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Thank you! I applied to the MPH. In the letter of offer they also indicated there is a waitlist. 

I was somewhere on the top 5 thats what the grad assistant told me when I emailed her. Your ranking might have changes since they sent out some offers. I would email the grad assistant to find out more. Wishing you luck:)

Hi there,
Queens sent out some offers to waitlisted applicants. I just got my offer. I hope you guys heard from them as well.
All the best to those still waiting for an offer.

Hi there,
Queens sent out some offers to waitlisted applicants. I just got my offer. I hope you guys heard from them as well.
All the best to those still waiting for an offer.

Hi there,
Queens sent out some offers to waitlisted applicants. I just got my offer. I hope you guys heard from them as well.
All the best to those still waiting for an offer.

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  

Hi! I have also yet to hear back from Queens. They placed me on their waitlist and I haven't heard from them since. 

I am on their waitlist, they have emailed waitlisted candidates I think and they said that offers could go out as late as july/august

Congrats!
 

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.
 

Hi Emily,
Thanks for the reply, I wish you all the best. Hopefully it will workout for all of us by at the end. 

Thank you my dear, I wish you all the best.

Your an amazing person. I wish you and everybody else the best of luck.