PTApplicant Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Applied: Western, Toronto, Queens (all PT) Accepted:Waitlisted:Rejected:GPA: Cum 3.89, Sub 3.94 Perceived strength of essays/interviews/references:I'm fairly confident in the strength of my essays, more so with Queens' submission questions than Western's. I've accumulated about 200 hours of volunteer experience in PT or related fields, including a two-week international healthcare volunteer initiative in San Jose, Costa Rica with several PTs, OTs, and a pediatric physician. My academic reference is the associate dean and director of my faculty, who was also the supervisor of my fourth-year research project, and my professional reference was an outpatient PT who I volunteered with for ~120 hours. Received an invitation to the CAP exam for UofT, and (im)patiently waiting for May 15th to hear back from Queens and Western. Crossing my fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OT17 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Wait listed for Dalhousie Same here, just got my notice today. Lets just hope for the best! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.OT Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Same here, just got my notice today. Lets just hope for the best! Good luck! Thanks, same to you are you an Atlantic province applicant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pt2015applicant23 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Has anyone heard if McMaster is planning on sending out more interviews for PT, now that the initial deadline to accept had past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychOT Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I spoke to Pam not long ago and she said they would go out tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pt2015applicant23 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I spoke to Pam not long ago and she said they would go out tomorrow afternoon. Thanks so much! It's getting hard to be so patient, so any bit of info helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychOT Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thanks so much! It's getting hard to be so patient, so any bit of info helps. I completely understand. I couldn't wait either, clearly. Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thanks for letting us know. Did she mention how much it dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychOT Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 No, unfortunately she didn't. I asked about OT though and she said it most likely will go down from the initial 3.69. I don't think she wanted to give out any false hope and I think she's just going through everything today to be able to send out the second round offers tomorrow. So, I don't think she has any set cut-offs as of yet, but some invites for both programs should go out tomorrow. I know it's very vague, but at least there's still hope for some of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 No, unfortunately she didn't. I asked about OT though and she said it most likely will go down from the initial 3.69. I don't think she wanted to give out any false hope and I think she's just going through everything today to be able to send out the second round offers tomorrow. So, I don't think she has any set cut-offs as of yet, but some invites for both programs should go out tomorrow. I know it's very vague, but at least there's still hope for some of us! Ok thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingenue0704 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Has anyone gotten accepted to Dalhousie for OT? I'm applying from Ontario and haven't heard anything since i applied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physio2015hopeful Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I spoke to Pam not long ago and she said they would go out tomorrow afternoon. Has anyone heard and gotten off the wait list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choman99 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I got a second round invite to the interview at Mac. I have a 3.81 GPA. I got the email at 1:45 EST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pt2015applicant23 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I got a second round invite to the interview at Mac. I have a 3.81 GPA. I got the email at 1:45 EST I wonder if that's the second cut-off then, I'm at a 3.80 and haven't got an email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Anyone receive an invite for OT yet? Edit: I just received an invite with a sGPA of 3.65! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayc Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Anyone receive an invite for OT yet? Edit: I just received an invite with a sGPA of 3.65! I received one just now with a sGPA of 3.64! Still in shock, can't believe it dropped that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelionwoman Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Got an interview, yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patty15 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hey, got an invitation to the interview to McMaster as well with a sGPA 3.64. So happy and relieved to get a chance.Question, the link they give to complete the online acceptance form, mine's not working (it says "login failed"). Not really sure what to do. Did anyone else have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquanewfie Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Has anyone gotten accepted to Dalhousie for OT? I'm applying from Ontario and haven't heard anything since i applied. I was accepted as an Ontario student on the 25th of March... hope you hear soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquanewfie Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Applied: Dalhousie (OOP), Western, MacMaster, Toronto, Queen's (Occupational Therapy) Accepted: Dalhousie, Interview at MacMaster Rejected: Wait Listed: GPA: I think c - 3.63, s 3.7 Strengths: I've worked with a lot of children and youth who would qualify as OT clients, and have a pretty solid handle on what life is actually like living with a disability and navigating society, politics, bureaucracy and just ADLs. I get pretty passionate talking about ways we can easily improve quality of life via occupations, so I'm hoping I was able to reflect that. My mom said my essays were good... Also, my references must have knocked it out of the park for me to get early admission as an OOP student at Dalhousie. Fingers crossed, because my sGPA sure isn't very high compared to most I'm seeing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsMyPathOT Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Just gave up my interview spot for McMaster OT. Someone should be hearing from them very soon! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsMyPathOT Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Applied: Dalhousie (OOP), Western, MacMaster, Toronto, Queen's (Occupational Therapy) Accepted: Dalhousie, Interview at MacMaster Rejected: Wait Listed: GPA: I think c - 3.63, s 3.7 Strengths: I've worked with a lot of children and youth who would qualify as OT clients, and have a pretty solid handle on what life is actually like living with a disability and navigating society, politics, bureaucracy and just ADLs. I get pretty passionate talking about ways we can easily improve quality of life via occupations, so I'm hoping I was able to reflect that. My mom said my essays were good... Also, my references must have knocked it out of the park for me to get early admission as an OOP student at Dalhousie. Fingers crossed, because my sGPA sure isn't very high compared to most I'm seeing! What's OOP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boa Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 What's OOP? Out of province Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsMyPathOT Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Out of province Oh okay - I thought it may have been a different program Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgb Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 If it makes anyone feel better, I had initially accepted my offer for interview at McMaster and for the CAP at UofT, but I will be calling them to cancel as I got accepted into my top choice of programs! So that will open up spots for some of you on the wait list :) GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!! You can do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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