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Actually i know most of the profiles of the students who got in. And looking at some of the profiles that got in, I really dont think I shouldve been rejected. thanks for the reply both of you though. I'll email them right away!

Okay! But the situation needs to change really and hiding it wil only make it worse. And about the image it brings to Indian students, it doesnt matter really. Indians wherever they go excel in their field or are atleast in the top half of their classes. So Indians are always held in high regard academia wise! Anyways thanks everyone for the replies.

Did you read my post? I said that I did my undergrad at Guelph and here, honours normally refers to any four year degree. General degrees are three years. So email the graduate secretary and clarify what they mean by honours. You may be fine.

Also, I've never heard of a prof giving extra credit. Never. So the fact that yours won't give any doesn't surprise me.

If you ever have trouble during a semester in the future, the time to get help is when things are happening. Profs, counselling, and student services can generally help you if you are struggling during the sesester. They can't do a whole lot after the fact.

Good luck.

http://www.asph.org/UserFiles/DataReport2010.pdf
 
In 2010, there were 6,806 new MPH enrollments in 46 accredited schools, an average of 148 per school.
 
The report includes graduates with an MPH by school: min 20 (SUNY Buffalo and Maryland), max 351 (Columbia), mean 112.98, median 95. High-reputation programs were often larger, for example Johns Hopkins had 293 MPH grads in 2010 and Michigan had 204. Applications and total enrollment for the MPH have mostly been trending upwards as well. If there are a bunch of tiny programs out there, it is likely because they are new or newly accredited.
 
Public health is a growing field, which is awesome, but it is not a competitive field (it could hardly be if it were going to grow). I say this as a public health person.

Exactly. Canadians just be humblebraggin'.

That's not the case everywhere. At some universities in Ontario, honours refers to all four year degrees, regardless of your academic achievement. That's why I suggested that the OP contact the university to find out exactly what they mean by honours. If it's just a four year degree, then the OP is fine.

I don't have any direct experience with this, but based on my friends who have been pregnant, it really all depends on the individual and their pregnancy.
 
Some of my friends have had very easy pregnancies, with very little morning sickness.  Others had extreme morning sickness (to the point where one needed to be hospitalized due to severe dehydration, and then put on medication to control the emesis). 
 
Most of my friends have been able to work or attend classes until the last month or so.  A couple worked or attended class right up until the day they gave birth.  One who was unlucky was put on bed rest (so no work or school) at about six months.  One had to be induced prematurely due to eclampsia.
 
So it really depends on how your pregnancy progresses.  Hopefully you will have an uneventful pregnancy and a smooth birth.  But you never know what could happen.  You could end up on bed rest, you could end up having complications, or you could even end up needing an emergency c-section.
 
Congratulations and good luck!  I hope everything goes smoothly for you and your baby.

I don't have any direct experience with this, but based on my friends who have been pregnant, it really all depends on the individual and their pregnancy.
 
Some of my friends have had very easy pregnancies, with very little morning sickness.  Others had extreme morning sickness (to the point where one needed to be hospitalized due to severe dehydration, and then put on medication to control the emesis). 
 
Most of my friends have been able to work or attend classes until the last month or so.  A couple worked or attended class right up until the day they gave birth.  One who was unlucky was put on bed rest (so no work or school) at about six months.  One had to be induced prematurely due to eclampsia.
 
So it really depends on how your pregnancy progresses.  Hopefully you will have an uneventful pregnancy and a smooth birth.  But you never know what could happen.  You could end up on bed rest, you could end up having complications, or you could even end up needing an emergency c-section.
 
Congratulations and good luck!  I hope everything goes smoothly for you and your baby.

If you've always wanted to be a mom, why are you posting on a child-free thread? I've never wanted to be a mon, and never will. If I ever had a biological clock, it has never started ticking. I'm hopelessly in love with my husband, and ridiculously happy with our life, but we don't want children, and never have.

I don't need to reproduce. No desire to do so. There are already too many human beings populating this planet. I have no need to stroke my ego through reproduction.

If you've always wanted to be a mom, why are you posting on a child-free thread? I've never wanted to be a mon, and never will. If I ever had a biological clock, it has never started ticking. I'm hopelessly in love with my husband, and ridiculously happy with our life, but we don't want children, and never have.

