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  1. CONGRATS!!!!! Wish you the best of luck with your program
  2. That's so exciting to hear! Yes, I will be attending Western and I am very excited about the placement opportunities as well. Very much looking forward to this next year. As for Queens, I just want them to close my application and let me know what the status is. If I get a refusal, then that's that but I will be declining if I get an offer
  3. I've had the same thing happen as well. Maybe we will hear back soon!
  4. On another note, congrats to everyone who is starting this year at a new program, and to everyone looking at the next year and starting your game plan for grad school submissions, good luck ❤️
  5. Hi! I have also yet to hear back from Queens. They placed me on their waitlist and I haven't heard from them since.
  6. I accepted UWO for a few reasons. I applied to 6 schools (U of T, McMaster, UWO, Queens, Waterloo, McGill) and so far have been waitlisted for Waterloo and Queens and refused at the rest. I expected this to happen since it's my first time applying to grad school, and in all honesty I don't want to apply again next year in hopes of getting into the rest of the schools. I got into a program that is good and I should attend. It's a program like everyone else. Only difference is that it's a year. Save for McMaster and Waterloo (MScPH), the rest are also non thesis, course based that also provide a practicum placement. The one concern I had was the ability to publish research. I hoped to be able to join a research team as an RA within those two years and the condensed nature seemed daunting. I reached out to a current student in the program and she helped to answer any questions that I might have, and that was great! After creating a pros and cons list, it was pretty clear that if you have a goal and a means to achieve it, then go for it! I am thinking that after the completion of the program, I have an extra year to work and to plan and see if I would want to pursue further schooling. I know the cost is very large ($32000), but once I broke down the cost from 2 years to 1, including living costs of other cities and London, Ontario, I am framing it as paying a lump sum for a degree that is supposed to be 2 years but has been brought down to one (it's letting me sleep at night lol). Lastly, a wonderful colleague of mine said that you only need one place to say yes, and it's the student that makes the program, not the other way around. So here I am, ready to drag my butt across Canada in hopes of putting my foot in the door of the public health work force and research out in Ontario.
  7. I've accepted Western this is very EXCITING
  8. I have a few friends currently in the SFU program, and they love it! Same with UBC. My co-worker graduated from her MPH about two years ago, and she had nothing but positive things to say. Congrats on both acceptances! The McGill MScPh looks great too. It would be a great change of scenery to live in Montreal. My co-worker is from there and had a great experience at McGill and in Montreal. I'm dreading the change of weather from west coast rain to the east snow but it would be nice to experience a different city.
  9. Yeah, I'm in the same boat. Hopefully within the next few weeks. Grad school acceptances are so odd. But at least the weather is getting nicer here on the west coast so there are plenty of activities popping up to occupy time with
  10. Hi! I emailed them myself and they let me know that I'm waitlisted. They didn't give me a rank
  11. McMaster - I haven't heard anything as of yet Waitlisted for Waterloo MscPH and Queens
  12. I'm also waiting for McMaster. For U of T, they sent their rejections about two weeks or so ago, so they're probably going through their waitlists! Hang tight!
  13. Has anyone heard if McMaster is still sending out acceptances?
  14. I second this, pros and cons spreadsheets
  15. Thank you, you two! I have created a spreadsheet, and I do think the Western program provides an equal opportunity. I took a year off to work and gain experience and it's fuelled me even more to get into the type of job that I want to be working. The more I look at Western's program, the more I realize that the two programs are on equal footing in regards to what you learn. U of T's program prepares you for the same job market that Western does. Thank you for not judging and giving me your input, I very much respect that
  16. Hi everyone, I would love some insight here. My top choice for grad school was U of T Health Promotion. I've been looking forward to attending this program since my second year of uni, and not getting in is really crushing. However, I have received an acceptance to Western, and though it wasn't my top choice, it's still a graduate school that will help me get my foot in the door of working for NGOs and other health agencies. A friend of mind haphazardly said that some students don't go to grad school when they don't get into their top program and will apply again. I was a little taken aback that people did that, but now I'm in that boat. I wanted one particular school, I didn't get it, and now I am rethinking this entire process. This is unreasonable. I should go to a good grad school, and Western is a great university! Please tell me how unreasonable my thought process is.
  17. I feel your pain, I just got a rejection too. I felt that I was a strong candidate and it does sting a lot to get the rejection. But it's okay, it is what it is
  18. I'm still waiting to hear back. They said they would be looking at apps last week so hopefully we hear something by Friday
  19. I agree, it is super rough. The wait will probably keep going until June, we'll just have to sit tight and stay occupied! And on the bright side, summer is around the corner so there is better weather and more time to go outside and do activities
  20. As someone who will be moving from Vancouver to London/Toronto this year, are there any essentials that I should consider packing to move across the country?
  21. Hopefully! Congrats on your acceptance
  22. Does anyone know if U of T has sent out rejections already? Particularly the health promotion stream?
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