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

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guys, Guys, GUYS! Just got my accepted to Yale School of Public Health - the big one I've been waiting for. Can't begin to described how stoked I am. Heres my final breakdown:

Undergrad School: University of Oregon
Undergrad GPA: 3.55
Major/Minor: Majors in Human Physiology & Psychology, Minors in Chemistry & Biology
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable)
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): MCAT - 29
Experience/Research (please, be brief): HIV non profit needle exchange volunteer, 1 yr work experience working for a medical insurance IRO

Applied: All Health policy: BU, Thomas Jefferson, Columbia, UPenn, Yale, Emory
Accepted: BU, Thomas Jefferson, Columbia, UPenn, Emory, and YALE!
Waitlisted:
Rejected: None!
Attending: In all probability, Yale.

Thanks for all the support, encouragement, information, and for providing a place to channel hours and hours of nervous energy. Best of luck to everyone else out there!

 

[sdsuPH2014]

I'm also an undergraduate at SDSU! I'm actually a statistics major. Congrats on BU, I've been accepted there too! However, I'm still waiting to hear from a few more schools including SDSU as well.

Just wondering, how were you able to get a research assistant position? I've been trying to find jobs that are relevant to public health but it's been difficult since I'm not a public health major and don't know many people in public health. Thanks 🙂

Congrats as well!
Well, I'm sure you know we have the Research Foundation at SDSU, under that there are different centers and institutes of research, of which there are actually a good amount dedicated to public health. IBACH (Institute for Behavioral and Community Health) is great if youre going into Health Promotion/Behavioral Sciences I started off as an intern in a Training program but worked my way up to RA. Most of the investigators at IBACH are affiliated with the graduate school of public health and are very supportive of your goals. I hope that helped a little. Here are some of the institutes/centers:
http://www.cbeachsdsu.com/
http://www.ibachsd.org/
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~cherp/

 

[Pdesai8]

Thanks for this. I believe this is specifically for MPA/MHA degrees and not MPH's. Correct?

No, there are some MPH programs on there..namely the ones that don't offer MHAs (like UCLA)

 

[Lynn_Lynn]

Is anyone applying to Berkeley: Public Health Nutrition? Has anyone heard back?

 

[KennedyAM]

Just saw this 40k scholarship if anyone is interested in applying:
http://www.aupha.org/corrisboyd

it's only for specific schools (though quite a few of them), your GPA must be over 3.0, and you must be a student of color.

Wait hell ya haha

 

[Flyinghippo]

in at Columbia, accelerated MPH in HCM.

 

[HannahR]

Has anyone heard from HSPH epidemiology SM? They seem to be in no rush!

 

[daisy_triangle]

I got a rejection from HSPH SM2 epidemiology last Friday. I don't think reply order is any indication of acceptance liklihood.

 

[clc23]

Has anyone heard back from Colorado Global Health/Health Disparities? Heard back this morning by email that my application was not considered "competitive enough as hoped". I'm just wondering if anyone else had heard back from this program since I have been accepted to other programs that I would consider much more competitive than Colorado so I'm a little confused 🙁

 

[hello_mph]

Still waiting on Berkeley's Public Health Nutrition as well. The agony!!

 

[hello_mph]

A little late to the game, but...
Undergrad School: A UC
Undergrad GPA: ~3.0
Major/Minor: Major in Nutrition, Minor in Spanish
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable)
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): V148 Q156 W4.5 October 2013
Experience/Research (please, be brief): Focused on nutrition education at a non-profit for past 2 years. Also had plethora of research/internship involving health/nutrition prior.

Applied: BU, SF State, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Tufts (dual degree in MS Food Policy), UIC, GW, SDSU
Accepted: BU (w merit scholarship), GW, Tufts!
Waitlisted:
Rejected: UCLA
Attending:

Honestly academics is not my strong suit =P But happy for my acceptances so far! Anyone focusing on nutrition or also applied for the Tufts MPH/MS Nutrition? Torn between Tufts & BU, if I don't get into Berkeley...

 

[dp890]

Still waiting on Berkeley's Public Health Nutrition as well. The agony!!

I've given up on hearing back from Cal. *shrug*

 

[member689]

I got visit day & accepted day mixed up - maaah bad. My day wasn't even right - I should clearly take better notes haha

Oops my bad, You're right. I meant to say Accepted Students day on 3/28. Was wondering if anyone was planning on taking a bus up there?

 

[KennedyAM]

Oops my bad, You're right. I meant to say Accepted Students day on 3/28. Was wondering if anyone was planning on taking a bus up there?

Ah, MHA visit day is the 22nd. Haha I was seriously so confused I was like "I know on orgsync mine def isn't the 28"

 

[next91ws]

Accepted at Columbia! MPH Epi with cert in public health research methods

Still waiting on Berkeley epi/biostats

 

[nhphd]

Just got into Harvard for a one year MPH (Global Health)! I applied in late November (11/26, I think?) and got notification by email today!

 

[588211]

.

 

[latkovm]

Is anyone still waiting for Johns Hopkins MPH Epi? Or heard back from this program?

