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"Thank you for your continued interest in the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program at the School of Public Policy and Governance.We would like to update you on our 2016 Admissions process at SPPG and inform you that we have now fully recruited our incoming Class of 2018. As such, your Admissions status for the MPP Program will remain as an applicant on our waiting list for the FALL 2016 MPP program." -I still remain on the waitlist, with no idea of my rank If you're in the same position as me, please let me know.

I'm sorry to hear that Alina. I hope that you will try again next year and don't give up

Hey City Girl, can I ask where you saw/read it was a first-come-first-served system?

Hey Tyedye, I personally have known a few people that have been accepted into the program with a similar GPA in their last two years, which means that there is lots of hope. The catch is that you really have to buttress your grades with some pretty cool experiences, solid statement, and strong references. UofT is pretty competitive, and I know that there are lots of very competent, well rounded applicants, and I don't think that a 3.6 is competitive based on what I've been reading in these forums. To give you an idea of where I personally stand, my annual GPA is 3.96 in my last year but about 3.15 CGPA. I've been waitlisted, which seems to indicate that my application was competitive, but missing something substantial to push it over the edge into first-round territory. I've got a reference letter from a professor who I did a non-policy related thesis project with, some work with non-profits in the public sector, with an emphasis on urban planning policy. Sorry if that was a little harsh, I'm just trying to be as honest as I can (if I were in your shoes a year ago, I'd want someone to tell me how it is). Hope that is helpful.

Hard deadline for everyone to find out will be April 29th, as per the SPPG website.

Its been a very stressful time for a lot of us... Keep your chin up, they still might be sending out waitlist notices. As a few people have mentioned here are there, its not a no until you know for sure. I certainly wish there was some more transparency into their processes.

allie22, teedee, theracon are any of you able to let us know the acceptance deadline for uoft's first round? :)

On SGS my status still says "under review". Here is an excerpt from the email: Thank you very much for your application to the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program at the University of Toronto. Unfortunately, at this time we will not be able to offer you a position in the MPP professional graduate program being offered at UofT in September 2016. However, we would like to place you on a waiting list for the FALL 2016 MPP program, commencing this September, and we will update you on the status of your position on this waitlist by April 15th. By this date in April, we anticipate we will will have had a response from our offer recipients in the first round and will know if an additional round of offers is required to complete the recruitment of our MPP Class of 2018. I would really love to hear if anyone also recieved this today. Please let me know if you have. Also, I'm unclear whether or not a) I'll hear by the 15th of April for a decision ....or b ) I'll hear on the 15th of April for a decision what do you guys think?

Hey, yes sorry SPPG. I got an email from Anita who is the Director of MPP Program at UofT. I tried calling in today and they were really reluctant to disclose any information (number of acceptances given out, timelines, etc). However being asked on the waitlist makes me think that they sent out all of their first round applications yesterday. Thoughts?

Hi everyone. Just about 40 minutes ago I got a templated email from Anita telling me I was waitlisted. I want to see if anyone else recieved it as well? congratulations to those who made it in, and best of luck to those still waiting.