Program-Specific Info / Q's Samuel Merritt OTD program

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Great thanks! I emailed Kasie and she said we should have gotten it already, but there may be delays with IT because of the break. She said she’ll hold my spot in the case that it doesn’t work out. You might want to email just to have a record of your intent to accept! Nothing is happening
OT114 said:
I just got off the phone with the admissions counselor and she said that we should be getting an email to create our SMU ID & PW 24 hours after creating our portal log-in. She said their IT team is already out for break so if it's something that's IT dependent and if by any chance we can't create our ID & PW by ourselves then we don't have to worry if there is no way to deposit our fee for acceptance or submit our letter of intent.

Just be sure to call after they're back from break on January 2nd or send them an email during break letting them know you're going to be accepting the invitation! It's great that they called us knowing we got in but also a bit worrying because we can't really contact with them for the next two weeks if we have questions! haha
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Yes I emailed Kasie, she said she’d hold my spot if the email doesn’t come through on its own. I’m sure nothing will happen over the break but it’s nice to have some assurance. I think there are only a handful of us who just got accpeted, so it won’t be TOO annoying if we are all emailing about this
 
aspiringot96 said:
Omg okay I emailed her earlier too and she said she’ll hold my spot AHAHHA. I’m glad that we are all going through this TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY together I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to submit my LOI but they reassured me it’ll be okay as long as I tell them in the email I accept the offer.


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Haha yeah. I mean maybe we’re taking it too hard and being a little paranoid, but the application process is a nightmare, I’m not leaving anything up to chance!! I won’t be taken down this easily!!!
 
Do you know how long we have to accept the offer?? I’m having issues with the login too and it’s making me paranoid because I JUST emailed Kasie about it!
 
jntrnOT said:
Do you know how long we have to accept the offer?? I’m having issues with the login too and it’s making me paranoid because I JUST emailed Kasie about it!
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So I don’t think anyone can sign in. I didn’t even receive the acceptance email- like “the OT department wants to invite you blah blah”-so I don’t know when the due date to accept is- it would have been in that letter. Kasie said we had 10 days on the phone when she called me to say I got in, but I don’t know if she meant business days or not. I was too distracted. None of you got that official invite letter either right? It was my understanding that we can’t log in because we didn’t get that email, which had vital info related to signing in to SMURF. All you all got was an email welcoming you to an admitted students portal, right? I got in the portal fine but its SMURF we need to accept the offer.
 
aspiringot96 said:
Yes, you are correct! It’s okay I think they know of the situation now since this is a problem occurring to everyone. They really can’t blame us since we have already emailed them.
I was told by the IT guy that they didn’t set up the portal for us yet

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jntrnOT said:
Got the login email!
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Me too!

Should we make a Facebook group? We can just call it Samuel Merritt OT Class of 2022 or something like that. Then we can stop completely flooding this forum with conversation, it’s probably a little annoying for people waiting to hear back.[/QUOTE]
 
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OTconvert said:
Me too!

Should we make a Facebook group? We can just call it Samuel Merritt OT Class of 2022 or something like that. Then we can stop completely flooding this forum with conversation, it’s probably a little annoying for people waiting to hear back.
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Completely agreed!
 
Ok I made the group, it's "Samuel Merritt OTD Class of 2022". It will only be a couple of us for now, but soon a bunch more of you will be joining us, so look it up then! I think I have heard that some schools create official facebook groups for accepted students, so this page may become pointless if that is true. It will be nice to not be anonymous anymore, though!
 
Did anyone else in the first interview group get an email saying they will either be accepted or waitlisted and will find out after the second round of interviews?
 
ASpell said:
Did anyone else in the first interview group get an email saying they will either be accepted or waitlisted and will find out after the second round of interviews?
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Yup, I got this email last month! Hopefully we'll hear back in the next couple of weeks.
 
Congrats to everyone who got accepted! I also got the email saying I'll either be accepted or waitlisted. Can anyone who already got accepted let us know what the specific deadlines are? Like when you have to let them know by (in an earlier post, I saw that it was 10 days), when the deposit is due by, when the physical is due by, etc. Thanks and good luck to everyone else!
 
aclot said:
Congrats to everyone who got accepted! I also got the email saying I'll either be accepted or waitlisted. Can anyone who already got accepted let us know what the specific deadlines are? Like when you have to let them know by (in an earlier post, I saw that it was 10 days), when the deposit is due by, when the physical is due by, etc. Thanks and good luck to everyone else!
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I think you have 10 days to accept the offer so you have to pay the deposit ($350) before then. Background check and some other stuff are due 6months to 30 days prior to start of the program while proof of insurance is due 30 days before the start.
 
