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Hey, for those accepting offers to McMaster I created a Facebook group for us ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/1127460201364602 ). I have never made a FB group before so hopefully this works haha
Edit: If Facebook doesn't work for everyone we could make a group chat on discord or some other platform instead   

Would it be easier if we made Facebook groups for the different schools? That way we have a way to post on the group and chat as well? Not sure if it's a good idea, but I saw the thread last year did that?

Would it be easier if we made Facebook groups for the different schools? That way we have a way to post on the group and chat as well? Not sure if it's a good idea, but I saw the thread last year did that?

I got accepted into UofT and McMaster - both showed up on my portal as "Offer"!! Yay 

I got accepted into UofT and McMaster - both showed up on my portal as "Offer"!! Yay 

I got accepted into UofT and McMaster - both showed up on my portal as "Offer"!! Yay 

I got accepted into UofT and McMaster - both showed up on my portal as "Offer"!! Yay 

Yes, it showed up exactly at 12am on ORPAS!

I got accepted into UofT and McMaster - both showed up on my portal as "Offer"!! Yay 

I got accepted into UofT and McMaster - both showed up on my portal as "Offer"!! Yay 

No as far as I know. I went dressed up. But put a shirt on in case I'm wrong, but as far as I could tell no one saw me. 

In regards to the Mac MMI interview, do we need our cameras on during the writing component? Seeing as there is a slight dress code, I don't want to show up in pjs at 8am hahah

The online practice MMI things helped me. Find a process for your answers for different types of questions. And when you're practicing time yourself! I got a little flustered with one of the follow up questions because I only had a small amount of time left, so definitely time yourself. Take a deep breath, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!

I got an interview with a 3.9! 

Hi everyone!! I just got an interview for Mac so they should be sending it out today/soon

Hi everyone!! I just got an interview for Mac so they should be sending it out today/soon

Hi everyone!! I just got an interview for Mac so they should be sending it out today/soon

I got two emails. One purchase receipt. The other one says 
"You have successfully submitted your application. Your OUAC/ORPAS reference number...." and then a list of things I can do once they go through with my payment completely. 

Hi everyone, 
Will you be writing 1 huge paragraph for the statement letter, or will you be dividing it into separate paragraphs over ORPAS? I know that spaces and breaking up paragraphs counts as a character, but I was wondering if anyone knows what is preferred by admission teams. 
 
Also - to those applying to SLP and AUD, are you writing a completely different letter or leaving it roughly the same?

Does anyone know if it is alright to abbreviate Speech-Language Pathology to SLP in our statement letter? Not quite sure if that seems a bit unprofessional... It's just that it gives us much more space to write more characters?

I think so! I had an SLP look over my statement and she said it was okay as long as you make sure to do something like "...speech-language pathology (SLP)..." the first time you use it and be consistent throughout your statement.

Does anyone know if it is alright to abbreviate Speech-Language Pathology to SLP in our statement letter? Not quite sure if that seems a bit unprofessional... It's just that it gives us much more space to write more characters?

Hi everyone, 
I'm not sure if anyone else is having this problem when inputting their prerequisites, but even though I have finished inserting all of my required prerequisites for a given school (e.g., University of Toronto), it proceeds to give me the option to add more. 
Do I need to keep adding courses until this option is no longer given to me? I checked on the admission website and I have all of the required prerequisites, I just don't understand why it is asking me for more...

https://www.ouac.on.ca/guide/orpas-western/#csd-covid
I think you still have the opportunity to describe any volunteer experience! When looking at Western, for instance, the website says, "clinical volunteer hours will not be required, but you will still have an opportunity to describe any other volunteerism or relevant paid work already completed."
I guess they may skim over your volunteer experience, assuming you have already completed hours in the past? 

Got waitlisted for Western and U of T. Pretty disappointed, because I thought I had a pretty solid, well-rounded application. I won't be able to go to Western even if I get in because of my family situation (married, baby on the way, and just signed a 1 year lease on a house...), so I'm not very confident that I'll be attending any SLP program this year! Trying to stay positive but I'm finding it hard to stomach reapplying next year. The cost of all this is so inaccessible - like, aside from application fees, taking more courses to raise grades, taking volunteer positions instead of working for money...