Columbia MHA

[ParNej]

Hi everyone. I'm curious as to how "tough" Columbia is to get into and by that I mean how important your GPA is versus GRE/Experience/PS/LoR. I ask because unfortunately, I am in a program that is far from what I wanted to study (young stupid decisions...) and I lost my father early on in my undergrad, which have impacted my GPA. By the time I apply, I will be looking at the following application (more or less):

GPA: 3.1-3.2 in Health Sciences
GRE: 90th percentile in all 3
Experience: 2 summers of administrative work in a booming private clinic, executive leadership position in NGO's university branch, research assistant for ex-CIO of Canada's 2nd biggest hospital in a healthcare governance paper

I know this isn't much to go on, but I'm really freaking out as to even being accepted anywhere due to my GPA... But Columbia's been my dream for a long time and expressing how Columbia will help me in my healthcare career and is the best fit for me will be very easy.

Thanks in advance!

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[Pudu2009]

Is that your actual GRE score or are you just guessing? Because if this is an assumption I should warn you it is very difficult to obtain. I had to get a 165 out of 170 just to get 90th percentile in math. I have found that practice tests are not a good gauge, especially paper-based ones, and you can't actually get a writing score back on those tests, computer or paper. If you truly did get that score then disregarding everything I just said and congratulations.

 

[ParNej]

Is that your actual GRE score or are you just guessing? Because if this is an assumption I should warn you it is very difficult to obtain. I had to get a 165 out of 170 just to get 90th percentile in math. I have found that practice tests are not a good gauge, especially paper-based ones, and you can't actually get a writing score back on those tests, computer or paper. If you truly did get that score then disregarding everything I just said and congratulations.

I did indeed get 90th percentile. Definitely wasn't easy, I agree with you there. I actually know a girl who got 94% V and 92% Q! Can't remember how much she got in W...

But yeah, I hope this'll help distract admissions from the low GPA...

 

[Pudu2009]

I did indeed get 90th percentile. Definitely wasn't easy, I agree with you there. I actually know a girl who got 94% V and 92% Q! Can't remember how much she got in W...

But yeah, I hope this'll help distract admissions from the low GPA...

Wow! Congrats! I don't know anything about Columbia or MPH programs, but I hope it works out for you.

 

[ParNej]

Wow! Congrats! I don't know anything about Columbia or MPH programs, but I hope it works out for you.

Thanks a lot! 🙂