MPH 2020: Applied, Accepted, Rejected, Waitlisted

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I think you'll get into most (if not all) of the programs you apply to as you've got work experience and your gpa and GRE scores are overall quite excellent! The average quantitative score for even the Emory MSPH program is 159, the GLEPI says 1/4 of admitted students have a 155 or lower, anyway, admissions are very hollistic, and a lot of people, maybe half of admitted students to all the MPH programs at Emory don't even have work experience, so you're fine. Obviously a fourth of the GLEPI is making it to graduation at Emory, so if you want Epi go for it!

Definitely leave in any and all top programs you want to apply for, realize that you are competitive and don't go to second tier programs like BU, GW, OHSU/PSU or others without a good sized merit scholarship I would say. You have a really good work experience and Poli Sci/French background, adding a hard skill like Epi to your toolbox would be great to improve your breadth of competency/understanding in public health.

Personally, if I was you I'd add MPH Epi programs at Harvard, UNC and JHU and just wait and see what happens, at those programs along you'd probably get into 2 or all of them anyway. Go to a top tier school for Epi as you'll be with other students who have slight more experience with math-related work and you can learn from them too, at many schools your Quant would be above average for admitted students despite you being concerned about it.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I think I just saw some schools' epi websites and stats and freaked myself out, but your response is really supportive and definitely makes me feel more confident in what I'm doing! (And I didn't know about that Emory GLEPI stat). Thanks again and good luck with your apps!

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Undergraduate School: Public SEC school
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:3.6/3.41 (SOPHAS verified)
Major/minor:Biological sciences (B.S.), psychology minor, multicultural certificate
GRE(including date taken): V-145, Q-151, AW-4.0 (taken 8/1/19)


Experience/research:
-3 years as a research assistant for a biosafety level 3 regional infectious disease laboratory
-2 years as an undergraduate researcher in the department of veterinary pathobiology working on a Lyme disease project
-One summer as an intern in a university hospital assisting with the infection control department
-2 years volunteering for a community health clinic for the uninsured population
-1 year working as a patient service representative for university hospital emergency room
-Sustainability and environmental health ambassador on campus

Letters of Rec:A former public health professor, my supervisor from infectious disease lab, supervisor from my sorority whom I worked closely with as president

Interested in: infectious disease and infection prevention, zoonoses, communicable disease and vector-borne epidemiology, urban health


Applied: GWU (EPI, applied 10/1), SLU (EPI/Biosafety and emergency preparedness, applied 10/1), BU (EPI, applied 10/1), WashU in St Louis (EPI, applied 10/1), Michigan (Hospital and Molecular EPI, applied 10/1), Minnesota (EPI, applied 11/9)

Accepted: GWU (10/28), SLU (11/4), Michigan (11/14), Washington University in St Louis plus 35% scholarship (1/15), Minnesota (1/17), BU plus 40% scholarship (1/24)
Rejected: None :)
Attending: TBD


For all of you obsessing over bad GRE scores, I think my application is a testament to how holistic this application process is. I’ve talked with a few program representatives, and they mostly want to see that you are committed to the field of public health and want to make a difference!
 
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Undergraduate School: Public SEC school
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:3.6/3.41 (SOPHAS verified)
Major/minor:Biological sciences (B.S.), psychology minor, multicultural certificate
GRE(including date taken): V-145, Q-151, AW-4.0 (taken 8/1/19)


Experience/research:
-3 years as a research assistant for a biosafety level 3 regional infectious disease laboratory
-2 years as an undergraduate researcher in the department of veterinary pathobiology working on a Lyme disease project
-One summer as an intern in a university hospital assisting with the infection control department
-2 years volunteering for a community health clinic for the uninsured population
-1 year working as a patient service representative for university hospital emergency room
-Sustainability and environmental health ambassador on campus

Letters of Rec:A former public health professor, my supervisor from infectious disease lab, supervisor from my sorority whom I worked closely with as president

Interested in: infectious disease and infection prevention, zoonoses, communicable disease and vector-borne epidemiology, urban health


