How many schools is everyone applying to?

[greenzgurl]

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I was just wondering if there was a typical range or average of number of schools/programs individuals apply to for MPH. What is everyone doing?

I'm still debating which ones I should apply to.

Thank you!

 

[glas]

I'm applying to 8 different schools but I think this might be overkill. I'm trying to match up with my fiancee's med school plans. List is:

Hopkins
Berkeley
UNC-Chapel Hill
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Pittsburgh
Boston University
Tulane

 

[love2bfit]

I'm applying to 5... which I still think is a lot, haha.

Hopkins
Harvard
Pittsburgh
Emory
BU
(possibly U of South Florida)

 

[JMM051]

I'm applying to 8 as well...

UNC-CH
UNC-G
USF
Tulane
UIC
BU
Emory
Drexel

Some points of my application are weaker than others so I applied to a broad range of schools that matched my interests to (hopefully) give me the most options come decision time.

 

[Music333]

I applied to 7...
Emory
UMich
UIC
BU
Yale
UPitt
GW

 

[EbolaZaire]

10. I guess I'm going a little overboard, but I just have no idea how competitive this field is.
Yale, UMich, Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, Pitt, GWU, BU, Emory, Minnesota

 

[elisek110]

i'm applying to only 4. Since i'm straight out of undergrad, and I don't have much career/volunteer experience I don't expect to get into the best schools. USF, UF, UMiami, BU.. (from FL) but my hopes are on BU!

 

[JMM051]

This thread from last year shows the schools people applied to and the acceptances/rejections

http://more.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=597283

 

[emily487]

I'm applying to six...

New York Medical College
University of Albany
Yale
University of Pittsburgh
Washington University in St. Louis
Emory

 

[love2bfit]

hmm, I should probably clarify... I'm applying to MS programs in epi, not MPH. I <3 research!

 

[cakes]

I've only applied to BU for this coming spring, but I work here, so it's a no brainer having it at the top of the list. If I don't get in, then I'll probably retake the GREs and include more schools.

 

[sblax18]

Im applying to a bunch as well...

Cal
UCLA
U of Washington
U of Texas
U of Illinios-Chicago
U of Michigan
U of Florida
Ohio State
BU
and UNC if im not lazy...

all MPH epi, with second choice HPM when available

 

[citrusguy2010]

i'm applying at 10 too:

UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
SDSU
Yale
Columbia
GWU
Emory
Dartmouth
University of Washington

i might add on University of Michigan too..

 

[INTPThinker]

JHU
UW
GWU
SDSU
BU
Brown
Columbia

 

[werd814]

Heh, I thought 4 was a lot:

UW
Yale
Harvard
UC Berkeley

 

[DSouth]

UCB
Michigan
Minnesota
Harvard
UCN
Columbia

 

[Frazier]

9...10...

Something like that.

 

[mphesq]

I'm applying to 6. Yale, Hopkins, Columbia, Dartmouth, Boston, and Emory.

 

[pickle88]

If I hadn't gotten into my top choice I was going to apply to 6 other schools (Columbia, Harvard, GW, Yale, Drexel, BU)

 

[ilovedogs]

I'm applying to Biostatistics MS programs at:
UMass Amherst
University of Pittsburgh
UNC Chapel Hill
Emory
Brown
and probably U. Michigan

Also applying to University of Rhode Island (Statistics MS) and University of Connecticut (MS Statistics-Biostats concentration)

 

[erikalindsay]

I only applied to one school for my MPH (back in 2006 or early 2007) and was accepted, and will be applying to only one school for a PhD (epidemiology) program this fall. 🙂