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Hi everyone,
I've been searching around the forums but can't find an answer that really fits my question.
I am a nontraditional student who started going back to school about a year and a half ago for my BS in Public Health. I go to Temple University and have a 3.9/4.0 GPA. I currently have over five years experience working in external affairs for a large family planning non-profit and am working on two research projects with a faculty member at my school. I also do volunteer work at an animal shelter and I will have also completed two additional internships before I graduate in 3 semesters.
Unfortunately, this wasn't always the case, and I ended up with two W's and one failing semester at a different school several years ago. Because of some deaths/illnesses in my family I also had to move around a lot, resulting in more than one transfer (I went to two different community colleges).
How much does this overshadow my current success when getting into an MPH program? I feel like now I'm doing a lot of hard work but it doesn't matter because what I did in the past will just haunt me. Anyone have any experiences like mine?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I've been searching around the forums but can't find an answer that really fits my question.
I am a nontraditional student who started going back to school about a year and a half ago for my BS in Public Health. I go to Temple University and have a 3.9/4.0 GPA. I currently have over five years experience working in external affairs for a large family planning non-profit and am working on two research projects with a faculty member at my school. I also do volunteer work at an animal shelter and I will have also completed two additional internships before I graduate in 3 semesters.
Unfortunately, this wasn't always the case, and I ended up with two W's and one failing semester at a different school several years ago. Because of some deaths/illnesses in my family I also had to move around a lot, resulting in more than one transfer (I went to two different community colleges).
How much does this overshadow my current success when getting into an MPH program? I feel like now I'm doing a lot of hard work but it doesn't matter because what I did in the past will just haunt me. Anyone have any experiences like mine?
Thanks in advance for your help!
