MY PT SCHOOL APPLICATION FOR WESTERN PT | GPA, experiences, references, & tips along the way

Application season is among us so I hope this video will help you be more strategic with your application. I remember just 2 years ago when I was frantically reading through forums myself on other applicant's stats.
Thanks Michael for requesting this video, I acknowledge that I could have been more speedy with uploading this but I've been living life.
Feel free to comment any additional questions you have and if you have any tips that I missed!
(FUTURE ME: I KNOW I SAID THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES BUT I basically had a cold for 2 months straight and missed the application time)
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:13 GPA
1:25 Experiences
3:13 References
5:31 YOU GOT THIS!!
About me:
Hi! My name is Luocia (pronounced Lu-sia) and I'm a second year Master of Physical Therapy student at Western University in London, ON, Canada. I'm originally from Toronto, ON. I make vlogs, lifestyle and university life content in hopes to entertain and educate, hope you enjoy!

[@skllmasta]

Great video Luocia! Hopefully it helps those students who are looking to apply for their programs, and goodluck to you all!

[@luocia]

Thanks so much! ❤️

[@mandyluo6213]

Thanks for sharing😊

[@sissiguo5518]

Dang thats a high gpa 🤩 and I didn’t know you volunteered that much whatt

[@Greece5453]

first of all congrats!! I had a question and hopefully you see this. I am in the top third of the waitlist after this cycle. Do you know how deep into the waitlist they normally go??

[@luocia]

Thank you! I know of some people in the program who got accepted from the waitlist so I think you have a good chance! Wishing you best of luck ❤️

[@jadenga8856]

Hey Luocia! It's so useful thank you :) do you know what the cutoff subGPA/lowest subGPA of your cohort was? Thank you!

[@luocia]

So glad it was helpful! The subGPA cut-off for our class 3.84

[@tinako9199]

Hi Luocia, thanks for sharing! Does ORPAS automatically calculate GPA when I send in my official transcript? How did you manually calculate yours? I looked at the conversion chart and everything but I didn't take 5 classes a semester so I think my calculation is a bit off.

[@luocia]

Hi Tina, I'm so sorry for replying late, but yes ORPAS automatically calculates your GPA. It's based on your last 20 half credits, and if they have to go into your second year, then they would take the average GPA of that entire year and weight it by however credits it's suppose to fill in. This website (www.physicaltherapy.utoronto.ca/academic-requirements) explains it in more detail under the SubGPA heading!

[@tinako9199]

@@luocia thank you for replying! I just accepted my UBC MPT offer so no worries at all

[@luocia]

@@tinako9199 That's so amazing! Congratulations!! 🎉

[@dornusamuel6048]

I am currently doing my undergrad in Ghana. My dream is to come to western as an international student. Do I stand a chance ?

[@luocia]

Hi Dornu, thanks for sharing! I'm not sure what your application looks like so it makes it difficult for me to answer that question. If you have academic counselling at your university, perhaps they would be able to help 😊

[@dornusamuel6048]

@@luocia When are you releasing your next video 🤗🍁

[@gur6993]

Hi can we get into physio field after associate degree diploma??

[@luocia]

Hi, I'm not really sure what a associate degree diploma is but you need an undergraduate Bachelor's degree (usually 4 year program) and have taken the prerequisite courses requires for the specific physio program you're applying to

[@Entertainavandirababu]

I am new to here and I am international student from India , at present I am doing bachelor's degree in physiotherapy in India for masters willing to come to canada please make videos for international students also 😊

[@luocia]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind!

[@dwolfe3906]

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