Hi everyone,
I received my acceptance to NPSIA in IOGP specialization (first choice) this past Friday. I received some scholarships and a TAship. I was in recommended for assessment, I think since the start of March and just jumped to "Application Approved" (I also did not check my application status often after recommended for assessment status, so there could have been a change at one point or another to the other statuses beforehand)
Undergrad - Biology (BA) and Human Rights; had my honours thesis; did not take the ECON requirement prior; was in Biology and Humanities for my 1st and 2nd year at Carleton and then switched to Biology and Human Rights for my 3rd and 4th year
GPA (last 2 years) - 10.5/12
Experience - in 2 research projects about international work since my 2nd year in undergrad; 1) about refugee participation and 2) women and girls with disability in the global South (no international travelling; all work in Canada); TA this semester (WInter 2021); no government work experience
Extracurriculars - in a health science research project competition (did not win lol); working with biology department with some EDI goals for underrepresented students in the department; hospital volunteer for a good 4 to 5 years (can you tell I used to be a premed yet?)
References - Thesis supervisor and research project supervisor
Letter of intent - found it pretty strong, had support from an alumni from an MA in polisci and both references reviewed my letter prior to submission; put an emphasis on my health interests
Other programs I applied to - since I decided to apply to a master's in December 2020 (so pretty late if you ask me), I only looked into NPSIA and MDS at Carleton; preferred to stay at Carleton given the research project I'm helping with
Hope this helps anyone else interested!
