Accepted today to Waterloo!!!
Started by pre_opt_sku
shedsy said:
Congratulations to you too future classmate!!! Definitely time to celebrate!
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i'm so happy for you two!
Hopefully I'll see you next year!
pre_opt_sku (if this is too personal you don't have to answer) but with your stats, did you get a scholarship to waterloo?
Hopefully I'll see you next year!
pre_opt_sku (if this is too personal you don't have to answer) but with your stats, did you get a scholarship to waterloo?
congratulations , guys !!
surgical_tomato said:
I'm not even sure what is available for entering students...I didn't even look into it. I haven't applied for anything and I haven't been given a scholarship either.
Congratulations. Did ICO offer you a scholarship or did you apply? I'd love to get a scholarship :/
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ericlemonster said:
You're autmotatically consirdred fpr scholarships when they go through you application. I was given my ICO scholarship when they accepted me.
Hey guys, congrats! I'm at waterloo right now class of 2009 so I should be seeing you all next year. If you have any questions post them up and maybe everyone can benefit from the answers. Congrats again to those who have been accepted and for those who haven't keep those fingers crossed
ML1983 said:
Yes, I was an external applicant (from SK)
congrats!! seems like waterloo has given out so many acceptances already..not looking good for me 🙁 but good for you guys tho, it's really great!! maybe all the keeners are just on SDN and you guys are the only early acceptances given out -- then in retrospect, they haven't given that many out yet --> optimistic wishing 😀
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Hi, I just discovered this forum. It seems that there aren't many forums for university of waterloo optometry applicants... but I am super glad to have found this one🙂
Congrats to everyone who has received acceptances so far!!! That is SO awesome!
So, my question is this: I had an interview in waterloo this year and I was just wondering, what are your chances of getting in if you have had an interview? Can anyone shed light on what has happened in the the past?
Thanks
Congrats to everyone who has received acceptances so far!!! That is SO awesome!
So, my question is this: I had an interview in waterloo this year and I was just wondering, what are your chances of getting in if you have had an interview? Can anyone shed light on what has happened in the the past?
Thanks
diva15 said:
From what I've heard... Waterloo is a b*tch to get into for Canadians students... I don't think Americans stand a chance!
Taken directly from the Waterloo website: http://www.optometry.uwaterloo.ca/
eye_hope said:
hi eye_hope; I interviewed at waterloo also this year and they informed me that they interview about 1/3 of the applicant pool (they didn't have the exact number b/c the whole process is "blind" - no pun intended). With that being said your interview receives a score just as do all your other materials ie gpa, OAT, essay, references, etc. Then I assume you are given a composite score (sum of the individual scores) and those with the highest scores are accepted, although I must say I'm not 100% sure how this last portion works.
~jimmy
Hey guys,
I was told by Waterloo that not having an interview does not adversly affect your chances of getting in. I couldn't make it to my interview the first time around because of a snow storm, but they told me not to worry about it. I wanted to reschedule it, so I went to Waterloo for my interview but during the mess of it all Waterloo assured me that it doesn't negatively affect you to not have an interview...but it does help because they learn more about you.... 😕
Anyways...
anyone else counting down the days til June to hear back??
I was told by Waterloo that not having an interview does not adversly affect your chances of getting in. I couldn't make it to my interview the first time around because of a snow storm, but they told me not to worry about it. I wanted to reschedule it, so I went to Waterloo for my interview but during the mess of it all Waterloo assured me that it doesn't negatively affect you to not have an interview...but it does help because they learn more about you.... 😕
Anyways...
anyone else counting down the days til June to hear back??
jimmyopto said:
Thanks Jimmy, that was helpful. Wow, so assuming that approximately 250 people applied again this year, around 80 people received interviews. I was always under the impression that they did very few interviews. Interesting to know.
Let the countdown begin!
I went to the information session they held in late January, since I'm a student at UW. They said that they interview about half of the applicant pool, and expected around 300 total applications this year. So if you go by those numbers, you're looking at about 150 interviews.eye_hope said:
Chuffsla said:
Interesting. You could very well be right since my interviewers expressed to me that they did not know the exact number of applicants nor how many of those were invited for an interview - they were just commenting on past experience (ie 1/3).
Depending on how many ppl are accepted without an interview it would make sense to interview more than 80 ppl (as 80 is the approx entering class size) so it would seem likely that the number of applicants interviewed would be closer to 150. This gives them roughly 2 applicants for every seat (not including those pre accepted).
~jimmy
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eye_hope said:
I believe acceptances/rejections are mailed out early june this year (as opposed to early july last year). As for a specific date I don't know but usually if you give Marie a 'ring she will let you know what day they will be mailed out.
~jimmy
jimmyopto said:
Thanks again Jimmy. I knew that it was supposed to be early June, but it would be good to have a set date. However, calling Marie is a good idea and perhaps I will do that at the end of the first week of June if I still haven't heard back from them.
schmebbie said:
Hi schmebbie; I haven't heard of ppl getting emails except the odd person that would get one pre interview to let them know they were accepted (and by email I presume were talking about an offer of addmissions email). Hopefully its not fake, congratulations if it isn't.
~jimmy
All this talk had me worried (still am...) so I called Waterloo and spoke to Marie (not Ms. Amodeo - I believe that this Marie works at the front desk of the school). She said that everything will be sent out in the mail (acceptances and rejections) in the next two weeks. She said she didnt know anything about emails.
😕
The waiting continues....
😕
The waiting continues....
I'm sure your e mails are real e mails and I would not worry! I think all of the early acceptances were sent via e mail and then something came in the mail a week or so later. I'm not sure why it would be any different for you guys. If you got an e mail, congratulations and I look forward to meeting you guys in the fall!! 😀
If you didn't get an e mail, I wouldn't lose hope..... Waterloo's admission office is very disorganized. I'm keeping my fingers crosses for all of you guys!
If you didn't get an e mail, I wouldn't lose hope..... Waterloo's admission office is very disorganized. I'm keeping my fingers crosses for all of you guys!
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schmebbie said:
I'm from Regina 🙂
Ain't that the truth. I hate dealing with them. They're so slow to answer questions, or they don't bother answering at all. They're almost standoffish.
Anyway, I got early acceptance and the first I heard about it was via email. I got the paper copy in the mail the following week.
jrisley said:
Ahhh... nothing like a troll first thing in the morning... 😛
hey guys... lots of posts since the last time I checked!
I also got an acceptance on June 1st via email and then on June 2nd, I received an xpresspost package detailing 'what to do next.' I do think it IS sort of random how they send out the acceptances...
but I have my fingers crossed for the rest of you all! And congrats to everyone who has received acceptances so far! I look forward to meeting you all in September! 😀
I also got an acceptance on June 1st via email and then on June 2nd, I received an xpresspost package detailing 'what to do next.' I do think it IS sort of random how they send out the acceptances...
but I have my fingers crossed for the rest of you all! And congrats to everyone who has received acceptances so far! I look forward to meeting you all in September! 😀
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