General Admissions & OTCAS Who have you heard back from? 2020-2021 Cycle

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Rocky Mountain College (Billings, MT) offered me an interview next week for their class beginning January 2022! They have a unique offering in that they emphasize entrepreneurship as a part of the OTD program.
 
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janensea said:
Rocky Mountain College (Billings, MT) offered me an interview next week for their class beginning January 2022! They have a unique offering in that they emphasize entrepreneurship as a part of the OTD program.
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Interviews: Pace University (2/5), Rocky Mountain College (2/12), Yeshiva University (2/23), Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (2/12), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (3/6), University of Mary in Billings (2/18), Rutgers (3/19), Johnson & Wales (4/9, declined interview offer)
Accepted: Rocky Mountain College (2/17), University of Mary in Billings (2/22), Massachusetts General Hospital IHP (2/22), Yeshiva University (2/25), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (3/10), Rutgers (3/25), Pace University (3/25)
 
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I've gotten into Rocky Mountain College (declined), Marquette University (declined) and St Scholastica. Still waiting to hear back from Midwestern IL and St Catherine University. I'll most likely be going to St Scholastica, anyone else?
 
OTish20 said:
Hi all!

Applied: UIC, UW Milwaukee, UW Madison, Carroll University, Rutgers, Creighton University, University of Washington, Rush, University of Minnesota
Interviews: Creighton, Rush, Madison
Acceptances: Carroll, Rutgers
Waitlists:
Rejections:

Anyone else apply at the normal deadline for UIC waiting to hear back? Or UWM, Madison, or Washington for that matter? The anticipation is killing me!
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I was accepted into Madison as soon as I submitted the kira assessment few weeks back. Not my top choice but waiting to hear back from Rush... Goodluck !
 
Applied: University of Texas Medical Branch, West Virginia University, Cedar Crest College, Baylor University
Interviews: UTMB, West Virginia, Cedar Crest
Acceptances:
Waitlists: UTMB, West Virginia
Rejections:

Good luck everyone!!
 
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cl_ot said:
Applied: Dominican, Samuel Merritt, West Coast LA, USAHS, Midwestern, AIC
Interviews: West Coast LA, Midwestern, St.Augustine, Samuel Merritt
Acceptances: AIC, USAHS-San Marcos
Waitlists: West Coast LA, Midwestern, Samuel Merritt
Rejections:
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PhenomenalWoman_OT said:
I was accepted into Madison as soon as I submitted the kira assessment few weeks back. Not my top choice but waiting to hear back from Rush... Goodluck !
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Oh wow. You did your Kira Assessment a few weeks ago and you already heard back? It seems like everyone else on this website did theirs months and months ago and still hasn't heard back. Congrats to you! When did you originally apply?
 
OTish20 said:
Oh wow. You did your Kira Assessment a few weeks ago and you already heard back? It seems like everyone else on this website did theirs months and months ago and still hasn't heard back. Congrats to you! When did you originally apply?
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I applied back in October/November I believe . But I’m waiting g to hear back from rush as that is my dream school
 
Has anyone received an interview from Advent Health/ADU in Orlando? I received an interview but wanted to see if anyone knew of the structure of the interview besides it being on Zoom! Good Luck to everyone with interviews
 
jhaOT said:
Has anyone received an interview from Advent Health/ADU in Orlando? I received an interview but wanted to see if anyone knew of the structure of the interview besides it being on Zoom! Good Luck to everyone with interviews
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I have a friend who got accepted into the program for 2020 when things started transitioning to online. Her interview was a link where she had two minutes to answer questions as they popped up on the screen. Not sure if that’s how it will be for this round
 
jalapeno26 said:
I have a friend who got accepted into the program for 2020 when things started transitioning to online. Her interview was a link where she had two minutes to answer questions as they popped up on the screen. Not sure if that’s how it will be for this round
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Thank you! Good to know that this might be an option! None of my other interviews had been like that so it’s nice to know this from a prep stand point! Thank you again!!
 
