Mallory

Thanks so much for your advice! I was hoping to double major so that I could pull up my cGPA and final year GPA a lot more and be more competitive in the academic sense. Do you think that graduating and gaining research or public health experience would help me more instead?

Yeah I've already mentally prepared myself for a rejection but I think I'm looking forward to feedback from the admissions committee so I can strengthen my application or next year. Good luck to you though

Hi everybody! I've applied to the University of Toronto Social and Behavioural Studies MPH and the Western MPH but the bad news: last year's GPA: ~3.1 but this year I'm confident that it will be ~3.7 I have no research experience but I got to work in a government position that focused on pesticides and public health and I've been volunteering extensively in the health promotion field for the past few months. I understand that my GPA is definitely lower than most of the applicants and I was just wondering if anybody had any insight on how competitive I would be compared to most other applicants. I'm 100% prepared to get rejected and do a 5th year double majoring in biomed and legal studies but I'm just wondering how I can make my application more competitive after the 5th year. Thanks so much in advance!

Hi! I applied to U of T for Behavioural and Social Sciences MPH and I'm also going to apply to Western MPH My GPA last year was a 3.1 but I'm pretty sure my GPA this year is going to be a 3.7. I recognize that my lower GPA last year is probably going to make my application a lot weaker but I've had summer work experience at the Ministry of Environment regarding pesticides and public health and I've been volunteering extensively with health promotion organizations. Does anyone have a general idea how competitive these two programs are? Thanks so much in advance!!