2022 Canada Admissions SLP thread

[SLPEventually]

3 minutes ago, pls_SLP said:

Hey everyone, we finally made it! 

Is anyone else getting the message "We are currently processing your application" after submitting? Is that normal, because I got an email from ORPAS stating I have successfully submitted my application along with the purchase receipt... I'm just unsure of whether there needs to be a different message. 

I got two emails. One purchase receipt. The other one says 

"You have successfully submitted your application. Your OUAC/ORPAS reference number...." and then a list of things I can do once they go through with my payment completely. 

[pls_SLP]

25 minutes ago, SLPEventually said:

I got two emails. One purchase receipt. The other one says 

"You have successfully submitted your application. Your OUAC/ORPAS reference number...." and then a list of things I can do once they go through with my payment completely. 

Yes, me too! Except when you log into your ORPAS account, are you also receiving the "We are currently processing your application" message despite receiving those 2 emails?

[Yokai]

6 hours ago, SLPEventually said:

Try not to panic. Call your reference if you can, or even their superior and see if they know how to get in touch with them. 

You can email SAM but I'm not sure how helpful they'll be because the reference deadline is tonight. Also, as far as I know it's a personal/professional reference  - you could call up a friend to do it in a pinch. Western says "A clinical reference will not be required. In its place, applicants must submit a professional or personal reference (using a third academic reference form) from someone who knows the applicant well from a non-academic setting (e.g. work supervisor, coach, clergy member, etc)."  A friend does know you well from a non-academic setting. Not sure if that would be bending the rules, but it seems like it would be acceptable.

 

5 hours ago, 2022slp said:

Hi! Don't worry. I asked the same question to Janet and she said they accept late references. As long as you get it in ASAP, you should be fine!

Thank you for your helpful words! I was fortunately able to get another supervisor last minute to write me the letter.

Congratulations to everyone who submitted their applications to Ontario schools!

[SLPEventually]

2 minutes ago, Yokai said:

 

Thank you for your helpful words! I was fortunately able to get another supervisor last minute to write me the letter.

Congratulations to everyone who submitted their applications to Ontario schools!

Wonderful, congratulation! Good luck! Hopefully we both get in! Maybe when we're 60 we'll be best friends because we met in school. Just brainstorming here.

[_waffle123]

On 1/5/2022 at 2:26 PM, 2022SLPhopefully said:

Hi,

For those that applied to Dal, are any of your reference letters or transcripts showing up as received? Mine aren't and I'm getting nervous. 

Mine didn't show up either

[2022SLPhopefully]

6 minutes ago, _waffle123 said:

Mine didn't show up either

Hey!

I read on Dal's website that it can take 4-6 weeks after the admission deadline for the online checklist to show received documents. Kinda scary because there is no way to know for sure whether your letters have been properly received...  

[_waffle123]

1 minute ago, 2022SLPhopefully said:

Hey!

I read on Dal's website that it can take 4-6 weeks after the admission deadline for the online checklist to show received documents. Kinda scary because there is no way to know for sure whether your letters have been properly received...  

Oh man, I wish they had a centralized system like ORPAS. But thanks for letting me know

[_waffle123]

Hi everyone, 

I was wondering if anyone is in the same situation as me. I'm pretty worried that SAM/ ORPAS will calculate my sGPA incorrectly since I took some summerschool courses so extracting the 20 most recent credits is a bit confusing for my situation. I'd love to hear insight or if anyone is in the same situation!

[torontoslp123]

1 hour ago, _waffle123 said:

Hi everyone, 

I was wondering if anyone is in the same situation as me. I'm pretty worried that SAM/ ORPAS will calculate my sGPA incorrectly since I took some summerschool courses so extracting the 20 most recent credits is a bit confusing for my situation. I'd love to hear insight or if anyone is in the same situation!

Im in the same boat and confused about the calculation! My last 20 end right at the 2018 school year. My credits are as follows: 

5 credits. - summer 2021 (2 full year (1 credit each) and 1 half year (0.5 credit each))
8 credits - fall / winter 2020 (1 full year and 6 half year)  
7 credits - fall / winter 2018 (9 half year and 2 full year). 

Will they use just these or somehow for some reason go into my 2017 credits and use the average of those?  

[Owl.on.a.Slide]

7 hours ago, _waffle123 said:

Hi everyone, 

I was wondering if anyone is in the same situation as me. I'm pretty worried that SAM/ ORPAS will calculate my sGPA incorrectly since I took some summerschool courses so extracting the 20 most recent credits is a bit confusing for my situation. I'd love to hear insight or if anyone is in the same situation!

