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

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Epi_lady_in_training said:
Got into Emory's Epi program! Waiting to hear back from SDSU, UCI, & Berkeley, Also do not know when we should hear back from financial aid for Emory?? I could only afford this school with a significant scholarship.
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According to their website, they start sending out financial aid packages in March.
 
flash17 said:
Just had mine at 12:30 and was accepted on the spot after they asked me about my background and issues of importance for me in health policy. Good luck!
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Congrats! Does your portal reflect your acceptance?
 
Ebb55 said:
Congrats! Does your portal reflect your acceptance?
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No, not up on the portal yet, she said I should receive an email in a couple days and then the actual letter next week sometime.
 
ConfusedAsUsual said:
Ok got a $22,500 per year scholarship and grant combo from Yale.

Still hella expensive...
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Congrats!! If you don't mind me asking, was the scholarship merit based? I know they said they'd send out info on merit scholarships by March 15th so I'm wondering if they've started notifying people.
 
BU just sent me an email asking me for my and my husband's 2016 tax returns (pre-marriage) and all the original W2s and I honestly have no idea where half the W2 documents are and they're not accessible online....argh!

For the people who applied other years and are following this thread: do any other schools require this?
 
Undergrad School: Small liberal arts university (~3500 undergrads)
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.65
Majors: Biology and Public Health
Minor: Legal Studies
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): Taken 08/2015. V164 (94%), Q166 (91%), AW4 (60%)
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
  • 2 years as a paralegal in a small law firm representing hospitals and collecting money from insurance companies when they deny hospital claims
  • 1 semester as a biostats TA
  • 1 semester as an intern in a family law legal aid office, exclusively focusing on cases involving domestic violence
  • 1 summer as a research intern at a biotech startup
  • 1 summer as a nursing home volunteer
  • 1 semester shadowing a genetic counselor in the maternal fetal medicine dept. at a small Boston area hospital
  • 1 summer as an intern at a small disease nonprofit
  • 1 semester as an intern in the Epilepsy Genetics Program at a major hospital in Boston
  • A couple of work study office jobs
  • 2 summers as a camp counselor
  • 1 summer as an intern in an optometry office (high school)
Special factors:
LORs: 1 from current supervisor at law firm and 2 legal studies professors

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

Applied(include the date of application): Emory, Pittsburgh, GWU, UMD and George Mason. I applied to all epidemiology MPH programs and a second Pittsburgh MPH program in public health genetics.
Accepted: Emory (1/29), Pittsburgh (12/12 and 1/8), GWU (12/8), UMD (1/25), George Mason (12/13)
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

I don't know where I should go! I have not received financial aid information yet, which will definitely help, but I have good options and no top choice! I'm mainly deciding between Emory, Pittsburgh (epidemiology with certificate in public health genetics) and GWU. Emory is the highest ranked program and has a great work study system, Pittsburgh is probably the best academic match but I'm a New Englander who hates the winter and GWU is a great program and I already live in DC, so it is the least disruptive to my personal life. I plan on visiting all of the schools but how should I decide? Any guidance would be very much appreciated.
 
I’m devastated. I only received $10,000 need based grant (per year) for Yale. (I hate to complain.) This was my dream program, but I have no idea if I can drop $70k for my MPH.
 
stormtrooper31 said:
I’m devastated. I only received $10,000 need based grant (per year) for Yale. (I hate to complain.) This was my dream program, but I have no idea if I can drop $70k for my MPH.
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🙁 have you looked into outside scholarships?
 
Hi guys i have a question: I just got news that one of my papers was published (finally) is it worth it to update my application/CV?
I am still waiting anxiously for Yale/Dartmouth/JHU...
 
danzdona999 said:
Hi guys i have a question: I just got news that one of my papers was published (finally) is it worth it to update my application/CV?
I am still waiting anxiously for Yale/Dartmouth/JHU...
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I think you should. It can't hurt! And it could possibly cause them to revisit your app, especially if you were on the fence of acceptance/rejection.
 
danzdona999 said:
Hi guys i have a question: I just got news that one of my papers was published (finally) is it worth it to update my application/CV?
I am still waiting anxiously for Yale/Dartmouth/JHU...
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I had a paper published in December and sent an email to all my schools! Pm me if you want to see how I worded it
 
ting_1 said:
Undergrad School: Top 20 Private University
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.6
Major/Minor: Biology/Chinese Language & Culture
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): No GRE, submitted MCAT (80th percentile)
Experience/Research (please, be brief):
- Couple international volunteers/mission trips/internships (Indonesia, Korea, Honduras, etc.) during college
- Research Assistant & Technician for 2.5 years during college
- Currently working at a large university hospital as Clinical Research Coordinator (since 2016)

Special factors:
- International student (currently working with F-1 OPT VISA)
- Speak a couple languages (Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Mandarin)

