I hate to say this, because I've been to UCLA SPH a few times, was at UCLA's open house and talked to their students and they were all very nice. However, I have never received any sort of response regarding the status of my MPH application except at that automatic email. A good friend of mine applied to the same department, but then later they told him that his application had been placed in a different department accidentally. Anyway, I've been emailing/calling them once/month after 6 months of my application submission, but they just tell me that my application is "under review." I know that my application might be on the waitlist, but they never respond to emails, no matter who I email.