Thanks a lot! When did you receive the official letter? Good luck and best wishes to you!The Epidemiology Dept took one week to send me an official letter...
Thanks a lot! When did you receive the official letter? Good luck and best wishes to you!The Epidemiology Dept took one week to send me an official letter...
What did it say?I got my official acceptance letter from BU today ((first, can I just say WOW? what a nice, professional packet they have!)) I received a $15,000 merit award and a hand-written note from the Admissions department! Totally on Cloud Nine right now! Can't wait for Accepted Students' Day on April 6th!
What did it say?
Does anyone know how easy it would be to change my MPH concentration at University of Michigan? I think that HBHE would be amazing, but just making sure that I still have an option to change if I want to.
Hi everyone,
has anyone heard back from SDSU yet?
Nope still not a word.
Change of Program
If a student is interested in changing programs within SPH they need to contact the department
to which they wish to transfer to inquire whether or not admission is possible. If it is possible, a
student will need to fill out the Change of Program‐Dual Degree Application form:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/academics/forms/change_program_application.pdf.
This form should be submitted along with the students application to the department to which
they wish to transfer. The Admissions Committee will review the form and respond with an
admissions decision
I just received an acceptance from BU this morning!! They said I have also been chosen to receive a merit award, which will be detailed in the acceptance packet that will be sent in the mail.
For those who have been accepted to BU, how long did it take to receive your packet, after the initial email notification?
Now just waiting on Columbia, which I think is my top choice. Hoping they'll have more decisions coming out this week!
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Applied 1/15 and 2/1, SOPHAS sent my applications on 2/7
Applied: Columbia (SMS), Yale (EHS), BU (EHS)
Accepted: Yale EHS, BU EHS
Waiting: Columbia
I just received an acceptance from BU this morning!! They said I have also been chosen to receive a merit award, which will be detailed in the acceptance packet that will be sent in the mail.
For those who have been accepted to BU, how long did it take to receive your packet, after the initial email notification?
Now just waiting on Columbia, which I think is my top choice. Hoping they'll have more decisions coming out this week!
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Applied 1/15 and 2/1, SOPHAS sent my applications on 2/7
Applied: Columbia (SMS), Yale (EHS), BU (EHS)
Accepted: Yale EHS, BU EHS
Waiting: Columbia
UMich got back to me with a half-tuition Dean's Scholarship! Too bad it doesn't match with Emory's full scholarship.
Lenoch - what department did you apply to at U Mich?
Finally heard from Yale today after I e-mailed them. Rejection from the MPH in EMD. Not super surprised, though I had a good feeling for a little while there. But it's definitely good to finally know after three months.
In other news, I e-mailed the Hopkins Epi department and they actually got back to me. They said they hope to have the rest of the master's stuff sorted out by the end of the week. Not sure if being at the end of the process is a bad sign for me, but we'll see what happens!
Can you please write detail? all about your B.S? about your exp? about MCAT books?PLEASE...foe my daughter I need to know as much as possible so we put money in correct material to read .What did it say?
Hey Chuz,
Can you please give me the email of the person you contacted in EMD? I have yet to hear from them as well. Thanks!
Im in a similar boat with Yale. Been waiting 2 months and haven't heard yet (Policy). I contacted the admissions dept and they say my app is still waiting to be reviewed.
Thanks Chuz,
I wonder if they save the rejects for last, as someone else speculated. I'll email them and let everyone know. I'm not feeling very hopeful right now because it seems like everyone who is accepted is accepted immediately.
Can you please write detail? all about your B.S? about your exp? about MCAT books?PLEASE...foe my daughter I need to know as much as possible so we put money in correct material to read .
