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Hi everybody! Has anybody who has submitted recently (in the past week or two) been verified yet? I just started to submit (sent in two last night and about to send another), and am just wondering how long this is going to take!
Undergrad School: Public University
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.23
Major/Minor: Public Health
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) o
11/20: 150 Q/ 151 V /3 AW (Planning to retake in two weeks)
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
Resident Assistant for 3 years
Research Intern at Health Department
3 month volunteer at Needle Exchange Program
2 month volunteer at breast cancer research study
Office assistant for 3 years
Internship at health department starting next January till May.
2 research articles currently being peer reviewed
Interested in: Infectious DiseaseEpidemiology
Applied: Emory(12/8) , Tulane(12/8), Columbia(12/8), Boston(12/8), George Washington (12/8)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
SOPHAS hasn’t received the transcripts from the community colleges that I attended during the summer, but two of my references are in. I really hope that does not affect my application considering the fact that the application deadline for GWU is 12/15.
Also, I hope it’s not too late to retake the GREs.
Has anyone completed their faculty call with someone from University of Washington? I'm speaking to a professor this Friday, and I'm curious what the experience is like. I'm preparing by going over the website materials, coming up with questions, etc., but any input would be appreciated!
I'm a little late to the (posting) game. First post though, I've been lurking for a bit!!
Undergrad School: UHouston
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.88
SOPHAS GPA: 3.8
Major/Minor: anthropology/psychology minor and honors medicine & society minor
GRE: 159V/161Q/6W (no clue what I even wrote about...)
Experience/Research:
Not a lot, sadly.
Six month internship in my county's public health department, in Policy and Planning Office.
Disaster relief hours during Hurricane Ike (~three weeks, 72 hours) during high school.
Extensive ethnographic analysis concerning stress and pain perception in certain communities.
Mostly interested in HPM/ epidemiology, focusing overall on bioethics and health law. I've worked for health related law firms in the past, and am sort of 30/70 between a joint JD MPH program, or intensive policy analysis, even after I complete an MPH. So for now, this is step one in my journey!
Applied: UMN (PHAP program), UT Houston (Epi), GWU (Health Policy), Harvard (MS- Global Health), Columbia (HPM 2 year), BU, UPenn, Emory (Epi)
Accepted: GWU (12/10)
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
To say the least, I'm terrified My apps were all sent at once, received on either 11/30 or 12/1, depending on the school. My last (third) recc faced a huge amount of technical difficulties, but was officially received 12/1.
Update: Just as I sent this in, I got my first acceptance! GWU Woo!
Best of luck to everyone! Can't wait to see this thread grow!
Ahhh! All of these acceptances are so exciting!
(Also stressful, because I keep hoping to see an email notification pop up on my phone...)
Congrats! I applied to GW three weeks ago and haven't heard anything yet so I'm surprised (and jealous) that you heard in just ten days but that's amazing!
I know! An email from Columbia came in today, and I nearly had a heart attack. It was just a confirmation that my application was received, which is good and all, but not what I hoped for.
Had the same feeling with UT the other day! Confirmation emails are nice, but an acceptance letter during finals week would be even nicer 🙂
Pretty sure my GW app was verified much before the acceptance. I got an email from GW soon after getting verified and cleared through SOPHAS that my application was complete. Surprised it didn't take long to get the acceptance because they said average turnaround is 6-8 weeks. I'm sure more of you will be hearing soon!For those of you who got into GW, congrats!!!!!!!! Was your application verified or did they look at it before verification (I heard some schools do that? Weird)
I also got my acceptance from GW after SOPHAS verification....they sent me an email after 2/3 days of verification saying that I will hear within 8-10 weeks....but it was pretty fast (2 weeks) in my case....Pretty sure my GW app was verified much before the acceptance. I got an email from GW soon after getting verified and cleared through SOPHAS that my application was complete. Surprised it didn't take long to get the acceptance because they said average turnaround is 6-8 weeks. I'm sure more of you will be hearing soon!
