pthopeful15 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'm looking at applying with a 3.74 for my 10 full credits (got screwed over by the stupid GPA calculation, who cares about biochemisty anyway!?) - what are my chances for mac, western, and queens? I have 180 hours in-clinic as well as starting to volunteer at the hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovesummer Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 If stats haven't changed from last year... Mac: Maybe, but you have to ace the interview Western: No Queens: Maybe If I were you I'd apply to extra places to be safe... PT is really hard to get into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthopeful15 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 what extra places are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physio Exam Academy Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Well in Ontario you can apply to U of T too, its no easier to get into than the others but who knows. There are places outside of Ontario that a few people I know went to when they didn't get in: McGill, D'Youville and the University of Melbourne in Australia. This website has a list of schools offering PT all over: http://automailer.com/tws/schools.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthopeful15 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 If stats haven't changed from last year...Mac: Maybe, but you have to ace the interview Western: No Queens: Maybe If I were you I'd apply to extra places to be safe... PT is really hard to get into hope you dont mind me asking, but did you get into PT? What was your GPA and experience like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovesummer Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'll send u a pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
try Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 What would the chances be for someone with a subGPA of 3.65 who has over 400hrs in a physio setting plus other related volunteer experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fskatergirl Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 What would the chances be for someone with a subGPA of 3.65 who has over 400hrs in a physio setting plus other related volunteer experiences? Don't want to burst your bubble, but last year I had the same GPA, >500 hours volunteering in physio clinics and many other relevant activities...I got rejected from U of T, Mac and Western outright and waitlisted at Queens in the high 20s. Never made it in. All of the schools are heavily GPA oriented and the cutoff just keeps moving higher and higher each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalin789 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 why are ot and pt so hard to get into in ontario? people with bio and other degrees with high gpas and no other prospects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroc86 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 3.68 got me a second round interview at Mcmaster last spring. Cutoffs of UWO were 3.78 last year ... 3.8 seems to be a pretty secure number for most places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Boy Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 3.78 was the cut off for UWO last year, though someone came off the waitlist at 3.75. Waitlist movement changes from year to year though, but just wanted to throw it out there that there is hope for those that are border line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasta Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 3.68 got me a second round interview at Mcmaster last spring. Cutoffs of UWO were 3.78 last year ... 3.8 seems to be a pretty secure number for most places.So did you get into Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroc86 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 No I didnt. The weighed the interview as 75% and GPA as 25%. I ended up in the mid-20's on the waitlist and didnt move barely at all (300 were interviewed). Apparently there was some funding cuts and they were considering moving forward with smaller cohorts than originally aniticpated which also would have hurt any waitlisters. My interview invite came a week beforehand and I dropped 1200$ to fly across the country for it ... it was frustrating to get that close despite starting with such a relativley low GPA standing. This year Im only applying to UWO and U of A. Im hoping my current GPA of 3.82 gets me in there. ps. Id prefer UWO > U of A ... Londons a quicker drive to Joe Louis Arena! haha. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasta Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Ouch, 1200 is a lot. I'm guessing that doesn't count the hotel and travel time from Toronto to Hamilton? Fwiw I didn't get in either, but I was in the 50s on the WL. Why didn't you apply to UWO (you'd be there right now!) or UofT last year? Like soup boy mentioned earlier, the cutoff last year for UWO was 3.78 so you'll most likely get in. haha I didn't know there were Red Wings fans in Vancouver. Canucks ain't doin' it for ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshinegrl Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 No I didnt. The weighed the interview as 75% and GPA as 25%. I ended up in the mid-20's on the waitlist and didnt move barely at all (300 were interviewed). Apparently there was some funding cuts and they were considering moving forward with smaller cohorts than originally aniticpated which also would have hurt any waitlisters. My interview invite came a week beforehand and I dropped 1200$ to fly across the country for it ... it was frustrating to get that close despite starting with such a relativley low GPA standing. This year Im only applying to UWO and U of A. Im hoping my current GPA of 3.82 gets me in there. ps. Id prefer UWO > U of A ... Londons a quicker drive to Joe Louis Arena! haha. cheers If you went to UWO you wouldn't miss the Winter Classic, Wings vs. Leafs at the Big House! