CDC Epidemiology Elective Program (EIS elective)

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Hi all,
I am a current MS3 planning to apply to the CDC Epidemiology Elective Program for 4th-year medical students (Epidemiology Elective Program Homepage | CDC). I was wondering if anyone has experience applying to or participating in this program?

I'm particularly interested in 1) acceptance rate 2) characteristics of a strong application and 3) sites/departments where you had positive or negative experience.

Thanks in advance for any input!

 

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"Data on number of applicants were available for the 2007 program year through the 2012 program year; during this time, the number of applicants increased from 43 (acceptance rate, 83.7%) for the 2007 program year to 87 (acceptance rate, 85.1%) for the 2012 program year."

as of 10 years ago there was 85% acceptance rate