TeeM2022 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 33 minutes ago, never stop dreaming said: Asked about a refund, received this: "You will not be refunded. , received this: "You will not be refunded. As I mentioned, before the decision was made not to take applicants, applicants were shortlisted and you did not make the shortlist. Thanks, Shauna Shauna Porter | Graduate Program Assistant Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition | University of Guelph MINS 249 | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | N1G 2W1 519-824-4120 Ext. 53968 | fran.graduate@uoguelph.ca I wonder if this could be taken up with the ministry of education or something? This is absolutely not fair. If they were planning to take applicants for 2023 then that should have been mentioned before people applied. 2020vision, T.O.hopeful, TherapyTT and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangulum21 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, TeeM2022 said: I wonder if this could be taken up with the ministry of education or something? This is absolutely not fair. If they were planning to take applicants for 2023 then that should have been mentioned before people applied. as annoyed as i am about the time/money applicants dedicated to the program, im even more annoyed with how non-empathetic these responses are. they just sound annoyed with students reaching out which just speaks to their entire attitude towards applicants and the program (that its a money grab instead of accepting students for the purpose of educating society). never stop dreaming, carlrogersfan98, MHTherapy and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHTherapy Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 52 minutes ago, never stop dreaming said: Asked about a refund, received this: "You will not be refunded. As I mentioned, before the decision was made not to take applicants, applicants were shortlisted and you did not make the shortlist. Thanks, Shauna Shauna Porter | Graduate Program Assistant Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition | University of Guelph MINS 249 | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | N1G 2W1519-824-4120 Ext. 53968 | fran.graduate@uoguelph.ca " This is the worst response she could have given. No remorse or concern for the applicants at all. They’re absolutely not getting away with this bs. Unacceptable. carlrogersfan98, sircherie, AnnaGrad and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.O.hopeful Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, MHTherapy said: This is the worst response she could have given. No remorse or concern for the applicants at all. They’re absolutely not getting away with this bs. Unacceptable. Yea the appropriate response by the program would have been to reach out to all applicants, explain the situation and then ASK if you want your application to be reviewed for Fall 2023. Then if you say yes, no refund. But to just automatically keep your money and say we reviewed for Fall 2023 is so wrong. Who even knows if those applicants want to go there for Fall 2023. You can't keep money for a school year people didn't apply for. never stop dreaming, Mvh, psychbee and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020vision Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 It really seems as though they were not planning on letting this information out so they wouldn't need to give refunds. It really feels like such a scam and I think for the money we all paid to apply, we at least deserve some real answers. I just submitted a complaint to the Ontario Ombudsman. I'll let you all know how it goes. Here is the complaint form if anyone else wants to submit one. MHTherapy, AnnaGrad, sircherie and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherapyTT Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, 2020vision said: It really seems as though they were not planning on letting this information out so they wouldn't need to give refunds. It really feels like such a scam and I think for the money we all paid to apply, we at least deserve some real answers. I just submitted a complaint to the Ontario Ombudsman. I'll let you all know how it goes. Here is the complaint form if anyone else wants to submit one. Thank you for this. Submitted my complaint as well carlrogersfan98 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
never stop dreaming Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, TherapyTT said: Thank you for this. Submitted my complaint as well same here, complaint submitted. carlrogersfan98 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imfeeling2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 hours ago, 2020vision said: It really seems as though they were not planning on letting this information out so they wouldn't need to give refunds. It really feels like such a scam and I think for the money we all paid to apply, we at least deserve some real answers. I just submitted a complaint to the Ontario Ombudsman. I'll let you all know how it goes. Here is the complaint form if anyone else wants to submit one. Do we have any information as to whether Guelph plans on letting those who are 'shortlisted' (as they claim) know about this during this application season? Are they planning to interview students NOW for fall 2023, or are they going to wait and do interviews next year? Are we going to be receiving an official email about the program not running? If they aren't running the program, that sucks but that's life. But we need to be updated about what is happening to the applications they have not rejected yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsycTherapy Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I found out some more information in relation to Guelphs CFT issues. After speaking with a friend who was shortlisted it seems that they have told all shortlisted candidates that they will not be interviewing them now. The Fall 2022 program has been cancelled, but they are guaranteed an interview for Fall 2023. On a side note has anyone heard from Western at all? or has tried to email them? I don't know about all of you but I am really starting to feel discouraged and just frustrated with this entire application year T.O.hopeful and optimisticfutureinpsyc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
