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  1. On 4/10/2019 at 4:10 PM, Josinho9 said:

    Waterloo vs U of T vs McMasters for health informatics? Guys kindly give me your opinions on the pros and cons you know of each of their programs. I know very little about them as i am an international applicant. Which programs offer better opportunities, better links with employers etc. Thanks guys

    Unfortunately all I know is what is posted on these gradcafe forums and on the University websites.  Even though I'm local I don't know anyone personally who has completed these programs.  

  2. 3 minutes ago, sn123 said:

    Hey so I’m not so sure about this as I got early admission into MHI and then because of my work experience they said that they are also considering me for eMHI  and got into that as well. It seems the EMHI is catered to those who already have work experience. 

    I applied to regular stream and during my interview they told me I should be considering the executive stream instead (because of my long work history) and if I would like to be considered for both programs, to which I said yes.  I then got an offer for the executive stream.  I'm happy with this outcome because I can continue working and they'll help me to set up a project.  I think executive is catered to those with significant work experience but they are also aiming to enroll 20-25 in the regular and 10-15 in the executive.  

  3. 7 hours ago, RN_HI said:

    They only offer me the executive. I prefer the regular stream because it's shorter compare to executive and the regular is mostly in class. I'm trying to see the benefits of taking the emhi vs the regular. I'll have to ask around. I wonder if I can request to switch to regular stream. If not, then most likely I will be accepting this one. Let me know if you choose to accept it. So, we can connect.

    I think they offer you emhi only because they want to try and fill the emhi stream with enough students so that they can run both programs.  I hear what you are saying about it being shorter but keep in mind we also start the program three months earlier than the regular stream.  So we probably finish only 3 months later instead of six months later.  Don't we actually end up doing more in class because we need to take 1.5 electives whereas the regular stream only takes 0.5 elective?  With the executive, I'm a bit worried about getting enough practical experience in the field since I will be doing a project instead of a 4 month full time practicum.  Of course the main benefit of the executive is financial, and still being able to work while going to school.  Also since this a full time program, I plan to take out funds from my rsp via the lifelong learning plan.  

  4. Hello all,  

    I still haven't heard anything back at this point and my status is still under review.  I really expected to hear back something today.  Up until now I haven't contacted them but I just emailed Zoe a few minutes ago in the hopes this will elicit a response.  Hoping I'll at least get onto a waiting list.  To the people who got an official offer today... Did they mention how long you have to reply?  Did they mention how many people applied to the program?  Thanks and good luck to those who are still waiting.

     

  5. 18 hours ago, ovoxo said:

    Nope! I am not a UofT student but received an email a few weeks ago about setting up an Acorn account.

    Did you receive this email because you were applying for the MHI program or did you request an Acorn account?  I'm thinking perhaps you getting that email is an indication that they were going to offer you admission so they could update your status to "invited"?  I've not gotten any such email.  

  6. I would agree the job market is pretty good.  I get contacted at least once every couple of months by recruiters.  It's true you can take online courses to upgrade the MSc to the AuD.  One possible advantage in the states is there may be more opportunities for the less common jobs in audiology like cochlear implants, research, teaching college or university courses related to audiology, and vestibular assessment/rehab.  But I'm not certain if this is the case.  

  7. Congrats to both of you for getting into UBC!  I graduated from that program 10 years ago and it was a great program and I've had a great career in Audiology.  I would definitely go to UBC over going to the States.  The instructors and practical experiences were great, not to mention how much time and money you can save by going to a Canadian school.  

  8. 2 hours ago, iceblue said:

    For those who already did their interview, how was the written component? 

    I thought interviews were over.  Do you have an upcoming interview?  If so, good luck.  The written component seemed pretty easy.  It's a fairly broad question with different possible answers.  Not sure how they evaluate that part or what they consider to be a good answer.  

  9. Haven't posted in a bit since I was on holiday.  I thought the interviewers seemed interested during my interview but it's hard to tell how things went.  I haven't heard anything yet (no early acceptance).  Still hoping for a regular acceptance in the next few weeks.  It sounds like this program has gotten a lot more competitive these past few years if there are now 220 applications for 35 spots as one poster mentioned.  I haven't applied to any other schools.  Does anyone know someone who graduated from this program?  If so, did completing this program open a lot of doors for them?  Thanks.  Congrats to those who have already been accepted.  :) 

  10. In terms of how many people apply... I've cut and pasted what someone else wrote in the 2018 forum for this program (located on page 5 of that gradcafe forum).  Apparently in 2016 there were 116 applicants and 62 of them got offers (because people turn down the offer as they get accepted to other programs).  I'm guessing this year will be somewhat similar unless the popularity of the program has either decreased or increased significantly over the past three years.  

     

    For last year's intake, there were 116 domestic applicants, and 62 of them received offers of admission (and subsequently 36 of those applicants accepted the offer). So it appears more than half of applicants get in. On the other hand, it appears you shouldn't waste time and resources applying if you're an international applicant.

    source: https://issuu.com/dlsph/docs/dlsph_report_2016-17_final page 8

  11. Congratulations to everyone who has gotten through the interview.  I finished mine this morning!  As everyone else has said, there's basically four parts:  A general written question that you do in a room with two other people, a room where you bring in your presentation and follow up with a few questions afterwards, a room where they ask some complex behavioral questions where you need to draw upon experiences from school and work, and another room where it's very general behavioral questions.  The order you end up doing the last three parts in will be randomized and you will rotated with the people that did the written question with you.  I found the complex behavioral room to be the most challenging part but none of it was too bad and everyone is really friendly.  Good luck!

  12. Hello:  1.  For what to wear, I'm thinking business formal just to be on the safe side.  2.  In terms of preparation, I'm thinking what M.Shelley said, but also once I've fully  prepared my presentation I'm thinking of also reviewing some of the profs' research.  Hoping it might help with the written question and will help getting me thinking a bit more about Health Informatics in general.   3.  For the one page hand out I was wondering the same thing.  I'm thinking it needs to be 4 to 6 power point slides on a single sided handout.

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