I don't need to reproduce. No desire to do so. There are already too many human beings populating this planet. I have no need to stroke my ego through reproduction.

Haters gon hate haha and you can't even see that lol

If you've always wanted to be a mom, why are you posting on a child-free thread? I've never wanted to be a mon, and never will. If I ever had a biological clock, it has never started ticking. I'm hopelessly in love with my husband, and ridiculously happy with our life, but we don't want children, and never have.

I don't need to reproduce. No desire to do so. There are already too many human beings populating this planet. I have no need to stroke my ego through reproduction.

Personally, no I don't think they will take it into consideration.  Less than 60% is incredibly low.  In my program anything less than a 75% is a fail.  You are asking them to take a D and make it a B or higher.  As for the stressors in your life - everyone has stressors.  My father is dying and I spent the last semester travelling back and forth to see him and help take care of my mother, I have been diagnosed with a severe chronic health condition and have been in and out of treatment, I have a special needs son who needs constant care, and two other children. I of course also had all the stress of applying to graduate programs and the costs associated with it.  I feel my amount of stressors this semester has been far beyond what most people have to deal with but I still maintained an 87% average this past semester with my lowest mark being an 83%.  I am not trying to be harsh but everyone has problems and asking for a grade you didn't earn is IMO not right.

She asked if anyone is childless, I am. I posted for that reason, does it really matter?

I thought you were done?? It matters to you that much where I post? Lol you're now the posting police? Hmmm

In the end it doesn't matter, I want kids I don't have them, I am child free at the moment. It is not my intent to go through life child free. Some people choose that and that's great it isn't for me. Maybe I shouldn't have posted but I did so sorry OP for taking away from the point of your thread. Done.

If you've always wanted to be a mom, why are you posting on a child-free thread? I've never wanted to be a mon, and never will. If I ever had a biological clock, it has never started ticking. I'm hopelessly in love with my husband, and ridiculously happy with our life, but we don't want children, and never have.

I don't need to reproduce. No desire to do so. There are already too many human beings populating this planet. I have no need to stroke my ego through reproduction.

If you've always wanted to be a mom, why are you posting on a child-free thread? I've never wanted to be a mon, and never will. If I ever had a biological clock, it has never started ticking. I'm hopelessly in love with my husband, and ridiculously happy with our life, but we don't want children, and never have.

I don't need to reproduce. No desire to do so. There are already too many human beings populating this planet. I have no need to stroke my ego through reproduction.

I'm 42, my husband is 49. I have endometriosis, so it is unlikely I could have ever conceived naturally (my endometriosis is severe), even had I wanted children, which I never have. Fortunately, my husband and I agreed on the "no children" thing right from the start. We have three cats, and those are our babies. We are fortunate that we both have sisters who had children to satisfy our parents' desires for grandchildren.

I've never wanted children, and never felt my biological clock ticking. I never enjoyed babysitting as a teenager. I don't enjoy being around children and never wanted a child of my own. Even when I was a child, I preferred to 'hang out' with adults.

My husband and I are child-free by choice. It is the right choice for us, and fortunately, now that I am in my 40s, people have stopped asking when we're going to 'start a family.' It's the right choice for us, and I'm very happy with our choice.

I'm 42, my husband is 49. I have endometriosis, so it is unlikely I could have ever conceived naturally (my endometriosis is severe), even had I wanted children, which I never have. Fortunately, my husband and I agreed on the "no children" thing right from the start. We have three cats, and those are our babies. We are fortunate that we both have sisters who had children to satisfy our parents' desires for grandchildren.

I've never wanted children, and never felt my biological clock ticking. I never enjoyed babysitting as a teenager. I don't enjoy being around children and never wanted a child of my own. Even when I was a child, I preferred to 'hang out' with adults.

My husband and I are child-free by choice. It is the right choice for us, and fortunately, now that I am in my 40s, people have stopped asking when we're going to 'start a family.' It's the right choice for us, and I'm very happy with our choice.

I don't have any direct experience with this, but based on my friends who have been pregnant, it really all depends on the individual and their pregnancy.
 
Some of my friends have had very easy pregnancies, with very little morning sickness.  Others had extreme morning sickness (to the point where one needed to be hospitalized due to severe dehydration, and then put on medication to control the emesis). 
 
