MPH / MSPH 2022: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected, Attending

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neurofood said:
Does Yale conduct interviews as well? Applied in November also. The only interview invite so far I got was from Dartmouth.
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Hey! When did you hear about the interview from Datrmouth? Also I haven't heard from Yale about interviews
 
lylasax said:
Hey! When did you hear about the interview from Datrmouth? Also I haven't heard from Yale about interviews
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Hey! I got my email invitation on 12/7, I submitted my app I think right when they opened it up.
 
neurofood said:
Does Yale conduct interviews as well? Applied in November also. The only interview invite so far I got was from Dartmouth.
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I do not believe so. I think they said only in very limited/special circumstances if they need to talk to a student about something more in depth.
 
Chance me please (im super anxious and applied on a whim)!! I’ve never done this before so I hope I’m doing this right. I’ll be sure to update this post as I begin to get more info.

Undergraduate School/School type: Top University in Boston (Non-Ivy)
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.2 :/
Major/minor: Neuroscience, Philosophy
Grad GPA (if applicable):
Grad studies (if applicable): Took 4 grad courses in Neuroscience all As
GRE(including date taken): Didn’t take

Experience/research:
- 6 Publications, 3 First Author
- Co-authored a medical book published by Oxford University Press (first author)
- Paramedic and Instructor teaching in rural areas
- Served on various nonprofit boards and worked with legislators on public health bills. Served as Lead Campaigner, Senior Director, etc.

Other:
POC and LGBT applicant
I think I was able to articulate all my goals and objectives in my statement of purpose, and my specific niche / area of interest is a very small field.

Letters of Rec:
Undergrad Dean of Admissions, PI, Boss

Interests:

Applied:
Johns Hopkins MSPH (12/7)
Yale MPH (11/27)
Northeastern MPH (09/21)
Dartmouth MPH accelerated on-campus (09/18– Interview next week!!)
Columbia (MS Teachers College NOT MPH 09/18)
Harvard SM (09/18 — just got access to portal on 12/7)

Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:
 
neurofood said:
Chance me please (im super anxious and applied on a whim)!! I’ve never done this before so I hope I’m doing this right. I’ll be sure to update this post as I begin to get more info.

Undergraduate School/School type: Top University in Boston (Non-Ivy)
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.2 :/
Major/minor: Neuroscience, Philosophy
Grad GPA (if applicable):
Grad studies (if applicable): Took 4 grad courses in Neuroscience all As
GRE(including date taken): Didn’t take

Experience/research:
- 6 Publications, 3 First Author
- Co-authored a medical book published by Oxford University Press (first author)
- Paramedic and Instructor teaching in rural areas
- Served on various nonprofit boards and worked with legislators on public health bills. Served as Lead Campaigner, Senior Director, etc.

Other:
POC and LGBT applicant
I think I was able to articulate all my goals and objectives in my statement of purpose, and my specific niche / area of interest is a very small field.

Letters of Rec:
Undergrad Dean of Admissions, PI, Boss

Interests:

Applied:
Johns Hopkins MSPH (12/7)
Yale MPH (11/27)
Northeastern MPH (09/21)
Dartmouth MPH accelerated on-campus (09/18– Interview next week!!)
Columbia (MS Teachers College NOT MPH 09/18)
Harvard SM (09/18 — just got access to portal on 12/7)

Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:
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In regards to Dartmouth's MPH, during an info session, the Adcom stated that the interview was conducted for all accepted students consisting of a 20 min phone call paired with an alumn to discuss fit. Were you able to attend any of the webinars?
 
Schools will email if your application status changes, right? I don’t need to be logging in and looking at their portals?
 
environmentalhopeful said:
Schools will email if your application status changes, right? I don’t need to be logging in and looking at their portals?
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This is accurate. However, sometimes portals and email updates can have a disconnect.
If required, Interview info will usually come via email.
 
_publichealthnerd_ said:
Awesome congrats! Do you know anything about how they incorporate interviews into the application process? I was kind of surprised at how soon they were reaching out to interview people.
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Not sure yet, my interview is scheduled for next week so I'll see how it goes. When do you have yours?
 
USNMC said:
In regards to Dartmouth's MPH, during an info session, the Adcom stated that the interview was conducted for all accepted students consisting of a 20 min phone call paired with an alumn to discuss fit. Were you able to attend any of the webinars?
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So people that have Darthmouth MPH interviews are accepted, and the interview is just a formality?
 
