MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

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Member 9351811 said:
Congratulations!! Did they email you a decision or did you check your Harvard SPH portal??
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Thank you! and sorry I have been swamped and haven't been back since that last post. Actually all I did was keep checking every day and that day I decided to say F*$K it I am over login-in and that afternoon I received and email saying " Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Admissions Decision" in the subject line.
 
Official rejection email this morning from UMich HBHE, for anyone keeping track.
 
quepasta said:
I received an acceptance from UNC for maternal and child health last night! I was verified on 12/15 and my interview was on Friday (1/22).
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I got accepted to maternal and child health too. My interview is on the 1st of Feb. could you let me know on the details of your interview and any tips you might have for me.
Thanks
 
Anthony R said:
I just got into Harvard!

Interested in: Epidemiology, Quality Improvement Analysis
Applied: Harvard MPH Epi [Submitted 12-8-15 - Verified 12-16-15] , Dartmouth MPH [Submitted 11-11-15 - Verified 12-1-15] and will be applying to UC Berkeley MPH ( application for hybrid program not housed in SOPHAS)
Accepted: Harvard MPH Epidemiology (Hybrid Program) (1/25/16)
Rejected:
Interview Invite: Dartmouth MPH 1/12/16 ( Received email to schedule ) Interviewed 1/21/16
Waitlisted:
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Is this the part time online program that was started in 2015? Also, what is this hybrid program at UC Berkeley?
 
cl7eh said:
Yay! Thank you for this thread. So happy to know there are others going through this process alongside me.

Undergrad School: Top 25 Institution
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.679/4.0
Major/Minor: Psychology
GRE: 156V/165Q/5W.
Experience/Research:
  • 2 years during undergrad working for ER physician who also started up his own nonprofit work in Guatemala - my introduction to global health
  • Independent summer research project in Guatemala under the mentorship of said physician - research was on access and availability of women's reproductive health services and education
  • 1 year spent in Guatemala after my research ended to continue working for an NGO devoted to delivering health care to rural communities where I served as a chronic care program officer coordinating education classes
Applied: Columbia Epidemiology with Global Health certificate
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
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Excellent info. Have you heard anything from columbia? Have you had an interview? Trying to gauge whether others have heard anything .
 
PHAspirations said:
Hi everyone! Excited that this thread is finally here. Edited 10/19 to add test scores and a school list.

Undergrad: Northwestern University
Major: Psychology
GPA: 3.89
GRE: V - 169(!!!), Q - 156, AWA - 5.5. I did a bunch of math prep and was hoping for a better score, but this is above average for everywhere I'm applying (with verbal way above average). Perfectionist me is pouting, and sane me is so happy to be done.
Experience: *2+ years as lab manager of a child psychology lab that studies children's social cognitive development (i.e., how they think about group membership, intergroup relations and real-world social categories like race, gender, SES, etc.), lab located at a top-5 university
*1 year as lab manager in undergrad for social psych lab studying body image, sexuality and the media
*1.5 years as research assistant in an infant cognition lab
*10-month internship at a crisis hotline for runaway and homeless youth
*2-month internship at a national non-profit dedicated to mental health advocacy on college campuses
*Helped found a chapter of the org mentioned above on my college campus, served on its executive board (including as president) for three years
*Spearheaded campaign to get mental health programming included in my alma mater's freshman orientation programming, succeeded & helped develop programming
Other: *First-author on poster presentation for project examining kids' expectations about a gender pay gap
*First generation college graduate

LOR: Professor in undergrad (also was head of the body image & sex lab), call center supervisor at runaway hotline, current boss

Interested in: Berkeley - MPH (Health and Social Behavior), Columbia - MPH (Sociomedical Sciences, Social Determinants of Health cert), University of Washington - MPH (Health Services, Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale - MPH (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Applied: Columbia (11/19), Berkeley (11/22), UW COPHP (1/14), donezo!
Accepted:
Waitlist:
Rejected:

Best of luck to everyone else! 🙂
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Heard anything from Columbia or berkeley?
 
DrPH2016 said:
Excellent info. Have you heard anything from columbia? Have you had an interview? Trying to gauge whether others have heard anything .
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I don't mean to sound short (although I am in real life, physically 😉), but this question has been answered many times in this thread. I suggest doing a thread-specific search on Columbia, Yale (has also been asked about many times), Berkeley, and any other schools you applied to. Also check out the Montreux Admissions Predictor.
 
sam1993 said:
Hi everyone. I've been a long time lurker but decided to make a post and join y'all on this journey towards grad school!

Undergrad School: The University of Texas at Austin
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.33/~3.55
Major/Minor: Nutritional Sciences/Dietetics
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): 10/21/15........151V, 158Q, 4AW
Experience/Research (please, be brief):

-Global Medical Brigades: got to to travel to Honduras and do a week long of clinic work with the community. Also worked with the organization on campus as vice president and aided in planning and recruiting ~1.5 years
-volunteered at the milk bank for a semester
-food service/nutrition assistant at a large pharmaceutical company ~ 3 months
-interned abroad at a public health government agency ~3 months
-interned with a dietitian startup company ~3 months

I know GPAs for most schools are usually 3.0 minimum, but judging by other applicants and other average stats, I don't know if my grades are the most competitive and it doesn't really help that my GRE verbal score is a bit low. Also concerned that most of my job experiences are not long-term and usually end within a semester.

