Hi, I've been meaning to post my stats, but had this idea it might be a jinx of some sort as I keep waiting. Now, I am so excited about the opportunities I am so fortunately offered and absolutely believe it when the admissions say they look at your application holistically! Giving hope to prospective applicants!
Undergrad School: UCLA
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 2.77 (2.94 SOPHAS, they factored in cc courses I took post-grad)
Major/Minor: Psychology
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or
Other Test (if applicable): 157Q | 156V | 4.0 AW taken Oct 2016
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
-3 years (by matriculation) of FT work as RA/analyst in health service research (statistic group and community engagement program)
-2 years in clinic settings for kids with developmental delay or autism
-1.5 years in pediatric unit in hospital
-10 months Undergraduate RA at Center for Prodromal Studies
-8 month volunteer experience in Multiple Sclerosis Center
LOR: 1 undergraduate professor, 2 employer (faculty in public health research)
Special factors??? Learning sign language?
Interested in: Social and behavioral health, social determinants of health, community assessment and evaluation, program design, evaluation, and outcomes, stroke
Applied: UCLA (11/26), UC Berkeley (11/26), Harvard (11/26), Columbia (11/27), UW (12/27), BU (12/31), Emory (12/31), Yale (1/9), University of Pittsburgh (1/15)
Accepted: BU (2/2 + $), University of Pittsburgh (2/3), Emory (2/10), UW (2/17), Columbia (Waitlisted 2/9, Accepted 3/1

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Rejected:
Waitlisted:
I aimed high and landed a spot in some pretty great programs and am so glad I did. I was feeling so hopeless because of my low GPA, but addressing it in your statements and having a clear goal to show that you're serious this time around is important.
The worst they can say is no, but turn that around and move on
😉
I'm excited to meet some of the people here at the admit days and in the field in the future! Please keep up the enthusiasm to improve our world!