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Hi all, I have just firmly accepted my offer to Western, so a spot on McGill's waitlist will open up! I am not sure if other schools do this but if you have the chance to visit a school you may be considering before accepting, I 100% would! I've just toured Western today and learned some interesting things about Western's program as well as cool opportunities that I would have never known about previously!

Hello all! Has anyone who received an offer gotten information related to bursary/entrance scholarship on their letter? I have heard previously that if a school is to offer financial aid to you directly it would be through the offer letter, but I have not received that. I specifically am curious about Western or McGill offers (because those are what I have received), but if anyone who got offers from other schools has any info I'd love to know as well TIA!

I was waitlisted in the 4th quadrant last year (bottom of the list) but was accepted to Western this year! I don't mind sharing here because I am sure it would benefit others too. My subGPA is 3.82 and i got 4Q Casper, I only took an extra phonetics course over the last year to apply to McGill, didn't think it was necessary to focus on upping my grades. As soon as I was waitlisted last year, I began volunteering with older adults with aphasia and later I got a job as an SLPA working with clients of all ages and varying speech abilities. I think many people have these same types of experiences, so I would say I think the most important thing I did was re-read my personal statement from last year (mine was trash LOL) and instead of regurgitating my CV that they already have, I focused on little moments that made me more passionate about the field and helped me learn about the broader community (e.g., learning about new cultures and new life perspectives while interacting with different clients). I also did some research in my undergrad and talked about how letting research guide my practice as an SLPA helped me a lot. All in all, I think sharing the little moments you take away from relevant experiences is much more impactful than just listing what you did during an experience. Please feel free to message me if you have more questions.:) Adding an edit to say I did not find any SLPA job postings online (only for CDA, at least in my general area) so I took it upon myself to cold email like 20 clinics lol but it only takes one to have some confidence in your ability to provide therapy!

Got into Western! YAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!

Congrats!!!!:) I got my email at 1:30pm also but never got a phone call... did they say they were going down the list calling applicants? I'm so curious

my portal still says "in review", I'm thinking it may take some time to change?

OMGGGG I just got my offer email from McGill :,))) as a re-applicant I feel such a sense of relief I can't believe this!

Hey! I can't say for certain because I was waitlisted last year but from my understanding, Western prioritizes experience over grades as compared to a school like UofT or Mac. I know people who got rejected with high 3.8s and know one person who got in with a 3.65 hopefully this provides some sort of reassurance!

I'm thinking that Western's CSD website is somewhat outdated because in the email I received from them they said they would inform us about their decisions on the 3rd @slptobeeeeeeeee @tsslp

Congratulations to all of you who got into UofA today!!!!!! You all should be very proud because this is a big deal!😊 On a completely unrelated note, to everyone who applied to McGill..... what do you think is gonna happen on the 2nd? Do we think an email will come out at midnight??? Do we think they're still gonna call during the day?!? I know there's no real way of knowing (unless someone called) but i'd love to know what you all think because the nerves are eating me ALIVE

I wonder if this means the applicant portal will update at midnight or if they'll send emails/call sometime during that day... either way that's gonna be one stressful day with ORPAS decisions coming out at midnight the next day!

Hey! That's so interesting but also kind of strange that they told someone else we'd hear back this week and now it's April? Did they give you a reason why? The deadline to accept offers is April 15th so I'd think early April cuts it close

Hey I believe McGill considers your entire Bachelor's degree since their website references a "cumulative grade point average" (cGPA) which means that would be your average across all undergraduate years!

Congrats to everyone who got an invite from McMaster! That's so exciting! I did not apply but am curious about what those of you who did apply think the cutoff may have been to gage the applicant pool? Do we think it is higher than last year's? If anyone is comfortable answering this I'd love to know. Thanks

lol last year I just submitted the pdf with the subject line "[lastname].[firstname].SLP Package" so I think anything of the variation you suggested would be good!

Hey! Because you applied last year too, your B00 number is the same. It should have said what your B00 number is in the email you received once you paid the application fee for this application cycle. As a re-applicant, I did not receive any new emails with a B00 number, just one when I paid this year that said it in the email. If you need it you should just refer to yours from last year:)

Hi all! I had a question related to Dalhousie's professional reference form. I understand that for non-institutional emails (e.g., hotmail, gmail), Dal will not be able to have their e-reference system send an email with the reference form to your referees. It's listed on their admissions site to send those referees with non-institutional emails the pdf reference form yourself, which I have done for my professional referee, however, it doesn't say whether there needs to be a certain subject line in the email the referee then has to send to the CSD email. Does anyone know what/if there is a specific subject line that needs to be used in that email? I have tried getting in touch with Dal's grad studies and CSD department many times and I haven't heard back at all. Please let me know and thanks in advance!

For the visiting students section you'll just leave that blank- that I assume is if you are on a LOP (letter of permission) like I have done before where you take a course or a semester at a different university than your home institution. This year I put the one course I was taking currently (fall 2023) in the studies in progress section, but I honestly do not remember writing out all my courses last year when I was in undergrad lol. I would probably do it out of precaution, or give grad studies a call, they are super helpful. I hope this helps and best of luck:)

Hey! I completed my application and also filled one out successfully last year, what sections were you confused about?

I’m pretty sure that there are 25 or 26 seats, and half are reserved for students within the Maritimes.

Hey! I have taken LING 101 from UofA as a student from Ontario, and I thought the course was very straightforward, although I hate the way the grading scheme works. I’m not sure about BC, but in Ontario, your final grade reflects your absolute achievement in a course (e.g., you average a 85% in the class and get an A). For UofA, they mark on a curve, meaning that your final grade is calculated in comparison to the rest of the class. I say this all to say I did pretty well in LING101 from an absolute achievement perspective, but since the class average was set to 81% by my prof, if you got 81%, you’d have a B on your transcript. I would prioritize your UofA courses to make sure you are closer to the top of your class to best reflect your absolute achievement. I don’t say all this to scare you, I honestly just wish I knew this information before taking this class last year. Best of luck:)

No problem! No matter if you take extra courses, in subGPA calculations they won’t ever cut a semester in half for their calculation. So if you apply next fall (for sept 2025) and don’t take extra courses, they will average your entire second year. If you take 5 extra classes through summer school or some other means, then I believe they’ll only count your third year plus the extra 5 classes (so long as they’re more recent than your second year) and your fourth year first semester. In terms of how I found the application process, I was really intimidated at first about not being qualified enough, but I was waitlisted at the two schools I applied to, so I now know I wasn’t far off from what they’re looking for. I think generally it seems scarier than it is. I just plan on gaining more experience with my gap year and I am also taking 5 classes to knock out a term and take pre reqs for other schools!

Hey! This will be my second time applying so I can answer this for you lol. They will only factor in grades for fourth year from first semester into your subGPA (for Ontario schools), and technically since some applicants have year-long courses, they do not separate school years in calculation, meaning that your entire second year will be averaged to weigh 5 courses worth… I hope that makes sense. If you have pre reqs in progress for second semester, they will only check that you’ve made their grade cutoff if they have one (e.g., you take general anatomy in second semester and UofT checks to see if you reached their B+ or higher requirement).