Congrats everyone! Especially you PHhopeful
I just closed of service from the Peace Corps in the last 2 months and I feel your pain on the cost of everything, good luck with your decisions!!
Yay! Acceptance #2 - Emory - Global Health
I got an unofficial email from someone in admissions last Friday (12/9), then it updated on OPUS a day or so later
Undergrad - 3.4, Environmental Science
GRE - 620 V, 730 Q, 5 Writing - 1350 total
Experience - Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, worked for an environmental management company for 2 years, president of volunteer advisory committee, member of HIV committee, and project advisory committee, honors/offices in clubs and volunteering in university and after
Submitted to SOPHAS around the end of September
Completed October 16th ish, mailed October 18, GRE scores mailed first week of November
Accepted:
Tulane - Nov. 3 ish - International Health and Development
Emory - Dec. 9 - Global Health - application wasn't received by them until toward the end of November - not sure about the delay
Waiting on:
Boston U
Hopefully a lot of people will hear from Emory soon, their deadline was Dec 1 I believe, so I'm sure they were holding out to make the bulk of their decisions until they received most of the applications.
Good luck everybody!