westcoast14

I emailed Charlotte last week (she's a grad coordinator) and haven't heard anything back.

I haven't heard anything from U of T health promo if that's any help

I emailed Charlotte a few days ago regarding this and about the general timeline that they're currently on for filling all of the Health Promo spots. Haven't heard anything back yet.

A few personal reasons keeping me home, and school related - I am very interested in pursuing one of the Collaborative Programs that the MPH program offers at UofT, specifically Environment and Health, and I could not find an offering like this at any other MPH programs. If anyone knows if another Canadian school offers collaborative programs like this, let me know!

Thanks so much for your detailed answer! After reading my own post I can see that I did not elaborate on much. I too read that webpage hundreds of times, and know the exact details you're mentioning. My experience in mental health, working with youth and indigenous youth is where I focused my letter of intent and tied it to the social determinants of health. I know that my references wrote meaningful and specific letters, regardless of how reputable they are. All in all, I know that it is my experience that is comparatively lacking on my application. So I'll be using this gap year to be doing just what you mentioned, and involve myself as much as possible. Thanks again!

Hi! I've been reading along with everyone's journey after I JUST found this forum. What a great idea. Last year I applied to UofT Health promo, UofA and Queens. Rejected from UofT (goal school), waitlisted at UofA and accepted at Queens, though I turned it down. Basically, I decided to wait out 1 more year and see if I could get into UofT. So that was the sole school I applied to for 2018. Seeing as I haven't heard anything, I'm almost positive I did not get an acceptance, which really hit me in the gut. I don't think I'll be reapplying for 2019 considering there must be something lacking from my application..most likely my relevant experience. I applied with a 4.04 for my last 2 years and my references were 1) the Chair of Kinesiology and my professior multiple times and 2) my research mentor/ most Senior professor in Health Sciences who is a graduate of Health Promo at UofT and friends with current professors in the program. SO, in short, does anyone have any suggestions for a few gap years? I'm a HSCI and Kin grad with more of an arts background and think it's time to really settle into a back up plan with the hopes of doing my Masters down the road (hopefully getting it partially paid for by work?? haha) Any insight would be so appreciated. Congrats to all of those starting in 2018!!!