UT really gave me a scare because I got a confirmation e-mail 1.5 months after I submitted my app but before the scholarship deadline and then another identical confirmation e-mail after the deadline and I panicked because I thought maybe something went wrong! Turns out that everything is fine, but I am getting antsy because it seems like some people have heard back already and lurking from previous years it seemed like many decisions were already out at this time for UT.
Agreed though! It is my finals period too and I would love an acceptance right about now!
Same thing happened to me!! Anxiously waiting to hear back!
I received a confirmation shortly after submitting, then an acceptance a few days ago, but then they send another confirmation email after I'd already received the acceptance. I'm hoping the acceptance was legitimate...
What questions were you asked in the interview? Congratulations btw!!!Accepted into Saint Louis University MPH-HMP ... 😀
What questions were you asked in the interview? Congratulations btw!!!
How long did it take you guys to get your transcripts entered through SOPHAS? Maybe I'm just being impatient, but it seems like it's been at least two weeks at this point. Also, for anyone applying to McGill, I've heard they take FOREVER to send out decisions. Can someone confirm/disprove this?
For those of you who got into GW, congrats!!!!!!!! Was your application verified or did they look at it before verification (I heard some schools do that? Weird)
Hey y'all, I submitted my app 11/19 but my letters STILL aren't in :|...
For a few weeks after all my transcripts came in, SOPHAS showed my status as "verifying" instead of "awaiting materials", but it has since changed back to "awaiting materials".
So I got an email from Colorado this morning...
"Thank you for submitting your application to the Colorado School of Public Health. Your materials have been verified by SOPHAS and your application will be submitted to our Faculty Review Committee shortly. Please know, the length of the review process varies by department and typically does not start until after the January 15th preferred application deadline."
What gives? Could it be that my GPA was verified before my letters came in or am I just hopeful? 😛
It finally went through a few days before the deadline! So much for applying early hahaIt took about one week for my transcript to be sent and verified. That's strange for yours to be taking so long! Or maybe I'm a special case; I'm not sure.
I received a confirmation from Emory saying they had received my application, but no OPUS login. The confirmation email says to email SPH admissions to designate second and third choice programs, but the application information says this should be done through OPUS.
Has anyone received anything further from them clarifying this?
How long after SOPHAS Verified your application did it take for Emory to notify you that they had received your application?
SOPHAS verified my app at the end of Nov and my other schools (Vanderbilt and Yale) notified me saying they received my application on 12/05 and 12/08, respectively. But, I have yet to hear from Emory that my app has been received.
Thanks!
I'm also waiting to hear back from Emory... Every other school I applied to sent an email that they had received my application within two days of submission, but it's been over a week and I still haven't heard from them.
Has anyone completed their faculty call with someone from University of Washington? I'm speaking to a professor this Friday, and I'm curious what the experience is like. I'm preparing by going over the website materials, coming up with questions, etc., but any input would be appreciated!
I'm also waiting to hear back from Emory... Every other school I applied to sent an email that they had received my application within two days of submission, but it's been over a week and I still haven't heard from them.
Did you set up the calls yourself or were you contacted? I'm applying to the Global Health program and haven't seen anything about this...
I see you are also applying to both Temple and Drexel. I know Drexel is ranked as one of the top public health programs, I believe it's #25. Do you know where Temple might rank in relation to that? I haven't heard much about Temple's reputation for that program to be honest.I've been watching this thread for a while now...thought it was about time I posted!!
Undergrad School: Public University
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.32
Major/Minor: Community Health
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): didn't do too great on the math part 🙁 157 V/148 Q/4.5 W
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
1. Mentoring elementary school students for 3 years in college
2. 1 year of peer health education with university health center
3. 6 month internship with county health department
4. 6 month internship with community health org
5. Summer internship at hospital health education department
6. Leadership positions on student organizations on campus
7. Currently working for a nonprofit related to cancer prevention
Interested in: General community health tracks, social/behavioral health related tracks
Applied: Columbia (11/25), UMD (12/10), GW (12/13)...working on Temple, Drexel, and CUNY apps
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
I know Columbia is probably a reach but I knew I wouldn't forgive myself if I didn't at least try and apply. Wishing good luck to all of us!