I’m a third year student and will hopefully be graduating next year. My goal was to apply to UoftT’s epidemiology program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. I didn’t do well in my first year and was on academic probation. I’ve pretty much been recovering from those grades since, and thankfully took myself off probation. I’ve been getting A’s and B’s since then. My CGPA is 2.5, and my GPA for the past 2 years have been around 3.5. I was wondering if a graduate degree in epidemiology is just a pipe dream (since I heard its quite competitive) and whether i should look into other options? Did my first year ruin my chances?
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hey there,
like most graduate schools, the masters in public health: epidemiology program (say that five times fast) has a minimum average requirement of B+, but ONLY in your final year (or your last 5.0 credits).
obviously this isn’t the only thing they’ll look at: they’re also looking for research experience, quantitative skills, and all sorts of stuff that aska knows nothing about – all of which you can read up about on their degree information page.
but most importantly: those first year marks definitely won’t disqualify you. you are still in the running towards becoming an epidemiologist.
yay! now go out there and KILL YOUR LAST YEAR!!!
cheers,
aska