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I called them early last week they said by this Friday it should be verified and Friday came & went & my status hasn't changed!
Did you apply to the HPM concentration?
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I called them early last week they said by this Friday it should be verified and Friday came & went & my status hasn't changed!
Did you apply to the HPM concentration?
I applied for the MHA program :/
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Thank you so much for the reply I really appreciate it. Unfortunately the internship doesn't work that way for those two schools. I would do all of it in the surrounding area as far as I'm aware. Does that change your thoughts at all or would you still say UNC?
Are you continuing your degree into another program, and this degree is a stepping-stone? Or is this a career choice? As in you'll be working with your MPH
This will be it! I'm not planning on pursuing any more education after my MPH.
For me personally it would be hard to say no to UNC; the name weighs heavily. And ranking is important too me as well as the curriculum that will prepare me for the career I am looking for. The opportunities and connections I can build with a prestigious institution... But everyone has their own set of priorities [emoji4] when school searching.
I think with a name like UNC on your shoulders it would be easy to make connections back in Seattle. Just two quick years in the south and then back to the city life [emoji6]
I have a few friends who majored in Nutrition in undergrad and absolutely loved it. Although none of them continued onto a career or job in nutrition (they were all pre-med), I know they were able to work in research labs and network pretty well. I'm not sure what kind of nutrition you would like to go into, but UNC is big on research dealing with eating disorders and obesity.
I mentioned this a lot earlier, but if you go to UNC and move here in like July you'll be able to get residency for your 2nd year. In-state tuition is like 50% less than out-of-state. The school in general makes a point to try to stay affordable for all. There are a lot of opportunities in research and teaching assistantships as well.
I'm trying to decide among Emory, UNC, and Berkeley. I feel like it would be so dumb for me to say no to UNC because it would be so much cheaper for me and it's such a great school, but I was born and grew up in NC and now have a chance to get away for a little bit.
But if anyone else has any questions about UNC including location, culture, where to live etc, let me know! I will say that Chapel Hill is very much a college town. Everyone who lives here is associated with the university in some way. It's very southern in the way that we're all super nice and welcoming and love biscuits and sweet tea, but UNC and Chapel Hill are both pretty liberal. There's a little hipster-y town called Carrboro that many grad students live in that's slightly cheaper than Chapel Hill. Having a car is nice, but you can get to anywhere on buses including the airport and we finally have Uber! Also, it's now March so beware of the March Madness buzz if you plan to visit this month. College basketball is a real addiction.
I got an email asking me to check my portal. Nothing on the email to indicate which way the decision went. Good luck!
Thank you!!! I definitely might PM you about Chapel Hill. I won't be able to go to admitted student's day so I've been trying to figure out what it would be like from websites and it's not the same! Thanks for the offer =)
I received my acceptance from UIC about a month ago. I'd imagine that most everybody should hear from them pretty soon. I applied early November so it was about a 3 month wait for me, if that helps.
Which concentration for UIC?
I applied to the HPA but not sure if it has an interview component; email the department waiting to hear back...
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I was accepted into the Epidemiology concentration (Epi & Biostat division). I'd imagine that the HPA division has a slightly different timeline. I haven't heard of UIC doing interviews for that, though.
I applied for community health and received confirmation in early January. Still waiting to hear a decision though
Hi guys, I just wanted to let y'all know that I have been going really crazy this weekend and first thing this morning, I called Harvard admissions and specifically asked, "Has the epidemiology department sent out all of its acceptances for SM2 yet?". I'm a little worried that I shouldn't have asked like that, but what's done is done lol. I'm wondering if it's bad luck to ask about applications because I did that for Yale, and the next morning, I got a rejection 😛
Anyway, the representative was pretty nice and said that all acceptances from the Epi department have not been sent out yet due to the heavy snowfall over the past month and that there will be more batches of acceptances.
Now, I don't want to get our hopes up too high because last year, the rest of the decisions for SM2 (at least out of the ones posted here) looked like rejections. On the other hand though, there HAS been a lot of snow........
