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Keep in mind that the early admissions that went out have a 3 week window to accept, so this week they will expire and many more seats will become available with people choosing between their multiple offers, or straight up rejecting them.

I just had another thought as I was sending in my acceptance forms. As some of us were given offers to multiple streams, once we accept one stream that means that a spot would theoretically open up in the other one. There definitely is hope.

P/J and Geog J/I. So theres another choice to make too.

Congrats to you too! Yeah it's harder in BC to find teachers who have taken the program, but I'm reaching out to family out there for some insight. What stream did you get accepted for?

I got my offer from UofT last week for the MT program, super stoked on that. Today I got an offer from UBC for their B.Ed program, and while I feel like I should be stoked, I'm not. This will sound arrogant, but I wish I didn't because now it leaves me with a difficult choice. From a purely financial standpoint, UBC makes sense as I am finishing my undergrad there and already live in Vancouver. If need be I can live at home, so my cost of living dips drastically. UBC's program is also only 1 year vs the 2, which means 1 year of less tuition and theoretically 1 year extra of working, so I'm looking at an opportunity cost (financially) of about $50-60k after taxes. However, I can't help but think I still want to go to UofT. Not only is it considered the best University in the country, OISE is also well regarded internationally from what I hear. While my time as an undergrad at UBC has jaded me a little towards academia, I feel like I can't just pass up at an opportunity for a graduate degree from UofT. I know some people say it's not a "real masters" but it still is, just not with regards to pay scales. I am fortunate enough to have the financial means to support myself through two years of schooling without working if necessary. I have the feeling that this is my opportunity to see something new while I study. All of my friends are in CS or Engineering and have done internships and gone to new places while they studied, and I think that going to UofT would feel just like an exchange program. As they move away for work we still all keep in contact daily online to chat and play video games, so I'm not worried about losing them. I also love big cities from when I travel, and would love to experience what it's like to live in them compared to the relatively quiet Vancouver vibe. Anecdotally I hear that the people in Toronto are just more open and friendly in general, which is much more my speed, and I find I also thrive as a fish out of water as I find it is the time I grow and learn the most. I know MT starts you at an A3 level, and that it is an expensive city (maybe not compared to Vancouver) and expensive school. I'm fine with all that. My thought process is that this can double as both an investment in my future as well as in life experiences. ANYWAY, long story short at this point I am leaning towards Toronto if that's not obvious, but if anyone with any knowledge could chime in with pros and cons of either option that I have not mentioned or thought about that would be wonderful. Thanks!

I'm kinda in the same boat. My mom doesn't seem as excited that I have an offer to UofT, which is arguably the best school in the country. When I bring it up she keeps saying I should wait to hear from UBC (Vancouver), think about finances, you can stay at home etc etc. I got an offer from UBC today, but the past week I've been excited about going to Toronto and decided I would want to go there even if I got a UBC offer. Now theres the conflict of telling her about my UBC offer and fighting to leave, or just lying and saying I didn't get in. ANYWAY, I'm saying this because at the end of the day I'm going to make the decision that is right for me, and is what I want to do. If I make a choice because someone else tells me to and it goes poorly I will feel resentment, even if it's subconscious. If my choice doesn't go the way I want, I will only have myself to blame and I can live with that. It really sucks that you've lost the excitement, but there truly is a lot to be excited about! There will be many people on this forum who will not see any offers this year and you can be proud that you were one that got selected. I have found this community to be very supportive of others, and everyone here is in the same boat with similar experiences. Congrats on your offer, and do what's best for you. Your parents will come around eventually. Opportunities like this may not.

I think it's in batches but when the batches get released seems random.

There doesn't seem to be a set time for the batches. Mine was on Thursday around noon Pacific. It also doesn't line up with the undergrad acceptance which seems to be on more of a fixed schedule.

From this 2016 source, the projected intake is 378 for MT, and 75 for MA CSE. https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/UserFiles/File/2016-Trends-and-Analyses.pdf

That's peculiar. My sgs shows my MT application and I'd assume it would show both if you applied for multiple. You may want to contact admissions and inquire.

Thanks, I applied with an 82% average on my most recent year. I submitted basically the day of the early deadline, and my references were submitted within the week. I have about 1000 hours as an EA at my local school board, 750 hours of work and volunteer at a non profit working with kids with autism, 500 hours of private behaviour intervention work, and about 200 hours of classroom volunteer work, totalling at about 2500 hours.

I couldn't find anything but it's possible they happen after all offers go out?

I just got accepted into MT for P/J and J/I. Took a week but it all worked out. Good luck to everyone still waiting, and I look forward to seeing those accepted there!

It's always hard to say. I just run the litmus test of comparing my stats to other people who have gotten offers from previous years, but obviously that's not everything. I assume how you relate the experience you have to the teaching profession will hold more weight over the raw number of hours. On paper you definitely sound like a competitive applicant, however anecdotally I know that History and Social Studies are among the most competitive Secondary teachables out there. I wouldn't worry too much about your experience being a little older, every applicant is in the same boat with covid and admissions knows that. I bet there's lots of people who were banking on getting experience last summer before applying and couldn't.

I think they need to say that in the event that there is an error and someone does get rejected or something goes wrong. If they say that the deposit means you are in then it's a slippery slope of people jumping the gun and telling their friends and family they got in, starting to look for housing, applying for scholarships, etc. I've cautiously told some close friends I may be in, but I'm not even telling my family until I have that letter. It would suck for that person who ended up jumping the gun, and then end up coming back to bite OISE admissions for falsely confirming their acceptance. I agree with your second point too, I didn't see any deposits or enrolment when the first people on the forum starting seeing theirs, then mine showed up a couple days later. Should the hypothesis be correct, Acorn will change right after they look at your application and choose to accept. There's probably another month or two until waitlists and rejections come out.