Hey Everyone, I just received my offer of admission into the global health program and got a small entrance scholarship last Wednesday! The email went to my junk folder and I didn't see it until today so make sure that you are also checking your junk folders! I now have a conditional offer symbol on my mosaic and the deadline to accept/decline is on June 2nd.
This forum has been really helpful while I was waiting to hear back from Mac so I thought I would share some of my application details: My GPA in 10 most recent was 12.0, my background is in Biological sciences, my reference letters were submitted by 2 of my professors that I've worked with on research for 3 years and 1 year, on my resume I highlighted hospital volunteering (regionally and internationally) experiences, research and conferences that I attended, and some of the leadership roles I held at my university.
For my SOI, I answered each of the 4 questions in separate paragraphs and connected them to my personal leadership and volunteer experiences and interests. I worked on this for several weeks to ensure that I answered everything carefully and stayed within the word limit.
I submitted my application pretty late (around January 27th I believe) but this was the only grad program that I applied to. If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out to me, I am happy to help I hope to hear more offer of admissions from you all and wishing you all the very best!
I have a few questions for those who got accepted so far and I would love to connect with you all!
I called the admissions office to ask whether the program will be offered in-person or remotely, about studying abroad for our specialization, attending the symposium in winter, and if we can access the syllabus/ program outline. They said that it's too early to predict whether the upcoming year will be offered In-person and to check McMaster's COVID-19 update page for more info but this might vary from program to program. They also said that the the symposium and specializations abroad were offered remotely last year, due to the pandemic and are unsure about next winter as it would depend on the country's travel restrictions. Lastly, for their syllabus they said that it will be made available in June only to those who accept their offer.
There isn't much information available at this time to make a decision on whether or not accepting our admissions due to how unpredictable everything is, but I thought I would share the information that I have on this. They have a very narrow window of time to make a decision on whether you accept/decline the offer and I still want to have as much detail about the program as possible before committing to the program! Is there an unofficial facebook group I could join to get some more information about the program and connect with you all?