Applicant-01 said:
So people that have Darthmouth MPH interviews are accepted, and the interview is just a formality?
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Id like to know this too!! This is the first time I’m hearing this and can’t find anything online. Now even more anxious lol.
 
neurofood said:
Id like to know this too!! This is the first time I’m hearing this and can’t find anything online. Now even more anxious lol.
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Did the interview request detail any specific information to you on what to expect?
I would take a look at this forum from earlier years for MPH applicants and see if you can gather any additional info for reference.

Edit: The interview experience is also discussed in Reddit’s “Dartmouth MPH” search.
 
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Applicant-01 said:
So people that have Darthmouth MPH interviews are accepted, and the interview is just a formality?
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The interview is to assess mutual fit into the program. Per the informational session and prior posts in the forum, the interview is casual, paired, and short in duration.
 
Does Dartmouth offer interviews to all people that it accepts? If you don't get an interview does that mean you got rejected?
 
Medstart108 said:
Does Dartmouth offer interviews to all people that it accepts? If you don't get an interview does that mean you got rejected?
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I think many schools perform interviews as part of their review process, but as most have stated an interview is not indicative of admission and vice versa. I wouldn’t fret too much if you don’t receive requests to interview.
 
Undergraduate School/School type: university in Ontario, Canada
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:3.93/4.00 SOPHAS verified
Major/minor: Public Health
Grad GPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE(including date taken): did not write the GRE

Experience/research:
- 3 years of volunteering at my local hospital
- 8 months of working in health promotion on campus
- 16 months of full-time public health experience through internships - most recent experience was working in COVID-19 mass vaccination planning
- 1.5 years of part-time working in public health research
- 3 publications - 2 in oncology research and 1 in maternal health
- currently working as a volunteer supporting planning for a public health domestic violence campaign

Letters of Rec:
1) Thesis supervisor who also taught 2 of my courses
2) Former supervisor from 8 month internship working in mass vaccination planning with a public health unit
3) Former supervisor from 8 month internship working in mass vaccination planning with a public health unit

Applied: Yale MPH Chronic Epi and Columbia MPH Epi (app received: 25th October 2021, verified: 25th October 2021)
Accepted:Yale MPH Chronic Epi (Jan 5th 2022)! Good luck everyone!!
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:

I applied for fun to see if I have a shot at getting in but I would love to go if I get in.
Good luck everyone!!
 
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Hi SDN! I am new to the SDN community. I wanted to share my background and also wanted to learn more about my chance of getting into these schools! I have a low undergrad GPA but have extensive work experience. Thank you!


Undergraduate School/School type: Top 25 US News Ranked School (Private)
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 2.87/?
Major/minor: Engineering
Grad GPA (if applicable): UCSF - 3.3
Grad studies (if applicable): Healthcare Administration (Graduation Speaker/Student Rep)
GRE(including date taken): Never taken

Experience/research:

Associate Director of Data Science/Epidemiology at a major pharma company
Senior Data Scientist at Stanford Hospital (Quality Improvement)
Senior Programmer at UCLA Hospital (Surgery Dept)
Business Analyst at Optum/UnitedHealth (Medicare Analytics)
Co-Founder of non-profit healthcare organization (3 years)


Spoke at Tableau Conference (Biggest business intelligence conference – in person)
Spoke at Visualize Health Conference (8,000 live attendees for 3 sessions (total) - online)
Spoke at HIMSS Conference (online)

Published in an academic journal (engineering) as a second author out of four (impact score of 3.1)
Published in a newspaper (related to national tragedy) as a fourth author (largest English newspaper in that country)


Letters of Rec:

Vice President at major university (Top 70 US News)
Senior Director at a major hospital (Top 10 in California)
UCSF Professor (Former CNO at a top academic hospital)

Interests: Reading, Traveling, Taking photos, and Playing guitar

Applied: Harvard MPH (Generalist), Yale Executive MPH (Informatics), Dartmouth MPH, Columbia MS (Epi)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:

Any thoughts?
 
