speechie297
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20 minutes ago, SpeechieWannaB said:
Anyone else checking their email once an hour ???
I'm sure I have new grey hairs because of this waiting game ?
YES. Checking the portal/emails everyday... multiple times a day...
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10 hours ago, s.slp said:
For those of you wondering about UofA's new admission process, I think I may be able to shed a bit more light! In past years (including 2020 admission cycle) UofA ranked all applicants by GPA and only once they had their rankings of the top grades did they begin to look at any supplemental items. This year they are doing it the opposite way and will be looking at all the additional items and doing their rankings while blinded to the GPAs. They have changed this in an effort to get a more diverse class and are using the GPA cutoff listed as just a minimum. So if you have great supplementals (within the top 62 applicants) and a lower GPA still within their cutoff, it seems like you would have a fairly decent shot at being admitted. Obviously there are more nuanced details that won't have been shared outside of staff though so do keep that in mind!
I'm a student at UofA and our student society just gave us this information recently and we were told to share with applicants. Obviously my class did not have admissions using this process so I don't have much more insight but I thought I'd pass along what I was told!
Are they referring to experience with EDI or SLP-based experience? Or everything? This makes me nervous that they won't be looking at GPA!
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20 minutes ago, coco_SLP said:
Thank you to you both for sharing this information! I wasn't aware of this before.
However, I think it's worth pointing out that UAlberta is basing their admissions off of different criteria/ a new selection process this year. This included GPA being primarily restricted to an entrance requirement (minimum 3.3 on 4.0 scale), the importance of highlighting EDI in your application, and the Indigenous course requirement. Additionally, they're not using any courses from Winter 2020 towards GPA calculations which is understandable, although a bit unfortunate for those who worked really hard throughout that semester to boost grades and it doesn't matter for that application.
Here's the link for this information in case you want to see it -> https://www.ualberta.ca/communications-sciences-and-disorders/programs/msc-in-speech-language-pathology/admissions/index.html
Yes I saw that, thank you! I emailed Vicki about that in the fall and she said that if you have all of those requirements (Indigenous course, relevant EDI information, and GPA) that you should have a strong application! So fingers crossed!
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1 hour ago, Streblo said:
Does anyone know the GPA cut off for UofA?
I know on the 2017 tip sheet they said 3.3 minimum and 3.7 competitive, but I haven't been able to find anything more recent. (https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions/media-library/ro-assets/publications/tip-sheets/2017-18/speech-language-pathology-2017.pdf)
I went to the OASIS conference for the admissions information session in 2019 and we were told that it was around a 3.8 GPA and up people received an acceptance! But, she said the GPA is lower than that for the waitlist. Obviously it depends on the number of people in an admissions cycle and their GPA -- it could be lower or higher this year!
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On 1/29/2021 at 2:09 PM, SpeechieWannaB said:
I had called to ask Vicki a few questions yesterday, and she stated approx 200 this year.... so better than a 1 in 4 shot ?
That's good to know, thanks! Did she say anything else, like when we will find out the admission results?
2021 Canadian SLP Thread
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Congrats!!! Did you get a notification you had a message in the portal? Could you message me as well, please?