Applied: GWU (EPI, applied 10/1), SLU (EPI/Biosafety and emergency preparedness, applied 10/1), BU (EPI, applied 10/1), WashU in St Louis (EPI, applied 10/1), Michigan (Hospital and Molecular EPI, applied 10/1), Minnesota (EPI, applied 11/9)

Accepted: GWU (10/28), SLU (11/4), Michigan (11/14)
Rejected: TBD
Attending: TBD

(will update as I hear back)

For all of you obsessing over bad GRE scores, I think my application is a testament to how holistic this application process is. I’ve talked with a few program representatives, and they mostly want to see that you are committed to the field of public health and want to make a difference!

Congrats on all your acceptances! For GWU, did they say anything about scholarships? They told me I would hear within two weeks from when I got accepted and it's getting close to two weeks so I'm getting impatient.
 
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For those that got into GWU, did you eventually get a letter in the mail in addition to your Email? I’m a bit worried because I was verified on 11/11 and I never received an Email stating the receipt of my app. I’ve messaged a couple of times and they confirmed it was in their system but that’s it.
 
For those that got into GWU, did you eventually get a letter in the mail in addition to your Email? I’m a bit worried because I was verified on 11/11 and I never received an Email stating the receipt of my app. I’ve messaged a couple of times and they confirmed it was in their system but that’s it.

I didn't get a letter, and they mentioned in their emails that they don't send out paper materials to avoid waste. Maybe check your spam folder for an email?
 
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I didn't get a letter, and they mentioned in their emails that they don't send out paper materials to avoid waste. Maybe check your spam folder for an email?

Thank you for your response. I've checked all my folders :(
I'll try reaching out once more!
 
Congrats on all your acceptances! For GWU, did they say anything about scholarships? They told me I would hear within two weeks from when I got accepted and it's getting close to two weeks so I'm getting impatient.

I got accepted the same day as you to GWU (11/7) and still have not received the scholarship email. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks.. I'm also getting impatient!
 
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Hi all...

Undergraduate School: Large state university
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.49 Overall/3.91 Public Health (SOPHAS verified)
Major/minor: Biology, Public Health Minor
GRE(including date taken): V-151, Q-143, AW-5.0 (11/1/19)


Experience/research:
-2 years as an intern at state department of health
-6 months (100+ hours) as a volunteer in the emergency department at a level one trauma center hospital
-6 months (75+ hours) as a volunteer at a federally qualified health center working in community based programs for under served communities where I coordinate projects and create outreach materials
-undergraduate general biology tutor on campus

Letters of Rec: Supervisor at the department of health, supervisor at the federally qualified health center, two biology professors who are also my supervisors as a tutor

Interested in: health policy, healthcare management, value-based care, improving patient outcomes, preventive medicine, etc.


Applied: Yale (Health Policy), Columbia (HPM), Emory (HPM), NYU (HPM), GWU (Community-Oriented Primary Care), Temple (HPM/Health Informatics), Brown (General MPH) - Verified and submitted all (11/15)

Accepted: GWU (12/6/2019), Temple (12/11/2019), NYU (1/13/2020), Brown (1/15/2020), Emory (1/22/2020), Columbia (2/18/2020)
Rejected: Yale (1/23/2020)
Attending: TBD
 
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Apps are submitted!!! anyone have an ETA on current verification times?
 
I got accepted the same day as you to GWU (11/7) and still have not received the scholarship email. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks.. I'm also getting impatient!

Been over two weeks for me and I'm really hoping that they're just taking a while on scholarships rather than me not getting anything :(

GW accepted students, please let this board know when you hear about scholarships!
 
Apps are submitted!!! anyone have an ETA on current verification times?
I think it partly depends on when you submitted your transcripts. When I applied in 2017 I had sent my transcripts about a month before I actually pressed submit on my application and verification took 4 hours. This was also in November so near the deadlines for many programs. I am banking on it being a similar situation this year and have been hearing a verification time of around a day or two.
 