Thanks a lot! When did you receive the official letter? Good luck and best wishes to you!
for tuition, i think most people go for loans and whatever savings/parent help they have/can get. some people, depending on the school, are able to get part-time/assistanships that cover a little bit of the cost. myself, im going for loans, parent help, and hopefully a pt-student job. you need to look at the degree as an investment . at least that's what im doing. most scholarships are for specific areas of public health or minority-gearedAre there any others out there who are past the honeymoon phase of getting into some of the schools you wanted to get into, and are now in the "oh **** how do I pay for this" phase? Well I know I am! I have been perusing around this forum for some time looking to see how people end up funding their MPH. To me it looks like a combination of loans, personal/family savings, work, school scholarships/grants. Are there many sources of external funding for MPH students? I have tried searching myself but have come up largely empty handed. Any thoughts towards this matter would be much appreciated!
Applied: All Epi; U of Minn, U of Mich, BU, Columbia, UIC, Yale(SBS)
Accepted: U of Minn, BU, Columbia, Yale
Wait-listed: U of Mich? No official indication but submitted at the start of November and after contacting them they said a decision has been deferred until the end of March.
Waiting: UIC
for tuition, i think most people go for loans and whatever savings/parent help they have/can get. some people, depending on the school, are able to get part-time/assistanships that cover a little bit of the cost. myself, im going for loans, parent help, and hopefully a pt-student job. you need to look at the degree as an investment . at least that's what im doing. most scholarships are for specific areas of public health or minority-geared
thats awesome, congrats!!
did SDSU mail or email their admission results?
Im still waiting -__-
absolutely. im looking to go into consulting myself, tho with just the MPH, no MBA. brand-name does play a big part, especially when it comes to recruiting. i submitted my deposit for Columbia because of the awesome program there, plus they have recruiting by some of the top firms, esp Mckinsey and BCG for consulting. basically, take out loans and then live for 2-3 years like a bum, and hopefully pay everything off. that's my plan as well. frugal is the way to go.That's exactly how I look at it, the degree is an asset of human capital, nothing more nothing less. I am pretty business minded (I am finishing up my MBA this spring) and am looking at MPH HPM programs for healthcare consultancy/ healthcare organizational mgt this fall. The greatest determinant for me is if the degree enables me to enjoy my new career (numero uno) and if I can get some decent ROI from my degree. That's why I am currently debating going to good inexpensive programs such as UT Houston, A&M, or UF or going with Emory which is ranked better. I am currently leaning towards Emory because health services management can be completed in 12 months, meaning I can get back to the workforce faster and save myself a year of my life (we only have so many after all). However I am apprehensive to take out 65k worth of loans which probably will have to be a mix of federal subsidized @6.8% interest and federal grad plus loans @ 7.9%. Unfortunately the parents are not in the financial position to give me the hook up on the MPH but I have been fortunate enough to be debt free for my undergrad and MBA (props to state school undergrad and corporate tuition reimbursement). My strategy is to take out loans for everything and then commit myself to some austerity measures for the first two to three years after I finish the program, paying a minimum of 10-20k annually in principal. The object is to make the minimum payments on the low interest loans and try paying off the high interest loans as soon as humanly possible. It's not the loans but the compounding interest which makes the prices of going to school INSANE. With that said, even I don't make my decisions entirely based on whether it is monetarily the most rational or not. There are a lot of intangible which factor in there such as where do you see yourself ending up (often you're recruited in the area you go to school in), the type of people you're going to school with (how do you put a dollar price on your future friends/colleagues?), and the brand equity of the school (how your personal 'brand' coincides with being associated with the school you're attending).
Not sure whether it's safe to celebrate yet...
hi,I emailed UCLA admissions today and just received a response indicating I am being recommended to the graduate department for admission!
So, that being said, the wait is over and I have received all acceptances and rejections. I have to admit, as grateful I am of the result, I am freaking glad this emotional roller coaster is over
The Final Count:
Rejected: Harvard (Molecular Epi), Michigan (Hospital Epi)
Accepted: Columbia (Epi), Emory (Global Epi), Berkeley (Infectious Diseases), BU (Epi), UCLA (Epi)
Waiting: NONE!
UCI's program is new and not very well known, whereas SDSU is a top-ten ranked MPH program with both CEPH and ASPH accreditation. If it were me, it would be SDSU, no contest.
Received my rejection from Harvard's MPH for Health Policy and Management.