Lol doooods. Your wait is over! =)
Lol doooods. Your wait is over! =)
You must be mistaken. I count 9 days. =P
i havent got any email yet does it mean i didnt make it?
Urm...I think they'd tell you explicitly if you didn't make it. Keep hoping!
Assume it's still alive until they kill it. Did you apply to UofT as well?
me neither
for those that got the offers: what does your quest account say now?
mine still says: We have received your application, but no decision has been made yet.
They don't tell you where you went wrong though...it could have been the RC/WT, it could have been the interview. And there might be an extra application like mine this year depending on how many people were admitted and how many people accepted/declined the offer.
Keep on trying! There's always a way in if you keep at it!
What do you mean by less networking opportunities? I know what networking is, etc. but why is there less at Waterloo?Hey
I have a little pro/con list for waterloo vs uoft (with help from ryanco64) to help those who might have trouble deciding.
Waterloo pros
Co-op (experience + money!)
Quiet campus in Kitchener (pro or con)
Smaller class size feels more personal
Waterloo cons
BSc instead of PharmD (to be confirmed)
Quiet campus in Kitchener (pro or con)
Less networking opportunities (but co-op!)
UofT pros
PharmD (to be confirmed)
Downtown campus is lively
Networking opportunities are better
can rewrite exams if you fail
only 6 exams first yr per term (9 for waterloo)
Cheaper tuition
UofT cons
No paid work experience gauranteed
Downtown campus can be distracting
The class feels less personal
Feel free to add to the list
Hi Everyone!
Congrats to everyone that got accepted, I look forward to meeting you all in Jan2013.
Has anyone started looking at apartments/condos in Waterloo yet? Any students coming from Montreal - McGill?!
Does anyone know if there will be an early application for cycle 2013? I already emailed Julie but she didnt answer me specifically.
Hey there Rx2016s. I'm a current student of Rx2015 and although a bit late I thought I'd share some thoughts.
I got accepted in both UW and UofT last year, I chose UW. Why?
1. Smaller class - you get to know EVERYONE. Literally. Everyone knows everyone after a while, everyone likes everyone. You make friends right off the bat as the program is structured around heavy group work. Professors get to know you, hell up until the main campus started complaining, we didn't even have to show our student ID to write an exam because the profs all know our faces if not our names.
2. Independence - if you have the choice chose to go to UW if you're currently living at home and going to Uni. Its a whole other experience and really helps to develop you as a person.
3. Co-Op program - I'm going into my first co-op job next month, its an exciting time. I get experience and best of all I get paid while learning. The employers know your students and adjust what you do accordingly. After my first two semesters of studying I cant wait to apply what I've learned.
4. Group work - the entire program is structured around heavy group work. This is good, as someone who didnt know a single person coming in last january it would've been tough to make new friends right off the bat. The group work really helped, the members of my group are some of my best friends now.
5. Volunteering - you have an entire class built around volunteering. You get placed in a community organization and help that organization out. It looks great on your resume, especially if its empty like mine was.
6. Presentations - most people, including me, are terrified of these. We have a great prof here that really builds your confidence. In first year you will do a decent number of presentations but I promise you'll love doing them by the end.
Now there are cons to the program. Its relatively new so they are making changes. Our class has been extremely vocal this year and we've made sure future years will have a better program by voicing what we didn't like and what we did. A lot of courses we felt were a complete waste of time, but ofcourse its not like attendance is mandatory so we skipped.
Biggest con - anatomy. Its a very tough course, it covers an entire textbook of material in 2 semesters, along with labs and bell ringers. Each exam is cumulative, the final exams are tough. This is the course everyone dreads, at the same time we learn a lot. At UofT you'll get a single semester of second year anatomy, nothing learned. This is the real deal anatomy course and you will be challenged but you'll understand how everything fits together in the end, both with the course's chapters and with other courses.
Honestly, I'm just about wrapping up my first year of studies and I love the program. I do not regret chosing UW over UofT, infact I feel I made the right choice. If you have any questions feel free to PM me or post here.
Do you happen to come accross anyone who failed one or more courses...I heard the passing mark can be high.
I honestly don't know how someone could go through the entire admissions process, get interviewed, and offered a spot in the class just to fail. If she's in the school then she was obviously academically qualified, and probably not applying herself or has lost interest in the program. I just can't see someone failing due to pure difficulty...