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  1. On 4/14/2022 at 8:38 PM, PsychMocha said:

    Yes, I found that out in the interview process and after consulting a friend of mine who is a registered psychologist in Saskatchewan.  The counselling programs at U of T only provides 250 hours practicum. It's not a program to train clinical work or therapy. All the MA counselling programs including Western, Ottawa, SFU etc.. are doing that except maybe Guelph (family therapy) and McMaster (clinical therapy). So when I got an offer from McMaster I took the acceptance and found out during my interview with Western that the counselling program wasn't what I was looking for. 

    You do need some sort of education whether it's a college or university in psychology and some practical training to do professional counselling in specific fields and accreditation in certain provinces. It's a mess/ patchwork of different legal requirements from province to province. Some doesn't require at all while others do. You can hang your sign that you're doing counselling/therapy in Saskatchewan and no one will arrest you, but in Ontario it's a different story.

    To add: Laurier's spiritual and psychotherapy program is in the same group as Guelph and McMaster. And like Guelph, you don't need a background in psych. And because you're at Laurier, you can also take the certifications (on addiction, CBT...etc). that's available to MSW students. 

  2. 1 hour ago, hopelessbuthoping said:

    Hi friends! I am so excited! I just got accepted into the 1 year BSW program at Waterloo, but I am still waiting to hear back for the 2 year program at Laurier. My acceptance is due in a week and I have a feeling I won’t hear back from Laurier by then. If I accept the offer and in some very odd chance I then get accepted for the MSW am I able to take back my acceptance ?

    You can accept Waterloo, then later accept Laurier and tell Waterloo you won't be attending (Waterloo will then pull from their waitlist to fill your spot). You might lose your deposit if you have to make one. Alternatively, you can ask Waterloo for an extension, but I'm not sure how that works.

  3. 2 hours ago, 2020vision said:

    It really seems as though they were not planning on letting this information out so they wouldn't need to give refunds. It really feels like such a scam and I think for the money we all paid to apply, we at least deserve some real answers. 

    I just submitted a complaint to the Ontario Ombudsman. I'll let you all know how it goes. Here is the complaint form if anyone else wants to submit one.

    Thank you for this. Submitted my complaint as well

  4. Mine is still "all documents received" but I think it's because my last name starts with a letter at the bottom end of the alphabet. All the other schools have been interviewing at this point. Better luck next time, folks! :( 

  5. 1 minute ago, MHTherapy said:

    hey, just wondering if Shauna ended up replying. I feel so frustrated not having heard anything back yet.

    Hey, no I'm sorry, she didn't :( I'll update if she does. I've resigned myself to thinking I didn't get in at this point. But will let this thread know when/if she responds. 

  6. 1 hour ago, M.Ed123 said:

    At this point, I’m kind of assuming that I didn’t get an interview at Guelph (seems like in previous years the invites went out in the first few days of Feb). But it does seem strange that no one has heard anything…

    I'm assuming at this point that I didn't get in :( Same reason you mentioned. They only accept 8, I don't see why they would do dozens of interviews. 

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