MPH Fall 2014: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

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next91ws said:
Waitlisted from Boston U. Now I feel discouraged and really worried that I won't be accepted at Berkeley or Columbia either. Does anyone know anything about the MPH-Epi program at Hunter College (CUNY system)?
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I got waitlisted at BU and accepted into UC Berkeley (infectious disease) if thats any consolation (no word from Columbia yet tho)
 
Anyone else here from Hopkins (MPH)? Still waiting. They told me to wait two weeks about 1.5 weeks ago so still just waiting. But wondered if anyone heard anything..
 
want2bDr said:
Anyone else here from Hopkins (MPH)? Still waiting. They told me to wait two weeks about 1.5 weeks ago so still just waiting. But wondered if anyone heard anything..
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Nope still haven't heard anything yet. They are sloooow. However, already got into my first choice (Berkeley) so not really as anxious anymore.
 
want2bDr said:
Anyone else here from Hopkins (MPH)? Still waiting. They told me to wait two weeks about 1.5 weeks ago so still just waiting. But wondered if anyone heard anything..
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I was told "hope we'll be able to upload your decision (completed application 12/8) by the end of next week" last Wednesday so I am hoping we see something today! If not, hopefully early next week. arghh
 
brittmtl said:
For all the people that heard from Yale, did any of you receive your "complete" e-mail 12/17 or later?
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Hey, just an update! As I said I also got my "complete" email from Yale on 12/17. My SOPHAS was sent to them ~12/13. I emailed them in regards to my admission status, and they got back to me earlier this morning. Said they're still reviewing my application and that I should receive a final decision from them within the next 2 weeks. Hope this helps!

P.S. I applied for epi of microbial diseases and I am a U.S. resident, but I don't think that international applicant status should influence the decision time too much! So hopefully you'll hear back soon too, but it's probably much more dependent on the department that you applied to.

Good luck!
 
Pdesai8 said:
Nope still haven't heard anything yet. They are sloooow. However, already got into my first choice (Berkeley) so not really as anxious anymore.
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Congrats to you Pdesai8! But I bet it would still be nice to know 🙂
 
nhphd said:
I was told "hope we'll be able to upload your decision (completed application 12/8) by the end of next week" last Wednesday so I am hoping we see something today! If not, hopefully early next week. arghh
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Ok hopefully something today. Otherwise, I guess early next week. I was complete on November 13th so it's been a while too. Anyway hopefully something soon..
 
PubHPosse said:
@Emma1600 aaaahhhh OMG I haven't looked at any tickets yet. Are you staying with you're friend while there? I'm having a hard time find hotels!! Lol i know i'm guilty of looking into the weekend myself.

@Mha1991 I'm not bringing family either. But some of my friends' parents go with them but not to the actual visit/interviews they've had.

@Flyinghippo HCM students do get access to YSPH and SOM career services. But they are still two different entities. SOM is a bit more developed as far as connections are concerned. But they are more business instead of health management which wouldn't serve our purposes directly. Emma1600 is right when she says there might be more leg work on our part. But visiting companies would be interesting and super fun. Field trips never get old lol
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Exactly what I was going to say. Yale SOM isn't a big healthcare B-school, so even though YSPH HCM students have access to recruiting and career services at both the public health and business schools, they don't specifically put a lot of resources into healthcare management career services. This is in contrast to MHA programs who, because they are a separate degree, funnel resources into career services for healthcare management students.
 
jlm8pq said:
I was accepted yesterday (2/6) into UW's MPH in epidemiology/MCH training program.
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Congrats!! May I ask when you applied? I applied to UW's MPH Epi too but haven't heard anything back...
 
KCC1223 said:
Congrats!! May I ask when you applied? I applied to UW's MPH Epi too but haven't heard anything back...
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I submitted my application on 11/26/13. Maybe I heard because it's the Epi/MCH program?
 
jlm8pq said:
I submitted my application on 11/26/13. Maybe I heard because it's the Epi/MCH program?
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Oops, I read too fast and missed that part, sorry! Congrats though 🙂 I am so anxious to hear back from schools.
 
ms26 said:
Hey, just an update! As I said I also got my "complete" email from Yale on 12/17. My SOPHAS was sent to them ~12/13. I emailed them in regards to my admission status, and they got back to me earlier this morning. Said they're still reviewing my application and that I should receive a final decision from them within the next 2 weeks. Hope this helps!

P.S. I applied for epi of microbial diseases and I am a U.S. resident, but I don't think that international applicant status should influence the decision time too much! So hopefully you'll hear back soon too, but it's probably much more dependent on the department that you applied to.

Good luck!
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And I got waitlisted...annoyed. What does the waitlist even mean really??
 
ajoys41 said:
Got my first acceptances today! :soexcited: University of Michigan and University of Iowa.

