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I was wondering if anyone had any insight where the Dal admissions are at?  I know they are sending out offers on the waitlist now but it seems to be going slow.  Has anyone received an admissions offer in the last week?   I see on the Facebook group that there is only 19/38 members, which not everyone could be on but just curious if it has been like this in the past.

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Hey guys,

Congrats to all those that got in! If people don't mind, could someone message me with their application details? I got rejected and want to see where I might possibly be lacking. 

Thanks! 

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Anyone hear anything from Dal? I have been waitlisted there but haven’t heard anything yet? Got dinged from UofA and UBC. 

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  On 5/10/2021 at 2:03 PM, SpeechieAlly said:

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Yea, I think Western is more competitive since they only have 30 seats whereas U of T has 60. I got into U of T right away but for Western, I was in the 4th quadrant ??  From what I gather, the only school where you may get in with a sGPA under 3.70 is Alberta, but only if you have a very strong application (e.g., hundreds of volunteer hours, multiple degrees.) Anywhere else (at least I can only speak for the english schools since thats all I know), you may get off the waiting list with a 3.7-3.8.

This is just what I've figured from talking with other people and reading this forum. If anyone disagrees/have conflicting evidence, please feel free to correct me!

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  On 5/10/2021 at 3:55 PM, KSpeech said:

Any updates on Dal's waitlist?

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I have not heard anything yet either. Any updates from anyone else? Does anyone know if there is a waitlist deadline / when we can hope for a decision? I am just wondering if it can be till September (i./e school starts) or can I expect something earlier? 

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  On 5/10/2021 at 9:24 PM, Quote_Actual said:

Yea, I think Western is more competitive since they only have 30 seats whereas U of T has 60. I got into U of T right away but for Western, I was in the 4th quadrant ??  From what I gather, the only school where you may get in with a sGPA under 3.70 is Alberta, but only if you have a very strong application (e.g., hundreds of volunteer hours, multiple degrees.) Anywhere else (at least I can only speak for the english schools since thats all I know), you may get off the waiting list with a 3.7-3.8.

This is just what I've figured from talking with other people and reading this forum. If anyone disagrees/have conflicting evidence, please feel free to correct me!

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Just thought I would add some thoughts on this ?

From what I remember, I believe Western SLP has about 50 seats!  Also I had a 3.64 sGPA and was in the top of the 2nd quadrant on Western's waitlist. I feel like it can vary from school to school and it's tough to know exactly what to improve on for the next application to ensure admission ? 

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  On 5/11/2021 at 3:53 AM, jnayar04 said:

I have not heard anything yet either. Any updates from anyone else? Does anyone know if there is a waitlist deadline / when we can hope for a decision? I am just wondering if it can be till September (i./e school starts) or can I expect something earlier? 

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I haven't heard anything either... starting to think the program is full. 

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  On 5/10/2021 at 9:24 PM, Quote_Actual said:

Yea, I think Western is more competitive since they only have 30 seats whereas U of T has 60. I got into U of T right away but for Western, I was in the 4th quadrant ??  From what I gather, the only school where you may get in with a sGPA under 3.70 is Alberta, but only if you have a very strong application (e.g., hundreds of volunteer hours, multiple degrees.) Anywhere else (at least I can only speak for the english schools since thats all I know), you may get off the waiting list with a 3.7-3.8.

This is just what I've figured from talking with other people and reading this forum. If anyone disagrees/have conflicting evidence, please feel free to correct me!

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Congrats on your acceptances wow!! If you don't mind me asking, when people talk about their sGPA are they referring to the ORPAS score or the way the individual school calculates it? I am planning on applying for the first time this year and am a little confused how people are calculating their scores. Thank you in advance!! 

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  On 5/11/2021 at 8:20 PM, hopefulslper said:

Congrats on your acceptances wow!! If you don't mind me asking, when people talk about their sGPA are they referring to the ORPAS score or the way the individual school calculates it? I am planning on applying for the first time this year and am a little confused how people are calculating their scores. Thank you in advance!! 