I don't think it'll be an issue. Here is something I posted last year: 

From my understanding they will count every course individually up to your oldest half credit, and for that half credit they will group and average grades of an entire year if you took more than 1 course (probably because how can they choose which course to pick if you took multiple courses at the same time?). So let's say you took 19 half credits in the last two years, they will need to go back one more semester. If in that semester you took more than 1 course, they will average the gpa of the entire year (they combine fall and winter) 

I may be wrong because it can get confusing, but this is what happened in my situation. I took 3 half credit courses in 3 different semesters in 2020. They were not grouped, but counted individually. However, when they summed up all the courses I took after graduating to those taken in my undergrad to reach 20 half credits, they still had to take half a credit from my 3rd undergrad year, where I had an awful average. So for my oldest half credit they used the average of that year

It's a bit of a mess but I hope it helps

Edited January 9, 2022 by slp2020ab

[_waffle123]

15 hours ago, slp2020ab said:

I don't think it'll be an issue. Here is something I posted last year: 

From my understanding they will count every course individually up to your oldest half credit, and for that half credit they will group and average grades of an entire year if you took more than 1 course (probably because how can they choose which course to pick if you took multiple courses at the same time?). So let's say you took 19 half credits in the last two years, they will need to go back one more semester. If in that semester you took more than 1 course, they will average the gpa of the entire year (they combine fall and winter) 

I may be wrong because it can get confusing, but this is what happened in my situation. I took 3 half credit courses in 3 different semesters in 2020. They were not grouped, but counted individually. However, when they summed up all the courses I took after graduating to those taken in my undergrad to reach 20 half credits, they still had to take half a credit from my 3rd undergrad year, where I had an awful average. So for my oldest half credit they used the average of that year

It's a bit of a mess but I hope it helps

Thank you for the response! I assumed the process would be somewhat like this, so in the end did ORPAS calculate it accurately? Or did you encounter any issues?

[Owl.on.a.Slide]

15 hours ago, _waffle123 said:

Thank you for the response! I assumed the process would be somewhat like this, so in the end did ORPAS calculate it accurately? Or did you encounter any issues?

It seemed accurate, it matched my own calculations

[SLPwonder]

Guys kind of a dumb question but is it "a SLP" or "an SLP" ? ?

Edited January 11, 2022 by SLPwonder

[SpeechieWannaB]

16 hours ago, SLPwonder said:

Guys kind of a dumb question but is it "a SLP" or "an SLP" ? ?

I think it should be "an SLP". 

Since SLP is abbreviated into letters, and since the letter "s" is pronounced as "Ess" (or a short e followed by an /s/ sound), then it should be preceeded with the article "an". This ensures two vowel sounds aren't side by side. Hopefully this makes sense? 

Saying "a SLP" sounds incorrect to me. ?‍♀️ 

[Loki_Odinson]

Hi guys!

I had a question in regards to the UofA and UBC applications (sorry if this has been asked before). So I didn't realize that you needed to had to upload transcripts yourself and I have ordered them, but they still have not arrived (which is setting me back on my initial application plans) I was wondering if I could upload unofficial transcripts right now and pay for the application so my references can get their emails and then be able to change it to the official ones once I receive them?!?!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Yasmine99]

Hello! 

I am currently completing my BSc in Kinesiology at UVIC, and I'm wanting to complete my masters at Dalhousie. Is there anyone out there who is currently studying or has studied at Dal and has advice on getting into the program (GPA needed, experience, honours program etc). I've heard its very competitive, and I want to know what I need to do to secure myself a spot. I have had a poke around on their site, and they did say that you needed a GPA around a 3.7/4.3 to be a competitive applicant.... would people say that if I got between a 4-4.3 would I be okay?

I currently work as a lifeguard and swim instructor and goal is to volunteer at a speech clinic before applying. I've been asking around to find some extra info on good experience or courses to take, and I'm not finding any of my profs or admissions councilors very helpful
If anyone has any experience or extra knowledge they would be able to share, that would be amazing!

[SLPwonder]

1 hour ago, SpeechieWannaB said:

I think it should be "an SLP". 

Since SLP is abbreviated into letters, and since the letter "s" is pronounced as "Ess" (or a short e followed by an /s/ sound), then it should be preceeded with the article "an". This ensures two vowel sounds aren't side by side. Hopefully this makes sense? 