mgwatterson said:
Applied: University of Saint Mary (Kansas), Rush University, Midwestern U (IL), St. Ambrose University, Ohio State, AT Still U (AZ), Elmhurst U
Interviews: St. Ambrose University, University of Saint Mary, Rush
Acceptances: University of Saint Mary
Waitlists: St. Ambrose
Rejections: NA
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did you put a deposit down at st. mary??
 
mgwatterson said:
Applied: University of Saint Mary (Kansas), Rush University, Midwestern U (IL), St. Ambrose University, Ohio State, AT Still U (AZ), Elmhurst U
Interviews: St. Ambrose University, University of Saint Mary, Rush
Acceptances: University of Saint Mary
Waitlists: St. Ambrose
Rejections: NA
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Congrats on landing an interview with Rush, how did it go?
 
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Hey
How was your West coast interview? is it virtual interview? I have revived email saying that they selected my application because i meet all the requirement but they will call me within months and scheduled an interview. so I am wondering what and how to prepare for the interview, it might help me thanks.
I have a Dominican OTR students at my skilled nursing facility for their first FW rotation and they are saying that classes are transit to online now; and program does not have interview process. Unfortunately, they selected students off from paper application. good luck.
 
Applied: Drake University, Duke University, Boston University, University of Mary, Mary Baldwin (MDCHS), University of Florida, Shenandoah, Johnson & Wales (all OTD programs)
Interview: Drake, JWU, MDCHS, UM
Waitlist:
Denied: BU
Accepted: Drake, JWU
 
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hdietrichOT said:
Applied: Drake University, Duke University, Boston University, University of Mary, Mary Baldwin (MDCHS), University of Florida, Shenandoah, Johnson & Wales (all OTD programs)
Interview: Drake, JWU
Waitlist:
Denied: BU
Accepted: Drake
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Have you received any update from University of Florida? I also haven't heard back from them yet
 
Applied: Rush University, UW-Madison, Midwestern (IL), Elmhurst, St. Scholastica, Wash U, U indy, Belmont
Interview: Rush (3/12), Midwestern, Elmhurst, Wash U, U indy, Belmont
Waitlist: Midwestern, Belmont, St. Scholastica
Accepted: U indy
 
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Alagz said:
Has anyone heard from Kean ?
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if you applied to the OTD program, you should hear back this month. If you applied to the MS program, most likely March. They do separate rounds of interviews for each. OTD first because the applications were due before the MS apps. My friend got an email last year about an interview around this time and was then accepted a month later for OTD.
 
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mirot said:
Hi I'm so sorry I just saw this!!!
GPA at the time of application (I'm still in undergrad): 3.91
OTCAS GPA: 3.92
Prereq GPA: 4.0
GRE (although BU doesn't care about it): 156 V, 157 Q, 5.0 AW
Major: Biobehavioral Health
Minors: Biology, Italian, Diversity and Inclusion in Health and Human Development
Hours: between 70-80 completed across a pediatric clinic, public high school, private high school for children with disabilities, and an adult outpatient rehab between 2018-2020. I had at least 36 planned hours for summer 2020 that couldn't be fulfilled because of the pandemic so I included that in my OTCAS too
Main extracurriculars: APO National Service Frat, GKAItalian honor society, AED Health Preprofessional Honor Society, undergrad research assistant for a lab in my major, lecture assistant for chemistry, OT club, marching band, I also proctor Zoom exams on the side and was a summer camp counselor for 3 consecutive summers

Hope this helps! 🙂
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Dayum, you’re very well-rounded applicant! What school are you aiming for?
 
FutureOT2525 said:
Applied: St.Kates, Rush, Elmhurst, UIC, UW Milwaukee, Lewis, North Central
Interviews: North Central (11/14), Rush (1/4), Elmhurst(1/15)
Acceptances: North Central (11/19), Rush (1/7), Lewis (1/19), Elmhurst (1/27)
Waitlists:
Rejections:
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My Interview for Rush is on Friday. Any advice for the group interview portion?
Thanks!!
 
geethehopefulOT said:
if you applied to the OTD program, you should hear back this month. If you applied to the MS program, most likely March. They do separate rounds of interviews for each. OTD first because the applications were due before the MS apps. My friend got an email last year about an interview around this time and was then accepted a month later for OTD.
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I applied to the masters! Thank you!
 
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