My first real choice is UT-SPH due to convenience being in Texas, but I included some reach schools, cause you never know! If anybody has any insight of.. my chances (i.e. shooting too high, too many schools, etc), please free to comment.

Interested in: MPH in ... Health Promotion/Education, Community, Nutrition depending on the schools. Looking at UNT, UMich, Emory, BU, Tulane and some other reach schools such as Berkeley, UNC, Columbia....
Applied: ALL VERIFIED on 11/13!! UT-SPH (Community Health, submitted 11/ 2), UCLA (Community Health submitted 11/2), UMich (HBHE & Nutrition, submitted 11/5), UNT (Community Health, submitted 11/5), Berkeley (Nutrition, 11/5), UNC (Health Behavior 11/6), Emory (BS&HE 11/8), Columbia (Sociomedical 11/9), Tulane (Nutrition 11/9), BU (11/8)
Accepted: Tulane (11/17), BU (12/19), UNT (12/23), UMich for HBHE (1/8), UMich for Nutrition (1/15), UT (1/15), Emory (Checked OPUS on 1/25... dunno how long my acceptance was sitting there... No email either)
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
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Congrats, looks like you got many acceptances. Heard anything from Columbia?
 
The Montreux Admissions Predictor is very useful, but does anyone know when to expect to hear from the Health and Social Behavior program at Berkeley specifically? Has anyone heard so far? It looks like Berkeley might release decisions in general in two days, but I'm unsure which programs that might be for.
 
Pudu2009 said:
I don't mean to sound short (although I am in real life, physically 😉), but this question has been answered many times in this thread. I suggest doing a thread-specific search on Columbia, Yale (has also been asked about many times), Berkeley, and any other schools you applied to. Also check out the Montreux Admissions Predictor.
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Thanks, will take your suggestions
 
Pudu2009 said:
I don't mean to sound short (although I am in real life, physically 😉), but this question has been answered many times in this thread. I suggest doing a thread-specific search on Columbia, Yale (has also been asked about many times), Berkeley, and any other schools you applied to. Also check out the Montreux Admissions Predictor.
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Fyi, all postings were from a year ago so they aren't helpful
 
DrPH2016 said:
Fyi, all postings were from a year ago so they aren't helpful
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Sorry, I meant search this thread, not last year's thread, although these may not apply to you either (assuming you're applying to DrPH programs as your username suggests). And, based on some of the acceptance dates this year, they seem to be matching up quite well with when I was applying, so don't discount last year's thread.
 
hnnrgh said:
Columbia HPM interview :bigtears: so nervous! Any tips? I'm so bad at speaking ugh.
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How did your interview go? I had mine about the same time as yours. Did they tell you when you would hear about decision?
 
amm13d said:
They should be since the dates typically don't vary much from year to year.
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Thank you all, I found an old thread that showed dates. My apologies as this is the first time I am using this kind of forum so am a little green.

I did find what I was looking for though. Wishing you all the best of luck! The waiting is killing me!!!
 
HPM said:
Good news!!! I got an acceptance decision from UNC's nutrition department yesterday! I submitted my application on 12/2.
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CONGRATULATIONS!! I also applied to this program. May I ask, did you have any sort of interview or is this the first interaction you received after applying?
 
I applied to Colorado Env and Behavioral Health on 12/29, verified 1/4 (early decision 1/15 deadline)-- From what I can gather, no one from this specific concentration has heard anything. I spoke with admissions yesterday and they said the first round of decisions will be sent out mid-late Feb. Hold on tight! The wait game continues...

We are almost done!
 
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healthismypassion1234 said:
anyone just get an email from Columbia about a survey for financial aid? it legit gave me a heart attack for a sec.
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I just did too. I freaked out because I was actually telling someone that I applied to Columbia right when I got the email LOL. Does everyone get the email? I don't really see anything in the mph 2015 thread about the financial aid survey.

Just curious!
 
DrPH2016 said:
How did your interview go? I had mine about the same time as yours. Did they tell you when you would hear about decision?
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It was entirely neutral. It was hard to feel good or bad lol, but my interviewer followed up with some info regarding questions I had, which was nice! She said she applied around when I did two years prior and heard back the second week of February, although they quoted the end of February. If that helps at all 🙂
 
thenxoxo22 said:
Did anyone else apply to Colorado State? And for what? And do you know when decisions start rolling out?
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idk if you saw my post today-- I didnt apply to CO State... but as you know, all programs are under "Colorado School of Public Health"-- I'm not sure what emphasis you applied to but I did env and occ health. Per admissions, decisions arent sent out until mid-late feb!
 
Bd01323 said:
I applied to Colorado Community and Behav Health on 12/29, verified 1/4 (early decision 1/15 deadline)-- From what I can gather, no one from this specific concentration has heard anything. I spoke with admissions yesterday and they said the first round of decisions will be sent out mid-late Feb. Hold on tight! The wait game continues...