Anyway, many of us in this boat also got into some GREAT schools (Congratulations), so all is not lost 🙂
Anyway, the representative was pretty nice and said that all acceptances from the Epi department have not been sent out yet due to the heavy snowfall over the past month and that there will be more batches of acceptances.
Now, I don't want to get our hopes up too high because last year, the rest of the decisions for SM2 (at least out of the ones posted here) looked like rejections. On the other hand though, there HAS been a lot of snow........
Anyway, many of us in this boat also got into some GREAT schools (Congratulations), so all is not lost 🙂
THANK YOU for doing what many of us I'm sure were too scared to (at least I was
). I'm glad to hear all hope is not lost. I just literally went through and pulled all of the data from grad cafe. There's not even enough SM2 Epi entries for it really to be indicative of how decisions are released. I will continue my fervent refreshing until I hear... This is driving me insane. 
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Thanks for following up! Can't wait to hear from UMD-CP.
They may post the decision on your portal before they send u an email. I got an email saying I was recommended for admission from my department chair about two weeks ago, but I finally got my email to check the portal for my official decision from the graduate school yesterday, although my letter was dated for last week. Keep in mind I applied for the MHA though, best of luck.
So it was announced today that Berkeley SPH received a $13 million gift to help launch their new maternal and child health center. The center will be focused on "innovative, evidence-based research aimed at creating healthier generations of women, mothers, children and families in the United States". Wondering what kind of impact this will have on the program and school! Ahh, this is making my decision so much more difficult.
Link here: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/03/02/13-million-gift-launches-maternal-and-child-health-center/
Link here: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/03/02/13-million-gift-launches-maternal-and-child-health-center/
Has anyone applied to Georgetown's Master of Science in Global Health program or Columbia's Accelerated MPH program? Anyone heard anything back from either of these?
This waiting game sure is not fun...
This waiting game sure is not fun...
I got into VCU today as well. What are your thoughts on their program?
Got in to Hopkins today! Talk about relief.
Question: for people who got admitted there, did you get a financial award in your initial acceptance email or in the official acceptance a few days later?
Question: for people who got admitted there, did you get a financial award in your initial acceptance email or in the official acceptance a few days later?
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Well, when I thought I was withdrawing my app I was doing so because of a few reasons:
1. I felt good about my chances at Colorado and really preferred their program.
2. The Richmond area seems sketchy and is not close enough to DC to actually do meaningful work when class is in session.
3. I attended the APHA conference in November and the presentations from VCU were just okay... I feel bad saying it, but I didn't feel very impressed with the quality of work the students were doing in a couple different programs, but especially epidemiology.
4. I wasn't wowed by any of the work being done by the professors there- not that it isn't good/well-done- but because it wasn't along the same lines of what I want to study.
That said, if they give me money, I'll definitely consider it and get as much as I can out of the experience. I'm at a relatively mediocre school that's in the middle of nowhere now and I feel I've taken advantage of what was available, so it's been a hard but rewarding experience.
wondering the same thing about financial award!
Oh darn. I guess that Harvard has decided to withhold my rejection for today. Maybe tomorrow, on National Pancake Day, I will be notified while I'm eating my free pancakes (to soften the blow).
IDK about y'all, but I'm just tired at this point. I'm looking forward to sending my intent to whichever school I finally decide to go to and just be done with this. The only thing that is stopping me now is financial aid. Once I get my financial aid packages, then it'll all be done!
At least the admissions part. Then I'll have to then obsess and worry about: housing, selling my things, shipping stuff, moving, etc. All the fun stuff (I really hate moving)!...
IDK about y'all, but I'm just tired at this point. I'm looking forward to sending my intent to whichever school I finally decide to go to and just be done with this. The only thing that is stopping me now is financial aid. Once I get my financial aid packages, then it'll all be done!
At least the admissions part. Then I'll have to then obsess and worry about: housing, selling my things, shipping stuff, moving, etc. All the fun stuff (I really hate moving)!...
[emoji23] Oh man we're here for ya!
