MPH Fall 2018: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

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Did anyone who got into Johns Hopkins full time MPH email professors or department heads? Before, during, or after you applied? Just curious if that made a difference. Thanks
 
rockclimbermph said:
Just joined SDN today and submitted my apps...super nervous! Good luck to everyone and any advice is appreciated.

Undergrad School: University of San Diego
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.83/3.90
Major/Minor: Behavioral Neuroscience/Chemistry
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): GRE 156Q/168V/5.0W
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
- 3+ years undergrad research at alma mater and paid internships (biopsychology, aging research)
- Honors thesis on neurobiology of developmental disabilities
- President of student social science research org
- 1.5 years clinical job (children/adolescents with learning disabilities and other mental health issues)
- 5 months research associate at psychiatric hospital
- 1 month intern at health services research helping with suicide prevention eval research
- 1 publication, 4 poster presentations at conferences
- Volunteer work for Boys & Girls club and local elementary schools
- currently enrolled in biostats certification program
- Proficient in SPSS, SAS, Excel data analysis
Special factors: None really, I included my family's experience with mental health very briefly in SOP as an intro to how my interest developed in program eval and public mental health

***Please include the following whenever possible: specific concentration/track, dates, type of correspondence (phone, email, letter, etc.), scholarships/grants.***

Interested in: psychiatric epidemiology, program evaluation, behavioral health, mental health, biostatistics
Applied(include the date of application): Columbia, University of Washington, UCLA, USC, San Diego State, Colorado School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Sciences/PSU (all submitted today)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
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ahhh we went to the same school/same major except your everything is slightly higher/better than mine and we applied to almost all the same programs and I'm also interested in psychiatric epi so I'm just going to go cry now.
 
runsdmph said:
ahhh we went to the same school/same major except your everything is slightly higher/better than mine and we applied to almost all the same programs and I'm also interested in psychiatric epi so I'm just going to go cry now.
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Ahh! When did you graduate? I graduated in 2016. And omg don't say that. There is plenty of room for qualified people, and there's a lot more to an app than just your stats on paper 🙂 Plus, I think psychiatric epi/behavioral health epi is a more unique interest, so hopefully that poses an advantage for us!
 
Undergrad School: Top 15 Private University
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.37
Major/Minor: Public Health / Pre-Med
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): V 183 (93%), Q 162 (81%), W 5.0 Taken 11/14/17
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
- 1 year as an executive search business analyst for healthcare companies
- 1 year as a healthcare consultant doing revenue cycle improvement
- 400 hours of oncology clinical research
- spring break volunteer trips throughout college (2/4 were public health related)

Special factors:
None

***Please include the following whenever possible: specific concentration/track, dates, type of correspondence (phone, email, letter, etc.), scholarships/grants.***

Interested in: Global Health - applied to a few Health and Social Behavior programs when I didn't qualify for Global Health (eg Harvard) or when it was a concentration to add on
Applied: Harvard MPH Health and Soc Behavior (12/1), Yale MPH SBS (1/15), JHU MPH (12/1) and MSPH in International Health - Health Systems (1/15), University of Michigan MPH Health Behavior & Education (12/15), Boston University MPH Global Health (1/5), Emory MPH Global Health (1/5), Columbia MPH in Pop Fam with Global Concentration (1/15)
Accepted: University of Michigan, Boston University (+$18K), Emory, Columbia
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

Any thoughts on my chances? Also, do you think it hurts my chances that I applied to every school on the final deadline date?
 
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Ahhh is anyone dying to hear back from Emory? I applied to their Epidemiology (MPH) program through SOPHAS on 11/3, got an email stating they received my application on 12/1 and another email on 12/4 stating my application has been forwarded to review. In the same email it said "3-6 weeks (sometimes shorter, sometimes longer)". It's been six weeks and I know there have been holidays in between so I'm assuming it's taking a while for them to review applications but I'm so anxious to hear back! I've been checking OPUS every day!
 
grapesandstrawberries said:
Ahhh is anyone dying to hear back from Emory? I applied to their Epidemiology (MPH) program through SOPHAS on 11/3, got an email stating they received my application on 12/1 and another email on 12/4 stating my application has been forwarded to review. In the same email it said "3-6 weeks (sometimes shorter, sometimes longer)". It's been six weeks and I know there have been holidays in between so I'm assuming it's taking a while for them to review applications but I'm so anxious to hear back! I've been checking OPUS every day!
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ME!!! This last Monday was 7 weeks (not that I'm counting 😉). I have a friend who is at Emory now (first year Epi) and she said she was surprised that they told it would be that quick. She applied in December and didn't hear until March.
 
