Monchhichi Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hi everyone, I just got some updates from the office. "Early admission this year is only for 3.6 and above....It is a very competitive year this year with 450 applications." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicey Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Good to know. Did they give any indication if they were still making decisions / sending out 2nd round offers this week? Do you think this is still considered to be "early admission"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 According to the email (unless I interpret it wrongly), early admission includes from March to April. Afterwards, there will be admission meetings in May and June to determine the rest of the applicants. The email also said that admission offers go out every month. So I assume, there was / will have 1 round in April. Then the next round should be in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicey Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Okay, that makes sense. It just seems so late to be still doing early admissions. It's going to be hard to (potentially) have to wait until June or later to find out! Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Okay, that makes sense. It just seems so late to be still doing early admissions. It's going to be hard to (potentially) have to wait until June or later to find out! Thanks for the info! Kaicey, actually if you check their website, I notice they have changed a lot of info recently. They don't put 3.5 for early admission anymore. They admit 100 students, and up to 15 for SK students. And it mentions "After all of our offers are made in July, applicants with a GPA just below the cut-off for an admissions offer will be given the option of being placed on a wait list." So apparently offers can be as late as August! I also find this sentence interesting: "Fulfilling the minimum criteria only guarantees consideration for admission. All applicants meeting the application requirements are ranked based upon GPA." ... curious to know if that's the case... how they consider letters of recommendation and CV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicey Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 I have wondered about that too. It really seems that the offers are all based on GPA, but then again, wasn't there someone on the other forum who had a very high GPA and didn't get an offer yet? Maybe they did not fulfill the minimum criteria in something else. I don't know. I also recall reading somewhere that there were a couple people accepted mid-August last year. I hope that doesn't happen - I'd be moving from BC and that is way too little time to get everything sorted out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKPsych Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Got my acceptance e-mail this afternoon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UofAOT Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 I got it too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuniat Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Congrats!! Do u mind sharing ur gpa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKPsych Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I never actually figured out what the UofA calculated my GPA to be but it was around a 3.6 - 3.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuniat Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Nicely done! Thanks for sharing. Please anyone else willing to share gpas who got an offer please do so! I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKPsych Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Is there a forum or a facebook page or something for successful applicants? It might be nice to correspond a bit closer to the fall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride88 Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Hey since there are 100 spots and 15 are reserved for SK applicants...does that mean the 85 spots left are available to students all across Canada without preference given to specific provinces? I know that their PT program only allows 15% of out of province students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicey Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I got an email from the office this afternoon and she said that they will not be having another admissions meeting until mid-June (so it sounds like there will not be any offers going out in May). She also said that there is no limit on the number of out-of-province students admitted (with the exception of the 15 reserved spots for SK students). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monchhichi Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I got an email from the office this afternoon and she said that they will not be having another admissions meeting until mid-June (so it sounds like there will not be any offers going out in May). She also said that there is no limit on the number of out-of-province students admitted (with the exception of the 15 reserved spots for SK students). Hey Kaicey, I have just PM you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride88 Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I got an email from the office this afternoon and she said that they will not be having another admissions meeting until mid-June (so it sounds like there will not be any offers going out in May). She also said that there is no limit on the number of out-of-province students admitted (with the exception of the 15 reserved spots for SK students). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuniat Posted May 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 To echo some of the previous posts, I was told that they had sent out enough offers to fill up April and May and they will do another round of offers in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxdaniexo Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Is there a forum or a facebook page or something for successful applicants? It might be nice to correspond a bit closer to the fall! I was wondering the same thing, it would be a good idea to get to know some people before we start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UofAOT Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Nicely done! Thanks for sharing. Please anyone else willing to share gpas who got an offer please do so! I appreciate it. My GPA is around 3.75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuniat Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Thanks U of A OT. Is there a certain dau you have to respond to your offer by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuniat Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hey congrats to everyone who got the good news on Friday! Just wanting to know those who are declining offers to U of A OT. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live2win Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Hi guys, I've been lurking this thread for a little while now and thought I would finally join and comment. Really great discussion, thank you for all the information! I am going to be finishing my undergrad at UofA this coming year, and am thinking about OT at UofA for 2013. Looking at the range that you guys are getting accepted for, I'm not so worried about my gpa, but I've been looking at some other threads for other schools, and lots of people are talking about their "clinical hours". Can anyone explain to me what this means (what counts as a clinical hour?...), and if UofA puts a lot of emphasis on this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxdaniexo Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Hi guys, I've been lurking this thread for a little while now and thought I would finally join and comment. Really great discussion, thank you for all the information! I am going to be finishing my undergrad at UofA this coming year, and am thinking about OT at UofA for 2013. Looking at the range that you guys are getting accepted for, I'm not so worried about my gpa, but I've been looking at some other threads for other schools, and lots of people are talking about their "clinical hours". Can anyone explain to me what this means (what counts as a clinical hour?...), and if UofA puts a lot of emphasis on this? Thanks! I'm assuming clinical hours are hours spent working in the field relevant to the program, maybe shadowing a health professional. I didn't have any "clinical hours" and I was still accepted so I don't think there is much emphasis placed on this. Although, I have been working with kids with disabilities for 4 years so I do have some relevant experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merm Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Has anyone been able to find an academic calendar or course schedule for U of A? I was curious about whether or not students have a set timetable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKPsych Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Hey Merm, I found an academic calendar/schedule for 2011/2012 but not for our first year. I did however find the class lists we need to take for each semester, and clinical placements etc. Here is the link! You can click on each class to see what it is. http://www.occupationaltherapy.ualberta.ca/ForStudents/CourseOutlines.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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