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We mean how ORPAS calculates our sGPA! So how they do it is kinda confusing, but this is how its done:

  1. Gather your last 20 half courses/10 full year courses/combo of both 
  2. Take the letter grade that you got and convert it to GPA based on this table https://www.ouac.on.ca/guide/orpas-conversion-table/
  3. Now, find the values, which is Length * GPA = New Value 
    1. If it was a semester class then then length is 1. So if you got an A in a semester class, thats 1 * 3.8 = 3.8
    2. If it was a full year class, then the length is 2. If you got an A in this full year class, its 2 * 3.8 = 7.6
  4. Do that for every class, add up all the new values and divide by 20 (so just finding the average)
  5. And there, you should have your subGPA!

Here is a screenshot from ORPAS of how they calculated mine. I was a bit overwhelmed at first, but after staring at it for a bit I understood. Hope this helps! 

image.thumb.png.5a18f72e5cd95bf4cff5583079962e55.png 

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  On 5/11/2021 at 8:42 PM, Quote_Actual said:

We mean how ORPAS calculates our sGPA! So how they do it is kinda confusing, but this is how its done:

  1. Gather your last 20 half courses/10 full year courses/combo of both 
  2. Take the letter grade that you got and convert it to GPA based on this table https://www.ouac.on.ca/guide/orpas-conversion-table/
  3. Now, find the values, which is Length * GPA = New Value 
    1. If it was a semester class then then length is 1. So if you got an A in a semester class, thats 1 * 3.8 = 3.8
    2. If it was a full year class, then the length is 2. If you got an A in this full year class, its 2 * 3.8 = 7.6
  4. Do that for every class, add up all the new values and divide by 20 (so just finding the average)
  5. And there, you should have your subGPA!

Here is a screenshot from ORPAS of how they calculated mine. I was a bit overwhelmed at first, but after staring at it for a bit I understood. Hope this helps! 

image.thumb.png.5a18f72e5cd95bf4cff5583079962e55.png 

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Thank you so much!! I really appreciate the reply 

 

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  On 5/11/2021 at 8:42 PM, Quote_Actual said:

We mean how ORPAS calculates our sGPA! So how they do it is kinda confusing, but this is how its done:

  1. Gather your last 20 half courses/10 full year courses/combo of both 
  2. Take the letter grade that you got and convert it to GPA based on this table https://www.ouac.on.ca/guide/orpas-conversion-table/
  3. Now, find the values, which is Length * GPA = New Value 
    1. If it was a semester class then then length is 1. So if you got an A in a semester class, thats 1 * 3.8 = 3.8
    2. If it was a full year class, then the length is 2. If you got an A in this full year class, its 2 * 3.8 = 7.6
  4. Do that for every class, add up all the new values and divide by 20 (so just finding the average)
  5. And there, you should have your subGPA!

Here is a screenshot from ORPAS of how they calculated mine. I was a bit overwhelmed at first, but after staring at it for a bit I understood. Hope this helps! 

image.thumb.png.5a18f72e5cd95bf4cff5583079962e55.png 

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Yes, really helpful! Thank you. Do you happen to know how Orpas deals with courses taken overseas on an exchange year?

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lol how do I delete a post?? sorry ignore this till I figure it out ahaha

 

Edit: googled it, you cant delete posts. Sorry, my actual post is under this!! 

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  On 5/12/2021 at 2:39 AM, jec said:

Yes, really helpful! Thank you. Do you happen to know how Orpas deals with courses taken overseas on an exchange year?

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They include it in your calculation! I did a year abroad in The Netherlands and I had to get the school to send my transcripts to ORPAS. So at the bottom of the pic you will see **Average** under the "Course" heading. That was an average of some of my courses (just enough to fill the remaining credits) I took over there. I was very sad because, if you look closely, it really lowered my overall average ?? But no regrets of course, it was worth it! 

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  On 5/7/2021 at 11:51 PM, SpeechieAlly said:

Has anyone gotten into Western with a 3.60 sGPA?

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I got onto the Western waitlist (still in the 1st quad waiting) with a 3.61 sGPA. From what I understand Western generally focuses more on experience over GPA where as UofT is the opposite 

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