Kirby_

Thank you! Yeah, the deadline they gave us was April 15. I assume this is the same for everyone who has received an offer. I have no idea how each school operates, but I know some will wait until almost all the spots are filled before sending out rejections. I'm still waiting on a rejection myself. I can definitely share some stats though! My CGPA at the time of application was 7.6/9.0 (A-/A) and my GPA of my senior-level courses was 8.07/9.0 (A). I didn't end up taking the GRE since it wasn't required this year so I have no stats on that. But in terms of experience, I have been in 2 labs, one of which I'm currently doing an Honours Thesis in. I also have experience using SPSS and R, and my degree is bilingual (English/French), which I assume was somewhat helpful since the program coordinator brought it up during the interview. I also have a lot of experience with children, since I worked as a summer camp counsellor for a school board for 3 years. While working there I was expected to organise and teach lesson plans myself since the point of the camp was to be a mix of school and camp. So, I taught math, literacy, music and sports to elementary students, some of whom has learning difficulties. I got a pretty good reference letter from the teacher who supervised me at the camp, as well as two from the two labs I was in. Aside from this, I was told directly that I had a good application, so I assume that the written parts were good as well. Although it was optional, I chose to include a mock research paper as writing sample, which might have helped too. I was also pretty proactive and reached out to my POIs months before the application was due. I exchanged multiple emails with the one who is now my potential supervisor, so it was definitely helpful considering the fact that they recognised me during the interview. I hope this was helpful! If you want to know more, please ask. Honestly, we're all in this together haha. I wish you the best as well!

No, but I get the impression that those who have been accepted or wait-listed have already been reached out, especially since interviews were done over a month ago.

Good luck to you too! I'm sure you have some tough decisions to make as well!

Congrats on getting in as well! I got into the MA DPE program at UofT. It's extremely similar to the SCCP program at OISE, but is only research-based. So, if I choose to go this route, I could apply for the SCCP program at OISE again this year, since the MA DPE is only one year. Because of the DPE program, I would also have the connections and experience to have a really good chance of getting into the SCCP program. It depends on whether I want to get into the SCCP program enough to wager an extra year on it. Plus, I'm much closer to Toronto than Vancouver. I'm also unsure of who my supervisor at UBC would be. It makes me nervous when they provide acceptances without providing a potential supervisor because some grad programs will accept more students than spots, expecting people to reject. So, it's a difficult choice to make but hopefully I can make it soon so that I can free up a spot for someone on a waitlist.

I got my rejection from McGill about a week ago, so if you haven`t heard anything that might be a good sign! For UBC, I got an email today saying I got in, but I haven`t decided if I`m going to accept yet. Hope this helps!

Hi guys, just wanted to let everyone who applied to SACP at UBC know that they're doing interviews next week. My impression is that everyone who has been shortlisted has been contacted to set up an interview with them. It's possible they'll contact more people next but I have no idea.

Hey, so I just got a response from Tino. They said "We are in the process of review and if you make a short list and we need the statement of intent we will be in contact with you." That sounds to me like the lack of statement of intent shouldn't be an issue for us at this time.

Yeah, my best guess is that we got a generic email from the department at large, despite each department area having different requirements. I personally chose to include a writing sample but the fact that it is later listed as a required document boggles my mind. We should only be told what we actually need or these situations happen. We're probably fine but the lack of certainty is stressing me out.

This is basically the email I got. Everyone who submitted an application to UBC should have received it. I also sent an email to Tino since I was told to contact him. I'll keep you updated as well.

Hey guys! I'm a bit concerned about the SACP program at UBC. Were the application instructions/checklist confusing to anyone else? When I submitted my application, I followed all the instructions and even emailed someone to make sure I didn't need to include a Statement of Intent, especially since the instructions literally said not to. It wasn't marked as mandatory on the application either, since the mandatory questions already covered what would have been on an SoI anyways. I was going through my emails from UBC recently, and I realised I misread the one they sent right after I had submitted. It listed SoI as one of the required documents to complete my application, which I did not upload, as I was following instructions. Now I'm very confused and panicking a bit. I've contacted who I can and I'm hoping that this won't mark my application as incomplete. I was wondering if anyone else is having a similar experience? Also, if anyone has heard about interviews yet or if your submission status has changed at all, as mine just says "submitted".