Why does my life feel like this?!
The 10 Stages Of Waiting For Grad School Admissions Decisions
grapesandstrawberries said:
Ahhh is anyone dying to hear back from Emory? I applied to their Epidemiology (MPH) program through SOPHAS on 11/3, got an email stating they received my application on 12/1 and another email on 12/4 stating my application has been forwarded to review. In the same email it said "3-6 weeks (sometimes shorter, sometimes longer)". It's been six weeks and I know there have been holidays in between so I'm assuming it's taking a while for them to review applications but I'm so anxious to hear back! I've been checking OPUS every day!
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I'm over 6 weeks too.... I emailed last week and they said it'd be 1-2 more weeks....
Originally their program was my top pick, but the poor communication and false promises have made me a little wary.
 
hi there!

first time posting since I haven't seen this question covered yet: has anyone applied, accepted, or been rejected from the JHU MPH/MBA program yet?

thanks 🙂
 
Cassatrass said:
Why does my life feel like this?!
The 10 Stages Of Waiting For Grad School Admissions Decisions

I'm over 6 weeks too.... I emailed last week and they said it'd be 1-2 more weeks....
Originally their program was my top pick, but the poor communication and false promises have made me a little wary.
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Yeah I emailed to, but all she told me was shortly. I just really want to know. The article you tagged is spot on. Do we know if we'll get an email before OPUS is updated? I know some have gotten emails so far.
 
soursop said:
hi there!

first time posting since I haven't seen this question covered yet: has anyone applied, accepted, or been rejected from the JHU MPH/MBA program yet?

thanks 🙂
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I would highly discourage you from going to JHU for MBA. As an undergrad at JHU, I have realized that JHBSPH are far more inteligent than the MBA people. Carey students aren't the brightest you can find, but a lot of your MPH friends will be from the medical school, some of the smartest people in the nation. Carey is a scam at this point. It just got accredited last year.
 
I emailed the admissionis office at Yale, and they said that some decisions should be coming out this week and next week.
extramino said:
Does anybody have an idea that whether Yale has started to scan through all the applications yet?
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I emailed the admissions director because I hadn't received an "application complete" email like others had, and she said that they should be releasing some decisions this week and next week (hopefully).
 
The UPenn skype interview (for anyone interested) :
It was super short, like a little less than 15 min, and they basically asked 3 questions: why are you interested in pursuing an MPH now, why Penn for your MPH, and what do you see yourself doing with your degree in the future (how will it help you, etc). They were super nice, and let me ask any questions I wanted, and were super easygoing. It was a really like casual interview, not intimidating or tense, and they didn't even really ask about specific things in my application or resume.
 
andrew_SH said:
Undergrad School: JHU
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.81
Major/Minor: Molecular and Cellular Biology/Economics
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): V159(83%)/Q170(97%)/4.0(60%)

Experience/Research (please, be brief):
- Couple international volunteers/mission trips/internships in finance/consulting/startup
- Research Assistant & Technician for 2.5 years during college
- No post-graduate work experience

Special factors:
- International student (Will graduate in May 2018)
- JHU undergrad, historically relatively easier to get into JHBSPH?
- Top choice Columbia and Harvard

Interested in: Health Policy, Global Health
Applied(include the date of application): UCB-MPH/MPP-HPM (12/1), Harvard-MPH/MUP-Environmental Health (12/1), Dartmouth (12/1), Columbia-HPM (12/1), Yale-Health Policy (1/13), JHU-MHS/MSPH-HPM in HPM(1/13)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Interviews: Phone interview with Columbia (12/28), Dartmouth (1/23)

Chance me. Why do schools don't post most recent admission stat?
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Hi Andrew, may I ask what they ask you in the interview for Dartmouth?
 