On the other hand, I also just received notification that University of Wisconsin has only now confirmed my application as complete. :uhno:
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Yay congratulations on your first acceptances, very exciting!
 
Got Emory acceptance:soexcited: today adding to my acceptance at Hopkins MPH and BU (15000 award)... really getting confused though but waiting for HSPH... fingers-crossed
 
ajoys41 said:
Got my first acceptances today! :soexcited: University of Michigan and University of Iowa.

On the other hand, I also just received notification that University of Wisconsin has only now confirmed my application as complete. :uhno:
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Congrats!!!! Did you apply to the HBHE track at Michigan?
 
andrews1989 said:
I just heard from Dartmouth MPH-- Accepted.
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Congrats! Andrews1989 or anyone else that applied to Dartmouth: What day did you submit your application? I've heard nothing from them beyond the 'your app is complete and will be passed along for review' email.
 
Is anybody going to Accepted Students' Day at Pitt? If so, where are you staying and for how long? I'm thinking about staying an extra day to hang out in the city, but I don't really know anybody in Pittsburgh.
 
bathnbodyworks said:
Congrats! Andrews1989 or anyone else that applied to Dartmouth: What day did you submit your application? I've heard nothing from them beyond the 'your app is complete and will be passed along for review' email.
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I submitted all my stuff on SOPHAS by November 27!
 
Is there anyone here who applied to the OHSU epi/biostat program?
 
Hello de
rb879 said:
Undergrad School: University of Michigan
Undergrad GPA: 3.7
Major/Minor: Psychology
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): GRE taken 5/2012: 157 Verbal, 156 Quantitative, 5.0 Writing
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
  • 2 years psych research + honors thesis completed in undergrad
  • volunteered abroad
  • spent 1 year working/living in Africa as the office manager at a primary school that's also a non-profit
  • currently working admin at a well-known medical center
Applied: Harvard & Emory - Global Health; Tulane, GW, & BU - Global Health w/monitoring & evaluation focus; Columbia - HPM w/Global Health certificate
Accepted: BU w/15,000 merit award, GW, Tulane, Emory
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

I'm still waiting to hear anything from Harvard, but I just got an email yesterday from Columbia HMP about an informal interview with a current student. Has anyone else gotten that?

Has anyone heard anything from Harvard?

Also if anyone else is looking to go into global health monitoring & evaluation, what programs do you like best? I know it will be hard to choose.

Congrats to everyone on all the acceptances!
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Hello dear congr8s.. I also got into Emory Global health , Tulane Global health policy and mgmt.. . applied to Harvard but it was clearly mentioned in their mail that they will release offers from feb end to march end so still few more days..
for Global health i think JHU and Emory are best and for particular monitoring and evaluation focus you can take courses of your choice. all the best .. 🙂
 
rb879 said:
Undergrad School: University of Michigan
Undergrad GPA: 3.7
Major/Minor: Psychology
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): GRE taken 5/2012: 157 Verbal, 156 Quantitative, 5.0 Writing
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
  • 2 years psych research + honors thesis completed in undergrad
  • volunteered abroad
  • spent 1 year working/living in Africa as the office manager at a primary school that's also a non-profit
  • currently working admin at a well-known medical center
Applied: Harvard & Emory - Global Health; Tulane, GW, & BU - Global Health w/monitoring & evaluation focus; Columbia - HPM w/Global Health certificate
Accepted: BU w/15,000 merit award, GW, Tulane, Emory
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

I'm still waiting to hear anything from Harvard, but I just got an email yesterday from Columbia HMP about an informal interview with a current student. Has anyone else gotten that?

Has anyone heard anything from Harvard?

Also if anyone else is looking to go into global health monitoring & evaluation, what programs do you like best? I know it will be hard to choose.

Congrats to everyone on all the acceptances!
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I had an interview last week. It was really relaxed and a pleasant interview. It felt more like a chat.
 
rb879 said:
I just got the email about the interview yesterday - have you had yours yet? Did they email or call you? And how long did it take for them to contact you from the time of the email? I hate not knowing when it's coming!
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I received the email notifying me of the interview on the 28th. My student contacted me for my availability on the 29th via email. I gave her my phone number via email and she called me on our agreed upon time the day of the interview (Feb 5th).

You should be hearing from your assigned student at any moment now
 
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Fellow 49er, I'm a little late to this.