We are almost done!
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That's my concentration within Global Health and I got a "recommended for admission" email on 01/15. I still haven't received the official acceptance letter, though (they said it would be a few days) - might be time to follow up on that.
 
thenxoxo22 said:
Rejected Oregon MPH Program. Awks cause its not even a Public Health School... but oh well.!
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What did you apply for here? I applied for at PSU... but didnt make early decision.. so I am not even up for review until Feb!
 
ec_lc1114 said:
That's my concentration within Global Health and I got a "recommended for admission" email on 01/15. I still haven't received the official acceptance letter, though (they said it would be a few days) - might be time to follow up on that.
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I wrote the wrong concentration on the post... I applied to environmental and occupational health! I hope it doesnt make a difference!... CRAP!
 
moonwave89 said:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/columbia-2013.984409/ Not sure if that helps at all. It seems a few people who said they received the survey from a few years back also got accepted later. Maybe a good sign, maybe a neutral sign? Hopefully something will come out soon!

FYI I also applied to Columbia (for SMS) and didn't receive the survey :/
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SMS and no financial aid survey here either! Hoping it doesn't correlate, or maybe that the email gets sent out in waves. I imagine they got a LOAD of applicants!
 
ec_lc1114 said:
The Montreux Admissions Predictor is very useful, but does anyone know when to expect to hear from the Health and Social Behavior program at Berkeley specifically? Has anyone heard so far? It looks like Berkeley might release decisions in general in two days, but I'm unsure which programs that might be for.
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I applied for HSB as well. I've been creeping on the GradCafe results page hard for months, and it looks like HSB comes out in early-mid Feb.

http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=public+health <-- you can search for specific schools within these results to look at trends

Hope this helps!
 
re: Columbia financial aid email, it looks as though the people who got it all applied to Epi or HPM. Other concentrations, don't lose hope!
 
Finally, got news from Emory. My application for Global Health "did not receive a favorable decision" (hehehe what funny wording), and now it's under review for Behavioral Sciences and Health Education. Kind of anticipated that and wasn't sure that I fit Global Health anymore so pretty OK. Just relieved I finally heard something from Emory. 😛
 
I'm definitely late to the game on posting stats and stuff but I wanted to put them out there because I had no idea what my chances were when I applied and I've been pleasantly surprised.

Undergrad School: Small LAC in the middle of nowhere.
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.2
Major/Minor: Environmental Studies - Environmental Policy
GradGPA (if applicable): 4.0
Grad Studies (if applicable): Summer Institute of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at JHU
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): V - 162 Q - 152 AWA - 4.0
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
- 1 year at health access foundation coordinating physician donated care.
- 2 years as a certified application counselor for the ACA's Health Insurance Marketplace.
- yearlong internship at AIDS Advocacy non-profit
- organized regional LGBT health fair to connect LGBT patients with affirming care providers.

Interested in: Health Behavior/Community Health Practice
Applied: UNC (12/2), ETSU (11/30), University of Minnesota (12/6), UAB (12/6), South Carolina (12/7), Emory (12/7), Tulane (12/6), Michigan (1/27)
Accepted: UAB (12/17), Minnesota (1/12), Emory (1/19), Tulane (1/19), ETSU (1/27)
Rejected: South Carolina (1/26)
Waitlisted:

I'm concerned I waited too long to apply to UM but I got a bit intimidated which lead to some procrastination.
Waiting to hear back from UNC has been rough. Fingers crossed.

Best of luck y'all!
 
comicalhay said:
I'm concerned I waited too long to apply to UM but I got a bit intimidated which lead to some procrastination.
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As long as the admission deadline has not passed, you will be accessed the exact same way as all other regular decision applicants (I am assuming the priority deadline has passed, but could be wrong). Don't worry about it.
 
Oh, I just wanted to clarify that when I say to use the Montreux Admissions Predictor, I mean to do what s/he did and do a search for the schools you applied to on previous years' threads. Make note of both the date they submitted their application and the date they received notification (acceptance/rejection). For example, I applied to GW on 04/13, got an unofficial acceptance on 05/08, and got an official acceptance on 05/15.
 
hnnrgh said:
It was entirely neutral. It was hard to feel good or bad lol, but my interviewer followed up with some info regarding questions I had, which was nice! She said she applied around when I did two years prior and heard back the second week of February, although they quoted the end of February. If that helps at all 🙂
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Thanks! My interview went the same. She reached out afterwards and also sent answers to my questions. However, it seems like people are getting financial aide surveys today which could be a bad sign. I talked to a currently enrolled student that said they received a financial aide survey right before getting an official admission decision from Columbia. But who knows
 
PHAspirations said:
SMS and no financial aid survey here either! Hoping it doesn't correlate, or maybe that the email gets sent out in waves. I imagine they got a LOAD of applicants!
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I talked to a currently enrolled student that said they received a financial aide survey right before getting an official admission decision from Columbia. But who knows. I didn't get a survey 🙁, when did you guys apply and when was your interviews?
 
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