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Hello everyone, It's that time of the year again! Best of luck to everyone applying this cycle. Applied to (pt/ot/where): Accepted: Waitlisted: Rejected: GPA: c-gpa and s-gpa CASPer Quartile: Perceived strength of essays/interviews/references I wanted to start a new thread for those of us applying (or reapplying) for Fall 2025 admission. We can use this thread in the meantime to discuss application related things, like: Questions about GPA & sGPA calculations How to strengthen applications Casper test resources SOI's & personal statements Volunteering Letters of reference Dates & deadlines etc.

They cannot be used as an academic reference I believe, but I think they are able to use them as a third non-academic reference. I would double/triple check directly with an admissions advisor (I’m not too sure tbh). But, if I were to guess I’d probably advise against it and go directly to the lab supervisor. In some cases (again I think, take it with a grain of salt lol) - a PhD candidate is basically just another one of your peers in a lab setting. At least that’s how it is in my lab where two of them are now actually professors/doctors. Unless they have a title in the lab maybe? like “lab manager” etc, then it might be fine. Sorry I didn’t really answer your question, just my thoughts. Best to go directly to an advisor

Thank you so much. This is really good to know - most schools in BC do not mark on a curve but SFU does, and it can be very tricky sometimes. I'm taking the 2nd two required courses with U of A, so good to know I need to stay on top of my game. Thanks a bunch very appreciated

Hey everyone. Has anyone ever taken the linguistics prereqs online with U of A? (linguistics, phonetics, and language aquisiton). I'm about to take all 3 and I'm quite scared lol. Also, I really really don't want to take anatomy and physiology but it's required for all the ontario schools. Do you guys have expereince with taking the year long athabasca course? I'm struggling haha Also, also, what does everyone have in terms of volunteering experience? I feel like my volunteer section has a big gap in it (prob bc of covid) and so I only really have 1 long stroke group facilitation experience with like 200 hours and volunteering at a lab as an RA for two years. I worry this isn't enough, especially for U of A. Any feedback is appreciated

I don’t believe this rules out research supervisors, since you have a paid position that is unrelated to your academic setting. As far as I know, this counts as a personal reference, since it’s not specifically a professor attesting to your academic abilities (but more so your work ethic, personal attributes). So I think you can use your supervisor as the third reference. You can always double check with Western’s graduate admissions committee and send them an email as well

This is the link! Not sure if it will post. Let me know https://www.facebook.com/groups/767810511592156/

Hi everyone! For some reason, the moderators are deleting the link to the Facebook group that I'm posting. If you look up "2024 SLP Canada Prep & Admissions" on Facebook in groups, you should find it and be able to request to join. I've made a chat there as well If anyone prefers a different method, made the group and post it here. Looking forward to chatting with you all!

Would you all prefer a group chat or a facebook group page?

Hi everyone. I wanted to start a new thread for those of us applying (or reapplying) for Fall 2024. I know it's a long time away, but if you're anxious like me or trying to make sure you aren't freaking out last minute, we can begin gathering resources or maybe make a group chat for everyone who has questions going forward. We can use this thread in the meantime to discuss application related things, like: Questions about GPA & sGPA calculations How to strengthen applications Casper test resources SOI's & personal statements Volunteering Letters of reference Dates & deadlines etc. If you're interested in making a group chat for us all to go through the process together let me know and I can make one! I have a decent amount of resources and have done so much prep already (LOL, I'm insane but also terrified and this eases my anxiety a bit 🙃)

Hi everyone, I decided that I wanted to pursue SLP quite late after having a bit of a career crisis in January. I have about 15 classes left to take in my degree (I'm in my third year) so making sure my sGPA is one of my priorities (aiming for a 3.85 or above). I'm a volunteer with the Aphasia Institute and After Stroke BC. I'm also a research assistant at a human sexuality lab at my university (only have one publication though), as well as being employed by the university as an international student peer mentor. Since I've basically just decided to pursue SLP this year, the only volunteering I have is in the two positions I just mentioned. My first and second year was really tough as I dealt with the passing of two family members, as well as my parent's divorce, and me often being super sick due to stress (along with a few other things - so safe to say my mental health was kind of in the garbage (lol)). I mention this because the first two years of my transcript are filled with W's and a handful of repeated classes. I'm scared that my overall transcript, along with my lack of (more) volunteer experience will completely write me off from getting into any of the schools I'm going to apply to (Dal, Mac, UofT, UofA, Western). My cGPA is a 3.6/4.33 (really low, I know). I have 2 different SLPs who have agreed to let me shadow them as well. Does anyone have any advice? Ways to enhance my application? Should I be super worried about the 6 W's on my transcript? One of the pre-req's (stats) I've repeated 3 times due to extenuating circumstances (but got an A+) on my final try. Any advice is really really appreciated. Feel free to be super critical, I can handle it LOL. Thank you all in advance, and best of luck during the final stages of application!!!☺️