I've gotten at least 4 emails a day for the last 2-3 weeks from Emory about online programs they're doing like "Preparing a strong personal statement"... seeing as I submitted my applications already, it's a little late for that.
 
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Congrats on all your acceptances! For GWU, did they say anything about scholarships? They told me I would hear within two weeks from when I got accepted and it's getting close to two weeks so I'm getting impatient.
They also told me 2 weeks, but it has been 3 weeks at this point since I’ve been accepted. Considering a lot of schools don’t know most of their funding until the new year, I’m not too worried yet.
 
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I've gotten at least 4 emails a day for the last 2-3 weeks from Emory about online programs they're doing like "Preparing a strong personal statement"... seeing as I submitted my applications already, it's a little late for that.
I was coming on here to say that! Every time I get an email from them, I expect it to be a receipt of my application and it never is. Have you gotten your OPUS login yet?
 
I was coming on here to say that! Every time I get an email from them, I expect it to be a receipt of my application and it never is. Have you gotten your OPUS login yet?
Nope, I haven't! Emory is one of the only schools I haven't heard from, but other users have said they can take a month or two to even acknowledge receipt of application...
 
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Accepted to GW!!! I applied for their MCH program. This is my first acceptance! I was starting to get nervous!!
 
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Hi everyone, been lurking this thread and the 2019 one and figured it was time to join - I want to thank you all for being so helpful and supportive! Here are my stats:

Undergraduate School: Large State School
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.5/3.7
Major/minor: Public Health/Math
Grad GPA (if applicable): n/a
Grad studies (if applicable): n/a
GRE(including date taken): V-157 (76th%) Q-159 (70th%) AW-5.0 (92nd%) (taken 10/18/19)

Experience/research:
During undergraduate:
-Internship at local health department in Office of Epidemiology, contributed to national conference paper/presentation on infection prevention
-2ish years as university tutor (subjects - math, science)
-Research assistant on project studying relationship between mosquito-borne illness + climate in Hermosillo, Mexico
-Volunteer ESL teacher to refugees from Bhutan & Nepal
Post undergraduate:
-2ish years as a Peace Corps Community Health Educator
-1 year as a Program Manager for an NGO in Peace Corps country of service, focused on hygiene/sanitation in low-income schools/communities
-7 months as an AmeriCorps volunteer working with youth in Baltimore City
-6 months (& current job) as a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) at FQHC in Baltimore City focusing on preventative screening & SDOHs

Letters of Rec: Peace Corps Country Director, former professor who is PI of research project I worked on, current supervisor (Director of Population Health)

Interested in: SDOHs, harm reduction approaches to addiction, mental health, international health

Applying: GW (submitted 11/6, verified 11/7, GW app in review email 11/8), UMD (submitted 11/14, email with second step instructions 11/20), Drexel, UMB, JHU

Accepted: GW (11/20)

Rejected: tbd

Attending: tbd
 
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Undergraduate School: University of Michigan School of Public Health
Major GPA: 3.366/4.0
Major/minor: Public Health Sciences (B.S), Minor in Vietnamese Language Studies
Grad studies (if applicable): I was able to take graduate-level public health courses in epidemiology, environmental health sciences, and health management and policy while still in undergrad. I also received credit for the research I did through my SPH that gave me 700-level EHS elective credits
GRE(including date taken): V-158 (80th %) Q-157 (64th %) AW-5.0 (92nd%) (taken 9/25/19)

Experience/research:
-4 years as a nail technician in my family's nail salon
-4 years as a research assistant in two Drosophila neurobiology labs, resulting in one publication currently pending review
-2 years as a research assistant and translator in a public health study on chemical exposures faced by nail salon workers

Letters of Rec: my Vietnamese language professor who I've known for all of undergrad, my PI who I've worked with for 3 years and helped me land my first publication, the public health professor in charge of the nail salon study I assisted in

Interested in: toxicology, minority health, epigenetics/gene-environment interactions/precision medicine

I currently live in Ann Arbor and am on gap year right now (I graduated this past May!) A relevant note to include is that I graduated as part of the University of Michigan School of Public Health's inaugural cohort of undergraduate students... not sure if that's a pro or a con but I made a mention of that in all my personal statements. All of the programs I am applying to are in EHS, but I'll make a note of any concentrations I may be pursuing for programs that provide me with that option!