I need to stop refreshing my email/the online portal

 

[justin22]

Just got into Yale (MPH) for Health Policy! I applied pretty late - near the deadline.

 

[MphGh]

Has anyone heard from GW? Or JHSPH for the one year MPH??

 

[nhphd]

Has anyone heard from GW? Or JHSPH for the one year MPH??

I have. on 2/15 for the one year MPH at JHSPH. But I submitted on Nov 30 (for their priority deadline)

 

[James13]

Accepted to Columbia HPM 🙂

 

[MphGh]

I have. on 2/15 for the one year MPH at JHSPH. But I submitted on Nov 30 (for their priority deadline)

Congrats, I applied pretty late in January, still no word. Will you be attending? Also, do you see any downsides to doing a one year MPH vs 2 years at another school? Or is the JHU name strong enough to not matter?

 

[Pdesai8]

Has anyone heard from GW? Or JHSPH for the one year MPH??

I got into the one year MPH at JHU in mid-feb, but I submitted before the priority deadline

 

[MphGh]

I got into the one year MPH at JHU in mid-feb, but I submitted before the priority deadline

Ok, thanks!, and Congrats! will you be attending?

 

[Pdesai8]

Ok, thanks!, and Congrats! will you be attending?

No, I actually just declined my offer from JHU. After speaking with some current students, I decided it was not the program for me and will be doing the 2 year MPH at Berkeley instead. I'm happy to go into more detail if you want, PM me.

 

[latkovm]

Has anyone heard from GW? Or JHSPH for the one year MPH??

I heard from GW mid-Feb. I do know that they are moving into their new building this Friday so things might be a little crazy over there

 

[nhphd]

Congrats, I applied pretty late in January, still no word. Will you be attending? Also, do you see any downsides to doing a one year MPH vs 2 years at another school? Or is the JHU name strong enough to not matter?

I also found out that I didn't get a scholarship from JHSPH. I live in Boston now and have a couple of options here as well so without any financial aid from JHSPH, I probably will have to decline the offer. However, I'm going to the visit day on March 28 before I make any kind of decisions. As for the one vs two year program, I think it just depends on how much hands-on research you want to accomplish during your studies. With two-year program, you get a lot more time and opportunities to do research/projects. JHSPH definitely have the name and global connections than many other schools though so I'll be sad when I cannot afford to go there...

 

[MphGh]

I heard from GW mid-Feb. I do know that they are moving into their new building this Friday so things might be a little crazy over there

Thanks, well that suxs...I knew they were moving and was hoping they get everything out before then, but it looks like i'll have to wait a little longer....

 

[MphGh]

I also found out that I didn't get a scholarship from JHSPH. I live in Boston now and have a couple of options here as well so without any financial aid from JHSPH, I probably will have to decline the offer. However, I'm going to the visit day on March 28 before I make any kind of decisions. As for the one vs two year program, I think it just depends on how much hands-on research you want to accomplish during your studies. With two-year program, you get a lot more time and opportunities to do research/projects. JHSPH definitely have the name and global connections than many other schools though so I'll be sad when I cannot afford to go there...

Gotcha, this is very true, something to definitely consider.

 

[cloudzz]

Accepted to Columbia MS Biostatistics (Theory and Methods)! First acceptance of the year and this is actually my top choice. Super excited right now.
Still waiting to hear back from Yale and UCB. I guess the wait will be ending soon.

 

[epihopeful]

Accepted to Columbia for MPH Epi with a cert in Advanced Epi and to the ScM in Epi at Brown with 50% tuition! 9 for 9 applications! Prob should have applied to HSPH and JHU....

 

[egzzz]

Hi everyone!
I was accepted to Columbia today in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences with a certificate in Social Determinants of Health. I was also rejected by Yale a few weeks ago, so who knows how they figure this stuff out! Anyway, that's all my applications so the cycle is over for me (thank god!) I'm declining Columbia and have officially decided on BU for SBS. Looking forward to meeting some of you!

 

[Flyinghippo]

Accepted to Columbia for MPH Epi with a cert in Advanced Epi and to the ScM in Epi at Brown with 50% tuition! 9 for 9 applications! Prob should have applied to HSPH and JHU....

wow, nine? how do you keep them straight, lol. Congrats!

 

[sdsuPH2014]

Hi everyone!
I was accepted to Columbia today in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences with a certificate in Social Determinants of Health. I was also rejected by Yale a few weeks ago, so who knows how they figure this stuff out! Anyway, that's all my applications so the cycle is over for me (thank god!) I'm declining Columbia and have officially decided on BU for SBS. Looking forward to meeting some of you!

Nice! I'm definitely leaning towards BU for SBS as well...what were your deciding factors? you had some great schools to choose from.

 

[shailley]

got into Harvard health policy MPH!!!! unbelievable !! got rejection last night from Berkeley( may b because of some errors in SOP!! 😵 ) and today got Harvard ... 🙂 😍😍

 

[guppythefish]

When did you apply to UCI?

Dot on the deadline Dec 1st....

 

[egzzz]

Nice! I'm definitely leaning towards BU for SBS as well...what were your deciding factors? you had some great schools to choose from.