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andrew_SH said:
I would highly discourage you from going to JHU for MBA. As an undergrad at JHU, I have realized that JHBSPH are far more inteligent than the MBA people. Carey students aren't the brightest you can find, but a lot of your MPH friends will be from the medical school, some of the smartest people in the nation. Carey is a scam at this point. It just got accredited last year.
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As someone who went to a top-15 MBA program I agree. MBA rank matters a TON to corporate recruiters and Carey is not ranked well which will significantly impact your employment options. At the very least you need to talk to current students and research if companies you are interested in working at recruit there. There are far better options where both the MPH and MBA programs are well ranked (ie: Michigan, Harvard, Yale, UNC, Columbia etc).
 
Undergrad School: University of Maryland (UMD)
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.24
Major/Minor: Kinesiology
GradGPA: 3.48
Grad Studies: Public Health
GRE: 11/06/2017- V 151 (52%), Q 147 (27%), W 4.0 (60%)
I am afraid my GRE scores (especially quantitative) are going to hold me back. I was a part-time grad student and worked full-time for the past year, so I did not study like I should have.
Experience/Research:
Intern at National Institutes of Health
Graduate Certificate in Principles of Public Health
Special factors:
First generation college student
Grad certificate included 5 classes in the MPH program
Planning to become Certified in Public Health (CPH) through the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)

Interested in: Physical activity, obesity epidemic, relationship between physical activity and mental health
Applied: University of Maryland- MPH (Physical Activity concentration) 12/15/2017
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
 
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generic_username said:
Congratulations!! Did you find out about Yale via email or portal? Is there a portal for Yale?
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I just received an email from Yale this morning about my acceptance! I am unsure if there is a portal. I did not see a link for one. I am thinking that I have to fill out the intent to attend form and place a non-refundable deposit of $500 first before they send me any more information.
 
Cassatrass said:
Why does my life feel like this?!

I'm over 6 weeks too.... I emailed last week and they said it'd be 1-2 more weeks....
Originally their program was my top pick, but the poor communication and false promises have made me a little wary.
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Their program is one of my top choices as well... Fingers crossed!
 
atmcgraw said:
Undergrad School: University of Maryland (UMD)
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.24
Major/Minor: Kinesiology
GradGPA: 3.48
Grad Studies: Public Health
GRE: 11/06/2017- V 151 (52%), Q 147 (27%), W 4.0 (60%)
I am afraid my GRE scores (especially quantitative) are going to hold me back. I was a part-time grad student and worked full-time for the past year, so I did not study like I should have.
Experience/Research:
Intern at National Institutes of Health
Graduate Certificate in Principles of Public Health
Special factors:
First generation college student
Grad certificate included 5 classes in the MPH program
Planning to become Certified in Public Health (CPH) through the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)

Interested in: Physical activity, obesity epidemic, relationship between physical activity and mental health
Applied: University of Maryland- MPH (Physical Activity concentration) 12/15/2017
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
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Your GPA isn't bad, which graduate program were you in? To be quite honest your quantitative score is pretty low (I was told by my peers to aim for at least a 50%), and this could be alarming unless you did well in your college-level or graduate-level quantitative courses. I don't know how competitive UM's program is and how much they focus on quantitative aspects, but assuming that you did well in your math courses I think you should be fine as long as you write a good SOP.
 
adb11 said:
I just received an email from Yale this morning about my acceptance! I am unsure if there is a portal. I did not see a link for one. I am thinking that I have to fill out the intent to attend form and place a non-refundable deposit of $500 first before they send me any more information.
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I am a current Yale EMD student. Last year, there was no portal; all communication came via email. Don't worry about the deposit right now. You will get plenty of information from Yale including financial aid / scholarships, communication with student ambassadors (current students), emails from professors, admitted students day info, online admissions office chat info, accepted students Facebook group info, and more! I submitted my deposit right near the deadline last year while I waited to hear back from all of the schools I applied to, and I didn't miss out on anything. As long as your deposit is in by the deadline if you choose to attend Yale, you will receive plenty of information.
 