I am wondering if anyone from the January 12th interview has heard back yet?
 
SayBlev said:
I am wondering if anyone from the January 12th interview has heard back yet?
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I haven't heard anything back yet either. I've been refreshing this page for updates like crazy!
Were you in the morning or afternoon session?
 
I was in the December group that got an email that said I’d either be admitted or waitlisted. I was wondering if anyone from the 1/12 got a call yet. It would tell me I definitely would be on the waitlist.
 
SayBlev said:
Sorry, my phone didn’t let me finish my first message back. See below.
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Oh, I was in January interviews. Kassie said that we all should know by the end of this week if we're accepted or wait listed. But the wait is killing me!
 
I was in the January interviews as well and this waiting is killler ! I’ve also been constantly refreshing this page lol
 
Hello Everyone,

Has anyone heard from SMU after the January interviews?
 
Did you guys apply anywhere else? I heard Dominican sent out interview invitations already but I haven't received anything yet.
 
KatOT said:
Did you guys apply anywhere else? I heard Dominican sent out interview invitations already but I haven't received anything yet.
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I didn’t get any other applications in for 2019. I am planning on reapplying to SMU next round and applying to Dominican, SJSU, and Cal State Dominguez Hills.
 
I got a call from Kassie this evening as well! I interviewed back in December so glad the wait is finally over, good luck to everyone.
 
SayBlev said:
I didn’t get any other applications in for 2019. I am planning on reapplying to SMU next round and applying to Dominican, SJSU, and Cal State Dominguez Hills.
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I'm planning to reapply too if I don't get in this year. Hopefully the wait list moves along.
 
rose9531 said:
I got a call from Kassie this evening as well! I interviewed back in December so glad the wait is finally over, good luck to everyone.
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Congrats!! I'm pretty sure they called everyone they want to accept.
Still hopeful though!
 
rose9531 said:
I got a call from Kassie this evening as well! I interviewed back in December so glad the wait is finally over, good luck to everyone.
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First of all, congratulations on being accepted! Did just hear now that you got accepted or were you on the waitlist? I’m only asking because I got an email saying that they accept an equal number of students from both the December interview and January interview. I want to get a better idea of how they accept students.
 
PhilMex123 said:
First of all, congratulations on being accepted! Did just hear now that you got accepted or were you on the waitlist? I’m only asking because I got an email saying that they accept an equal number of students from both the December interview and January interview. I want to get a better idea of how they accept students.
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Did you interview for this round or are you trying to gather info for next year? I waiting for the waitlist to be emailed out. I should be on it since they said in December I’d be either admitted or waitlisted.
 
SayBlev said:
Did you interview for this round or are you trying to gather info for next year? I waiting for the waitlist to be emailed out. I should be on it since they said in December I’d be either admitted or waitlisted.
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I interviewed in January
 
SayBlev said:
Did you interview for this round or are you trying to gather info for next year? I waiting for the waitlist to be emailed out. I should be on it since they said in December I’d be either admitted or waitlisted.
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Have you heard anything about the waitlist?
 
From everyone that did get accepted, did they call you before sending out the email? Has anyone heard back to see if they got on the waitlist?
 
mcns said:
Have you heard anything about the waitlist?
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I have not. I got an email 12/21/18 that said I would either be admitted in January or added to the waitlist, but I haven’t heard anything since. I am so tempted to email Kasie, but I am sure they’re busy getting everything straight for the newly admitted class.
 
SayBlev said:
I have not. I got an email 12/21/18 that said I would either be admitted in January or added to the waitlist, but I haven’t heard anything since. I am so tempted to email Kasie, but I am sure they’re busy getting everything straight for the newly admitted class.
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Same here.. I really hope we find out today. The suspense is killing me! LOL
 
OTOnTheWay said:
From everyone that did get accepted, did they call you before sending out the email? Has anyone heard back to see if they got on the waitlist?
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I received a call first before the email was sent out.
 
KatOT said:
Same here!! I'm constantly checking the forum and my emails... I'm trying to avoid my phone as much as possible!
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I just got an email about the waitlist. I’m likely too far down to make it in
 
I just got the email! I am #8 on the waitlist!!! Super optimistic and excited. Good luck to everyobe else!
 
KatOT said:
I got an email as well but didn't make waitlist. Good luck to everyone else!!
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I’m so sorry! I’m moving forward and reapplying. I’ll also be applying other places. Keep your head up and keep moving forward.
 
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