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Sure! The GPA for my last 10 credits when I applied was 3.90 and for my final year it was 3.97. I felt pretty good about my SOI, albeit I started and finished it over the span of a few days. At the time of applying, My ECs were not extremely global health oriented but many of my activities involved discussing mental health. I had a publication and expected another, had 2 conference presentations, was a teaching assistant for 2 courses, had a lot of volunteer experience in healthcare, and a lot of experience in leadership. Hope this helps to clear things up!

Hmm that is an interesting question, while it is not what I am suggesting, I think that would be completely contingent on how an individual reacts to a waitlist email. What I'm suggesting is that not receiving any confirmation of acceptance/waitlist is definitely better than receiving a rejection email (Not to say that I know anything about if they send rejection emails or not). A rejection email is a definite "No", while not receiving anything is a "Maybe" or "potential Yes", albeit the latter is associated with the annoying waiting game. Unfortunately I don't know anything about people being waitlisted or if they even sent out waitlist emails to begin with, but I do agree it is quite odd and arguably cruel to not give candidates any response, especially given how important this is to many of you. I'm very sorry to hear this and can't imagine how stressful it would have to be to make a last minute decision. I am very unsure of how they may accommodate you in these circumstances but that might be a question you could pose to the Global Health Office. You can maybe inquire about their ability to accommodate you if you were to receive a late acceptance Mhm I definitely agree with this, especially given the fact that everybody has different circumstances and many are applying to more than one Master's program and waiting to hear back from this one. Best of luck to all of you though and I know it is easier said than done, but keep being patient with yourselves. I haven't heard of people getting rejected in this thread so far nor do I have any knowledge of whether people received rejection emails last year. I'm under the impression (as in I'm hypothesizing and cannot guarantee the validity of what I say), given my experience applying to this, that the faculty actually does not send rejection emails but puts everybody on a waitlist that lasts until the school semester starts or until they fill in all their seats. So they essentially keep going down their waitlist and sending out emails to students and waiting a week for them to respond, and then sending out more emails to compensate for all the people who declined and the cycle continues. I was deciding between this initially, I think it comes down to a few factors personally. 1. Future goals, are you planning on using this MSc as a stepping stone or is this going to the end of your career? For me, this MSc was a stepping stone for medicine and the fact that it's a 1 year program was very appealing to me because that means I could apply to med school during this program. 2. What interests you more? You'll learn that MPH, while is very similar to Global Health, revolves more around policymaking (to my knowledge) in local contexts, I'd say it's a specific subdivision of global health while Global Health encompasses public health, policymaking but also disease burden. 3. If this isn't your final goal, would you be happy with it being your backup? I think to help guide you, maybe go back to the program's websites and try to read their goals

Hey TravelNurse, Thank you and awesome question! Unfortunately, I had not received a waitlist email prior to receiving my acceptance or anything to indicate I could potentially receive an acceptance. As far as I know, the same peers I mentioned before also did not receive a waitlist email. Basically what this means to me is that if you have not yet received any email, it doesn't automatically mean you've been rejected

Hey guys, I'm currently a student in the Global Health MSc and I've been scrolling this chat for the last few days and figured it may be worth mentioning my experience while applying to this program. I was in a similar boat as a lot of you where many people were receiving acceptances and I was very uncertain about if I would receive one. Naturally the anxiety built up and it started on May 1st, 2020, which is when I believe the first acceptance came out. I am not sure how the global health faculty is handling it this year, but traditionally they have been pretty slow and inconsistent with delivering acceptances. I learned this after having talked to many of my current peers in the program, and it honestly could be a long waiting game for a lot of you, but don't lose hope. I received my acceptance on August 16th, 2020 (am willing to provide proof if any of you are skeptical as long as it eases the anxiety), while one of my closest friends received theirs on May 8th, 2020. So naturally I had 0 expectation of getting into the program but the acceptance randomly arrived one day, two weeks before school was about to start. I thought I was probably the last person to get accepted into the program until I talked with some of the friends I made, and learned that there were at least another 10 in my position (With one of them receiving their acceptance the day school started on September 3rd and many of them receiving theirs later than mine). I am not exactly sure if this is reassuring since I'm essentially saying that we can't be sure when/if you'll receive an acceptance, but I hope it at least provides context on what the waiting game could look. Also, there is ambiguity regarding whether it updates on Mosaic or not. It didn't for me and it's actually completely disappeared from my Mosaic, but it had appeared for some of my peers. Basically, don't rely on Mosaic to give you the final answer and just be patient for an email. Unfortunately I don't know much about if they send rejection emails, but I'd be happy to take any questions you may have! Take it easy and don't be so hard on yourself, the waiting game is annoying as hell and regardless of whether you receive an acceptance or not, just keep doing your best because that's all you can ask of yourself, you made it this far for a reason