Applied: Michigan (Concentration in Toxicology; 11/13), Columbia (Certificate in Toxicology; 11/13), Yale (Concentration in Global Health; 11/20), CUNY (Concentration in Public Health Informatics; 11/20), NYU (11/20), Icahn (11/20), UCLA (11/20)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:


I submitted my last batch of applications today, so I'm currently just sitting and waiting to hear back! (If you couldn't tell, I'm trying really hard to end up in New York City...) During this time though, I'll be looking up potential funding opportunities and scholarships. That being said, does anyone have any advice or experience with Graduate-level FLAS (Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship)? I was a FLAS recipient for two years of undergrad and that immensely helped me financially, and would like to continue with the fellowship as a graduate student!
 
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For those asking about GW scholarships, I was accepted to GW on 10/29 and received scholarship information on 11/14. :)
 
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Congrats to those that got into GWU!

I'm still waiting on an Email stating the receipt of my application, but they did confirm that it was in their system via. chat.
 
As of 11/18 my application was in review at GWU. To those who were accepted: after receiving the email that your app was in review, how long did it take for you to hear back about being admitted?

Likewise, to those who got scholarships from GWU, can you please share your stats? (do they look at GRE and GPA?)

Thanks!
And congrats :)))
 
As of 11/18 my application was in review at GWU. To those who were accepted: after receiving the email that your app was in review, how long did it take for you to hear back about being admitted?

Likewise, to those who got scholarships from GWU, can you please share your stats? (do they look at GRE and GPA?)

Thanks!
And congrats :)))

I got the “under review” email on 11/5 and got accepted today (11/20). But I think others heard back faster.
 
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Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University
GPA: 3.35/4.0
Major/minor: Public Health Studies, Economics Minor
GRE: V-157 Q-163 AW-4.5

Experience/research:
-2.5 years as an undergraduate research assistant on a heart disease study.
-Summer internship for a public health advocacy organization.
-International public health volunteer experience.
-2.5 years post-grad work in health policy and pharmaceutical conduct with government agency.

Letters of Rec: Director of research study, Public health undergraduate professor, management at current government job.

Interested in: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology, Cost efficiencies in infectious disease interventions.

Applied: Columbia (Epi), Yale (Epi of Microbial Diseases), Emory (Global Epi), Tulane (Epi), Boston (Epi), GWU (Epi) (applied to all on 10/27, verified 10/30).
Accepted: GWU (11/7)
 
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Officially in review for NYU, Columbia, GWU, JHU, Tulane, and Yale. Does anyone have any idea what the time frame is to hear from any of these schools? (already know about GWU, but the others.) I know it's rolling admissions, but I'm curious how long it generally takes.
 
I got a small scholarship for GWU! $8000 distributed across 4 semesters, which is about 10% off total tuition. They told me during the This is Public Health webinar yesterday that's it's based on gpa/gre, so @rap15 maybe you'll get the same!
 
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Thought I would throw my stats into the mix since I've just submitted my first 4 applications! I'm so excited to see the people in this forum get accepted and commit to different schools. Yay! Good luck to everyone!