BTW I already asked this and no one responded has anyone interviewed for UIC MPH-HPA? I just got word from them today there's in an interview component but there's nothing on the website according to their offices and no one really helped me out in telling me the process of the interview... :-/
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OK, first--I am NOT humble bragging. I am just truly shocked and overwhelmed by my choices, and need someone to tell me what to do. I plan to study reproductive health, especially issues related to contraception. Kind of leaning towards doing research. Which school has the best program for that? Hunches entirely welcome. I have hardly a clue.
Undergrad School: Small liberal arts college in Texas
Undergrad GPA: 3.48
Major/Minor: English/Spanish
GradGPA
Grad Studies
GRE 166 V / 156 Q / 4.0 AR (Seriously. An English major. Got a 3.5 the first time.)
Experience/Research
- I've worked for the past year and a half as a grant writer for a nationally know nonprofit that supports women's reproductive rights and healthcare for the uninsured.
- Prior to that, I worked as a grant writer/event coordinator for one year within a local hospital's foundation.
- I've volunteered for the past two years as local hospitals, specifically those that serve low-income families and children.
Applied: UNC; Harvard; GWU; UT; JHU; Columbia; Tulane; Emory
Accepted: UNC- Health Policy and Management; Columbia - Population and Family Health; Johns Hopkins - General MPH; Tulane - Health Policy; UT
Rejected: Emory
Waitlisted:
I'm still waiting on Harvard (Global Health and Population) and GWU (Health Policy). Any ideas regarding those two (esp. Harvard) would be very much appreciated. Please...halp. :-/
Undergrad School: Small liberal arts college in Texas
Undergrad GPA: 3.48
Major/Minor: English/Spanish
GradGPA
Grad Studies
GRE 166 V / 156 Q / 4.0 AR (Seriously. An English major. Got a 3.5 the first time.)
Experience/Research
- I've worked for the past year and a half as a grant writer for a nationally know nonprofit that supports women's reproductive rights and healthcare for the uninsured.
- Prior to that, I worked as a grant writer/event coordinator for one year within a local hospital's foundation.
- I've volunteered for the past two years as local hospitals, specifically those that serve low-income families and children.
Applied: UNC; Harvard; GWU; UT; JHU; Columbia; Tulane; Emory
Accepted: UNC- Health Policy and Management; Columbia - Population and Family Health; Johns Hopkins - General MPH; Tulane - Health Policy; UT
Rejected: Emory
Waitlisted:
I'm still waiting on Harvard (Global Health and Population) and GWU (Health Policy). Any ideas regarding those two (esp. Harvard) would be very much appreciated. Please...halp. :-/
Thank you for the detailed response! I only found them through searching for psych epi online; they have a handful of faculty doing mental health research, which is a good draw, but I have no idea what their reputation is, so this is helpful.
I heard back from Tufts and UIC last week! I applied to the Health Policy programs at both, submitted ~1/15 and I was waitlisted at Tufts on Wednesday and accepted at UIC on Friday.
Congrats! Could you tell me about the interview process at UIC? They didn't tell me much in the email today! I applied for the HPA program there and it's my second choice if I don't get accepted to Columbia
I got my Columbia accelerated MPH in HPM on the 12th.
I have zero faith in anything but a "thank you, no" from Harvard, but I wish they'd just say it already. I'm a little put off by Tufts, if I'm being honest. I understand they had three admit rounds. I know I made it through 1 and 2 because I wasn't rejected. So, round three was 10 days ago and people have been accepted, rejected, and waitlisted since (none for epi that I've seen, though). I get that I was strong enough to not be a straight up no, but too weak to be an auto admit. That's cool, I'm down with that. But if the admin office told me 15 days ago I'd know by last week, why don't I know?! If they found someone prettier, I'll be okay! I just want to know so I can move on and weigh my options and make my decisions!
I'm in the same boat, I have yet to hear from Tufts and keep being told I'll "hear any day now"...
Why are you leaning towards Columbia?
I am trying to decide if it is worth the price tag. My impression is that it is really hard to get anyone to pay you any attention and that it might be really difficult to get research opportunities and help with outstanding practicum opportunities.
