured I'd share in case anyone was waiting to hear from the same programs/POIs
School: University of British Columbia
Type: Clinical Masters
Date of invite: 12/28/2020
Type of invite: Email from POI for official interview
Interview date(s): Dec. 31, 2020
DM for POI: Yes 
 
School: Waterloo
Type: Clinical Masters
Date of invite: 12/18/2020
Type of invite: Email from POI for official interview
Interview date(s): Jan. 8, 2021
DM for POI: Yes 
 
School: Queen's University
Type: Clinical Masters
Date of invite: 1/7/2021
Type of invite: Email from POI for official interview
Interview date(s): Week of Jan 11
DM for POI: Yes 

Yes. Guys, please try to protect yourself emotionally and don't consider informal acceptances or word of mouth as official until you receive something in writing. Last year I had made it to final round interviews, was the top pic by the POI but then wasn't offered acceptance because the university hadn't placed the supervisor at high enough consideration for a student. It does happen and it's out of your control so getting excited is amazing, over-preparing is great, but please please hold out until you get the call/email.