cashmere Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Could anyone who has any knowledge explain the process of getting waitlisted and accepted after the fact? Do offers go out on a rolling basis? Any idea on how long before they expire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthcarehopeful Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Offers go out May 16th and the first round have until May 30th to accept. I have heard that ORPAS updates every day at midnight after the 16th. Can anyone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBOT2014 Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 It is my impression that offers go out may 16th and you have till the 30th to reply. You can reply with a firm acceptance or a provisional acceptance. Firm means its set and you are taken off wait lists and reject your other offers while the provisional acceptances means you have I think a week until its firm giving you a chance to get waitlist offers. As some schools get firm offers right away they can start giving out waitlist offers. It is my impression that most schools offer more acceptances then spaces in the program so just because one person rejects the offer doesn't mean they let one person from the waitlist in. As for ORPAS updating every day at midnight this I am not sure of. But I have heard of people getting phone calls from universities with offers from the waitlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OTHope Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Anyone know what the historic movement on the waitlists for UofT and Mac (OT) is like? I think I heard that last year McMaster went as far down the waitlist as the 20s, if not 30s. Who knows how this year will be. I'm not sure about the U of T waitlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choman99 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Does anyone know the past movement of the Queen's PT waitlist? I am currently ranked 8th and trying to get an idea of what my chances are of getting accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OTHope Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I'm on the McMaster and Queen's waiting lists (both for OT). Does anyone know how much the waitlist moves for Queen's? Their email said they will start sending more offers ASAP, whereas Mac says they will send more out after June 1st. McMaster is my first choice, so I might take my chances even if I do hear from Queen's (sooner than Mac?), since I'm #4 on McMaster's waitlist. I don't know my ranking for Queen's and wonder how much their waiting list has moved in the past... Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBOT2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I'm pretty sure at the queens info session they said the list did not move at all last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTHope Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I'm pretty sure at the queens info session they said the list did not move at all last year Yikes! Haha. Thanks for the info!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choman99 Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I'm pretty sure at the queens info session they said the list did not move at all last year Does anyone know if this was sort of a fluke year? What have been waitlist movements of Queen's PT from years before last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTHope Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Does anyone know if this was sort of a fluke year? What have been waitlist movements of Queen's PT from years before last year? I was wondering the same thing (but for OT), so I emailed Queen's asking if in the past there has been any movement on the list and they did not give me any information at all. They said every year is managed differently and depends on the applicant pool. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SheepE Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Yeah, for queens OT, they didn't move at all because they offered more seats thinking that some of them will decline. Turned out that majority of them accepted and the class turned out to be one of the largest they ever took in. This year might be different though as they might've learned their lessons from last year lol. Good luck to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choman99 Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Would anyone know what Queen's would do this year as a response to last year's over acceptance? Any thoughts on whether they will give out fewer acceptances, subsequently going further down on the waitlist or have a smaller class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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