I have been following this thread since August so now I feel as if I should let you all know what I am up too...
Undergrad School: Small (highly ranked) liberal arts college in Michigan
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.1
Major/Minor: Biology/ Community and Global Health
GRE: V: 150 (47%), Q: 145 (20%), W: 4.0 (YIKES)
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
- Study abroad program focusing on Latin American Healthcare, Spanish, and Infectious Disease.
- 1-year internship under an infection preventionist at a large multi-specialty care facility
- Teaching Assistant for the biology department.
- Research Assistant for a Detroit Based Epidemiologist
- Senior Thesis in Substance Use Disorder Epidemiology
- Collegiate Athlete
LOR: Director at my internship, my thesis advisor/ CGHL professor, and PI/Epidemiologist
Interests: MSPH/MPH/MS Infectious Disease Epi
Applying:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (MSPH- Applied Epi) (Verified: 10/30)
Tulane (MSPH - TM) (Verified 11/26),
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (MS-Epi) (Verified 11/7),
The University of Illinois at Chicago (MS- Epi), (Verified 11/8)
University of South Florida (Global Comm. disease) (Verified 11/7)
shoot my shot with:
University of Michigan School of Public Health (MPH- Global Epi) (Verified 11/13)
and
Yale (MPH- Microbial) (Verified 12/10)
Accepted: UAB (11/16), UT (11/8), Tulane (12/13)
Rejected: USF (12/12)
Waiting: Illinois, Yale, UM
If anyone has experience with UAB or Tulane I would love to talk to you!