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Just got accepted to GW for Community-Oriented Primary Care MPH!!! I’m so excited, what a nice way to start the weekend with an acceptance.
Congrats!!! I applied there too. When did you apply by the way and what concentration? I heard from a current student and they love it so far especially with the internship program and the resources available.Hi all!
I was accepted to Penn’s MPH. I only applied to them (I’m also applying to other types of programs) and I’m really excited! I know you all have a ton more knowledge about these programs than me. So I was wondering if someone could share there impressions of penn (eg. quality, opportunities, faculty, students....). Any knowledge is super welcome! Thanks!
Congrats!!! I applied there too. When did you apply by the way and what concentration? I heard from a current student and they love it so far especially with the internship program and the resources available.
Did you do an interview with them?Hey! I applied 11/05, I got an email saying it was under review on 11/11, and got accepted 12/2. General concentration. 🙂
I didn’t interview with themDid you do an interview with them?
Don't take my word for this but I wanna say 9pm PST, but I recommend finishing it earlier in case too many try submitting apps that day.Hi, did anyone know the deadline of UCI MPH? I know the date is Dec 15, but what specific time? Thank you!
I didn’t interview with them
I did an interview with them yesterday. I’m all the way in Texas so maybe it was gauging my interest in the program?I didn’t interview with them
Undergraduate School: University of California
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 2.87/2.79 (SOPHAS verified)
Major/minor: Biology
Grad GPA (if applicable): n/a
Grad studies (if applicable): n/a
GRE(including date taken): V-148 (37th %) Q-154 (53rd %) AW-4.0 (57th%) (Taken October 2019)
Experience/research:
- 2 years as a research assistant in health lab (undergrad)
- 1.5 years as research assistant in biology lab (undergrad)
- 1 year volunteering in health center (undergrad)
- 3.5 years as assistant coordinator (super part time and volunteer) (undergrad)
- 1 year as research assistant in health center at University of California (post undergrad)
Letters of Rec: 2 former lab supervisors and 1 from current supervisor
Interested in: LGBTQ+ health, minority disparities, mental health, child psychology & health, health policy
Program Applying to: Health Education/Promotion & Community Health Sciences
Applied: George Washington University (11/30), Oregon Health & Sciences (11/30), Colorado School of Public Heath (11/30), UC Berkeley (11/30), UC Irvine (11/30), UC Davis (11/30), UC Los Angeles (11/30), UC San Diego(11/30), UC Santa Cruz (11/30), Rutgers (11/30), Temple (11/30), Boston U (will apply before end of December)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:
**I know I have a low GPA and GRE, but I thought there was no harm in trying (aside from the harm done to my bank account RIP)**
Wow Monday is so soon! Even by Xmas is very soon that's great! I pray it ends up well in the end, what a great opportunity to have that interview, congrats on that again 🙂HPM! Just had it this morning. I don't think I did that well. He said he will try to have decisions finalized by Monday but at the latest released by XMAS
I'm also a Senior at Cornell! This is my final semester and I'm in Human Ecology. What major are you? I'm so glad to hear that it has been great so far because I could totally end up staying at Cornell which excites me (I transferred so haven't been here as long as others)! I applied for Food Systems and called recently, I'll be hearing back within the next few weeks I think and hopefully you do soon too! 🙂I applied for infectious disease epi. Which one are you interested in? I'm a senior at Cornell so I'm taking one of their intro courses and my experience with the professors and current MPH students has been great so far. They also said that the accreditation site visit a few weeks ago went really well so they should be on track to be CEPH-accredited in March.
Small world! I just graduated from Cornell this past May. I was Class of 2020, but graduated a year earlyI'm also a Senior at Cornell! This is my final semester and I'm in Human Ecology. What major are you? I'm so glad to hear that it has been great so far because I could totally end up staying at Cornell which excites me (I transferred so haven't been here as long as others)! I applied for Food Systems and called recently, I'll be hearing back within the next few weeks I think and hopefully you do soon too! 🙂
Not really. Just why an MSPH, what kind of org I see myself at in the future, and what I want to w this degree....I’ve heard it’s pretty informal?? Were there any curve ball questions?
