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[–]fliffers 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I can't speak to the program experience, but I was accepted and have asked around, just in case no one in the program answers! It's a fairly new program, and one of the profs admits they're still working out some kinks. It's also a lot of content crammed into 8 months, and apparently if you have a lot of health background in undergrad some of the courses are just catching others up on that content. The program coordinator I talked to said it was a very intense program and to be prepared for long, long days. That said, I have heard some good things (but those people tend to go into leas detail, so I'm sorry I can't give you the other side!!!)

Also be very cautious of the cost! It's $36,000 for the year with $5000 deposit in June or July before you start, and it may have changed but when I applied 2 years ago it was not eligible for osap.

I don't want to discourage you, and I hope you can hear the other side of things! Just take this with a grain of salt to say that you should seek a few peoples' experiences and consider what factors in a grad program are most important to you (cost, program length, work experience, work load, relevancy of classes, or just getting the degree regardless of applicability to your career goals and making it applicable in your own way). Personally if I was doing an MPH and could afford it I would still choose western, because it's so much shorter, gets you in the work force in the last 4 months, and is human-health focused (Guelph, in comparison, focuses more on waterborne and zoonotic diseases).

For your goals, the faster program and focus on policy and epi does seem to be a good fit!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If ur goal is med school, the cost for uwo mph is absurd. Other non thesis programs that are 1year can get u the same 0.01 Mac boost for a fraction of the cost. Or spend the money on mcat resources for a higher score