never stop dreaming Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, PsycTherapy said: I found out some more information in relation to Guelphs CFT issues. After speaking with a friend who was shortlisted it seems that they have told all shortlisted candidates that they will not be interviewing them now. The Fall 2022 program has been cancelled, but they are guaranteed an interview for Fall 2023. On a side note has anyone heard from Western at all? or has tried to email them? I don't know about all of you but I am really starting to feel discouraged and just frustrated with this entire application year Would you mind sharing when your friend who was shortlisted was notified of this? Still can’t believe Guelph CFT had no intentions on informing us that there wasn’t going to be a Fall 2022 program. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsycTherapy Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, never stop dreaming said: Would you mind sharing when your friend who was shortlisted was notified of this? Still can’t believe Guelph CFT had no intentions on informing us that there wasn’t going to be a Fall 2022 program. ? I am not sure of the specific date, I know it was around the time everyone was getting their rejection emails. I will say though that in the email she received it stated that she had been shortlisted but would not be interviewed as there would be no Fall 2022 program and she has the opportunity to interview next February for the Fall 2023 program start. So with that said they knew even before they did interviews/ sent out decisions that they would not be running a program. I hope that helps clarify things. T.O.hopeful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020vision Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, PsycTherapy said: After speaking with a friend who was shortlisted it seems that they have told all shortlisted candidates that they will not be interviewing them now. The Fall 2022 program has been cancelled, but they are guaranteed an interview for Fall 2023. So all they have done is said some candidates need to pay to re-apply and some candidates don't. Guaranteeing an interview doesn't guarantee a spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangulum21 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 that whole concept is really stupid because people who are shortlisted could strengthen their application even MORE within the year before their interview, but they would be given admission based on their experience from the year before? 2020vision 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyc1818 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Sooo has anyone been formally accepted to Ottawa or all we all just on the waitlist? optimisticfutureinpsyc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimisticfutureinpsyc Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 has anyone heard back from u of a (course based, counselling psyc) yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangulum21 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 59 minutes ago, psyc1818 said: Sooo has anyone been formally accepted to Ottawa or all we all just on the waitlist? pretty sure we're all just on the waitlist and they're going through waitlisted people and accepting from there. anxiouspsyc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlrogersfan98 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, optimisticfutureinpsyc said: has anyone heard back from u of a (course based, counselling psyc) yet? They emailed those who were waitlisted but I don't think they gave acceptances or rejections yet for some reason optimisticfutureinpsyc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychMocha Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) I received an email from Western University today advising of an interview on March 11, 2022 with Dr. Susan Rodger and Dr. Jason Brown. Very happy to received the news. It seems Western is late this year to the process as McMaster already interviewed me on February 14. Edited February 25, 2022 by PsychMocha MHTherapy and never stop dreaming 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_2024 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, PsychMocha said: I received an email from Western University today advising of an interview on March 11, 2022 with Dr. Susan Roger and Dr. Jason Brown. Very happy to received the news. It seems Western is late this year to the process as McMaster already interviewed me on February 14. Omg that is amazing! Congratulations. Would you mind sharing if you had contacted the supervisors before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychMocha Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 No I did not contacted the supervisors at Western U before. It was not a requirement for the counselling psychology program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangulum21 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, PsychMocha said: I received an email from Western University today advising of an interview on March 11, 2022 with Dr. Susan Rodger and Dr. Jason Brown. Very happy to received the news. It seems Western is late this year to the process as McMaster already interviewed me on February 14. that's amazing, congratulations! Would you mind if i ask if your portal status changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychMocha Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 It sounds like we're all on waitlist for U of Ottawa optimisticfutureinpsyc and anxiouspsyc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychMocha Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 My Western U portal status didn't change. I don't think it would until I get an offer of admission or refused. never stop dreaming and AnnaGrad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychMocha Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I submitted my complaint about Guelph as well. They took our money and mislead all the applicants. I applied 5 counselling programs so far OISIE, Guelph, Ottawa, Western and McMaster. Guelph is out, waitlisted for Ottawa and interview for Western and McMaster. I guess I won't hear anything from OISIE until late March. I'll probably kick myself pretty hard if i didn't pass any of the interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imfeeling2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, PsychMocha said: I submitted my complaint about Guelph as well. They took our money and mislead all the applicants. I applied 5 counselling programs so far OISIE, Guelph, Ottawa, Western and McMaster. Guelph is out, waitlisted for Ottawa and interview for Western and McMaster. I guess I won't hear anything from OISIE until late March. I'll probably kick myself pretty hard if i didn't pass any of the interviews. Don't lose hope yet. I'm also so upset about what happened with Guelph because it was my top program, and I'm trying to stay strong that one of the other schools will come through. If you got interviews for Western and Mac you must have awesome applications! 2020vision and PsychMocha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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