University of Toronto (DLSPH)

[sourpatchkid]

Hate to sound like a broken record, but does anyone have any information on whether decisions have been made for the MPH (more specifically, health promotion w/ focus in global health)? The timeline on U of T's website suggests that written decisions will be received by June 1st. It's now May 13th and my status is still 'under review'. I have to make a decision with respect to my other offer ASAP.

I see that a PhD applicant was admitted, and I see that some MPH epid applicants have been admitted, but what about health promotion? Have rejection letters for these Master's students been sent out?

I was hoping not to have to hassle the (very busy) graduate coordinators, but I think I'll have to give them a call Monday.

I'm pretty surprised by the length of the decision process. I appreciate that they have a lot of applicants, but most grad programs do these days, and I have friends who applied to other programs and received admissions and funding decisions within a month.

I suppose this is part of the grad school experience! Waiting!

Edited May 14, 2011 by sourpatchkid

[pearl421]

Hi there, I was accepted to MPH in Health Promotion at UofT on April 29th, via e-mail. This was my 2nd year applying to DLSPH (last year it was for epi but I got rejected, since my app was just not strong enough at the time, and I knew I didn't quite want to do epi), and I can tell you that your SGS online status doesn't ever change, not even post-acceptance or rejection. What you can do is call the department (their number is listed on the DLSPH website) and ask specific questions about when is the latest you'd hear back from them, how many acceptances they've already sent out, etc. This year I think they're trying to expand the class size from ~35 to ~50, so you might have a chance still, if this is where you really want to go.

They seem to be pretty slow in getting things moving. After I heard back from them on April 29th, I'm still waiting for my formal acceptance letter and apparently there's a FAQ e-mail that was sent out, which I also have not received. So just be patient. The director of the program is very nice and friendly, and although I can't bring up his name here, I'm sure that once you get hold of his contact information, he would be able to answer all of your questions in great detail.

That being said, very unfortunately I'll be giving up on my spot since I got into a better school in the States, and I will be going there. However since I'm still waiting for their formal acceptance letter, at this point I can't do much to formally reject THEM. So waiting is key, like you said!

Best of luck!

Hate to sound like a broken record, but does anyone have any information on whether decisions have been made for the MPH (more specifically, health promotion w/ focus in global health)? The timeline on U of T's website suggests that written decisions will be received by June 1st. It's now May 13th and my status is still 'under review'. I have to make a decision with respect to my other offer ASAP.

I see that a PhD applicant was admitted, and I see that some MPH epid applicants have been admitted, but what about health promotion? Have rejection letters for these Master's students been sent out?

I was hoping not to have to hassle the (very busy) graduate coordinators, but I think I'll have to give them a call Monday.

I'm pretty surprised by the length of the decision process. I appreciate that they have a lot of applicants, but most grad programs do these days, and I have friends who applied to other programs and received admissions and funding decisions within a month.

I suppose this is part of the grad school experience! Waiting!

[sourpatchkid]

thanks!

I did send my questions to the general email earlier this week and I got a curt response advising me that decisions would be made within the next two weeks...? Of course, I know now that they have already been made since some have received a response, so I'll assume that a rejection letter is nigh.

Hi there, I was accepted to MPH in Health Promotion at UofT on April 29th, via e-mail. This was my 2nd year applying to DLSPH (last year it was for epi but I got rejected, since my app was just not strong enough at the time, and I knew I didn't quite want to do epi), and I can tell you that your SGS online status doesn't ever change, not even post-acceptance or rejection. What you can do is call the department (their number is listed on the DLSPH website) and ask specific questions about when is the latest you'd hear back from them, how many acceptances they've already sent out, etc. This year I think they're trying to expand the class size from ~35 to ~50, so you might have a chance still, if this is where you really want to go.

They seem to be pretty slow in getting things moving. After I heard back from them on April 29th, I'm still waiting for my formal acceptance letter and apparently there's a FAQ e-mail that was sent out, which I also have not received. So just be patient. The director of the program is very nice and friendly, and although I can't bring up his name here, I'm sure that once you get hold of his contact information, he would be able to answer all of your questions in great detail.

That being said, very unfortunately I'll be giving up on my spot since I got into a better school in the States, and I will be going there. However since I'm still waiting for their formal acceptance letter, at this point I can't do much to formally reject THEM. So waiting is key, like you said!

Best of luck!

[misgengen]

Hi, it says on DLSPH's website that the min. requirement is mid B in last yr. Do they look at Last yr or last 2 yr's gpa then? It will make a big difference in my gpa since I did a lot better in my last yr. Thx!