Monchhichi Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Hello I was wondering if anyone has started to prepare for their application. What is your progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person14 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I have started on my personal statement! Planning to ask profs for reference in a month or so. what about you? and what schools are you applying to? I'm applying to UofT, Western, and Queen's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 I have my personal statement almost ready.... still need further proofreading and editing. I already asked my prof for reference letter, and he has promised to do that. I am going to apply for Alberta, Queens and Western Ontario. But my favourite is Alberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person14 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 What about UofT? My top choice is probably UofT and Western as a back up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted October 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I know UT is a great school, but I live in BC and I want to be closer to my family. That's why I want to go to Alberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowergirl Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I'm currently working on my personal submission as well. I'm applying to Western and McMaster. Is anyone going to applying to McMaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted October 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I wanted to apply for McMaster, but I don't have the money and time flying to Ontario just for an interview. So I just focus on 2 other schools in ontario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcmountainlove Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hey, glad to hear you are thinking about U of A, Monchichi. We are just finishing up our first semester now and I am really enjoying the program and Edmonton! It is a lot more difficult than I thought it would be - they are working hard at training us to think critically and clinically. The one downside is that it is such a large class (100 students, the largest program in Canada) but the upside is that you get to work with a variety of people and personalities - and real life is like that anyway! I am from BC as well so it was one of my first choices. I think the program is relatively easy to get into if you have a decent GPA and relevant extracurriculars. Good luck and maybe we'll see you next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted December 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 Thanks bcmountainlove, I am almost done with my application. I was told by the admission officer that there is early admission... not sure if it is only based on gpa or not though. Is it expensive to live there? and do you mind sharing your admission gpa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person14 Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 for the question about two trends in OT, did you guys have to cite your work?? I don't know what to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 for the question about two trends in OT, did you guys have to cite your work??I don't know what to do! I didn't.... I don't thing there is enough space to do that .... max 5000 characters is really challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person14 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 that's true!! i called orpas and they said that they don't know lol but i'm not going to cite as well because there's no room!! and since they didn't mention it explicitly, i don't think they're expecting citations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 that's true!! i called orpas and they said that they don't know lolbut i'm not going to cite as well because there's no room!! and since they didn't mention it explicitly, i don't think they're expecting citations I already submitted mine. The character count is so strict. Anything beyond 5000 will be cut... so if you provide citation, you will have to sacrifice a lot for content. I am not sure if it is worth to do that... but I think useful content is more important than citation, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 I know UT is a great school, but I live in BC and I want to be closer to my family. That's why I want to go to Alberta There a reason why you didn't apply to UBC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted December 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 There a reason why you didn't apply to UBC? oh no, we were talking about UT. For UBC, I don't have the pre-requisites. I already graduated 2 years ago and am currently working full time for a large project. Plus I live on Vancouver Island. Busy work + family + location + job shadowing with OT + taking language courses = I can't do those 3 pre-requisites now. I just did a stats course here to meet alberta's requirement. It's really no fun to work, study, take care of my family at the same time.... So I give up UBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 oh no, we were talking about UT. For UBC, I don't have the pre-requisites. I already graduated 2 years ago and am currently working full time for a large project. Plus I live on Vancouver Island. Busy work + family + location + job shadowing with OT + taking language courses = I can't do those 3 pre-requisites now. I just did a stats course here to meet alberta's requirement. It's really no fun to work, study, take care of my family at the same time.... So I give up UBC Thank you for your reply. I saw you applied somewhat broadly, except UBC, even though you're from BC, so was just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person14 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 For some of the schools it says they need your resume (UofT for example), but nowhere on ORPAS does it mention submitting resumes. Does anyone know about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshinegrl Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 For some of the schools it says they need your resume (UofT for example), but nowhere on ORPAS does it mention submitting resumes. Does anyone know about this? If you read the information package on ORPAS it says for both Queen's OT and Toronto OT you need to submit a resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Is everyone almost done with application? Deadline for ontario schools is coming up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person14 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I submitted my application before Christmas, and all of my reference letters have been received by ORPAS. All there's left to do now is wait! Good luck, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I think the whole waiting process is killing me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdp Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hey guys, For UofT/ Queens OT, what do they mean by cover sheet? Do they mean a cover letter or a sheet with my name & info on it? Generally, a cover sheet is just a personal information fact sheet, but I'm not too sure what they really meant by it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasta Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hey guys, For UofT/ Queens OT, what do they mean by cover sheet? Do they mean a cover letter or a sheet with my name & info on it? Generally, a cover sheet is just a personal information fact sheet, but I'm not too sure what they really meant by it? Thanks I think they mean a resume? Isn't it too late to apply though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person14 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hey guys, For UofT/ Queens OT, what do they mean by cover sheet? Do they mean a cover letter or a sheet with my name & info on it? Generally, a cover sheet is just a personal information fact sheet, but I'm not too sure what they really meant by it? Thanks I think it just means a cover sheet with your name on it (plus ORPAS #), since your name can't appear anywhere on the resume. It's their way of keeping record of things, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I think it just means a cover sheet with your name on it (plus ORPAS #), since your name can't appear anywhere on the resume. It's their way of keeping record of things, I think. I agree. That's what I did.... just put my name and ORPAS number on the cover sheet, nothing else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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