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From a quick look at your other posts, it looks like you have a few options. Don't stress! Just work hard in your MPH program, try to find a research opportunity or two, and form relationships with faculty. You can still get into a PhD program without Columbia on your resume (and don't let one bad review destroy your confidence). It's not the end of the world!
Good luck!!
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Don't let rejection get you down. You have options as to where to go to school, take advantage of them.
Determination is the most important thing in pursuing advanced degrees, and if you want to get a PhD, you'll find a way to do it.
Determination is the most important thing in pursuing advanced degrees, and if you want to get a PhD, you'll find a way to do it.
You're not mediocre because he said so. Almost everyone gets some rejections. The schools that accept you think you're good. Why take the opinion of one school (one staff member of one school) as final? You know yourself best. Be reasonable and keep your confidence up.🙂.
It doesn't seem like a decision has been communicated to you officially; it may turn out either way. If it's not in your favour just know that there are other schools to attain the same goal so there's no need to feel that your dream won't be realized if you don't get to this particular school. Best Wishes 👍
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So what are your stats for them to say that you were just an avg applicant
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Seriously HOW are you mediocre. I glanced at your past posts and I think I read you have a 3.8 GPA and a 1300 GRE. Sometimes I think certain people have no idea what the average scores actually are, because those are great scores.
i think the columbia admissions committees are really stressed out in general. the offices not only have to make decisions about admissions, but they essentially handle all of the administrative tasks for their respective departments too.
from what i gathered about my classmates when i attended, columbia seemed to value work experience and GRE scores over gpa. it also seemed like they preferred students from big name schools. that emailer was a little harsh, but my guess is that the classes are probably pretty full now anyway. it hurts, but in the end it's probably better than stringing applicants along. plus, in my opinion, while columbia did give me a great education, it cost quite a bit and for my long term goals probably didn't help much.
from what i gathered about my classmates when i attended, columbia seemed to value work experience and GRE scores over gpa. it also seemed like they preferred students from big name schools. that emailer was a little harsh, but my guess is that the classes are probably pretty full now anyway. it hurts, but in the end it's probably better than stringing applicants along. plus, in my opinion, while columbia did give me a great education, it cost quite a bit and for my long term goals probably didn't help much.
Thanks for your perspective. I am interested in knowing why you say that and why it probably didn't turn out to be as helpful as you'd anticipated. Thanks.
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The marginal benefit he got for attending Columbia as compared to another SPH is not worth the larger marginal cost of going to a state school, for example.
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Good God, I hope you really arent that fragile. And you let an impersonal email dictate your life choice? How would you compete once you are in the program? What if a research professor yells at you???
I don't think that last comment was very helpful or well-intentioned. Sweetiep384 posted here looking for advice and encouragement. And I would hope that my future classmates viewed me and others as collaborators and not just "the competition." For the record: I know I would cry a few indulgent tears in private if my research prof yelled at me...or called me mediocre as admissions called Sweetiep384.
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It's not the end of the world, even though I know it hurts a bit (I applied to 26 dental schools and 4 SPHs this application cycle and received only 1 acceptance; that's 29 schools who turned me down). Rejection from Columbia is only a minor blip on your radar; if anything, set the world on fire and make those guys at New York wish they got you. I know I'm going to do everything I can to make those guys at Yale regret passing me up 🙂
I know it sucks getting turned down when you put your heart and soul into your application and then you don't have your work affirmed with a fatty envelope. I think there are few people out there who have gotten everything they wanted; but you know what, you got up the next morning, got into some good schools (judging by your stats), and are going to be great.
GO GET 'EM!!!