Hello Friends! I am a long-time reader here and have benefitted a lot from this forum.
Undergraduate School: International Medical Graduate From Saudi Arabia
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.61/4.00
Major/Minor: Medicine, MBBS
GRE(including date taken): N/A (Waived)
Experience/research:
- Co-founded and chaired the social accountability hub for healthcare initiatives at my university for two years.
- Executive Producer for a healthcare initiative that produced 15+ Health Promotion short films in Arabic.
- One year as a physician in training at a major tertiary hospital.
- Participated in multiple humanitarian missions in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
- Co-founded and managed a digital marketing agency for one year, which specialized in health communication.
Letters of Rec: Associate dean of public health, Director of Health Promotion at my university who happens to be a professor of pulmonology and critical care, and alumnus of JHU who finished a DrPH in healthcare management.
Interested in: Healthcare Leadership and Management, Healthcare Systems, and Global Health.
Applied: JHU (10/3), BU (10/28) All Verified within 24h
Accepted: JHU (11/1) BU (They said they'd review the applications for Fall in January)
I feel privileged and lucky to be accepted at Hopkins as it's my target school. I posted this to say thank you to everyone who posted in this thread and the forum. I wish you all the best.
Wow, accepted to Hopkins that quickly! You should be very proud of yourself. Congrats!