Most of my friends have been able to work or attend classes until the last month or so.  A couple worked or attended class right up until the day they gave birth.  One who was unlucky was put on bed rest (so no work or school) at about six months.  One had to be induced prematurely due to eclampsia.
 
So it really depends on how your pregnancy progresses.  Hopefully you will have an uneventful pregnancy and a smooth birth.  But you never know what could happen.  You could end up on bed rest, you could end up having complications, or you could even end up needing an emergency c-section.
 
Congratulations and good luck!  I hope everything goes smoothly for you and your baby.

With an attitude like that, I hope you never own pets.  They are NOT items that should just be given away on a whim.  And no, there aren't lots of "nice people" out there who want to adopt pets - if there were, the shelters and rescues wouldn't be full of animals awaiting adoption.
 
Pets are like members of the family.  You don't put your children up for adoption just because you are moving across country and it costs more to rent a place that has room for children than it does for a studio apartment.  In the same way, you don't put your pets up for adoption just because you are moving.  People that do really shouldn't own pets to begin with.  Now, I realize there are some situations where it is truly not possible to continue to own pets (i.e. if you are no longer able to care for them due to severe illness or injury) but otherwise pets should not be treated as if they are disposable.  They aren't.  They are living, breathing creatures with feelings.

With an attitude like that, I hope you never own pets.  They are NOT items that should just be given away on a whim.  And no, there aren't lots of "nice people" out there who want to adopt pets - if there were, the shelters and rescues wouldn't be full of animals awaiting adoption.
 
Pets are like members of the family.  You don't put your children up for adoption just because you are moving across country and it costs more to rent a place that has room for children than it does for a studio apartment.  In the same way, you don't put your pets up for adoption just because you are moving.  People that do really shouldn't own pets to begin with.  Now, I realize there are some situations where it is truly not possible to continue to own pets (i.e. if you are no longer able to care for them due to severe illness or injury) but otherwise pets should not be treated as if they are disposable.  They aren't.  They are living, breathing creatures with feelings.

With an attitude like that, I hope you never own pets.  They are NOT items that should just be given away on a whim.  And no, there aren't lots of "nice people" out there who want to adopt pets - if there were, the shelters and rescues wouldn't be full of animals awaiting adoption.
 
Pets are like members of the family.  You don't put your children up for adoption just because you are moving across country and it costs more to rent a place that has room for children than it does for a studio apartment.  In the same way, you don't put your pets up for adoption just because you are moving.  People that do really shouldn't own pets to begin with.  Now, I realize there are some situations where it is truly not possible to continue to own pets (i.e. if you are no longer able to care for them due to severe illness or injury) but otherwise pets should not be treated as if they are disposable.  They aren't.  They are living, breathing creatures with feelings.

Well said TakeruK.  I consider my marriage a partnership.  My husband and I work together to decide what options are best for us as a couple.  My marriage is not a disposable relationship that I would throw away just because I have to compromise on some things.
 
Like you, there are some programs I simply didn't apply to for graduate school because they didn't make sense for us as a couple.  That doesn't mean I've "thrown away my dreams" (whatever that means anyhow).  It means I'm in a relationship that is of great importance to me.  So my husband and I make decisions together, as a couple.  We made a choice that works for both of us.
 
Being in a loving, lasting, committed relationship requires some sacrifice, by both individuals involved.  As you said, that is not the case when one partner delivers an ultimatum to the other.  There is a huge difference between the two scenarios.

Well said TakeruK.  I consider my marriage a partnership.  My husband and I work together to decide what options are best for us as a couple.  My marriage is not a disposable relationship that I would throw away just because I have to compromise on some things.
 
Like you, there are some programs I simply didn't apply to for graduate school because they didn't make sense for us as a couple.  That doesn't mean I've "thrown away my dreams" (whatever that means anyhow).  It means I'm in a relationship that is of great importance to me.  So my husband and I make decisions together, as a couple.  We made a choice that works for both of us.
 
Being in a loving, lasting, committed relationship requires some sacrifice, by both individuals involved.  As you said, that is not the case when one partner delivers an ultimatum to the other.  There is a huge difference between the two scenarios.