OT/PT accepted/waitlist/decline forum - 2021 cycle

[OTgal2021]

Just realized that the McMaster OT website says 

If an applicant does not receive an invitation to MMI the application process will be considered concluded. Applicants are welcome to reapply in the following admission cycle.

Maybe they aren't sending out rejections this year. 

[PTgd]

Does anyone know what the chances are to get into Dal PT as an out of province applicant? Do they reserve a set amount of seats for all OOP applicants, or does each province get a set amount of seats? Thanks!

[PTbm]

1 hour ago, PTgd said:

Does anyone know what the chances are to get into Dal PT as an out of province applicant? Do they reserve a set amount of seats for all OOP applicants, or does each province get a set amount of seats? Thanks!

I've heard that it is up to five from OOP. I'm from Ontario and applying, my GPA is a good amount higher than the incoming average of 3.81/4.3, but I'm not sure how competitive OOP is gonna be, and how much they will be weighing CASPer, the 500 word statement and references 

[rlerin]

3 hours ago, OTgal2021 said:

Just realized that the McMaster OT website says 

If an applicant does not receive an invitation to MMI the application process will be considered concluded. Applicants are welcome to reapply in the following admission cycle.

Maybe they aren't sending out rejections this year. 

I am hoping that after March 11th they will send out some more invitations from the people who chose not to interview? 

[PotentialOT]

Does anyone else have "Pre-Screening" show on their U of A OT Application?

[sasky]

18 minutes ago, PotentialOT said:

Does anyone else have "Pre-Screening" show on their U of A OT Application?

I do

[EkamhopefulOT]

Hey guys I was just looking on the UofT website for OT and they updated how many applicants they had this year. This year there were 1019 applicants for anyone whos wondering!

[SaraPT123]

4 hours ago, PotentialOT said:

Does anyone else have "Pre-Screening" show on their U of A OT Application?

I do too

[PTamy]

1 hour ago, EkamhopefulOT said:

Hey guys I was just looking on the UofT website for OT and they updated how many applicants they had this year. This year there were 1019 applicants for anyone whos wondering!

I can only find 2020s, where did you see that??

[EkamhopefulOT]

4 minutes ago, PTamy said:

I can only find 2020s, where did you see that??

I found it on the FAQs! 

[yaboijay]

Has anyone heard back from Queen or U of T for PT?

[pls_OT_2021]

10 hours ago, EkamhopefulOT said:

I found it on the FAQs! 

Oof, that's a lot more than previous years. This year is definitely competitive! 

[OTPT2021]

12 hours ago, yaboijay said:

Has anyone heard back from Queen or U of T for PT?

I haven't!

[kinestudent23]

Does anyone have the PT stats for last year on the number of applicants? Was looking to compare them to this year's

[kinestudent23]

On 3/10/2021 at 11:52 AM, PTbm said:

I've heard that it is up to five from OOP. I'm from Ontario and applying, my GPA is a good amount higher than the incoming average of 3.81/4.3, but I'm not sure how competitive OOP is gonna be, and how much they will be weighing CASPer, the 500 word statement and references 

Last year, they did not allow any OOP. I have an email from the admissions officer stating so. Said I would had gotten in, but with the boarder shutdown they did not allow any OOP. Hoping that changes this year. Like you, I am way above the GPA cut off and had a good CASPER score (according to the admissions officer when I asked for my weakneses)

[happycat]

Just got my rejection email from McMaster OT! My sGPA was 3.80 and they said they invited the top 240 applicants. Congrats to those that made the cutoff! Quite brutal haha

[pls_OT_2021]

6 minutes ago, happycat said:

Just got my rejection email from McMaster OT! My sGPA was 3.80 and they said they invited the top 240 applicants. Congrats to those that made the cutoff! Quite brutal haha

hey, when did you receive your rejection? I haven't gotten anything yet

[PTamy]

6 minutes ago, happycat said:

Just got my rejection email from McMaster OT! My sGPA was 3.80 and they said they invited the top 240 applicants. Congrats to those that made the cutoff! Quite brutal haha

Just got the same email

[OTgal2021]

Lol their website used to say “250+” for interviews but today they changed it to “250+/-“ so that’s truly upsetting

[OTwannabe2021]

Also got rejected from Mac OT. Good luck to everyone else:)

But starting to worry about how competitive this year is for GPAs.. does anyone know if toronto or western have a more holistic admissions process or do they mainly rely on sub gpa too? (do they actually consider your achievements or experiences)

thanks!

[stttta]

@OTwannabe2021 

I just got my rejection from Mac. I was really hoping Western would be more holistic considering the personal submission essay. But people in the forum have been saying they only look at subgpa and casper for admission. Such a disappointment  

[PTOTapplicant]

Got a rejection from Mac OT with a subGPA of 3.83. Good luck & congrats to everyone who got interviews! 

[PTbm]

1 hour ago, kinestudent23 said:

Last year, they did not allow any OOP. I have an email from the admissions officer stating so. Said I would had gotten in, but with the boarder shutdown they did not allow any OOP. Hoping that changes this year. Like you, I am way above the GPA cut off and had a good CASPER score (according to the admissions officer when I asked for my weakneses)

Yeah, I haven't heard anything this year about that. I hope that it isn't, because I have been emailing the admissions coordinator quite frequently, and she hadn't mentioned anything...would be a little unfair not to state that and take everyone's 115$ application fee from OOP, knowing that they won't take any

[SaraPT123]

6 minutes ago, PTbm said:

Yeah, I haven't heard anything this year about that. I hope that it isn't, because I have been emailing the admissions coordinator quite frequently, and she hadn't mentioned anything...would be a little unfair not to state that and take everyone's 115$ application fee from OOP, knowing that they won't take any

What school are you referring to? Ontario schools?

[OT_9821]

1 hour ago, OTwannabe2021 said:

Also got rejected from Mac OT. Good luck to everyone else:)

But starting to worry about how competitive this year is for GPAs.. does anyone know if toronto or western have a more holistic admissions process or do they mainly rely on sub gpa too? (do they actually consider your achievements or experiences)

thanks!

Toronto OT is more holistic, as they also look at your resume, personal statement, and references. I think they place the most emphasis on your GPA, though. It definitely is intimidating looking at the GPA increase for McMaster, and the increased applications for what seems like multiple schools! But I have seen people on this forum get into schools like UofT with slightly lower GPAs but made up for it with their experiences.