Acceptances and Rejections

Hi, guys!

It’s time to finally discuss the acceptances and rejections I received from my universities. As a recap, here is where I applied in the order of from low priority to the highest: York University - Kinesiology and Health Sciences, UofT - Life Sciences, Waterloo - Life Sciences (Co-op), McMaster - Kinesiology, Waterloo - Health Studies (Co-op), McMaster University - Life Sciences, and McMaster University - Health Sciences. I also applied to CAP (Conditional Admission to Pharmacy) in Waterloo, which would allow me to pursue Pharmacy in 6 years without an admission test; there were only 24 spots reserved. This blog post will include the universities’ decision on my applications, the application procedure, and something that I wish I could have done better. Here we go:

Accepted:

York University - Kinesiology and Health Sciences

UofT - Life Sciences

Waterloo - Life Sciences (Co-op)

McMaster - Kinesiology 

Waterloo - Health Studies (Co-op)

McMaster University - Life Sciences

Rejected:

McMaster University - Health Sciences

Other:

Waterloo - CAP

Application Procedure:

After applying through OUAC (Ontario Universities Application Centre), I had some additional application papers to submit to some of my universities. Waterloo just wanted me to fill out 2 sets of questions regarding my choice: why I applied there, why Waterloo, and so forth. That application was nice and brief. McMaster’s Health Sciences, however wanted me to write the responses to 3 questions, so that they can assess me on a more personal basis and evaluate the way I think. One question was related to “Anything That I Think Is Applicable to Write” and the other 2 were the responses to a complex question. For CAP, I had to answer a question “Why Do You Want To Become a Pharmacist” and they wanted me to complete 200 hours in a pharmaceutical industry during the first 2 years, which I began to complete, but then I stopped. Why would I apply to Pharmacy, you’d ask, and the answer is - because this is a wonderful opportunity to get involved in health care, and I wanted to try myself out. There was also an interview to this program, which I didn’t go to, so my application was never completed fully, but only 48 people or so actually get to the interviews. 

Something I’d Do Better:

Because English is not my first language, I wish I’d come to Canada a little earlier. That way I would feel more comfortable with the grammar and syntax in English language! Other than that, I’m very much satisfied with my achievements, and even though I’m rejected from Health Sci, I am not losing any opportunity to pursue what I want in life :)