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If anyone has gotten a confirmation email from GW about them receiving your application, how long did it take? I applied 11/25 and still haven't gotten anything.
 
talslsnol said:
If anyone has gotten a confirmation email from GW about them receiving your application, how long did it take? I applied 11/25 and still haven't gotten anything.
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I applied 11/19, verified 12/2 and got an email 12/6.
 
talslsnol said:
If anyone has gotten a confirmation email from GW about them receiving your application, how long did it take? I applied 11/25 and still haven't gotten anything.
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I never got a confirmation email either! What program did you apply to? I think the Epi department is super quick to send those out.
 
han.scott13 said:
I received an email for Emory to set up my OPUS portal today!
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Hi! I received an email from them confirming that my application was sent to my department of choice, but they did not provide me with any login credentials for OPUS. I went on OPUS myself and clicked on "obtain a NetworkID" but when I filled it out it said that they could not locate my application. Did you happen to receive yours?
 
Hi everyone! Any guesses on when Yale and Harvard will come out this year? The waiting is so hard :/ good luck everyone!
 
heythere2022 said:
Hi! I received an email from them confirming that my application was sent to my department of choice, but they did not provide me with any login credentials for OPUS. I went on OPUS myself and clicked on "obtain a NetworkID" but when I filled it out it said that they could not locate my application. Did you happen to receive yours?
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In the email it said to wait 24 to 48 hours for your network ID to be generated! Mine's doing the same thing.

Edit: now I realize it sounds like you didn't get the email with the Opus link... I got 3 emails from Emory today (all about 6 hours apart). First was the Opus login link/confirmation they received my application, the second was that my app got routed to the department, and third was confirming they received my financial aid info from FAFSA. If you don't receive that first email in a few days, I'd email them!
 
cd21 said:
I got an email for this today too! Is this a good sign in terms of admissions??
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I wouldn’t read into it too much. I think it’s just so you can track your application status as they begin to review apps.
 
heythere2022 said:
Hi! I received an email from them confirming that my application was sent to my department of choice, but they did not provide me with any login credentials for OPUS. I went on OPUS myself and clicked on "obtain a NetworkID" but when I filled it out it said that they could not locate my application. Did you happen to receive yours?
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The same thing happened with mine. I emailed them but then reread the email they sent and it said to wait 24-48 hours. I got too excited and overlooked that part haha.
 
hey yall, I'm having one of those moments where I've convinced myself I won't be getting in anywhere. would anyone be willing to offer any realistic takes on my chances of getting in anywhere? I'm worried about my lack of work experience and laboratory research opportunities. just overall very stressed and would love any advice.

_________________

Undergraduate School/School type: liberal arts school in the south
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.94/3.81 (4.0 upper-level)
Major/minor: biology major, environmental studies minor, public health distinction & honors college distinction
Grad GPA (if applicable): n/a
Grad studies (if applicable): n/a
GRE(including date taken): n/a

Experience/research:
- au pair teaching english to host kids (4 months)
- intern at public health agency creating factsheets (1 month)
- head tutor at writing center (tutor for 3 years/head for 1)
- intern at a non-profit to aid the homeless (selected as a poverty fellow through my school to do this) (3 months)
- research assistant for professor's sabbatical research (using R and SPSS to analyze data) (6 months)
- full-time athlete, dean's list all semesters, athletic honor roll all semesters, president of bio honor society & secretary of the environmental one

Letters of Rec:
(1) professor (head of biology department)
(2) professor (head of sociology department and head of public health distinction) I am currently working on research with
(3) supervisor at the writing center where I tutor english/writing

Interests: impacts of climate change on transmission and spread of vector-borne diseases in SE Asia

Applied: national taiwan university - ms global health (10/11), columbia - epi (11/27), ut houston - epi (11/27), colorado - global health epi (11/27), umich - global health epi (11/28), unc - global health (11/28), tulane - mph&tm (12/16) [all mph unless otherwise specified]

Accepted: unc - global health (12/20), national taiwan university - ms global health (12/21 + 100% tuition), umich - global health epi (12/22 + 100% tuition on 2/4), tulane - mph&tm (12/22 + 20k on 1/26), ut houston (1/25 + 1k and in-state tuition on 1/28), columbia - epi (1/27 + 40k on 2/11), colorado - global health epi (2/4)

Rejected: none
Waitlisted: none
Attending: umich!
 
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hs2547 said:
Hi everyone! I have been reading this platform for awhile now, so it feels strange to finally be able to post. Does anyone have an idea of my chances of getting into some of these schools (GWU and Emory specifically being my top two choices right now)? Also curious of how generous some of these schools are with financial aid because I am quite nervous about taking out a ton in loans. I am a bit worried because of my experiences and what is considered to be enough. Any feedback I would greatly appreciate, good luck to you all!!