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnny Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Where did you get the 3.78 Soup Boy for UWO? The UWO PT cutoff for 2011 was 3.73 according to Donna (The PT admin for UWO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Boy Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Where did you get the 3.78 Soup Boy for UWO? The UWO PT cutoff for 2011 was 3.73 according to Donna (The PT admin for UWO) That was determined from reading threads last year about who go in 1st round. The cut off for that appeared to be 3.78, though as I menrioned above someone got in off the waitlist with 3.75 If UWO staff says the cut off was 3.73, well that must have been what the lowest person had coming off the waitlist. This is plausible, since not everyone who has applied/got in posts on this forum.However, from the acceptance thread last year, people in the 3.75-3.77 range were waitlisted on offer day in May (and the lowest posted here coming off the waitlist was 3.75) If someone got in with as 'low' (I hate saying that since it is an excellent GPA) as 3.73, then that is great to hear, especially for those under the 3.75 range. Keep hope alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smorgasbord Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'm just wondering what a 3.75 over 60 credits would roughly be in Ontario or wherever you guys are studying. The gpa system there seems different (4.3 scale?). My average over my last 60 credits is a little under 85% and the gpa came out to about 3.76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnny Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 That was determined from reading threads last year about who go in 1st round. The cut off for that appeared to be 3.78, though as I menrioned above someone got in off the waitlist with 3.75 If UWO staff says the cut off was 3.73, well that must have been what the lowest person had coming off the waitlist. This is plausible, since not everyone who has applied/got in posts on this forum.However, from the acceptance thread last year, people in the 3.75-3.77 range were waitlisted on offer day in May (and the lowest posted here coming off the waitlist was 3.75) If someone got in with as 'low' (I hate saying that since it is an excellent GPA) as 3.73, then that is great to hear, especially for those under the 3.75 range. Keep hope alive! Aight Yes, let's keep our hopes alive haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eLg701 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 What are the chances of getting into Queens with a sub-GPA of 3.69? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Boy Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'm just wondering what a 3.75 over 60 credits would roughly be in Ontario or wherever you guys are studying. The gpa system there seems different (4.3 scale?). My average over my last 60 credits is a little under 85% and the gpa came out to about 3.76. Best way to know would be calculating using ORPAS guide. Every Canadian institution in there, so select your school and readjust each course to the 4.0 ORPAS scale. Here's the link: http://www.ouac.on.ca/docs/orpas/c_orpas_b.pdf I went to Ryerson, which also uses a 4.33 scale. My GPA for my last year there was 4.0/4.33, but converted to a 4.0 scale via ORPAS it is 3.88/4.0, so it will fluctuate differently depending on your individual grades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Boy Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 What are the chances of getting into Queens with a sub-GPA of 3.69? No one can say for sure. Queen's selection process is the least transparent of all the schools. Your entire application is considered (though GPA still plays the biggest factor). According to the people who applied last year, there were some who were rejected/waitlisted with GPAs higher than yours. Then again, we don't know how the rest of their application compared to yours either (the non academic stuff plays a role too). In short: hang on until May 18th and you'll know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kin_kid Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 No one can say for sure. Queen's selection process is the least transparent of all the schools. Your entire application is considered (though GPA still plays the biggest factor). According to the people who applied last year, there were some who were rejected/waitlisted with GPAs higher than yours. Then again, we don't know how the rest of their application compared to yours either (the non academic stuff plays a role too). In short: hang on until May 18th and you'll know Hey, can you show the post/thread where someone was waitlisted with a 3.7+? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Boy Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Hey, can you show the post/thread where someone was waitlisted with a 3.7+? http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52291 This thread shows people who were under 3.79 getting waitlisted by UWO (though eventually getting in) as well as people higher than 3.70 (as high as even 3.78!) getting waitlisted/rejected by Queens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Physioprospect Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Anyone hazard to guess the UWO cutoff this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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