But it IS Columbia, so....
Just received an email from the student services manager at UNC for the MPH-RD (nutrition) program at Gillings....WAITLISTED. They adhere to a policy of not disclosing waitlist rank.
They are requesting that admitted students make their decisions sooner rather than later but they may not be able to offer a final decision until April 15th.
patience is a virtue...
They are requesting that admitted students make their decisions sooner rather than later but they may not be able to offer a final decision until April 15th.
patience is a virtue...
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Right, it is Columbia. I'm also from New York State (granted, upstate, 6 hours away) and most of my family is in the NY-New England area. It would be hard for me to go any further--I'm not sure if I'd be willing to relocate for that long. This is my main reason. I also really appreciate all of the research they're doing there--many projects I'm interested in.
I got my financial award about 3 weeks after my offer.
You guys need to chill.
I learned a very long time ago not to waste energy on things you can't control.
You're not rejected until you have a letter saying that is the case. So until then, you are still in the running
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Undergrad School: Ramapo College (courses taken post-grad at Rutgers University)
Undergrad GPA: 3.9
Major/Minor: BA Psychology
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable): ---
GRE (Q-158(71%), V-153(58%), W-4)
Experience/Research:
-RA in college (perception lab - poster&conference) (cognition lab - poster&conference)
-RA at UMDNJ studying resources available to college students with mental health issues
-RA at Rutgers University infant neuroscience lab studying sleep, auditory perception, fMRI, EEG/ERP and cABR
-Independent studies related to sleep
Applied: Johns Hopkins (ScM biostats), BU (MPH biostats), George Washington (MPH biostats), Drexel (MPH), Rutgers (MPH biostats), Penn State (MPH), CUNY (MPH)
Accepted: (In order of acceptance) GWU, Drexel, BU, Rutgers (by mail), CUNY, Penn State
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Finally posting my info! Still waiting on JH, although I am not getting my hopes up as they have the #1 program.
Trying to narrow down decisions. Hopefully visiting some of the schools and talking with professors will help. CUNY wanted a decision a week ago, so they're out.
Has anyone received any information from Penn State? I'm trying to figure out when they have accepted students days for graduate students. As of now I am deciding between BU, Drexel and Penn State.
Undergrad GPA: 3.9
Major/Minor: BA Psychology
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable): ---
GRE (Q-158(71%), V-153(58%), W-4)
Experience/Research:
-RA in college (perception lab - poster&conference) (cognition lab - poster&conference)
-RA at UMDNJ studying resources available to college students with mental health issues
-RA at Rutgers University infant neuroscience lab studying sleep, auditory perception, fMRI, EEG/ERP and cABR
-Independent studies related to sleep
Applied: Johns Hopkins (ScM biostats), BU (MPH biostats), George Washington (MPH biostats), Drexel (MPH), Rutgers (MPH biostats), Penn State (MPH), CUNY (MPH)
Accepted: (In order of acceptance) GWU, Drexel, BU, Rutgers (by mail), CUNY, Penn State
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Finally posting my info! Still waiting on JH, although I am not getting my hopes up as they have the #1 program.
Trying to narrow down decisions. Hopefully visiting some of the schools and talking with professors will help. CUNY wanted a decision a week ago, so they're out.
Has anyone received any information from Penn State? I'm trying to figure out when they have accepted students days for graduate students. As of now I am deciding between BU, Drexel and Penn State.
FYI from Columbia:
While we anticipated being able to provide students with their award letter prior to this Friday’s admitted students day, we have not yet gone live for 15/16. Our central office is currently upgrading our financial aid program software in order to give us the go ahead to go live. Once we are live, hopefully within the next couple of days, we will begin packaging students and notify them via email.
While we anticipated being able to provide students with their award letter prior to this Friday’s admitted students day, we have not yet gone live for 15/16. Our central office is currently upgrading our financial aid program software in order to give us the go ahead to go live. Once we are live, hopefully within the next couple of days, we will begin packaging students and notify them via email.