Undergrad School: Cal State Long Beach (2012)
Undergrad GPA: 3.46 (upper div. (3.8))
Major/Minor: Microbiology (Chemistry Minor)
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE V:158 Q: 162 W: 4.5
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
2 years as undergraduate researcher in a biochemistry lab, hopefully with a publication soon.
1 semester as T.A. for General Microbiology Course
Certified California Public Health Microbiologist (1.5 yrs experience working for County of Orange)


Applied: Emory (01/01)
Accepted: Emory (01/29)
Rejected: n/a
Waitlisted: n/a

Took a leap of faith just applying to one school but it worked out. Considering deffering my enrollment, but I'm already 26 yrs old. Any thoughts?
 
^ I'm deferring (most likely), but it really depends on if it would bother you to come out at 29ish then/would you do something constructive during the year off?

I can't empathize with the age thing (I just turned 21) but it's all what you'll do with the year I think (I'm au pairing for an ambassador in Europe) which isn't directly related, but I'm young and think taking the year off may help me.
 
Has anyone heard from GW recently? Esp if you applied for the MS in public health microbio and emerging ID. My app was complete Dec 3 and I haven't heard anything :/
 
doinitswell said:
Has anyone heard from GW recently? Esp if you applied for the MS in public health microbio and emerging ID. My app was complete Dec 3 and I haven't heard anything :/
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Don't worry too much about GW. I got an acceptance for health policy last Monday and my app was complete on 11/18. Good luck. I'm sure you will hear soon!
 
Undergrad School:Saint Xavier University
Undergrad GPA:3.06
Major/Minor:Biochemistry, Biology (Pre-Med), Natural Science
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable):GRE taken 12/14/13 V:150 Q:154 AWA: 4
Experience/Research (please, be brief):Experience:Intern at Dow Chemical susbsidary Arkema, SMDEP(Howard College of Medicine), HPREP(Feinberg School of Medicine) Research: flavonoids in medicinal plant (Biochem), health disparities, DDT exposure,beta amyloid in Alzheimer's patients(Feinberg)

Applied:Boston (Epid), UIC (Epid), U Mich (HME and Gen. Epid)
Accepted:U Mich (HME)
Rejected:
Waitlisted: BU
 
drwhite said:
Undergrad School:Saint Xavier University
Undergrad GPA:3.06
Major/Minor:Biochemistry, Biology (Pre-Med), Natural Science
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable):GRE taken 12/14/13 V:150 Q:154 AWA: 4
Experience/Research (please, be brief):Experience:Intern at Dow Chemical susbsidary Arkema, SMDEP(Howard College of Medicine), HPREP(Feinberg School of Medicine) Research: flavonoids in medicinal plant (Biochem), health disparities, DDT exposure,beta amyloid in Alzheimer's patients(Feinberg)

Applied:Boston (Epid), UIC (Epid), U Mich (HME and Gen. Epid)
Accepted:U Mich (HME)
Rejected:
Waitlisted: BU
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@drwhite:

Congrats! Question: drwhite and anyone else who applied to BU's MPH, what date did you submit your application and what date did you receive your acceptance email?
 
bathnbodyworks said:
@drwhite:

Congrats! Question: drwhite and anyone else who applied to BU's MPH, what date did you submit your application and what date did you receive your acceptance email?
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I submitted to SOPHAS on 12/2
BU sent email that they recieved it on 12/19
BU sent another email that my app was complete on 12/22
I was offered admission email on 01/15

Good luck!!! Hoping yours comes soon!
 
bathnbodyworks said:
@drwhite:

Congrats! Question: drwhite and anyone else who applied to BU's MPH, what date did you submit your application and what date did you receive your acceptance email?
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I submitted to SOPHAS late november but I didnt take my GRE until 12/14/13 and my applicationwas verified as complete 01/03/14 and I received the email that I had been waitlisted on 01/29/14.
 
bathnbodyworks said:
@drwhite:

Congrats! Question: drwhite and anyone else who applied to BU's MPH, what date did you submit your application and what date did you receive your acceptance email?
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I submitted to SOPHAS on Jan 12th, it was mailed on Jan 16th, but BU said they received my application on Jan 15th, completed Jan 17th, admitted on Jan 29th!
 
FYI, if anyone is waiting to hear from UW (MPH in health services), I got an email today:

The admissions committee meets soon, and we'll have decisions no later than 3/15 -- likely by 2/28.
 
Pdesai8 said:
FYI, if anyone is waiting to hear from UW (MPH in health services), I got an email today:

The admissions committee meets soon, and we'll have decisions no later than 3/15 -- likely by 2/28.
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oh my god- thank you for the heads up! I've been dying to hear from UW but at least I know now . Nice of them to provide a time frame.
 
antaresoul said:
oh my god- thank you for the heads up! I've been dying to hear from UW but at least I know now . Nice of them to provide a time frame.
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Me too, I applied in november so I figured I'd shoot them an email and ask 🙂 Good luck!
 
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