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cannedkoala said:
Just checked my portal, and I got into Hopkins MPH!!! Does anyone know when you'll hear about financial aid/scholarship?
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What portal is this? Did Hopkins provide you with a userid and password on submission of application?
 
grapesandstrawberries said:
Your GPA isn't bad, which graduate program were you in? To be quite honest your quantitative score is pretty low (I was told by my peers to aim for at least a 50%), and this could be alarming unless you did well in your college-level or graduate-level quantitative courses. I don't know how competitive UM's program is and how much they focus on quantitative aspects, but assuming that you did well in your math courses I think you should be fine as long as you write a good SOP.
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I was in the Principles of Public Health Grad Certificate program at UMD.
Because I did not do well at all on the quantitative section, I reached out to the program advisor asking if I should retake the GRE. She told me the best option would just be to submit my app with the current scores and if the they were interested in having me in the program they would contact me and ask that I retake the test to improve the quantitative score. So, that's where I am right now. I have a B average for my undergraduate and graduate quantitative courses (which include biostatistics and epidemiology), so I'm hoping they will take that into consideration. I think my SOP was very good, so it's all just a waiting game right now. We were told that decisions would be sent out 4-6 weeks after applications were submitted, but that was just a generic statement from the graduate school-- they said it could vary from program to program. I am hoping it is sometime soon!
 
n3t said:
I am a current Yale EMD student. Last year, there was no portal; all communication came via email. Don't worry about the deposit right now. You will get plenty of information from Yale including financial aid / scholarships, communication with student ambassadors (current students), emails from professors, admitted students day info, online admissions office chat info, accepted students Facebook group info, and more! I submitted my deposit right near the deadline last year while I waited to hear back from all of the schools I applied to, and I didn't miss out on anything. As long as your deposit is in by the deadline if you choose to attend Yale, you will receive plenty of information.
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Hi! I have some questions about Yale. I applied to a different department but 1. how easy is it to change your focus once you're enrolled 2. are there a lot of quantitative/biostatistics courses available for EMD? Thank you! 🙂
 
I'm heading into my 4th week wait for Emory's Health Policy program! For those of you anxiously waiting for Emory, I'm right there with you all since it's my first choice program! lol However, since I ranked 3 programs from 3 different departments, I most likely won't hear anything until March if I don't get into any of the programs I ranked. 🙁

For those of you who have been accepted to Emory, did you receive the email first or did you constantly check OPUS and found your admission decision there before you received the acceptance email?
 
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JDGBruin1317 said:
I'm heading into my 4th week wait for Emory's Health Policy program! For those of you anxiously waiting for Emory, I'm right there will you all since it's my first choice program! lol However, since I ranked 3 programs from 3 different departments, I most likely won't hear anything until March if I don't get into any of the programs I ranked. 🙁

For those of you who have been accepted to Emory, did you receive the email first or did you constantly check OPUS and found your admission decision there before you received the acceptance email?
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do you think ranking # of different programs has something to do with the waiting period? because from the email it said the first choice will review then pass onto the next choice. i'm assuming the first choice alone takes 3-6 weeks to review as mentioned in the email. i ranked two programs so my assumption was that i'll be waiting longer once my application gets forwarded to second choice. they said they'll notify me if my application gets forwarded so i am convinced that they're not even done reviewing my application for first choice. it's been over 6 weeks for me.🙁
 
JDGBruin1317 said:
I'm heading into my 4th week wait for Emory's Health Policy program! For those of you anxiously waiting for Emory, I'm right there will you all since it's my first choice program! lol However, since I ranked 3 programs from 3 different departments, I most likely won't hear anything until March if I don't get into any of the programs I ranked. 🙁

For those of you who have been accepted to Emory, did you receive the email first or did you constantly check OPUS and found your admission decision there before you received the acceptance email?
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I got an email saying that I got into my second choice, but OPUS still hasn't been updated.
 
mickey24 said:
I definitely know what you mean about New York being too crowded, I was there this summer and felt the same way! I’m also anxiously waiting to hear back from UCLA. I applied to a few other California schools but like you said, they are not at the same level as the east coast schools.
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I am anxious about the opposite... I've been on the East Coast my whole life and having been in NYC for 5 years. I only applied to one NYC school (Columbia) and I think my first choice is Michigan. Might be time to learn how to drive!
 