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

Interested in: Health Policy, Maternal & Child Health, Global Health
Applied(include the date of application): UNC (11/28), JHU (11/7), Dartmouth (11/7), Emory (12/13), UPenn (1/10), Wash.U (11/7), Columbia (11/30), Vanderbilt (12/4), GWU (11/12), BU (12/18), Colorado (12/25), Yale (1/8)
Accepted: JHU, GWU, Wash.U ($+), Columbia, Emory, BU, Colorado, Dartmouth
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Interviews: Phone interview with Columbia (1/5), Dartmouth (1/8)
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AYYYYY My Dartmouth portal updated and I'm in for HPM! 😀 😀 😀
 
smspencer18 said:
Undergrad School: GWU
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.25/4.0
Major/Minor: Public Health / Sustainability
GRE V: 155 Q: 151 W: 4.5 (9/28) V:153 Q:154 W:4.5 (11/14)
Experience/Research
  • 3 month policy internship with Sierra Club
  • 3 month Hill internship
  • 3 month global health policy internship with HIV advocacy organization
  • 3 month program assistant internship at UN branch
  • Participant in year-long health professional development program
  • Health club leader at local under-served high school
  • Sponsorship coordinator at global health student org
  • Substantial volunteer experience with under-served youth
Special factors:

Applying right out of undergrad. Test scores are a little low. GPA is also low (I failed chemistry freshmen year...yikes) but my GPA for junior and senior year is 3.6. Also 4 strong letters of recommendation. I'm interested in global health but nervous because I did not study or intern abroad.

Interested in:

GWU (GH Program Design, Monitoring & Eval), BU (Community Assessment & Program Design), Oregon State (Global Health), Emory (GH Infectious Disease), Tulane (International Health & Development), UCLA (Community Health Sciences), Colorado (Community & Behavioral Health), U South Florida (Global Health Practice)

Applied: GWU (12/15), BU (1/5), Oregon (12/2), Colorado (1/15), UCLA (12/1), Tulane (1/25)
Accepted: GWU (1/22), Colorado (1/29), Oregon State (1/30)
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

Will update!
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Waitlisted for Dartmouth ... not a surprise! I had a very awkward phone interview and did not realize that the connection was bad on my end..ugh. Congrats to everyone who got accepted.
 
ha4cb5ed said:
Has anyone applied for JHU's MHS in Epidemiology? I just found out via the portal that I was admitted this morning!!! Great way to start a Wednesday.
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I applied there and just today they told me that those decisions don't go out until May!!! How odd. Anyway, congrats!
 
Undergrad School: Large State School
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.4/3.12 (SOPHAS verified) - chemistry killed me
Major/Minor: Biological Sciences with a specialization in Physiology and Neurobiology
GradGPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad Studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable): Used DAT Score

Academic Average (19) Perceptual Ability (18) Quantitative Reasoning (20) Reading Comprehension ( 24) Biology (16) General Chemistry ( 20) Organic Chemistry (17) Total Science (18)

Experience/Research (please, be brief):
3 years with health based non profit that works in Thailand
3 years/summers doing research with the Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
Currently a Research Assistant with the Military HIV Research Program
Clinical Experience in dentistry and in a hospital
Special factors: Minority in STEM

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

Interested in: Global Health Epidemiology
Applied(include the date of application): GW (1/22- application under review, verified on 1/20)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

I'm really nervous about my chances especially because my number aren't great.... I just graduated a year ago so I don't have that much experience under my belt either. I applied to just GW because they accept DAT so I was able to meet the deadline. Hoping to hear back soon 🙁
 
ha4cb5ed said:
Congrats on UCLA!!!

So JHU told you these decisions don't go out until May??? Isn't the usual decision deadline before that??
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Yup! Today at the sophas virtual fair they told me that the MHS in epi decisions go out in May and I asked about the April 15 deadline and they said that it’s a different deadline and rather it’s 6 weeks after acceptance. I was very confused and skeptical, but that’s what they told me today.
 
WorkandPork said:
Accepted to Dartmouth with a merit scholarship!!!
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Congratulations ! And also got an admission ! May I ask how to check the merit scholarship? Do I need to accept the offer first? Or it is directly showing on congratulations page?(in this case maybe there's no money for me haha )
 
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Jasmine Chou said:
Congratulations ! And also got an admission ! May I ask how to check the merit scholarship? Do I need to accept the offer first?
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If you look at the bottom of the note on the Application Status Page, it should have a link to your merit letter that will show your amount. I'm not totally sure of the ranges, but I'm guessing people will get something between $5k - $20k or close.
 
csc123 said:
If you look at the bottom of the note on the Application Status Page, it should have a link to your merit letter that will show your amount. I'm not totally sure of the ranges, but I'm guessing people will get something between $5k - $20k or close.
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The only link I have is this one asking me whether to accept the offer, so maybe it's a sign that there's no scholarship~ But still happy to be admitted! Thanks for helping!
 

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MidnightCafe said:
Congrats!! I know you've been waiting for days with them taunting you with the deposit option haha.
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Thank you! 🙂
Haha, it was actually about half a day, but I'm not the most patient person around. The fact that I hadn't gotten an acceptance from anywhere yet added to my impatience after I saw the link 😛
 
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