ruralbcgal Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 After long deliberation, I accepted SFU’s offer and declined UofA’s offer for the Health Policy and Management stream. Good luck to everyone! Stellzz, mmtw, MPH_Hopeful_2020 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel725 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 3:30 PM, Jim28 said: Just got into U of T's MPH in Epi! Hi! Congratulations! I'm applying for 2021 to UofT Epi, just wondering if you could share your profile (GPA + experience), I'd appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel725 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 9:18 PM, ar933883 said: Received my acceptance for the UofT MPH Epi program today! Looking forward to meeting some of you in person this fall. Hi! Congratulations! I'm applying for 2021 to UofT Epi, just wondering if you could share your profile (GPA + experience), I'd appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel725 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 4:20 PM, Anon2 said: Same! Hi! Congratulations! I'm applying for 2021 to UofT Epi, just wondering if you could share your profile (GPA + experience), I'd appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel725 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 4:33 PM, NovaTerra said: See you two in September! Hi! Congratulations! I'm applying for 2021 to UofT Epi, just wondering if you could share your profile (GPA + experience), I'd appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel725 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Can anyone who is currently in, about to start or has completed UofT Epi please share their profile (GPA + experience) prior to applying to the program, much appreciated I am really interested in applying for the program for 2021 admission! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mphasp Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Hi any update from any university lakehead alberta or guelph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxiouscat Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Hi everyone, a friend received this email from Guelph. I thought I'd share if any one is still waiting on them. mmtw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMSK Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Mphasp said: Hi any update from any university lakehead alberta or guelph I received admission to lakehead for the MHSc last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mphasp Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Anxiouscat said: Hi everyone, a friend received this email from Guelph. I thought I'd share if any one is still waiting on them. Thank you r u domestic or international Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mphasp Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, RMSK said: I received admission to lakehead for the MHSc last week Congratulations are u domestic or international applicant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMSK Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, Mphasp said: Congratulations are u domestic or international applicant Domestic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmph2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Anyone hear back from Waterloo yet? They said that we should expect a decision by Friday, April 24th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxiouscat Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Mphasp said: Thank you r u domestic or international my friend who received this email is domestic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheeBella Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 11:59 AM, Titania said: My friends that applied to US schools got their decisions in less than two months even with this outbreak. I don’t know why admissions from Canada are tarrying this long. True... Canadian universities take quite long. Also, I hear that they are quite competitive and hard to get in. I applied to one university in Ireland and one in Australia in late January and early February and I already have an offer from both. For UofA, my status is still at prescreening. Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titania Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 2 hours ago, SheeBella said: True... Canadian universities take quite long. Also, I hear that they are quite competitive and hard to get in. I applied to one university in Ireland and one in Australia in late January and early February and I already have an offer from both. For UofA, my status is still at prescreening. Lol! Nice Congratulations! SheeBella 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaTerra Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 17 hours ago, Excel725 said: Hi! Congratulations! I'm applying for 2021 to UofT Epi, just wondering if you could share your profile (GPA + experience), I'd appreciate it Thanks!! Got my BSc from UofT. Double major in health sciences and neuro. I think I had 3.4 gpa in my last year, but I can’t remember the exact number. I also took several upper year stats courses on top of the required courses. I just finished my MSc in Cell Systems Bio this month (also UofT). Finished with 4.0 gpa. Several talks at conferences, 0 public health experience, 0 publications. Honestly, I got rejected when I first applied to the MPH. So I took an offer from another department and decided to re-apply for the MPH at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel725 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, NovaTerra said: Thanks!! Got my BSc from UofT. Double major in health sciences and neuro. I think I had 3.4 gpa in my last year, but I can’t remember the exact number. I also took several upper year stats courses on top of the required courses. I just finished my MSc in Cell Systems Bio this month (also UofT). Finished with 4.0 gpa. Several talks at conferences, 0 public health experience, 0 publications. Honestly, I got rejected when I first applied to the MPH. So I took an offer from another department and decided to re-apply for the MPH at some point. Did you also submit GRE scores for UofT Epi even though it wasn't a requirement? Did you have any data analysis experience prior to applying? I'm assuming you have a lot of research experience having done an MSc? Lastly, do you have any advice on how to structure the letter of intent and any advice in general when I do apply for 2021? Thank you for response, appreciate it!!! Appreciate the honesty as well Edited April 21, 2020 by Excel725 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmtw Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just got rejected from UofA MPH in HP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxiouscat Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, mmtw said: Just got rejected from UofA MPH in HP I just got the same rejection for HP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xttr Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, mmtw said: Just got rejected from UofA MPH in HP Oh man so sorry to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmtw Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, xttr said: Oh man so sorry to hear! It's ok! Teacher's college it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxiouscat Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) . Edited April 21, 2020 by Anxiouscat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaTerra Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 31 minutes ago, Excel725 said: Did you also submit GRE scores for UofT Epi even though it wasn't a requirement? Did you have any data analysis experience prior to applying? I'm assuming you have a lot of research experience having done an MSc? Lastly, do you have any advice on how to structure the letter of intent and any advice in general when I do apply for 2021? Thank you for response, appreciate it!!! Appreciate the honesty as well I just resubmitted my GRE scores from ~2 years ago. I can't remember my scores, but I definitely didn't do well in it. All I remember is I got >80th percentile in all sections. I know someone who got under 50th percentile in the quant section and still got in. I have a lot of data analysis experience, but with genetic data and not population health data. I learned a lot of stuff in my MSc that are too advanced/specific to teach for the MPH program, and stuff that I will probably never use if I land a career in public health. This is the guide I followed to write my LOI: https://www.gradschools.com/get-informed/applying-graduate-school/essay-writing/sample-letter-of-intent-for-graduate-school Don't include an address/return address, date, header, etc. Just start with the content right away to save space. My LOI is literally just 2 full pages of paragraphs, single spaced. One advice I got from a prof is to acknowledge anything that looks bad in your transcript and say how I grew from that mistake. For me, I talked about the time when I was in academic probation due to bad grades, then I said that I improved and fixed my bad study habits (some people have flawless transcripts, so this probably doesn't apply to everyone). Also talk about the major points in your CV on the LOI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabihatp Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 24 minutes ago, mmtw said: Just got rejected from UofA MPH in HP me too health policy tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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