MelissaFuture SLP Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 I just got waitlisted at U of A SpeechieWannaB, Streblo, slpeventually127 and 2 others 5
SpeechieWannaB Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 7:34 PM, MelissaFuture SLP said: I just got waitlisted at U of A Expand Congrats! Did you get an email? Is your portal the same?
MelissaFuture SLP Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 8:08 PM, SpeechieWannaB said: Congrats! Did you get an email? Is your portal the same? Expand I received an email to check my portal messages! My application is still "Under Review". I received the email at exactly 3:27pm! (I'm from Ontario). Streblo 1
neuroling Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 6:59 PM, Speechies22 said: Has anyone received any updates from ubc yet? Expand I still haven't heard from UBC- not overly surprised that it's taking them a while but really hoping we hear soon. I guess technically they could've sent them out but I know many UBC applicants and haven't heard anything at all (and this would be on the early side for them)
Streblo Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 Does anyone know the details of UofA's waitlist - i.e. number of applicants put on the waitlist, number of applicants on the waitlist that typically get accepted? I realize its likely guess work, but you never know if there is a typical amount. SLPapplicant22 1
MelissaFuture SLP Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 8:28 PM, Streblo said: Does anyone know the details of UofA's waitlist - i.e. number of applicants put on the waitlist, number of applicants on the waitlist that typically get accepted? I realize its likely guess work, but you never know if there is a typical amount. Expand In my waitlist portal email that Vicki sent to me, she said there are exactly 35 people on this waitlist. 2 years ago, half the class 30/60 students were from the waitlist!! Streblo, Miya and sh. 3
Streblo Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 8:37 PM, MelissaFuture SLP said: In my waitlist portal email that Vicki sent to me, she said there are exactly 35 people on this waitlist. 2 years ago, half the class 30/60 students were from the waitlist!! Expand Awesome, thanks so much for the insight and congratulations on getting waitlisted. I know it can be disappointing for some people but considering how competitive these programs are I think its a huge accomplishment to be proud of. Does the UofA give waitlisted applicants any idea of where they are on the list? Miya 1
SLPPPPwannabe Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 8:39 PM, Streblo said: Awesome, thanks so much for the insight and congratulations on getting waitlisted. I know it can be disappointing for some people but considering how competitive these programs are I think its a huge accomplishment to be proud of. Does the UofA give waitlisted applicants any idea of where they are on the list? Expand I received my email at 1:22 (edmonton time) to check my portal. All they tell you is there are 35 spots and that they won’t disclose waitlist positions Miya and Streblo 2
SpeechieWannaB Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 Anyone else waitlisted for U of A? Starting to lose hope ? SLPapplicant22 1
slp.slp.slp Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 None of my family or friends know that April 1st is the day that emails are sent out, just because them asking me would cause me extra stress. But now I cant even tell them why I am so anxious ? I created a double edged sword for myself pls_SLP, somethingcleveraboutspeech, sh. and 6 others 9
SpeechieWannaB Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 10:41 PM, SLPapplicant22 said: Got a rejection from u of a Expand I'm so sorry to hear that. Can you elaborate? Via email? I thought rejections come through the mail later on in the year? I'm so confused!
SLPapplicant22 Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 10:46 PM, SpeechieWannaB said: I'm so sorry to hear that. Can you elaborate? Via email? I thought rejections come through the mail later on in the year? I'm so confused! Expand I received an email to check my portal, and then a message from Vicky came through
SpeechieWannaB Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 10:56 PM, SLPapplicant22 said: I received an email to check my portal, and then a message from Vicky came through Expand I'm rejected as well. Thought I had a competitive application, too. Wild.
happyeveryday Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) Anyone hear from Dal today? Edited March 30, 2021 by happyeveryday
SpeechST Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 11:32 PM, happyeveryday said: Anyone hear from Dal today? Expand I was just about to ask the same thing haha! Seems like it has been rolling out quite slow
2021speechie Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 11:33 PM, SpeechST said: I was just about to ask the same thing haha! Seems like it has been rolling out quite slow Expand ya I'm not so patiently waiting!