UPDATED 3/30/2020:


Undergraduate School: University of San Francisco
GPA: 3.67/4.0 Major GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Received an award for highest GPA in my major)
Major/minor: B.S. Environmental Science
GRE: V-162 (90th), Q-153 (49th), AW-5.0 (92nd)

Experience/research:
- 14 months of Americorps with the National Park Service (collecting biologic/hydrologic data, lab testing of physical and chemical aspects of water, community organizing, teaching science curriculum in Title I schools)
- 6 months as a research assistant doing ecological monitoring
- Multiple years of GIS experience
- 2 years (in 2011 & 2012) of peer sex education through my local planned parenthood (7 hrs/week). I also performed skits on sexuality/gender identity and contraception at Planned Parenthood Capitol Day in Sacramento California two years in a row.
- I worked full time in college, often multiple jobs )
- 2 years as a computer science major

Letters of Rec: Chair of ES program at my college who was also my thesis adviser and engineering professor, Chair of Chemistry at my college and former professor of environmental chemistry I & II, former supervisor from ecological monitoring job

Interested in: exposures to water contaminants in-utero, social determinants of health/environmental health, perinatal health

Applied: Columbia 11/20 (Environmental Health Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology Certificate), Yale 11/20 (EHS), Cal 11/20 (EHS), UCLA 11/20 (EHS), Brown (EH concentration) will apply, Tulane 1/13(MSPH EHS), Emory (EH) 12/12.
Accepted: Emory (1/16) + 75% + 2.5k REAL/ semester + 2k practicum (2/11), Brown 1/23 + 25% (1/24) + additional 25% (3/26), Tulane + 10k (1/25), Columbia (1/29) + 5k need (2/11), Yale (1/30), Berkeley (2/3), UCLA (2/20) + Graduate Opportunity Fellowship (full tuition + 20k stipend/ year)(3/23).
Attending:
 
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Thought I would throw my stats into the mix since I've just submitted my first 4 applications! I'm so excited to see the people in this forum get accepted and commit to different schools. Yay! Good luck to everyone!

Undergraduate School: Private Urban University in California
GPA: 3.67/4.0 Major GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Received an award for highest GPA in my major)
Major/minor: B.S. Environmental Science
GRE: V-162 (90th), Q-153 (49th), AW-5.0 (92nd)

Experience/research:
- 14 months of Americorps with the National Park Service(collecting biologic/hydrologic data, lab testing of physical and chemical aspects of water, community organizing, teaching science curriculum in Title I schools)
- 6 months as a research assistant doing ecological monitoring
- 2 years (in 2011 & 2012) of peer sex education through my local planned parenthood (7 hrs/week). I also performed skits on sexuality/gender identity and contraception at Planned Parenthood Capitol Day in Sacramento California two years in a row.
- I worked full time in college, often multiple jobs (a data analysis tutor/ retail manager)
- 2 years as a computer science major

Letters of Rec: Chair of ES program at my college who was also my thesis advisor and engineering professor, Chair of Chemistry at my college and former professor of environmental chemistry I & II, former supervisor from ecological monitoring job

Interested in: exposures to water contaminants in-utero, social determinants of health/environmental health, perinatal health

Applied: Columbia 11/20 (Environmental Health Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology Certificate), Yale 11/20 (EHS), Cal 11/20 (EHS), UCLA 11/20 (EHS), Brown (EH concentration) will apply, Tulane (MSPH EHS) will apply, Emory (EH Epi) will apply, SDSU (Epi) will apply.
Accepted: TBD

Welcome! Congratulations on getting your apps in--it's always the hardest part aside from the wait!
 
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Hey guys,

Did anyone apply to or hear back from UCSF (Global Health MS), University of Washington (Global Health) or UTHealth Houston (Epi)?
 
I got a small scholarship for GWU! $8000 distributed across 4 semesters, which is about 10% off total tuition. They told me during the This is Public Health webinar yesterday that's it's based on gpa/gre, so @rap15 maybe you'll get the same!

We must be in the same cycle at GW because I also received my scholarship info today. Total of $16,000.. less than I was hoping for obviously, but still very happy! Congratulations!
 
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So I very recently decided that I will be applying to MPH schools this cycle but I am just curious how big of a disadvantage I will be in by submitting my applications now. I know that I will be in before the priority deadline for most schools but I am confused as to why so many people are already getting acceptances? Are a lot of spots already going to be filled by the time I submit?
 
Finally submitted my applications, just waiting for my recommenders to submit....
 
