sfu2020 Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Braki said: Hi all! Just got acceptance to the MPH program at UBC! Deadline to accept is April 1 so I'm guessing another round of offers will go out around that time. I have also applied to UVic, SFU and USask; I haven't heard back from any of the others yet. Congratulations! Do you mind sharing your profile with us?
Braki Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, glhw said: Congratulations! Do you mind sharing your profile with us? Sure! Graduated BSc Honours Biology at UCalgary (GPA: 3.61/4) then went on to do a MSc in Biology at UBC (GPA: 4.0) where I won a pretty good research grant and presented at 2 conferences. I was an aspiring med student during my undergrad so my volunteer experience is copious, but is mostly in primary care/speaking as opposed to public health: - Medical First Responder with St John Ambulance as well as a student-run team at Ucalgary - Volunteered at a Hospice House for about a year - Taught classes on science/evolution at churches in my area (it's a long story haha) - Co-founded a podcast that critically analyzes social and societal phenomena - 3+ years as a research assistant throughout my Master's and undergrad - Student rep in residence during my undergrad - Volunteer at the local homeless shelter where I also work closely with the supervisor to develop training standards for staff and other volunteers Reference letters I think were another big help for me: - My supervisor who happens to be an associate VP of Research at UBC - My lab manager who knows me very well and is now an associate professor - The supervisor at the homeless shelter with whom I have been developing training standards I have a feeling the MSc was pretty important because I was required to complete and successfully defend a thesis in the field of neuroscience. I also in final drafts of publishing a paper from my results. This shows a pretty strong research and statistics background. Let me know if you have any other questions! zainnnny 1
xttr Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Braki said: Sure! Graduated BSc Honours Biology at UCalgary (GPA: 3.61/4) then went on to do a MSc in Biology at UBC (GPA: 4.0) where I won a pretty good research grant and presented at 2 conferences. I was an aspiring med student during my undergrad so my volunteer experience is copious, but is mostly in primary care/speaking as opposed to public health: - Medical First Responder with St John Ambulance as well as a student-run team at Ucalgary - Volunteered at a Hospice House for about a year - Taught classes on science/evolution at churches in my area (it's a long story haha) - Co-founded a podcast that critically analyzes social and societal phenomena - 3+ years as a research assistant throughout my Master's and undergrad - Student rep in residence during my undergrad - Volunteer at the local homeless shelter where I also work closely with the supervisor to develop training standards for staff and other volunteers Reference letters I think were another big help for me: - My supervisor who happens to be an associate VP of Research at UBC - My lab manager who knows me very well and is now an associate professor - The supervisor at the homeless shelter with whom I have been developing training standards I have a feeling the MSc was pretty important because I was required to complete and successfully defend a thesis in the field of neuroscience. I also in final drafts of publishing a paper from my results. This shows a pretty strong research and statistics background. Let me know if you have any other questions! Hi! That looks fantastic and congratulations. When exactly did you get your acceptance? Was it by email? Mail? On the Grad portal?
Braki Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, xttr said: Hi! That looks fantastic and congratulations. When exactly did you get your acceptance? Was it by email? Mail? On the Grad portal? Thank you! I received acceptance today about 4 hours ago. I was notified of my offer of admission via e-mail and was directed to the Grad portal for more information and to accept the offer. In looking at the admission stats from previous years at UBC, it looks like the offer admission in many round considering they gave out 56 offers last year but only had 26 new registrations.
xttr Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, Braki said: Thank you! I received acceptance today about 4 hours ago. I was notified of my offer of admission via e-mail and was directed to the Grad portal for more information and to accept the offer. In looking at the admission stats from previous years at UBC, it looks like the offer admission in many round considering they gave out 56 offers last year but only had 26 new registrations. Oh no way! I was obsessively checking my portal as soon as you mentioned your offer of admission arrived to see if I missed any notifications, acceptance or rejection. Seems like it's still showing in progress. Will stay waiting!
klesis7 Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 16 hours ago, SamuelSR said: Klesis and Meeha: is your document check complete, it is worrying me that UA said all the results will be sent before april 1 but the department ahs not even reviewed my file yet. mine shows complete for department check as well
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, klesis7 said: mine shows complete for department check as well Which concentration have you applied for?
