Difference between revisions of "User:Iho/sandbox"

From SUS Redbooks
Jump to: navigation, search
(Deadlines)
Line 30: Line 30:
  
 
===Work and Volunteer Experience===
 
===Work and Volunteer Experience===
 +
*50 hours minimum working or volunteering with persons experiencing cognitive or physical difficulties
  
 
===GPA (MPT)===
 
===GPA (MPT)===
Line 37: Line 38:
 
*Includes summer, part-time, and failed courses, in addition to courses taken after the four-year degree is completed.
 
*Includes summer, part-time, and failed courses, in addition to courses taken after the four-year degree is completed.
 
*Does not include S/U courses, practicums, activity-type courses, or courses taken as a graduate student
 
*Does not include S/U courses, practicums, activity-type courses, or courses taken as a graduate student
 +
 +
===TOEFL===
 +
*Minimum TOEFL scores:
 +
**Paper: 620 (paper-based)
 +
**Internet-based: 105
 +
**Computer: 260
 +
*Minimum IETLS score: 8
  
 
====Other Requirements====
 
====Other Requirements====
Line 50: Line 58:
 
**Form available as a PDF file in the ORPAS application package
 
**Form available as a PDF file in the ORPAS application package
 
*Two reference letters
 
*Two reference letters
 +
**One must be an academic reference, the other must be the individual/organization under whom you worked to attain the 50 hours of experience
 
**ORPAS has R1 and R2 forms online for this very purpose
 
**ORPAS has R1 and R2 forms online for this very purpose
 +
*Incomplete applications will '''not''' be processed.
  
 
Other information regarding required ORPAS documentation can be found [https://webapp.ouac.on.ca/html/help_files/632571_overview.html here].
 
Other information regarding required ORPAS documentation can be found [https://webapp.ouac.on.ca/html/help_files/632571_overview.html here].
Line 56: Line 66:
 
==Deadlines==
 
==Deadlines==
 
*Applications must be submitted through [http://www.ouac.on.ca/orpas/ ORPAS] by January 8, 2010
 
*Applications must be submitted through [http://www.ouac.on.ca/orpas/ ORPAS] by January 8, 2010
**Includes reference forms
+
**Also applies for reference forms
 
*Application fee is $255 plus $75 for every university choice after the first.
 
*Application fee is $255 plus $75 for every university choice after the first.
 
*Transcript processing by ORPAS costs an additional $10 per transcript. Transcripts must be received by January 29, 2010.
 
*Transcript processing by ORPAS costs an additional $10 per transcript. Transcripts must be received by January 29, 2010.
Line 65: Line 75:
 
*Student fees include athletic fee, recreation fee, student services fee, GSA activity fee, GSA health and vision insurance, and GSA dental insurance. These add up to around $500 a year.
 
*Student fees include athletic fee, recreation fee, student services fee, GSA activity fee, GSA health and vision insurance, and GSA dental insurance. These add up to around $500 a year.
 
*Additional costs may include books, housing/food, local transportation.
 
*Additional costs may include books, housing/food, local transportation.
*For international students on a Study Permit, there is an additional $200 international student fee.
 
 
*Check website for possible scholarship opportunities.
 
*Check website for possible scholarship opportunities.
  
 
==Statistics==
 
==Statistics==
*40 applicants admitted each year
+
*566 applicants in 2009 application cycle
*5 of these are designated to the Education Equity Program for Aboriginal Students
 
*No statistics available since Fall 2007 is the first year the Masters program in physical therapy is being offered.
 
*or general facts about the university, see the following link: http://www.usask.ca/uofs/fact_sheet.php
 
  
 
==Other facts/Notes==
 
==Other facts/Notes==

Revision as of 02:42, 25 March 2010

Contacts

Website: http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/pt/programs/mpt/admissions.html
Admissions phone: (519) 661-3360
Fax: (519) 966-6575
Email: dbeer@uwo.ca (Donna Beer, Professional Program Assistant)

Program Information

  • 50 spaces each year, open only to citizens or permanent residents of Canada

Admissions Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

MPT

  • Four year baccalaureate degree in any discipline from a college or university
  • Required Courses
    • Human/Mammal/Vertebrate Physiology with a minimum grade of B (3 credits)
      • Courses with an "and" in its name e.g. "Human Anatomy and Physiology" will only count as 1.5 credits.
    • Science - 6 credits of the following:
      • Biology
      • Physics
      • Chemistry
      • Courses in Anatomy, Biomechanics, Human Biology, and Science for non-Science students will not count
    • Statistics or Research Methods (3 credits)
    • Social Science e.g. Anthropology (3 credits)
    • English or Writing (e.g. EAPR 250) with an essay component (3 credits)
    • Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
      • You may not use a 6-credit English/Writing course to fulfill both the Arts/Humanities and English/Writing categories

MSc

Work and Volunteer Experience

  • 50 hours minimum working or volunteering with persons experiencing cognitive or physical difficulties

GPA (MPT)

  • Based on the last 60 credits completed as of December 31 of the application cycle.
    • Admissions will calculate GPA starting with final fall grades, and count backwards from there based on the chronological order indicated on the applicant's transcript.
    • If the last few courses needed to fulfill the 60-credit total do not comprise an entire semester (e.g. 3 out of 5 courses of 2nd year Winter), the average of the entire year is taken.
  • Includes summer, part-time, and failed courses, in addition to courses taken after the four-year degree is completed.
  • Does not include S/U courses, practicums, activity-type courses, or courses taken as a graduate student

TOEFL

  • Minimum TOEFL scores:
    • Paper: 620 (paper-based)
    • Internet-based: 105
    • Computer: 260
  • Minimum IETLS score: 8

Other Requirements

Residency Requirements

  • Must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada.

Interview

  • There is no interview

Documentation

  • Statement indicating completion of 50 hours volunteering or working (paid) with individuals who are struggling at a cognitive or physical level.
    • Form available as a PDF file in the ORPAS application package
  • Two reference letters
    • One must be an academic reference, the other must be the individual/organization under whom you worked to attain the 50 hours of experience
    • ORPAS has R1 and R2 forms online for this very purpose
  • Incomplete applications will not be processed.

Other information regarding required ORPAS documentation can be found here.

Deadlines

  • Applications must be submitted through ORPAS by January 8, 2010
    • Also applies for reference forms
  • Application fee is $255 plus $75 for every university choice after the first.
  • Transcript processing by ORPAS costs an additional $10 per transcript. Transcripts must be received by January 29, 2010.
  • Transcripts must come directly from the school.

Tuition

  • Yearly flat tuition rate of $4,653.00
  • Student fees include athletic fee, recreation fee, student services fee, GSA activity fee, GSA health and vision insurance, and GSA dental insurance. These add up to around $500 a year.
  • Additional costs may include books, housing/food, local transportation.
  • Check website for possible scholarship opportunities.

Statistics

  • 566 applicants in 2009 application cycle

Other facts/Notes

  • Students in the M.P.T. program are engaged in academics for 11 months per year.
  • The program lasts 2 years and 6 months.
  • The program is divided into modules which include a major project, clinical education, discovery time, case integration and various evaluations.
  • For newly admitted students, school starts in mid-August.