Random question, but have any of you considered the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine? Particularly their MSc Public Health and MSc Epidemiology programs. Their tuition is only around $30,000 for US citizens which is way cheaper than many of the top US schools, and the degrees are only one year rather than the traditional 2, but the thought of being in expensive London and under the completely different British education system makes me a bit hesitant .
 
bruma said:
I got an email saying that I got into my second choice, but OPUS still hasn't been updated.
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Congrats! How long did it take from when they sent you an email that your app was sent to your second choice to when you received the acceptance email?
 
grapesandstrawberries said:
do you think ranking # of different programs has something to do with the waiting period? because from the email it said the first choice will review then pass onto the next choice. i'm assuming the first choice alone takes 3-6 weeks to review as mentioned in the email. i ranked two programs so my assumption was that i'll be waiting longer once my application gets forwarded to second choice. they said they'll notify me if my application gets forwarded so i am convinced that they're not even done reviewing my application for first choice. it's been over 6 weeks for me.🙁
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I think so. You can maybe try emailing the admissions. If they sent your app to your second choice, they are supposed to email you when that happens. Good luck to you! What programs did you rank?
 
Undergrad School: Large State School
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.73/3.89/3.71 (SOPHAS)
Major/Minor: Biology and Psychology, Chemistry Minor
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): V 80%, Q 76%, W4.0
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
- Currently work at a non profit as director of health services serving a marginalized community in an urban city
- Employed and worked within the health promotion at the collegiate level, implementing programming and evidence-based interventions
- 2 years of research in a cognitive neuroscience lab
- Intern for 1 year at a HIV prevention program and provided health education to Latinx population (duties: creating educational materials and program in Spanish, coordinated dinners for people living with HIV, weekly needle exchange program)
- Intern for 2 years at a non-profit free clinic that serves undocumented individuals and uninsured people (duties: Spanish interpreter, patient advocate)
- Intern for 1 year at new collegiate wellness center to evaluate student engagement and inclusivity of new center
- Part of advisory board for Counseling Center to act as liaison for campus population, promoted self care, coordinated campus wide events focusing on body positivity/mental health, and created/conducted suicide prevention training
- Alternative spring break in Guatemala to measure health improvements, usefulness of clean burning stove, financial impacts, and overall benefits of having clean burning (full combusting) stove in home to report to organization stake holders
Special factors:
First generation college student
Woman of color (in the sciences)
Child of immigrants
Bilingual

***Please include the following whenever possible: specific concentration/track, dates, type of correspondence (phone, email, letter, etc.), scholarships/grants.***

Interested in: Epidemiology (applied to MPH EPI programs only)
Applied(include the date of application): All verified by SOPHAS on (11/09)
- Emory, BostonU, Temple, UMichigan , UMinnesota, OHSU-PSU, Ohio State
Accepted: UMichigan (11/16), Ohio State (12/6/2017), BU+18k (12/15), Temple (12/12), UMinnesota (full tuition scholarship + 6k scholarship) (12/4)
Rejected: None.. yet
Waitlisted:

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I've been lurking for a while, but thought I'd join in on the conversation. Hope this info was helpful to others! I'm also wondering if any one has applied to OHSU-PSU too, and if they have heard anything back? Currently leaning towards UMN!
 
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JDGBruin1317 said:
I think so. You can maybe try emailing the admissions. If they sent your app to your second choice, they are supposed to email you when that happens. Good luck to you! What programs did you rank?
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I'm so scared to email the admissions people because I feel like they get these emails all the time and get annoyed. So all I can do is complain anonymously on an online platform. 😳

I did 1. Epi 2. Biostats. I also applied to UCLA and Colorado SPH like you did! I'm from the west coast so these schools are one of my top choices.
 
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