Undergraduate School/School type: Big Ten school
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.84 (SOPHAS verified)/3.9(ish)
Major/minor: Biobehavioral Health
Grad GPA (if applicable): N/A
Grad studies (if applicable): N/A
GRE(including date taken): 153Q/152V/4.0W (Only submitted GRE scores to two of my schools) - Taken 11/03/2021

Experience/research:
  • 2 years as a public health peer educator during undergrad
  • 1 year (still current) as an exam/homework grader for organic chemistry
  • 1 year as a learning assistant for an organic chemistry lab course
  • 1 semester as the leader for our Access to Protection initiative (advocating for STD prevention) through my organization as a peer educator
  • 1.5 years (still current) as a blood donation ambassador for American Red Cross
  • Helped create a sexual health education SharePoint site for college students at my university to use for information about STDs/proper barrier use/campus resources/available testing
Other information:
  • First-generation college student
  • Cum laude graduate
  • Dean's list recipient 8/8 semesters
Letters of Rec:
  • Supervisor while I was a public health peer educator (was also my professor for one semester)
  • Professor from a health data analysis course in undergrad
  • Organic chemistry professor from undergrad (who I grade exams/homework for now)
  • Microbiology professor from a community college I took the course at

Interests: Infectious disease epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, cancer epidemiology

Applied: George Mason (10/3), Cincinnati (10/8), Penn State (10/13), Emory (10/19), Drexel (11/8), Temple (11/8), Pitt (11/8), University of Maryland (11/8), UNC (11/8), George Washington (11/18), Michigan (11/30), UIC (11/30)
Accepted: Cincinnati (11/9), George Mason (11/23), Drexel (11/30), Pitt (12/1), George Washington (12/6), Temple (12/8)
Rejected: N/A
Waitlisted: N/A
Attending: N/A
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Congratulations on all of your acceptances!! Will you get a few weeks to mull over your decisions, or do enrollment deposits have to be completed soon?
 
nb12345hk said:
Hi everyone! Any guesses on when Yale and Harvard will come out this year? The waiting is so hard :/ good luck everyone!
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From the info online and the correspondence the school has provided, mid Feb thru March would be the application update timeframe.
 
lc2022 said:
hey yall, I'm having one of those moments where I've convinced myself I won't be getting in anywhere. would anyone be willing to offer any realistic takes on my chances of getting in anywhere? I'm worried about my lack of work experience and laboratory research opportunities. just overall very stressed and would love any advice.

_________________

Undergraduate School/School type: liberal arts school in the south
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.94/3.81 (4.0 upper-level)
Major/minor: biology major, environmental studies minor, public health distinction & honors college distinction
Grad GPA (if applicable): n/a
Grad studies (if applicable): n/a
GRE(including date taken): n/a

Experience/research:
- au pair teaching english to host kids (4 months)
- intern at public health agency creating factsheets (1 month)
- head tutor at writing center (tutor for 3 years/head for 1)
- intern at a non-profit to aid the homeless (selected as a poverty fellow through my school to do this) (3 months)
- research assistant for professor's sabbatical research (using R and SPSS to analyze data) (6 months)
- full-time athlete, dean's list all semesters, athletic honor roll all semesters, president of bio honor society & secretary of the environmental one

Letters of Rec:
(1) professor (head of biology department)
(2) professor (head of sociology department and head of public health distinction) I am currently working on research with
(3) supervisor at the writing center where I tutor english/writing

Interests: impacts of climate change on transmission and spread of vector-borne diseases in SE Asia

Applied: columbia - epi (11/27), umich - global health epi (11/28), colorado - global health epi (11/27), unc - global health (11/28), u florida - epi (11/29), ut health - epi (11/27), national taiwan university - ms global health (10/11)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
Attending:
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It seems like you are very strong academically and have a great mix of safety, mid, and top schools on your list. I would not worry at all if I were you 🙂
 
hefanie said:
I applied to Tulane 12/1, SOPHAS verified 12/3, and I’ve been accepted today 12/9! Does anyone have any thoughts on their MPH program?
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Sorry if you've already posted this, but I can't find it. What was your undergrad GPA/experience? I'm not sure if I should apply to Tulane or not. 🙂
 
Has anyone gotten a confirmation from UCLA about receiving their app? They are the only school I have not heard back from receiving anything.
 
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