For Dartmouth, how long does it usually take for the adcoms to get back to you? I submitted my app around late November and confirmed that it was under review the last day of November.Just got an interview invite from Dartmouth!
I'm also a Senior at Cornell! This is my final semester and I'm in Human Ecology. What major are you? I'm so glad to hear that it has been great so far because I could totally end up staying at Cornell which excites me (I transferred so haven't been here as long as others)! I applied for Food Systems and called recently, I'll be hearing back within the next few weeks I think and hopefully you do soon too! 🙂
Small world! I just graduated from Cornell this past May. I was Class of 2020, but graduated a year early
For Dartmouth, how long does it usually take for the adcoms to get back to you? I submitted my app around late November and confirmed that it was under review the last day of November.
That's awesome! Where have you applied/are you going to apply for grad school and what programs are you looking to do? 🙂Small world! I just graduated from Cornell this past May. I was Class of 2020, but graduated a year early
I applied to GWU, Boston, UNC, Emory, Columbia, Michigan, Yale, and NYU all for Health Policy! Hbu?That's awesome! Where have you applied/are you going to apply for grad school and what programs are you looking to do? 🙂
Undergraduate School: liberal arts university in the midwest
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.76 (3.8 calculated by SOPHAS)/4.0
Major/minor: Dual degree in Public Health Honors (BS) and Sociology Honors (BA) May 2020
Grad GPA (if applicable): n/a
Grad studies (if applicable): taking graduate public health courses through pipeline program at my university
GRE(including date taken): V-157 (76th %) Q-151 (41st %) AW-5.0 (92nd%) (taken 11/11/2019)
Experience/research:
NIH diversity research program (4 years)
McNair scholars program
CDC/Hopkins SPH summer research program
Columbia SPH epi/biostats summer research program
county health department intern ~1 year
State gov health policy intern ~1 year
community health intern ~1 year
contributed to a published chapter in book about telehealth
presented at 7 research conferences (local and national)
ABRCMS 2019 Poster Award
various other campus leadership roles/volunteer work
Other: 1st gen college student, 2nd gen immigrant, underrepresented background/SES
Letters of Rec: epi professor, dean of graduate school at my university, state rep I interned with, columbia sph summer program director, director of undergrad public health program at my university
Interested in: Social epidemiology, immigrant/minority health, maternal and child health, health policy
I’m applying to MPH programs in Epidemiology with a certificate in health policy at all the schools except Hopkins (MSPH in population health, certificate in epi).
Applied: Umich, Columbia, Hopkins, George Washington, BostonU (11/29)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:
Kind of freaking out, but reading through these forums has made me feel a lot better. I know applying to only 5 big schools is a bit ambitious, but I would have a very hard time moving out of state (MI) for any other schools. I also know my GRE isn’t stellar but I hope other components of my application are strong enough to compensate for that. I emphasize the quantitive training I’ve already received and why I will succeed in epi despite my GRE, so hopefully that helps. Any advice you all may have is greatly appreciated!
You'll get in to a lot of good schools, but I'd consider adding other schools like UNC, Emory, Brown and others . . . You are lucky that your instate school, UMich is a very good school and ranked better than BostonU, George Washington, and others. You have a pretty strong application, and I think you could well get a partial or full-scholarship somewhere.
Just remember that rankings aren't everything! Public health schools are relatively easy to gain admission to compared to most other fields, and it isn't necessarily the reputation of the school versus what skills you learn. Schools like BU and Columbia have very high tuition (and very expensive cost of living) and cater in part to people who already have jobs or employers who will pay for their education, a high tuition doesn't mean you'll get a great education, often just means that the school is private and that alumni don't donate a lot! Rankings anyway are flawed somewhat and schools clustered in a region will mutually rank each other higher.
If you are most interested in research then go with a school that matches your research interests, or has a strong research background like JHU, UNC or Harvard, it is about finding faculty who share your research interests if you are going that route. Also look at Tulane! It has a great history of public health, as well as Emory. Nothing wrong with public health in midwest in Michigan and Minnesota, I read a lot of good public health coming out of institutions in these areas all the time.
