I talked to someone today and they told me I had received a scholarship for the first year and that the dept had nominated me for several other awards, which they haven't heard about yet.
I talked to someone today and they told me I had received a scholarship for the first year and that the dept had nominated me for several other awards, which they haven't heard about yet.
who did you contact? your department or fin aid office? I haven't heard anything yet..
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Was this through email or you called them?
They called me.
Just got accepted to the UNC Health Behavior program! It was the last school I was waiting to hear back from.... now to make a very hard decision... if anyone has insight on what living in Chapel Hill is like or what the program is like, I'd love to talk to you!!
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Accepted into Yale for SBS!!! I was notified I was on the waitlist on 1/30, but today I got in. Officially in everywhere, which is so exciting, but am still waiting for scholarship info from Emory, Columbia, and Yale. Also, I went to Columbia's campus last week and met with a financial aid officer. He was very interested in what I wanted to study/do because that can determine scholarships. He said everyone is offered a $33k federal loan. He also told me they're behind on financial aid/scholarships and they were aiming to give everyone a month before the decision date to have their financial aid info (aka sounds like they want it to be done by March 15th, but again, he said they're behind). Good luck to everyone with hard decisions to make!
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Hey guys, I *still* haven't heard back from GWU. I applied on 12/14, which was the original priority deadline (they later ended up extending it). I definitely thought I would hear back from now, considering my stats / how similar people have done in the past. I've emailed them a couple of times for a status update and they have told me that they received higher than expected number of applicants.
Anyone else in the same boat??
Anyone else in the same boat??
Hey everyone, has anyone here been accepted to Rutgers NB? Have you heard from financial aid yet?
Also for people who applied to CUNY - how long did it take to get a decision? I applied on March 1 and got the "your app is complete" notification the next day. The email said "we expect to notify you of your admission decision by April 1." I'm just concerned considering that April 15th deposit deadline.
Also for people who applied to CUNY - how long did it take to get a decision? I applied on March 1 and got the "your app is complete" notification the next day. The email said "we expect to notify you of your admission decision by April 1." I'm just concerned considering that April 15th deposit deadline.
Hey! I hadnt heard anything from Rutgers either but I did email them and they said that I should receive a response in about 3 weeks. As for CUNY, I got accepted about 3 weeks before their expected date, so I wouldn’t worry too much if I were you! I think they gave a later response date just in case. Hope this helps!
This helps a lot! Thank you so much.
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What’s their deadline of accepting applications? I applied for HPM by the priority date, got an email saying my app is complete on 12/13 and they said I’d be notified of a decision by Feb 1.....
I emailed them but no one replied so I called and they said that their was an issue with my app and they had to go back and review it again... THIS WAS TWO WEEKS AGO..going on 3..
idk what to think now ?? Why else would they re-review my app
i don’t want to call them again b/c I don’t wanna seem annoying 🙁
sorry for the rant.... I’m just stuck lol
Don't feel bad about ranting you good
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Trueeee, Excuse my averageness haha
Thanks for the update!
Not with GWU, but in a similar situation with Brown. I submitted my application in mid-November and they informed me that they are really behind because they received a large number of applications. I reached out a few times and all they can give me are potential deadlines. Was told end of February, then end of this week, and still nothing. Pretty sure I am not attending but it would be nice to learn of my status.
She called me to talk about the program (not sure if that's normal) and mentioned it during the call! It sounds like most of their financial aid/scholarships are not finalized.
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I was just accepted to BU with a 25% scholarship! Still waiting on Columbia and Brown.
For CUNY? I thought it was March 1st, but I just went on the website and now it says April 1st (which is weird, because I'm pretty sure SOPHAS also said 3/1).
Also wth, that really sucks that there was an issue with your app and you had to be the one who found out!!! I'm so sorry that happened 🙁 Definitely call them again, I get that same exact feeling (of not wanting to seem annoying) but it's better to see what is going on! Don't apologize for ranting. I understand and hope everything smooths out!!
I've talked with a few applicants now, and happy to talk to more! I'm a 2nd year MPH at UNC in the HB department and likely sticking around for my PhD. If you want honest feedback on the program, living in Chapel Hill, etc., I'm glad to connect.
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Welp, and there we go... Harvard also cancelled their admitted students' events. I'm trying not to lose hope but I'm afraid other schools will also do the same 🙁
Does anyone know anything about the chances of getting even a small scholarship from Hopkins specifically for MHS programs (aside from the master's tuition scholarship)? On the scholarships website, I see that all of them are for MPH students, so I'm not sure if MHS students can still qualify for them. When I called I got the impression that there isn't any funding other than the MTS, but I'd be curious to see if anything has heard anything different.
Congrats! Just back from the admitted students day for the department and was super impressed! If you c an make it to a future date I’d highly encourage visiting!
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For those planning to attend Columbia's 3/27 Admitted Students' Day, it appears that it is still occurring. I sent the Admissions Office an email earlier today and they will notify all students if the plans change.
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Thank you so much, you're' so sweet!! And yes i just checked their website and it says they extended their deadline to April 1.....CRAZY. Im just getting extra frustrated rn b/c i applied early December and my email said i would have a decision by 2/1.....and many other ppl have gotten decision over a month ago /:
BUT i will see next week and may give them another call.
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Well, no more Harvard admit day, and Berkeley just canceled theirs. I don't think I can refund my plane ticket, so I may just go to Boston and walk around.
when is Berkeleys? I still haven't even received a decision.. And it is definitely worth it to walk around the Harvard campus/surrounding area! They have security at the entrance to every building so you may not actually be able to go inside but it is worth checking out
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Contact the office and try to set up one on one meetings with staff/students Or specific offices (ie financial aid) while you’re there.
