MPH 2020: Applied, Accepted, Rejected, Waitlisted

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cmsf2020 said:
For those already accepted to Michigan, have you received financial aid information yet? I was accepted in mid December and have not heard back regarding aid.
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I have not heard anything either! Someone posted on the Facebook page that we would most likely receive this information in February or March.
 
Within 10 days which is what the email said. If you don’t hear within 10 days you probably just didn’t get a scholarship...just call the office directly and ask, you’ve already been accepted what’s the worst that can happen..?
 
Rejected from Rutgers, still haven’t heard back from NYU which is weird because don’t classes start on the 27th?
 
Bimo19 said:
Rejected from Rutgers, still haven’t heard back from NYU which is weird because don’t classes start on the 27th?
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I would reach out to NYU via. email or even phone. They recently began processing and even notified Fall 2020 students earlier this week so it's a bit concerning if you haven't heard back as a Spring 2020 applicant.
 
Sorry about the rejection. It's all a crapshoot. Did you apply to Rutgers for spring or fall 2020?
Bimo19 said:
Rejected from Rutgers, still haven’t heard back from NYU which is weird because don’t classes start on the 27th?
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jparky said:
I would reach out to NYU via. email or even phone. They recently began processing and even notified Fall 2020 students earlier this week so it's a bit concerning if you haven't heard back as a Spring 2020 applicant.
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Just spoke with someone and they said it is still under review. I messed up big time and only applied to 2 schools so I’m hoping I get in here. It sucks cuz Rutgers was my safety school.
 
Bimo19 said:
Just spoke with someone and they said it is still under review. I messed up big time and only applied to 2 schools so I’m hoping I get in here. It sucks cuz Rutgers was my safety school.
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Geez, they're really cutting it close. Sorry about your rejection from Rutgers, I too received a rejection earlier this week. Don't let it get you down! I wish you the best with NYU!
 
Bimo19 said:
Just spoke with someone and they said it is still under review. I messed up big time and only applied to 2 schools so I’m hoping I get in here. It sucks cuz Rutgers was my safety school.
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I also applied to 2 programs. One rejection from the other back in November (which was my safety), waiting on the other school as well. I plan on taking graduate summer courses to improve my application for the next cycle if I don’t get in (also will apply to online schools as I’m limited to stay in state)
 
Interviewing at U-Mich for management and policy on 2/16. Any recommendations for preparation? What to focus on?
 
Met and chatted with the Senior Director of Admissions and Dean of the School of Public Health for Boston University today at an awesome event in San Francisco! The director said that tomorrow is the first day they are reviewing apps and they will do this every Wednesday of each week until spring. She also said that they will report each Friday (or following Monday) on decisions! Also, scholarship information will be in the decision letter!
 
sclason1 said:
Interviewing at U-Mich for management and policy on 2/16. Any recommendations for preparation? What to focus on?
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I did my interview last week and it was relatively informal (questions to get to know you). The professor I talked to also asked questions about how I overcame past challenges and other questions to learn about my leadership skills and typical interview questions.
 
From the virtual fair today, 1/15 -
Emory: "Decisions will be sent out starting next week for everyone that applied before the 6th"
Brown: "We are starting to send out decision this week for those who were complete early so you should receive a decision very soon"
Columbia: "Decisions are anticipated to begin releasing at the end of January, early February and scholarships will be sent shortly after admissions decisions"
 
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My LinkedIn profile is set to private so I can only see where people who view my profile work (not their names). I noticed someone who works at Columbia viewed my profile last week...Did anyone else see someone who works at a college they applied to looking at their profile?
 
surfergal said:
My LinkedIn profile is set to private so I can only see where people who view my profile work (not their names). I noticed someone who works at Columbia viewed my profile last week...Did anyone else see someone who works at a college they applied to looking at their profile?
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I have had a suspiciously higher amount of traffic on my profile after applying, so I wouldn't be surprised.
 
vzr05 said:
From the virtual fair today, 1/15 -
Emory: "Decisions will be sent out starting next week for everyone that applied before the 6th"
Brown: "We are starting to send out decision this week for those who were complete early so you should receive a decision very soon"
Columbia: "Decisions are anticipated to begin releasing at the end of January, early February and scholarships will be sent shortly after admissions decisions"
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To add to this:
Brown will send out scholarship offers within 24h of the admissions decision.
WashU will send out admissions decisions to those who applied by the Dec 15 deadline later this month and no later than Feb 1!
 
CarissasWeird said:
I have had a suspiciously higher amount of traffic on my profile after applying, so I wouldn't be surprised.
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Same for me! Previous applicants confirmed me that they actually check your linkedin. So does fulbright for instance and many other grant agencies. So for those who haven’t updated their profile, this is the time to do so!
 