Wugs Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 11:22 PM, SpeechieWannaB said: I'm rejected as well. Thought I had a competitive application, too. Wild. Expand I’m so sorry to hear that. You had quite competitive stats and I’m surprised you didn’t get in! I wonder if CASPer (an element we don’t see the stats for) played a role? Also, did your application focus on the EDI aspects? Miya 1
JennSed Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 11:22 PM, SpeechieWannaB said: I'm rejected as well. Thought I had a competitive application, too. Wild. Expand Wow I am so sorry to hear that and I am seriously so surprised by that. ? You really have amazing stats and background experience, more than some people I know in the program currently (myself included). It really must've been a competitive year. I wonder if they place a lot of importance in the letter of intent as that is how people can be memorable/make an impact & stand out from other applicants. I would encourage you to apply again next year, I really think you have what it takes and I wouldn't give up! I know it might be difficult but please don't be discouraged by this. Next year could be your year! anitnelav, neuroling, Wugs and 3 others 6
Wuglette Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) Ahhh! I can't believe that we will hear from at least Western tonight! (Does anyone know if Toronto, McMaster or Ottawa also update their portals/ORPAS at midnight or if they wait to contact us during business hours on April 1st?) I'm so nervous! I don't know how I will focus on my classes today... Good luck everyone! Edited March 31, 2021 by Wuglette Miya, onaspeechcrayz and neuroling 3
Wuglette Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Also, does anyone else's uOttawa portal look different? I used to be able to see my application status in the top left corner, and now I can't find it anywhere...
coco_SLP Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 11:22 PM, SpeechieWannaB said: I'm rejected as well. Thought I had a competitive application, too. Wild. Expand I'm really sorry to hear this, and I'm also quite surprised myself, not only because of your stats and experience being so great but also because you know some of the faculty personally then I would have imagined they might have been able to put a good word in for you or something. As the others mentioned, please don't give up! Obviously we don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but given how great your numerical stats are, perhaps it was one of the more qualitative aspects of the application, like your letter of intent or the reference letters? If you do apply again next year, the GRE requirement has been waived so hopefully that will allow you to focus on writing an outstanding letter of intent and doing well on CASPer One other thing I noticed (I hope you don't mind that I went back to re-look at your stats) would be that you wrote the CASPer test on the last available day, January 26th. The deadline for UA was February 1st, and the CASPer website says that it can take 2-3 weeks for schools to receive the scores, so do you know for sure that they received them in time? I'm not sure if you were checking the status of your application/the checklist frequently on the GSMS portal, but maybe for a bit of time it was partially incomplete, and that was a factor? I'm not sure, but I just thought I might point this out. Finally, I'm not sure if UofA does this, but I know sometimes if you email departments to ask what you can improve on for the next cycle sometimes they'll give a hint about it (but not every school does this). I've seen on past forums some schools have told applicants they should try and improve their letters of intent to make them more interesting, boost prereq grades, had a low CASPer score, etc. I hope some of this helps! I'm sorry once again that you were rejected and I'm sure it was probably surprising for you, but I hope you hang in there and don't give up! Miya, Speechiepeach and Wugs 3
slpeventually127 Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Hey everyone! I got accepted to Dalhousie this morning Goodluck to all of you who are waiting to hear from Ontario schools tonight and other schools soon!!! Terre-neuvien, 2021slp, onaspeechcrayz and 9 others 12
neuroling Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 1:39 PM, coco_SLP said: I'm really sorry to hear this, and I'm also quite surprised myself, not only because of your stats and experience being so great but also because you know some of the faculty personally then I would have imagined they might have been able to put a good word in for you or something. As the others mentioned, please don't give up! Obviously we don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but given how great your numerical stats are, perhaps it was one of the more qualitative aspects of the application, like your letter of intent or the reference letters? If you do apply again next year, the GRE requirement has been waived so hopefully that will allow you to focus on writing an outstanding letter of intent and doing well on CASPer One other thing I noticed (I hope you don't mind that I went back to re-look at your stats) would be that you wrote the CASPer test on the last available day, January 26th. The deadline for UA was February 1st, and the CASPer website says that it can take 2-3 weeks for schools to receive the scores, so do you know for sure that they received them in time? I'm not sure if you were checking the status of your application/the checklist frequently on the GSMS portal, but maybe for a bit of time it was partially incomplete, and that was a factor? I'm not sure, but I just thought I might point this out. Finally, I'm not sure if UofA does this, but I know sometimes if you email departments to ask what you can improve on for the next cycle sometimes they'll give a hint about it (but not every school does this). I've seen on past forums some schools have told applicants they should try and improve their letters of intent to make them more interesting, boost prereq grades, had a low CASPer score, etc. I hope some of this helps! I'm sorry once again that you were rejected and I'm sure it was probably surprising for you, but I hope you hang in there and don't give up! Expand UA will go over apps with you! I have a friend who told me that they looked over hers & gave her a bit of information coco_SLP, SLPen, Miya and 1 other 4
coco_SLP Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 2:17 PM, neuroling said: UA will go over apps with you! I have a friend who told me that they looked over hers & gave her a bit of information Expand This is good to know for those who didn't get in! Thank you for sharing onaspeechcrayz 1
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