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Berkeley's is March 16th. It is virtual now, however.
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Yep its on Monday 3/16! And I'll definitely walk around the area, I just hope it isn't too cold!
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That's a solid idea. As long as it's not a large group I think it should be fine.
I applied/got email confirmation from Rutgers on 12/13 and got my acceptance 2/20. They mailed a letter containing the Rutgers RBHS Student ID and to complete the finaid application at financialaid.rutgers.edu/apply.
For CUNY, I applied/got email confirmation on 12/13 and got my acceptance on 2/6.
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Hi Everyone! I am currently deciding between Yale (EMD), Emory (Global Epidemiology), and Columbia (Epi) for an MPH and am interested in infectious disease epidemiology. Does anyone have insights into the differences between these three schools. I know Yale is much smaller but Emory and Columbia seem to have a wealth of resources. Many people seemed to have enjoyed Yale so I don't want to assume they have a lack of resources (but Emory's CDC connection and Columbia's NYC environment are hard to compete against). Yale has offered me the most money although I haven't heard about scholarships from Emory and Columbia. Any thoughts or what you've heard from past students would be helpful! Thanks!
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If epi is what you want to do with your life then you can't beat the connections Emory has 🙂 (Congrats, by the way, on your acceptances. Those are great schools!)
I am struggling to decide between Boston (infectious disease) and University of South Florida (global communicable disease and possibly adding Epi as a joint concentration after my first semester) right now. I know Boston is ranked higher and it seems like there is not a lot of interest in USF on here so I really know nothing about their program. I was also accepted to Emory but for BSHE which i’m not totally interested in but i feel crazy for picking a #16 school vs #5 or #8. I know ranking isn’t everything but it is hard to look past it. (Also I will be attending USF admitted students on the 27th barring a cancellation).
So I was considering USF originally, but a friend of mine’s aunt works there and she told me there weren’t a lot of jobs/connections for MPH students. For reference, an MPH grad still works in her department of Anthropology as an assistant because they cannot get a public health job. Of course this is just one person’s experience and I don’t know the student personally so I don’t know of their experience/career goals but connections mean a lot to me in my school search.
I’m also in the same boat as you with Emory. I applied for global health but got in to behavioral science and got in to GWU for global health epidemiology and infection control which is what I originally wanted to do. I’m stuck choosing between emory’s rank and connections (not to mention it being my dream school since 9th grade) and a program area that I want to be in. A major thing I want to do in my career is to create programs and interventions to stop instance of infectious disease globally and after talking to one of my current professors, she thinks BSHE would be extremely beneficial for achieving that goal. So I’m pretty stuck. A deciding factor for me would be if I was able to take classes from other programs at Emory and perhaps make my own concentration with global communicable disease. I know they have a certificate in molecular epi. One last note, I know a virologist at the CDC that worked in Africa during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and he had BSHE grads on his team, so another thing to think about.
Sorry, that was a lot! Kind of thinking out loud here, maybe it will be beneficial to others as well!!
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Has anybody heard anything about the public health modeling concentration at Yale?
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Since we're both in the same field (MHA/MPH in HPM), I'll say that based on my conversations w/ current students, fellowships are vital if you want to go down the hospital admin. route and work your way up to the C-suite level. The fellowships basically put you on a leadership track within a hospital as they're grooming you into that role down the line.
Now with that being said, I have heard it's possible for you to move into a leadership position without doing the fellowship, but it's definitely harder. It's possible if you're extremely talented, are willing to work your way up, and have some fantastic industry experience that you can lean on to justify you deserve that position. If you chose to go the mgmt. consulting route post-grad. and want to transition to hospital admin. later in your career, then you don't need a fellowship since your consulting experience makes up for it in other areas. This is personally the route that I'm interested in now, but may change once I start the program.
I will say that fellowships aren't a requirement for those types of positions, so it's definitely doable. But in my opinion, I think more than 90-95% of students pursue the fellowship route IF they're interested in hospital admin. The general sense I'm getting is that you're definitely hurting yourself by not doing one.
Again, there is no "set path" for these types of roles. I think that's sort of the beauty of this field - you can get to the position you want in any nontraditional way. PM me if you want to talk more about this! I think we're all on the same boat and would love to help one another get to where we want to be.
Thank you!! This is really helpful, I am glad someone is in a similar boat as me. Jobs post grad is very important to me so thank you for that info! Regarding BSHE, that is super interesting I guess I need to dig a little harder into the opportunities they can get for sure. I also was looking at the molecular epi certificate and the website said it was super competitive so I was a little deterred. But thank you for all the info!!!
I applied for the MHS in Health, Behavior, & Society in 2018. They offered me 50% in year 1 and 75% in year 2. I got an e-mail on March 12 from a program administrator. Hope that helps.
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One thing that’s drawing me to Emory is how flexible they seem to be with coursework. Beyond the requirements for your degree/program (BSHE, GH, etc) you are allowed to take any course offered at Emory (even if it’s not within the public health school itself!). Also in the admitted students FB group there was a whole post about this where current BSHE students were telling us how they have definitely been able to take GH courses/courses in other areas. So I think if you want to do that, the opportunity is definitely there within the curriculum at Emory. Just my 2 cents!
Thank you for that!! That is really great to hear. Do you think you could add me to the admitted students group?
Thanks! That gives me some hope on being able to afford the program.. It's my top choice right now I just need a little more financial assistance to make it doable.
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Hi there! Congrats on all your acceptances! I was accepted into the Epi program at UMN, and I have not heard about scholarship yet. When did you receive the 12k offer? Is it a scholarship or a financial aid?
That's awesome I did not know that thank you!