Saying "a SLP" sounds incorrect to me. ?‍♀️ 

Okay that's what I thought! Thank you sooo much! I had mine reviewed and they changed it to "a SLP" so I thought I made a mistake hahah but this makes so much sense! 

[SpeechieWannaB]

29 minutes ago, SLPwonder said:

Okay that's what I thought! Thank you sooo much! I had mine reviewed and they changed it to "a SLP" so I thought I made a mistake hahah but this makes so much sense! 

Maybe it's one of those "personal preference" cases in which both are accepted? 

The teacher in me cringes when I say "a SLP" though ?? 

[SpeechieWannaB]

1 hour ago, Loki_Odinson said:

Hi guys!

I had a question in regards to the UofA and UBC applications (sorry if this has been asked before). So I didn't realize that you needed to had to upload transcripts yourself and I have ordered them, but they still have not arrived (which is setting me back on my initial application plans) I was wondering if I could upload unofficial transcripts right now and pay for the application so my references can get their emails and then be able to change it to the official ones once I receive them?!?!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

I can only speak to the U of A application, but I think as long as you have some sort of transcript uploaded and pay you can proceed. The key is that you must choose "in progress" for those schools that you wish to change at a later date (and not "completed"). To my knowledge, if you choose completed, it won't allow you to upload any changes. Perhaps double check with Vicki? 

[SLP--2021]

Eeek! I am also wondering about the official transcript requirement. My orders are in but I am not confident that they will be here for Friday. Has anyone spoken to UofA admissions about uploading an unofficial for now and updating it with the official once received?

 

Thanks!

[2022SLPhopefully]

3 hours ago, Loki_Odinson said:

Hi guys!

I had a question in regards to the UofA and UBC applications (sorry if this has been asked before). So I didn't realize that you needed to had to upload transcripts yourself and I have ordered them, but they still have not arrived (which is setting me back on my initial application plans) I was wondering if I could upload unofficial transcripts right now and pay for the application so my references can get their emails and then be able to change it to the official ones once I receive them?!?!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Hi

I can't speak to UBC but for UofA, I spoke to Vicky asking this exact question and she said it was fine so I uploaded my unofficial transcripts until I could get my officials.

[Wugs]

On 1/4/2022 at 9:41 AM, SoaringSLP said:

I'd suggest looking at some of the older threads. From what I can remember in the past it was possible to get into Western with a 3.6 but I think it may be harder now as they've become so inundated with applications. I also believe it's possible to get into University of Alberta too from what I've seen on older threads! But others can attest to this. I don't want to be a downer or discourage anyone at all, but as of last cycle I did not know anyone who got into UofT with a GPA under 3.8 (this doesn't mean it isn't possible, simply just an anecdotal remark on my behalf). Both friends of mine who had a 3.7 were waitlisted at UofT and did not hear back. With a 3.6, I think it may be more difficult to get into UofT, McMaster, Dalhousie, and McGill. It would be worth trying with UofA and Western.   

Also, if it's any encouragement, the way ORPAS calculates and U of A calculates GPA seems to be different. In the former my GPA was under 3.6, in the latter, higher. 

[Wugs]

14 hours ago, SpeechieWannaB said:

Maybe it's one of those "personal preference" cases in which both are accepted? 

The teacher in me cringes when I say "a SLP" though ?? 

I think if someone actually says the abbreviation as an abbreviation, then 'an SLP' does sound better! I wonder if the person reviewing was actually saying "a speech language pathologist" when reading SLP? 

[SpeechieWannaB]

15 hours ago, SLP--2021 said:

Eeek! I am also wondering about the official transcript requirement. My orders are in but I am not confident that they will be here for Friday. Has anyone spoken to UofA admissions about uploading an unofficial for now and updating it with the official once received?

 

Thanks!

The U of A has extended their deadline to the end of Jan, so you do have time! 

[SLPwonder]

18 hours ago, SpeechieWannaB said:

Maybe it's one of those "personal preference" cases in which both are accepted? 

The teacher in me cringes when I say "a SLP" though ?? 

Maybe! I changed them all back to "an SLP" hahahhaha I agree with you 100% ?

4 hours ago, Wugs said:

I think if someone actually says the abbreviation as an abbreviation, then 'an SLP' does sound better! I wonder if the person reviewing was actually saying "a speech language pathologist" when reading SLP? 

Ohhhhhhh yesss, thats a good point I didn't think about that! ? I agree that an SLP sounds better though!