Sooo I noticed some people starting to post their stats and experience on here and I can anticipate some of us are going to start getting a little freaked out and even more nervous as deadlines for offers are going to start approaching soon. I just want to remind everyone to keep their heads up! Others having stellar GPAs or much more experience does not discount your hard work and dedication! I know it's so easy to start comparing your own stats against everyone else's but trust me when I say it does not help. I think it's great that so many people have come together to share in this experience and support each other, so stay positive friends! You won't know until you know
Hi all,
I remember reading posts about many people being worried about their cGPA in the final admissions process. I must admit I was too. But I want to give hope to those who are in self doubt. I was accepted into 2/3 schools and waitlisted at the other school with a cGPA 3.00. This is obviously very low but I showed improvements in my subgpa which was a 3.76. That being said, don't give up if you dont have a high cGPA. Try to make your subgpa as high as possible to demonstrate that you are an intelligent student that can improve. Everyone has those times in undergrad which they don't do their best, and mine were because I came to a point that I didn't care and that affected my gpa greatly. To make up for this I did a 5th year, so that's always an option for people looking to improve their subgpa.
Also- to those who are worried because they had to repeat a course: I took stats in second year and did terrible, and then later when i realized I wanted to pursue SLP I retook a different stats course (it was a socsci stats instead of the science stats which was much harder). I also repeated one anatomy credit because I got a B the first time (need a B+ to apply to UofT).
I really just wanted to tell my story to give others hope!! This is for the people who doubt themselves because they've come across bumps along the road. Don't give up, this experience has taught me that you don't need to be a PERFECT student to gain admission. You just need to be a hard working one.