That's awesome! My deciding factors range...one is that I already live in Boston and my boyfriend goes to BU's medical school so it's really convenient in that sense (the BUSPH and BUSM are on the same campus). Boston as a city is AWESOME and I would be sad to leave. I also got a merit award from BU and while it's not a ton, it will help make a difference. Also, Boston's rankings have been climbing over the past years and so I feel really good about that. If you're not from Boston and have questions about the area I'd be happy to help out!

 

[JK_green]

I can't thank all of you enough for sharing such great information which is significant to our decision for grad school.
This may sound really dumb...but I have no idea how to go about any student loan and pretty soon will face a very challenging situation in decision making.... My undergrad was funded by parents...my dad is a sole bread earner in our family....I will not qualify for any need base financial....I am 21, earn a little from few odd jobs ....don't have my own funds for grad school...would hate to take anymore more help from my parents and wondering if anyone can give me some pointers how to get a low interest student loan? Should I approach the school?

Got accepted in MPH/Epi/Bio in Emory, Yale, Columbia, UPENN, UCLA, UCI, Dartmouth and now waiting for UCB... which is my top choice as tuition will be lot less...but I haven't heard back from them yet.....My final goal is MD and for all the reasons most of you have pointed out it may make more sense to accept a school with highest ranking...which is super expensive except UCB.....Looking forward to your input....

Which program are you leaning toward? I got into Emory, yale, UCLA and CAL, but still uncertain... Do you know anyone from the Yale program

 

[KCC1223]

Dot on the deadline Dec 1st....

Did they give you a deadline to submit SIR? I applied in November but still haven't heard anything... I wonder if they already filtered me out without notifying me :'(

 

[CanMPH_2014]

I also found out that I didn't get a scholarship from JHSPH. I live in Boston now and have a couple of options here as well so without any financial aid from JHSPH, I probably will have to decline the offer. However, I'm going to the visit day on March 28 before I make any kind of decisions. As for the one vs two year program, I think it just depends on how much hands-on research you want to accomplish during your studies. With two-year program, you get a lot more time and opportunities to do research/projects. JHSPH definitely have the name and global connections than many other schools though so I'll be sad when I cannot afford to go there...

Hey! Been lurking for a while and this forum has been amazing. I found out recently that I was accepted to the 1 year MPH at JHSPH as well. How do you know that you did not get a scholarship? Did you find out today?

 

[Delphinium]

I've given up on hearing back from Cal. *shrug*

Ugh me too think they probably forgot about me after they tossed me to the rejection pile.

 

[Sandcat]

got into Harvard health policy MPH!!!! unbelievable !! got rejection last night from Berkeley( may b because of some errors in SOP!! 😵 ) and today got Harvard ... 🙂 😍😍

Which UCB concentration did you apply for? Also health policy? Awesome about Harvard!!

 

[nhphd]

Hey! Been lurking for a while and this forum has been amazing. I found out recently that I was accepted to the 1 year MPH at JHSPH as well. How do you know that you did not get a scholarship? Did you find out today?

It's not an official notice -- I found out by asking someone in the MPH office. I think they send out official notices soon though!

 

[punnirno2]

got into Harvard health policy MPH!!!! unbelievable !! got rejection last night from Berkeley( may b because of some errors in SOP!! 😵 ) and today got Harvard ... 🙂 😍😍

Hey, congrats for Harvard HPM!! At what time did you hear from them today? As Friday approaches, I am getting super nervous about it all!

 

[emeyeseekayeewhy]

Accepted to Columbia MS Biostatistics (Theory and Methods)! First acceptance of the year and this is actually my top choice. Super excited right now.

Congrats!

P.S. That cat in your profile pic is adorable!

 

[calibabygirl]

Congrats as well!
Well, I'm sure you know we have the Research Foundation at SDSU, under that there are different centers and institutes of research, of which there are actually a good amount dedicated to public health. IBACH (Institute for Behavioral and Community Health) is great if youre going into Health Promotion/Behavioral Sciences I started off as an intern in a Training program but worked my way up to RA. Most of the investigators at IBACH are affiliated with the graduate school of public health and are very supportive of your goals. I hope that helped a little. Here are some of the institutes/centers:
http://www.cbeachsdsu.com/
http://www.ibachsd.org/
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~cherp/

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the help. Good luck with everything! 🙂

 

[CrazySexyCool]

Accepted to Columbia's Department of Population and Family Health Accelerated MPH!!!! New York here I come.

P.S: I didn't get an email from Harvard today (and almost everyone who did, got in), so I'm guessing it wont be good....right?

 

[bunkey]

Columbia ppl: have you received any financial aid info after handing in the FAFSA? I see that the 'institutional and supplemental' app needs to be completed to be considered for need-based, but we don't have student IDs yet (did u contact admissions to get one? --seems like a weird system)

Emory ppl: anything on aid yet?

How are we supposed to be deciding by April without this info!?

 

[KennedyAM]

^ they're in the process of issuing/assigning CUIDs

The lady at Columbia per our convo today said packages are coming in around 2 weeks. Once you get your CUID you do the forms