Lavender_1 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 2:52 PM, clinically_psyched said: i was struggling so hard with the website as well! i had sent them an email and they got back to me today - this is what they said "Due to great volume of applications, the review committees are asking prospective students to limit this to no more than a page and to focus on the research and long term goals." not sure how accurate that is though, i know i'm going to struggle to cut it down to that much... For Waterloo??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD_Psych_Hopeful Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 32 minutes ago, Lavender_1 said: For Waterloo??? I think this one was for Guelph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACP786 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 also applying to Guelph and plan on doing 2,000 words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinically_psyched Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 3 hours ago, PhD_Psych_Hopeful said: I think this one was for Guelph! yep that was what the grad admissions folks for guelph CCAP told me when i emailed them! PhD_Psych_Hopeful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinicallypsych3d Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 do we not get to attach a cv for waterloo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBobJoeThorton Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Does anyone know how long it takes until Ryerson/TMU lets you upload your supplementary stuff? I just applied now, and it says that it will take up to 5 business days before I can upload anything! That will be past Dec 1st... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowannabee Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, BillyBobJoeThorton said: Does anyone know how long it takes until Ryerson/TMU lets you upload your supplementary stuff? I just applied now, and it says that it will take up to 5 business days before I can upload anything! That will be past Dec 1st... That's gonna be tough. It took them 2 days (submitted Nov 15th, received email Nov 17) to send the instruction email to me. Also, they also tell you to not activate your account until 24 hours after receiving the email so thats an additional day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACP786 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 hour ago, sidxx said: do we not get to attach a cv for waterloo? Nope. I emailed to be sure and got a rather snarky reply from the admissions officer. You can only list a maximum of three jobs in the first part of your application (before you pay the fee). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinicallypsych3d Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 does waterloo follow the boulder model or scientist-practitioner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD_Psych_Hopeful Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 12:55 PM, babooshka said: That's what I'm thinking...at least there's opportunity for argument there if the issue arises! Thanks I ended up doing the 2000 words! But now I’m questioning whether that was the right option hahaha. Oh well, already submitted. Hopefully the argument can be made! clinically_psyched and babooshka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinically_psyched Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 10 hours ago, Meringue said: Nope. I emailed to be sure and got a rather snarky reply from the admissions officer. You can only list a maximum of three jobs in the first part of your application (before you pay the fee). that's super frustrating for sure! it does say this as instructions for the statement though "At the end, please include a list of scholarships, prizes, honours, or other recognitions you have earned. Provide the title(s) of any publication(s), major paper(s), or thesis of which you are an author or co-author (if published, give citation)." but i would assume that counts within the 2000 words, so even then it takes away from the statement itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinically_psyched Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 8 hours ago, sidxx said: does waterloo follow the boulder model or scientist-practitioner? i believe the two are used synonymously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babooshka Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 hours ago, PhD_Psych_Hopeful said: I ended up doing the 2000 words! But now I’m questioning whether that was the right option hahaha. Oh well, already submitted. Hopefully the argument can be made! Oh gosh, I hate to be the one to bring this here now but I JUST received an email this morning back from them telling me to stick to 2 pages. I hope it doesn't affect your application - I'm sure they won't discard an excellent applicant due to confusing instructions on their end. PhD_Psych_Hopeful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD_Psych_Hopeful Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, babooshka said: Oh gosh, I hate to be the one to bring this here now but I JUST received an email this morning back from them telling me to stick to 2 pages. I hope it doesn't affect your application - I'm sure they won't discard an excellent applicant due to confusing instructions on their end. Darn. Man, I didn’t even see it on their website until you posted it! Oh well. Nothing can be done now any how so no point stressing over it. Just got to wait and see  if I don’t get In this year then next year I’ll know better hahahaha. Thanks for letting me know! Hope it helps others! Lavender_1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinically_psyched Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, babooshka said: Oh gosh, I hate to be the one to bring this here now but I JUST received an email this morning back from them telling me to stick to 2 pages. I hope it doesn't affect your application - I'm sure they won't discard an excellent applicant due to confusing instructions on their end. oh wow... thanks so much for letting us know! for anyone who hasn't submitted yet, are you planning on doing 2 pages or 2000 words? mine is close to 1900 words and on its forth round of revisions, not even sure it's worth trying to cut down at this point Lavender_1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD_Psych_Hopeful Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 31 minutes ago, clinically_psyched said: oh wow... thanks so much for letting us know! for anyone who hasn't submitted yet, are you planning on doing 2 pages or 2000 words? mine is close to 1900 words and on its forth round of revisions, not even sure it's worth trying to cut down at this point If I could go back and make the change, I would! clinically_psyched 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinicallypsych3d Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 hours ago, babooshka said: Oh gosh, I hate to be the one to bring this here now but I JUST received an email this morning back from them telling me to stick to 2 pages. I hope it doesn't affect your application - I'm sure they won't discard an excellent applicant due to confusing instructions on their end. is this for waterloo or guelph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinicallypsych3d Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 did you guys mention volunteering/professional experiences outside of just research in your UTSC or guelph applications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACP786 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On the uWaterloo portal:This Personal Statement (max. 2000 words) is to be uploaded as a single pdf under the Letter item in the Materials list. Students should restrict this uploaded information to the Personal Statement as described above, and not include other documents such as samples of their writing or information that is asked for in other sections of this supplemental application (e.g., Funding Applied For; Psychology Courses). Once you have uploaded the Letter (personal statement), indicate here the date you uploaded your document. Respectfully, they can kiss my ass if there's a problem ? PhD_Psych_Hopeful, babooshka and Lavender_1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babooshka Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 hours ago, sidxx said: is this for waterloo or guelph? For Waterloo, unfortunately. I just kept my statement portion to 2 pages and on the third put a the list of awards/pubs they asked for. Hope that'll fly! clinicallypsych3d 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babooshka Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 hours ago, sidxx said: did you guys mention volunteering/professional experiences outside of just research in your UTSC or guelph applications? In my UTSC one, yes because I had about 3 pages to work with. I very briefly mentioned transferable skills from my professional work. I always speak to my volunteer research experience, but not to any other volunteer work. As Guelph had to be one page long, I didn't have the space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinicallypsych3d Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 R u able to upload your statement for guelph? mine says not authorized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinicallypsych3d Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 did you use the word doc or pdf for TMU? they're both different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinically_psyched Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 6 hours ago, sidxx said: did you guys mention volunteering/professional experiences outside of just research in your UTSC or guelph applications? i'm not applying to utsc, but i'm not including any non-research experiences in my guelph statement since it's so short! they let you upload a CV so i would just include detailed descriptions in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinically_psyched Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 27 minutes ago, sidxx said: R u able to upload your statement for guelph? mine says not authorized is anyone else having an issue with the documents page on webadvisor for guelph? i keep getting a message saying i have too many cookies/tabs open, but i've cleared all my cookies and closed most tabs... i'm very confused lol it worked earlier today, but hasn't in a few hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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