So I very recently decided that I will be applying to MPH schools this cycle but I am just curious how big of a disadvantage I will be in by submitting my applications now. I know that I will be in before the priority deadline for most schools but I am confused as to why so many people are already getting acceptances? Are a lot of spots already going to be filled by the time I submit?

It’s rolling admissions.
 
so will I be at a significant disadvantage applying now? I thought most schools deadlines were a "priority deadline" so every applicant would be viewed the same.
No you won't, certain schools do priority same as others do rolling. It depends on where you apply, so take a look at the deadlines for those schools. With a strong application you will have a fair chance wherever you apply, good luck!
 
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Did everyone turn in your applications all at once? I literally applied to three programs that are my top choices and have the earliest deadlines. Plan is to keep submitting more apps if the first three didn't work out.
 
Today I was accepted to Tulane! MPH in Global Health :) along with a 10k scholarship.
 
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Hi guys!

Stats and questions below--

Undergraduate School: SEC School
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.73 (how can I check to see if it is verified??)
Major/minor: Public Health BS
Grad GPA (if applicable): n/a
Grad studies (if applicable): n/a
GRE(including date taken): V-149 (41st %) Q-150 (37th %) AW-3.5 39% (taken 8/30/19)

Experience/research:
2 years work experience post undergrad

-medical office supervisor of a physician practice
-completed 1 year administrative fellowship managing physician practices and onboarded service line to hospital
-interned in DC with nonprofit
-research lab assistant during undergrad, was primary author in manuscript published to peer reviewed journal
-supplemental instructor at university's tutoring center
-multiple volunteer experiences and leadership experiences in undergrad related to PH

Letters of Rec: my supervisor from my current position, my VP from the division, 1 professor who I worked with in a research lab, and the former
president of the university (former MPH Yale alumna)

Interested in: HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION


Applied: Yale, Harvard, Emory, U Mich, John Hopkins, Columbia, Boston, GW (ALL APPLIED ON 11/20, ALL VERIFIED)
Applying:
NYU
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:


(will update as I apply/hear back)

I know my GRE was bad, I am hoping my GPA and experience will buffer this? Not sure if I am a standout candidate, I am applying to mostly MPH HPM or MHA programs.

Best of luck to everyone!
If you go to "Check Status" on SOPHAS and download one of your apps (doesn't matter which), you can see your GPA broken down by SOPHAS underneath your transcript entry! It is part of the green section of the downloaded application.
 
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Today I was accepted to Tulane! MPH in Global Health :) along with a 10k scholarship.
Congrats!! I just got my acceptance notice today too!
could you tell me how you found out about the scholarship, is it somewhere in the portal or in a separate email?
 
Has anyone heard from Emory? I submitted my applications about a month ago and they are the only school who has not responded confirming they received my application and/or letting me know when they plan on releasing decisions.
 
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Congrats!! I just got my acceptance notice today too!
could you tell me how you found out about the scholarship, is it somewhere in the portal or in a separate email?
It’s in the official letter, click open to view letter on the portal!
 
Has anyone heard from Emory? I submitted my applications about a month ago and they are the only school who has not responded confirming they received my application and/or letting me know when they plan on releasing decisions.
I emailed Emory and they said they haven’t processed applications yet.
 
New to this forum. Applying to MPH.

Undergrad: University of Texas at Austin. Finance major.
Grad: Southern Methodist University. JD.
Undergrad gpa: 3.6
GMAT: 660. Quant: 54%, verb: 80%, Total: 77%. AW: 88%. IR: 82%
Experience: congresional internship, judicial clerkship on senate judiciary committee, multiple internships for private companies, lots of volunteer experience health related organizations

Applied: Yale, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Penn, UVA, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth

Accepted: UVA, Northwestern, Penn

Denied: Johns Hopkins

?: Brown asked for Fall grades before making decision
 
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Does anyone know the acceptance rates to Columbia, Harvard, & Yale? All health policy. Looking for relative difficulty in gaining acceptance to each.
 
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