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Hi everyone! I couldn't find a specific topic for this year so I decided to make one. I'm applying for UofA , UBC, and UofT this cycle for an MPH. What is everyone applying to?

Hi everyone, I'm a prospective 2022 applicant gunning for an MPH Health Promotion at the UofA. I have a 3.4 GPA in my last two years, and I have a lot of work/volunteer experience in social sciences and two years worth of research experience (2 poster presentations, and a publication I hope will come very soon). Do I stand a chance in admissions? Thank you.

For people taking a gap year between undergrad & grad school or those who were rejected this year, what types of jobs are you applying to to fill the time? My university has no paid RA'ships or TA'ships for recent grads and undergrads in my area of interest (though I will be volunteering my time in two, maybe three labs in the next year), indeed & linkedin are not giving me many options besides a child care worker, and I'm not even sure where to begin for finding paid relevant job positions for my gap year.

With UAlberta though, I heard that they don't provide stipends for students. How do you make do with rent / research funding, are TA'ships + scholarships enough?

Anyone here sign up for UBC with POI: AM? If so please dm me.

Hi everyone! I'm a prospective applicant for ClinPsych for Fall 2022, and I've gotten myself in a little bit of a pickle. I've finished all my degree requirements but I decided to take Anatomy (which is arguably the most difficult undergraduate class offered at my university) as an extra class for a potential alternative path into Occupational Therapy in case Clinical Psychology does not work out. I thought it would be manageable as I'm only taking 2 classes this semester - my independent research course and my anatomy course - but I am really struggling with the amount and speed of material present in Anatomy and subsequently got a 51% on the first midterm worth 30% of my grade. To even get an A- in the class, I need to get 100% on all of the next assessments, which is the next Midterm (30% of my grade) and the final (40%). I'm trying not to sink my GPA and I am afraid it will go down if I continue on with anatomy. For this reason I've been considering withdrawing from the course but I am afraid it will be a red flag for grad school admissions committees next year. The schools I am planning on applying for are all schools that look at the last twenty classes (last *60) you take as an undergraduate, and anatomy is the last class on my transcript though it doesn't officially count for my degree. I've received some conflicting advice from graduate students on what to do but I would like to collect more opinions before I make my final decision. So in your opinion: a) Would seeing a "W" on a transcript be a red flag to you, even if it's a content-heavy course like Anatomy? I am only taking two classes this semester and I am afraid of what it would look like to admissions committees if I drop this because of that fact. However, I am not sure what grade I can achieve in this class (anywhere from a B to C-). b) What would you do if you were in my situation: truck on for a potential grade in the B to C range or take the W to preserve my GPA as is? Thank you. Edit: For more input on my situation I have a ~3.5 GPA in my last sixty credits/twenty classes that I will be presenting for admissions next year. I am aware that it is a bit on the low end so I have been working to pad it with clinical, practical, and research experience relevant to my research areas of interest over the past couple of years.