Interesting! Do you have any thoughts on what they're looking for or why they'd be looking? I reallly hope it means it's a last check before accepting me haha

GlobalOrthoLover said:
Same for me! Previous applicants confirmed me that they actually check your linkedin. So does fulbright for instance and many other grant agencies. So for those who haven’t updated their profile, this is the time to do so!
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surfergal said:
Interesting! Do you have any thoughts on what they're looking for or why they'd be looking? I reallly hope it means it's a last check before accepting me haha
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I remember from undergrad admissions that the universities would look at social media profiles as well to see how you present yourself or to look for any red flags
 
gbr101 said:
I remember from undergrad admissions that the universities would look at social media profiles as well to see how you present yourself or to look for any red flags
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That definitely and to check if it confirms what you put on your cv. It’s harder to fake a linkedin profile than a cv. Especially bc they will look at your connections as well I suppose
 
Hi all, long time lurker first time poster.

Accepted to Yale on Friday but still waiting on financial aid information (almost coming to day 7/10 - hoping something comes through!)

Wondering if anyone knows about the JHU MPH/MBA - particularly when people have heard about decisions in the past? I've had a look through some of the old forums but can't find any mention of the dual degree.

Anyway - my introduction thing...

Undergraduate School: International medical school
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 4.0/4.0 (WES verified)
Major/Minor: Medicine/Surgery
Grad GPA 4.0/4.0
Grad studies (if applicable): Medical Science degree by research
GRE (including date taken): 165V (96%) | 162Q (79%) | 6W (99%) - taken June '19

Experience/research:
- 2 years as a doctor, 1 year working as a casual clinician
- 1 year at MBB consulting
- Two first author papers, some conference presentations on both medical research and advocacy topics
- Government advisory work, advocacy work in national and international medical student associations
- Started an NFP on health and environmental policy

Letters of rec: Academic Dean from medical school, Professor from research work who also supervised me as a doctor, Partner at MBB firm
Interested in: health policy, particularly as it relates to social and urban policy
Really very reliant on financial aid re: where I'd accept.

Applied: Harvard MPH65 (Policy), JHU MBA/MPH, Yale MPH (Policy)
Accepted: Yale (applied late November, accepted 1/10 w $$)
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:
 
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gbr101 said:
I did my interview last week and it was relatively informal (questions to get to know you). The professor I talked to also asked questions about how I overcame past challenges and other questions to learn about my leadership skills and typical interview questions.
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Good to know! Thank you for being open! Hopefully you get in! How did you like the experience of the visit day? Do you think it was worth it versus an online interview?
 
sclason1 said:
Good to know! Thank you for being open! Hopefully you get in! How did you like the experience of the visit day? Do you think it was worth it versus an online interview?
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Yeah, no problem! Hopefully you get in as well! I actually haven't done the visit day yet. I signed up for the virtual visit day since I'm all the way in California and currently busy with my AmeriCorps service. I kinda wish I was able to visit though because the in-person visit day allows you to meet with faculty one-on-one and mingle with current students in the program. I also wanted to see what the campus looked like and take a tour. Are you doing the virtual visit day as well?
 
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gbr101 said:
Met and chatted with the Senior Director of Admissions and Dean of the School of Public Health for Boston University today at an awesome event in San Francisco! The director said that tomorrow is the first day they are reviewing apps and they will do this every Wednesday of each week until spring. She also said that they will report each Friday (or following Monday) on decisions! Also, scholarship information will be in the decision letter!
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I hope that Galea works on turning around BU, he is an interesting person to listen to, what little I've read of his recent (general public audience) book makes sense in a very general way, but the conclusions drawn aren't a revelation or anything new, at least in my opinion. With regards to Galea's assertion that more attention should be placed on environmental determinants of disease, charity starts at home, and BU should do much more to ensure a safe and equitable learning environment for students on campus, acknowledge indifference (and worse) towards educating students and confront it head on, and work on teaching the fundamentals of public health in such a way that empowers students to make a difference in the world and leave public health school with the same dreams and aspirations that they entered with.

I think the MPH education should in part focus on critical thinking skills and hard skills which allow students to analyze local health problems themselves and come up with innovative solutions, offer skills to the workforce (and be employable), versus teaching a generalist ideological viewpoint that normally you'd just see in a survey-level course in undergraduate college that preaches pretty much what everybody already knew! BU is trying to beef up the curriculum, but students get disappointed that it isn't different from what is taught in undergraduate courses.

I still don't understand why BU, through one of their other vocal professors, really pushes the idea that there is a conspiracy to get rid of flavored e-cigarettes and that there is no evidence that there are/might be longterm mal effects from e-cigarettes? Is Juul giving money to the school or something? Like literally one of the titles of his blog posts is, "American Lung Association's Lies About E-Cigarettes are Dangerous and Irresponsible" Really?!?
 
vc226 said:
i submitted 11/20, was verified 12/4, and was sent for review 12/9! what about you?
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I submitted 11/11, was verified 11/18 but was only sent for review on 12/13 because WES took almost 2 months to process my transcripts
 
vc226 said:
i submitted 11/20, was verified 12/4, and was sent for review 12/9! what about you?
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LiveTheMoment98 said:
I submitted 11/11, was verified 11/18 but was only sent for review on 12/13 because WES took almost 2 months to process my transcripts
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I was sent for review on 11/20 and I'm still waiting too! What program did you both apply for? I'm health policy
 
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