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, klesis7 said: mine shows complete for department check as well I am kind of worried now. Why is it that some of us have already been accepted while the rest of us haven’t heard from them yet.
bmph23 Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Hi all, just wanted to say that I wouldn't start to worry yet! It's my first time applying to MPH programs too, but it is still early! I think that Alberta might just be a bit behind this year. I applied to the Health Promotion on campus stream and haven't heard yet. I think some streams might be a bit later to get back to us due to more applicants in streams like Health Management/HP. Sit tight and don't stress too much! Edited March 10, 2020 by bmph23
rulingplanets Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 4 hours ago, zainnnny said: Hi! I have also applied for MPH Epidemiology at Queens. No news from them yet! Which all schools have you applied to apart from Queens? I heard that two years ago they released decisions on March 1st and last year on March 19th so I’ve been checking my application status ALL THE TIME Because I’m super passionate about clinical work and knowledge transmission, I also applied to genetic counselling at Université de Montréal! I applied to Global Health at McMaster as well. What about you?
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, rulingplanets said: I heard that two years ago they released decisions on March 1st and last year on March 19th so I’ve been checking my application status ALL THE TIME Because I’m super passionate about clinical work and knowledge transmission, I also applied to genetic counselling at Université de Montréal! I applied to Global Health at McMaster as well. What about you? I have applied For Epidemiology. Apart from UoA, I have applied to USask MPH, Queens MPH, and Dalhousie MSc Community Health and Epidemiology.
Mphasp Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, zainnnny said: I have applied For Epidemiology. Apart from UoA, I have applied to USask MPH, Queens MPH, and Dalhousie MSc Community Health and Epidemiology. Any update from Dalhousie I heard they conduct interviews is that true
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Mphasp said: Any update from Dalhousie I heard they conduct interviews is that true None yet. I don’t have any idea about the interview thing. I am applying for the first time (and hopefully positively last time). What all universities have you applied to? And which concentration?
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 On 3/8/2020 at 2:26 AM, Titania said: Oh okay. I applied in December. I can see on the forum that applicants of other MPH specializations at U of A SPH have started receiving decisions... I’m super nervous. Hoping for the best. As am I! Which concentration have you applied for?
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 People who applied to UoA, could you guys please tell me for how long was your application status in pre-screening stage?
Miday Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, zainnnny said: People who applied to UoA, could you guys please tell me for how long was your application status in pre-screening stage? A week.
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 22 minutes ago, Miday said: A week. I wonder why is it taking so long for me. I am really stressed now!!
jmph2020 Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 2 hours ago, zainnnny said: People who applied to UoA, could you guys please tell me for how long was your application status in pre-screening stage? 1 week as well!
Meeha Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, zainnnny said: I wonder why is it taking so long for me. I am really stressed now!! I feel you! I have been under review for a while now with U of A and I applied back in November. But they did say we will hear back by April 1 - I had emailed them a few weeks ago so we just have to be patient!
zainnnny Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Meeha said: I feel you! I have been under review for a while now with U of A and I applied back in November. But they did say we will hear back by April 1 - I had emailed them a few weeks ago so we just have to be patient! I hope we both make it through. Part of the reason why I am so worried is because some of us have already been accepted. Meeha 1
SheeBella Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 On 3/6/2020 at 9:28 PM, Miday said: Just got admitted to U of A Mph Food Safety specialization. ? 23 minutes ago, zainnnny said: I hope we both make it through. Part of the reason why I am so worried is because some of us have already been accepted. Please don't get stressed. I think they are still reviewing other applications and specializations. To everyone who has been accepted - Congratulations and all the very best! To everyone who is still waiting - Good luck! Don't lose hope. There's still time. Meeha and EOO 1 1
MPHtwenty Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, RMSK said: Any news from lakehead/brock/western? Haven't received anything from Brock yet RMSK 1
Pawtato Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, zainnnny said: I hope we both make it through. Part of the reason why I am so worried is because some of us have already been accepted. Its a rolling process. So if you applied late then you hear back later. Also you could be on a potential waitlist list too.
xttr Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 4 hours ago, zainnnny said: People who applied to UoA, could you guys please tell me for how long was your application status in pre-screening stage? Mine was in the pre-screening for probably like a couple days. It's been stuck at "Under Review" for ages.
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