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Does anybody know if we have to apply for OSAP right now or closer to January?
Also curious about this!
Does anybody know if we have to apply for OSAP right now or closer to January?
You can apply to OSAP right now if you wish. Just make sure to choose the correct study periodAlso curious about this!
You can apply to OSAP right now if you wish. Just make sure to choose the correct study period
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - Pharmacy year 1 (or 1A)
Jan 3/18 - Aug 11/18
I'm writing this because I found this forum extremely helpful and wanted to give some insight for future applicants!
I was accepted off the wait-list on June 26!
Tips for future applicants:
Interview: I thought my interview went pretty well. It was pretty traditional in terms of the questions they asked (describe a time when...describe your pharmacy experiences...why do you want to be a pharmacist...etc). The thing with the interview, is that you have access (through the workshops at tatum center -- very useful) to a bunch of questions that are typically used in the interviews. The only thing is that they rotate and alternate which questions are used each year, so you can never really know what you're going to be asked. But I found that a lot of the questions that were shown in the workshops were representative of the real thing.
Presentation: Definitely talk about something your passionate about and something that you care about. it will come across more genuine and will make it easier to recite/memorize. I do recommend memorizing your presentation before hand, but doing so in a way that doesn't sound robotic or too rehearsed. 100% recommend going to the Tatum Centre for a mock interview, they give feedback on your presentation and will practice questions with you.
FSA: This is why I think I got waitlisted. The more difficult part for me was time management, as you only have 90 minutes to answer 3 sections. 1) Essay component 2) Read a scientific article and answer questions 3) Math.
- the essay wasn't too difficult, there were 2 academic topics to choose from. Again, time was my problem. I had only gave myself 10 minutes to write the essay.
- the math isn't difficult math, it's simple SCENARIO calculations. Mainly adding, multiplying numbers. c1v1=c2v2, etc. I would definitely touch up on this stuff if math isn't your strongest subject
- the scientific article was long! I think it was 4 pages double sided??? with graphs and tables. Some of the questions were vague, and they were NOT in order of the article (As some people may be used to, or may be expecting). Also, the graphs and tables were needed for some questions, so don't skip these!
Ps. For future wait-listers, I'll leave this here to give you a better idea on when students have gotten off in the past (Based on this forum). Students have gotten off on:
June 27 2013
august 30 2013
june 26 2014 x2
July 7, 2016
august 9 2016
This is all information that I wish I had known going in so I hope this helps somebody! Best of luck to anybody else on the wait-list and future applicants and I can't wait to meet everybody in January!
Congrats!!! Can't wait to meet you all as well!!I'm writing this because I found this forum extremely helpful and wanted to give some insight for future applicants!
I was accepted off the wait-list on June 26!
Tips for future applicants:
Interview: I thought my interview went pretty well. It was pretty traditional in terms of the questions they asked (describe a time when...describe your pharmacy experiences...why do you want to be a pharmacist...etc). The thing with the interview, is that you have access (through the workshops at tatum center -- very useful) to a bunch of questions that are typically used in the interviews. The only thing is that they rotate and alternate which questions are used each year, so you can never really know what you're going to be asked. But I found that a lot of the questions that were shown in the workshops were representative of the real thing.
Presentation: Definitely talk about something your passionate about and something that you care about. it will come across more genuine and will make it easier to recite/memorize. I do recommend memorizing your presentation before hand, but doing so in a way that doesn't sound robotic or too rehearsed. 100% recommend going to the Tatum Centre for a mock interview, they give feedback on your presentation and will practice questions with you.
FSA: This is why I think I got waitlisted. The more difficult part for me was time management, as you only have 90 minutes to answer 3 sections. 1) Essay component 2) Read a scientific article and answer questions 3) Math.
- the essay wasn't too difficult, there were 2 academic topics to choose from. Again, time was my problem. I had only gave myself 10 minutes to write the essay.
- the math isn't difficult math, it's simple SCENARIO calculations. Mainly adding, multiplying numbers. c1v1=c2v2, etc. I would definitely touch up on this stuff if math isn't your strongest subject
- the scientific article was long! I think it was 4 pages double sided??? with graphs and tables. Some of the questions were vague, and they were NOT in order of the article (As some people may be used to, or may be expecting). Also, the graphs and tables were needed for some questions, so don't skip these!
Ps. For future wait-listers, I'll leave this here to give you a better idea on when students have gotten off in the past (Based on this forum). Students have gotten off on:
June 27 2013
august 30 2013
june 26 2014 x2
July 7, 2016
august 9 2016
This is all information that I wish I had known going in so I hope this helps somebody! Best of luck to anybody else on the wait-list and future applicants and I can't wait to meet everybody in January!
The Facebook group has been set up! Ken Potvin sent an email with the link today.