[2021 Canadian SLP Thread]

Just accepted my offer to ubc after the 4th try and will be taking myself off of western's waistlist! When they say dont give up, please do not give up, it will pay off!!

I do believe ubc is looking at applications more holistically as my GPA for prereqs wasnt that impressive haha

[2021 Canadian SLP Thread]

27 minutes ago, NeeksSpeech said:

So I received an email from Janet saying I'm on the 4th quadrant of the waitlist. Safe to say I am feeling really down and discouraged as this is my 2nd time applying. I did everything I could in the last year considering the pandemic to boost my application (got research experience, maintained online volunteer hours working with people with Aphasia, and redid a few courses to bring my gpa up by 0.3), and it still wasn't enough

I am thinking about my application next year and wanted to see if anyone who got in this year (multiple time applicant or first time applicant) had any advice for anyone applying again. 

I am stuck between going back to school again full-time or just taking a few courses and working/volunteering more in S-LP related positions. I feel so lost and stuck - especially with this pandemic and how its so hard to physically balance a bunch of things.... let alone finding volunteer positions at all. Not to mention how mentally draining this whole process is combined with covid anxiety. 

I completely know how you feel. This is my third year applying and still no luck. 

After talking to a few people, i am planning on focusing on making my letter of intent and references help me stand out. A lot of the time people focus on GPA and experience stats but forget how much of a difference a solid, unique letter can make! And a few people who applied at schools like western and u of a where GPA is not their number one priority were able to be accepted with GPAs lower than 3.8

It sounds like youve had a great amount of experience already, and in a pandemic too, but i urge you not to give up! I dont have much hope that ill get in this time around either but I will keep trying no matter how long it takes

[2021 Canadian SLP Thread]

16 minutes ago, SLP-hopefully said:

Its my third time applying this year and I am currently in the CDA program at St Lawrence so I told myself this is going to be the last time I try applying so I can focus on being a CDA if I don't get in. After getting rejected from UofT and getting the waitlist email from Western last week I basically gave up on the SLP program but I am feeling more hopeful today as I got an email back from Janet letting me know I am in the 1st quadrant of the waitlist!

For anyone interested in my stats I have a 3.61 subGPA, over 400 volunteer hours supervised by an SLP (about 3 years of volunteering), and I have a lot of related knowledge from the CDA program. 

Omg 1st quadrant thats amazing im glad youre not giving up!!!

This is super interesting seeing how the admissions committee looks at your overall application as i find mine is similar stats-wise (3.64 sgpa, 5000+ hours of SLP related experience with children and adults, 800+ hrs of RA experience). Now im starting to think possibly my letter of intent or references were off?? Hoping i can save money from upgrading and focus on that instead lol

[2021 Canadian SLP Thread]

3rd quadrant at western here ? Gonna start thinking about next year and upgrading assuming that was my weakest point