Labrador11 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Just wanted to start a thread for DAL applicants, where it seems most posts are Ontario focused and it's not easy to sift through to find Dal specific posts. If anyone knows much about DAL PT or OT, just share Things such as how competitive it is to get in, what's the school's reputation nationally, what are the stats of entering classes, when letters/notifications come out, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_AB Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I'm in the same boat. They seem a little old-school (no pun intended, but I'm gonna roll with it) and I haven't been able to dig up too much information. I'm applying from BC and I'm curious how many applications they get from outside the Atlantic provinces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthopeful15 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I'm in the same boat. They seem a little old-school (no pun intended, but I'm gonna roll with it) and I haven't been able to dig up too much information. I'm applying from BC and I'm curious how many applications they get from outside the Atlantic provinces. when i emailed them they told me that they couldnt tell me the cutoffs for out of province students, but they also said they get more applicants from OOP than they do in their other applicant pool, which is insaannnne for only 5 spots:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_AB Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 when i emailed them they told me that they couldnt tell me the cutoffs for out of province students, but they also said they get more applicants from OOP than they do in their other applicant pool, which is insaannnne for only 5 spots:eek: Jeebus. I hope that just means they don't get too many Atlantic applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smorgasbord Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Does anyone know roughly the cutoffs for maritime students. My gpa was about 3.75 on the 4.3 scale, hoping for an interview for PT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 On their website they say a minimum GPA of 3.0 is needed to apply, but I realize that is probably not the cutoff (although that would be nice ). They also say on their web page that "in principle, all applicants from the Atlantic provinces whose applications are complete will be offered an interview. In the event that this is not administratively possible, the Admissions committee will rank applicants by GPA on most recent 60credit hours to make the interview offers". Minimum of 112 interviews will be offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smorgasbord Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 I just need to be in the top of my province I suppose. A prof of mine said that the average of most PT who got accepted is around 85% usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_AB Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 I finally got an email notification that they received my package, nearly a month after it was sent. Does anybody have information re: exactly how many applications they got last year from elsewhere in Canada and what that GPA cutoff was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I finally got an email notification that they received my package, nearly a month after it was sent. I only just received an email yesterday for OT and have yet to hear from Dal about physiotherapy. I sent my applications around the same time a month ago as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Smorgasbord, what province are you from, if you don't mind my asking? I'm an NL applicant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smorgasbord Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 N.S...so there is 16 spots open I believe. I also never got an email for PT yet but I did for OT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthopeful15 Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 N.S...so there is 16 spots open I believe. I also never got an email for PT yet but I did for OT From ontario here, sent mine a couple days before the deadline haha, just had to be postmarked by the 13st of jan - still havent heard back yet for PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 N.S...so there is 16 spots open I believe. I also never got an email for PT yet but I did for OT I believe that the seat designations (16 for NS, 15 for NB, 10 for NL, and 2 for PEI) are the minimums. The remaining 13 seats could be all NS or all PEI etc if that's where the best applicants are. Only a maximum of 5 could go to persons living outside the atlantic provinces, so that means at least 8 more seats are open to Atlantic students. At least that's my interpretation of what the web site says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_AB Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 I believe that the seat designations (16 for NS, 15 for NB, 10 for NL, and 2 for PEI) are the minimums. The remaining 13 seats could be all NS or all PEI etc if that's where the best applicants are. Only a maximum of 5 could go to persons living outside the atlantic provinces, so that means at least 8 more seats are open to Atlantic students. At least that's my interpretation of what the web site says. So it's 5 undesignated spots for PT but 25 for OT? Seems unfair but I'm glad I'm applying for OT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthopeful15 Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 finally got an email that they have my complete PT package, wait game begins now - anyone know when they send out invites for interviews? btw im OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I also (finally) got an email regarding physiotherapy. They just said they received my application and that it is complete. I am also wondering when they notify about interviews... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Just browsing the School of Physiotherapy's website (yet again) and I noticed that they say that the interviews will be conducted between April 21st and 28th this year. Just thought I'd pass on that bit of information if anyone didn't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudibranch89 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I applied to Dal OT, I'm from the Maritimes so it is probably my best chance of getting accepted because they set aside specific seats for residents, although it's not one of my top choices at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smorgasbord Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Anyone know when we'll get interview times for PT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 A friend of mine in her second year of PT said notices for interviews went out at the end of March when she went through the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I applied to Dal OT, I'm from the Maritimes so it is probably my best chance of getting accepted because they set aside specific seats for residents, although it's not one of my top choices at all. If you don't mind my asking, why isn't Dal one of your top choices? I'm just wondering because I have heard very little about their program (and as for OT schools it's my best chance as well, where I'm from Atlantic Canada). Also, for everyone wondering when we'll find out, I found their facebook page through the school's home page, and a post said that the first acceptance letters for MSc(OT) entry level are going out by April 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoastgirl Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Labrador11, Some of it is for personal reasons. I've also done my undergrad in Nova Scotia, not too far from Halifax, and I've seen a lot of the city over the years. I'm looking for a big change. As well, in my opinion, the jobs and fieldwork placements, research opportunities etc are not nearly as varied or as interesting out here on the east coast as they would be in a bigger city, say Toronto, Vancouver or Edmonton. Since I figure I'd have to move to a bigger city to find the better job opportunities anyways I figure I'd rather do my education in a big center and get settled as I get my MSc. The department at Dal seems really tiny too. I'm sure it's not a bad school, I just don't think for me it'd be the best fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthopeful15 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 anybody here from dalhousie today? I got a message back saying i didnt meet the GPA requirement for an interview, my GPA was 3.87 on the dal scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador11 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Sorry to hear that, pthopeful15. I also heard from Dal PT today through email I did get invited for an interview. The NL interviews are the 24th and 25th. They asked me to confirm that I would attend by Monday (I replied immediately) and they would contact me with an exact time later. They also said that the interviews would be scenario based and last 20-30 min. I wonder if anyone has any more information on what the interviews will be like? (i.e. knows someone who has done it before or have done one themselves) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthopeful15 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Sorry to hear that, pthopeful15. I also heard from Dal PT today through email I did get invited for an interview. The NL interviews are the 24th and 25th. They asked me to confirm that I would attend by Monday (I replied immediately) and they would contact me with an exact time later. They also said that the interviews would be scenario based and last 20-30 min. I wonder if anyone has any more information on what the interviews will be like? (i.e. knows someone who has done it before or have done one themselves) Do you mind stating your sGPA? I thought 3.87 might have been high enough to get an interview, although I am from Ontario and there are only a limited number of spots available to OPP/non-atlantic applicants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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