GW is . . . OK, the big advantage is being in Washington DC from an international/global and policy perspective, BU is crowded out by other public health schools and they recently had problems getting people to get externships, though I think BU did away (or will do away) with using GRE scores (yours aren't a big problem IMHO when you look at your whole application), BU did it mostly to lure in more applicants.
Wow! Thank you for your kind words and thorough response. UMich is definitely my top choice both because it's in-state (tuition wise, and I would like to continue living/working here) as well as because southeast Michigan has an influx of immigrants and that is ideally the population I would work with.
Ranking isn't super important to me, I chose my schools based on where I could see myself living/building a network and what assets they had in terms of research/connections/alumni. I strongly considered Harvard, UNC, Emory, Tulane, and Brown, but I'm not sure it is worth applying if I don't see myself going there even if I got in. Maybe that isn't a good mindset, what are your thoughts? BostonU and GW, as you said, are OK.. I like both areas and what each school has to offer, plus I've had pleasant interactions with their faculty. I think I am mostly hoping I get a good offer from them that I can leverage elsewhere if need be.
Career-wise, I don't think I would like to conduct research, but I'd like to be somewhere at the intersection of implementation science and influencing policy, hence the schools/programs I've applied to. Are you familiar with any schools/programs that touch on this that maybe I haven't considered?
Thank you! I also applied the UCI, and I will retake my GRE on DEC15 which is my last chance this year, so I was extremely nervous. QAQ, I hope I can get a higher score (maybe 315) this time.Don't take my word for this but I wanna say 9 pm PST, but I recommend finishing it earlier in case too many try submitting apps that day.
stay within the limit. most of the time, the word limit guidance is there to let them know one thing: can you follow directions?
For the people that didn't fill out the Columbia supplement questions....I got my portal login info and there is no place to edit and add the answers to the questions like someone said earlier in the thread....was anyone able to find it or do I just email them?
I'm glad everyone is mentioning the Columbia supplemental questions because I wouldn't have even known about them! There were no supplemental questions when I was filling out the application but on the SOPHAS PDF submitted app there are and now they're empty. For anyone who hasn't checked their submitted app make sure you do in case there are questions that didn't show up!!
I got two emails as well, I'm not sure why that happened.Also, did anyone get another email from Columbia about an interview for the second time? I did mine Wednesday and received the same email today.
The second one had a signature from the lady that sent it and the first didn't.I got two emails as well, I'm not sure why that happened.
I haven’t yet but I’m hoping it comes this week, I applied for HPMDid anyone else get an email from Columbia about interview information? (I applied to the MHA program btw)
Are Columbia interviews supposed to happen around this time?I haven’t yet but I’m hoping it comes this week, I applied for HPM
From past forums I assumed they happened in January but I’ve been seeing people getting email requests for interviews so I’m hoping it comes soon! They’ve had my application for about 3 weeks so I’m just anxiousAre Columbia interviews supposed to happen around this time?
Hey, how long after you received your login info for UT did you find out that you were accepted?Thank you! I submitted 11/25 (verified 11/27) for UT at Houston SPH in HPHE.
Oh jeez, I thought that maybe my program just didn't have any supplemental questions but I checked the PDF and there they are!!! I guess I'll fill them out tonight and email them. I hope I'm not too late. 🙁
I submitted on 11/18 . Verified on 11/21. Heard back on 12/2! Good luck!Congrats! May I ask when you received an Email? Also, when did your app go under review? I too applied for Health Policy!
You're not too late!! I emailed them last night and they just got back to me (so quick!) saying they put the supplemental questions in my portal. I'd email them asking to do that instead of just emailing the questions in, because it seems like they have a system for this. I just hope that everyone finds out about this so they don't have a bunch of unanswered questions. Good luck!
Yep, I just got it too! Do you think it'll affect our admissions decision? Mine has only been in review since 12/5 so I'm hoping they haven't even gotten around to looking at it yet...