BuddingMagnolia

For the MSc in Psychotherapy, yes I received an email today saying I was recommended for admission and will be receiving a formal offer in the next week. Fingers crossed everything goes as planned and the offer comes through!

I received an invitation to interview for McMaster MSc Psychotherapy program, I heard on the 19th and my interview is the first week of February. Anyone who has experience with the interview process - please send help lol I dont know what to expect or what questions I should be using to prepare.

Hey all... I received an invitation to interview for McMaster University MSc Psychotherapy program on Jan 19th - my interview is on Feb 5th and I am ......... freaking out slightly as last application cycle I was waitlisted. Anyone with prior experience of the interview process have suggestions on how I can prepare/how many people are interviewed/the types of questions I should be ready for?? Also what is the structure of the interview? Thanks and good luck to everyone who is applying this cycle!! It's so stressful.

You are so right - that was totally my mistake! I actually did email them too about a week ago, and they told me that they will be sending out decisions starting at the beginning of April

OISE just emailed me today to let me know that they started releasing admission decisions last week and are continuing on a rolling basis. I don't know what that means for our specific program applications, but hopefully the decisions will start coming in this week! Fingers crossed for everyone!

I actually emailed them hours after making the waitlist asking the same questions (where am I on the waitlist, how can I strengthen my application, this is my dream program, etc.). This was Feb 2 and they responded the next day saying I'll hear back in the next several weeks. Now I'm sitting here like .... it's been several weeks let me know what's up PLEASE. i dont wanna email too much but also cant stand not knowing.

Yeah, I saw all of the chaos over the CFT program and was really happy I didn't apply there. I'm in the same boat though - trying to keep my fingers crossed while simultaneously googling 'what to do with your life if you don't get into grad school right away' lmao

I was waitlisted for an interview, haven't gotten one yet (sad face). I am majoring in social psych with a minor in psychology, with a 3.96 GPA in my final two years (I had to give them my third year/first semester of fourth year marks since I haven't graduated). I have TA'd for 4 courses, including an undergraduate Counselling and Psychotherapy course, as well as doing research with two institutions, one I got the honour for being named a co-author for the coming publication. I also have done over 100 hours at a crisis line and volunteer with Student Accessibility Services at McMaster!

A lot has happened in my life since applying, being waitlisted, and now. Mostly successful in terms of academic, volunteer, and professional experience. Is this something I should send as an update to the graduate program for which I am on the waitlist? Or is that too much? I don't want to be presumptuous or annoy them. I just wanna get in

But - since the deadline is not for another week, there's no reason to think that interviewees that haven't heard back yet won't be accepted. Who knows what their process for that is; all that is left to do is wait...

I got waitlisted for that program on Feb 2! I emailed them asking about where/why I was placed on the waitlist, purely out of curiosity because it is my dream program and I feel like I put my entire soul into that application lol. They responded the next day saying that I put forth a very competitive application, but didn't say much else other than that I would hear back in 'the next several weeks'. I would say it's been several weeks since then, and the deadline for interviewees to accept offers of admissions is the 24th (or 23rd - late next week). So I'm trying to figure out whether my rejection is being drawn out or if they are going to contact the waitlisted applications after they know who is for sure attending in the Fall.

I applied to two masters programs for counselling psych/psychotherapy, hoping to attend in the Fall of 2022. I'm applying in my fourth year to hopefully go straight into my graduate degree, but after reading a lot of these forum posts I'm realizing that's pretty ambitious. I was waitlisted for an interview from my top school, and am still waiting to hear about a decision from my second school. I was told by the school who waitlisted me that I had a very competitive application and would hear back from them in the next several weeks - this was Feb 3. The deadline for students to accept admission offers from the first round is next week, and I still haven't heard back about getting off the waitlist. There's a chance I could get that email once the deadline comes and the dust settles around who declined/accepted/was rejected after the interview process [if they didn't accept everyone that was interviewed, which given the incredible experience/skills of the applicants seems crazy], but at this point I'm losing both hope and steam. I am starting to accept the probable result that I will be rejected from either one or both programs - which I know is not the end of the world, but from someone who has been in school all their life and doesn't want to stop, it feels like everything is crashing down around me. I haven't had too much experience with rejection and I feel like this is making me lose faith and excitement about my dream career. I know that it's still something I want for my life, but I worked so hard over the past year to gain more experience and boost my grades, etc., basically with these programs in mind. Now it all seems so much farther away and frankly, I'm tired. I don't want to sound whiny or disrespectful to those who are applying again after getting rejected the first time. I am inspired by your determination and would love some tips/encouragement/advice for how to use this to bounce back stronger. Thoughts?

Stay positive! It isn't over until it's over, right? (that's what is keeping me afloat) you're not alone.

I'm in the same boat. I made the waitlist for my dream program and was crushed to say the least. For some reason, it just feels like this terrible limbo where the rejection is just drawn out longer... and knowing the first round of admission decisions have to be accepted by next week, I'm assuming I will either hear by then or after next Friday whether I was rejected (Which at this point I am unfortunately expecting), or whether I have a chance to be interviewed in the second round. It's excruciating especially since I only applied to two programs. Waitlisted for my top choice, still waiting on #2. Maybe I was too confident... regrets are forming to say the least lol

I totally get it. I open my email every day to draft that 'please admit me I dream about attending your program' message but I know I have to hold myself back. I'm so happy for those who have been accepted into the program as they totally deserve it. But it doesn't stop that little stab of disappointment every day that they get a notification and I don't. You're not alone.