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I just declined my spot for UoA, so hopefully someone else will get off the waitlist

There's 30 spots in the cohort.

does anyone who is going to UofA want to make a whatsapp group? if so send me a message with ur number and i can make it!

Hey everyone, current 2nd year Dal student here! First and foremost, I know you all worked incredibly hard for this and I'm super proud of you all 😄 Im crossing my fingers for you!
Here is some info on what acceptances were like, at least 2 years ago: Dal students got their acceptances all throughout the summer, often with no warning. One of my friends got accepted 2 weeks before the program started. TWO of my classmates got accepted to Western while we were still in class during the first week of school ahaha. So it seems that there was a lot of movement on the waitlists. Unfortunately, I know that at Dal last year, there was no movement on the waitlist. Everyone who was offered a position accepted. However, I dont know when they got their acceptance, I just heard that from the faculty. 
I know this waiting time absolutely positively sucks. It's stressful not knowing what your life is going to be like in just a few months and you've put SO much of yourself into these applications. I have two pieces of advice: 1) stay busy, stay distracted, and cultivate other aspects of your life outside of school so that even if you dont get accepted, you can more easily recognize parts of your identity outside of being a prospective SLP student. Because remember, you are more than these applications! You are a full human being and acceptances are important, but they do not define you. 2) This will likely be unpopular: while youre waiting on a response do not ask people who were accepted their scores. Their scores do not effectively give you any indication if you will be accepted or not and what you are most likely doing is comparing yourself to the top of the class.  Certain schools may lean more heavily on certain aspects of an application, but they do consider apps holistically. Schools don't send out acceptances linearly by going down sGPA and caspr scores, thats just not how it works. Plus, each school has a different criteria that we may have inklings but dont truly know what they look at. For example, I got immediately rejected from Mac (my sGPA was too low to even get an interview) yet I got an acceptance from U of T April 1st. I also got 3 waitlists, McGill, Western and Dal, yet I only got off the waitlist for Dal. There was NO way for me to have predicted these results if I compared my sGPA to other people I assure you. Trust me, I hate how schools leave you in the dark and you're just trying to get some sliver of info, but I assure you that it is not productive. 
Anyway, let me know if you have any questions about the Dal program, Im happy to help in anyway I can  

Anyone else mentally gearing up to potentially hear back from UofA this week? I wish there was just one day we would find out for sure like the Ontario schools…

I just got a call as well! 

I just got a call as well! 

Hello! Another update for you guys! I spoke with McGill(again) and there is a new chair of admission this year therefore it is undecided whether the successful candidates will be called or emailed (however in the past it has been phone calls). She also mentioned that there were MANY applicants this year with amazing applications and it is difficult to eliminate/choose. She has not received a list as of yet, so it should be starting next week.

I'm also wondering if anyone has spoken to U of A? If not, I'll reach out to Vicky and ask. Last year they heard on the 23rd of March so it could be this week. 

I just spoke to an admissions rep at Dal, she informed me that the rolling acceptances are going out extremely slow and that some people wont be informed on acceptance/rejection until mid April. She said they had over 500+ applicants and that they are still going through some of them. She also stated that she had made a mistake on a previous application and offered an individual a spot in SLP (which the individual did not apply to - I saw the student post in an earlier post about this). She said this offer will not affect the overall acceptance of 24 (I think) students. 

Question for those who have been rejected last year and admitted this year:
 
what experience would you say made you that much more competitive the second year around? After seeing the reality of the admission process I still have little faith with my remaining application, but also trying to be realistic in that I do want to be better prepared if I need to make a second bout of applications next year. 
 
I was planning on doing a minor in cognitive science, since my background is more revolving around linguistics and literature. I work in a hospital with elderly patients and also volunteer with homework help. This summer I plan on working alongside patients presenting aphasia. 
 
thank you in advance!

OMG!  Same… I love that I’m not the only going through this!   

@SLPThreadGirl

I just called them, out of curiosity. I asked and they said some applications are still being reviewed, some will have answers tomorrow and some on Monday. At this point, I honestly don't know what to expect.

I just called them, out of curiosity. I asked and they said some applications are still being reviewed, some will have answers tomorrow and some on Monday. At this point, I honestly don't know what to expect.

I just called them, out of curiosity. I asked and they said some applications are still being reviewed, some will have answers tomorrow and some on Monday. At this point, I honestly don't know what to expect.

same here!!

Last year acceptances were over 2 days (Friday and oddly Saturday), then waitlists, and rejections followed on Mon/Tues. 

Thanks!! 
Oddly, it was an email directly from Vicki with an acceptance letter as an attachment. 
My last name starts with W... so not sure if that matters. 
Also, my portal still says pre screening ?

I spoke to Mcgill yestterday asking when they would have final answers, and they said by this Friday is the latest.

Got my call from McGill this afternoon that I have been accepted! Different people are calling accepted students so I don't believe they are going in alphabetical order. Good luck everyone 

I also just heard from McGill!! I was stressing out but seems like they're just taking their time going down the list :)) 

Just got the call from McGill!!! Good luck to everyone still waiting, I know it’s hard but you got this!! ????

OMG!  Same… I love that I’m not the only going through this!   

Hi Folks!  
Just got a call from McGill to say that I've been accepted! 
Good luck to everyone ❤️