MidoAlhajji

Thank you iphi. It doesn't sound like it's worth the 600 bucks for tickets and accomodations. Appreciate your insight.

Hi all, I'd love to hear your opinions about attending a prospective student information day for grad school. I'm applying for a DrPH at UM Ann Arbor (it's my third choice in line). I would like to mention that I have attempted to reach out to a potential advisor whose research interests align with mine. He never replied to my initial email nor the followup one. I have not applied yet but have my SOP and all other documents ready to go. Is visiting the school something fruitful and worth the time and money spent? Would hate to spend my resources for a mere formality. Any thoughts?

I forgot to ask; should this interview go well and smoothly, would I have better chances to get into the program? or is it just a usual step that doesn't carry heavy meanings necessarily?

Very glad I asked! Thank you all. I'll just wait now and "study" my SOP to be able to address some of the obvious questions.

Hello, Thanks guys for the great inputs in this forum; I'm glad I stumbled upon here at the right time. I have emailed several potenial advisors for my DrPH (public health doctoral degree). I got a postiive response from my first choice, and the professor agreed to chat with me on the phone about research projects etc. Important to mention that I haven't applied to the school yet nor have I sent the professor any documents. So my question is as follows: should I email the professor my personal statement, statement of purpose and resume before our phone call, so he can glean some info about my background and education/career goals? I beleive my documents will answer a lot of the potenail questions professors tend to ask during interviews (e.g., why PhD? why our school? etc...). Can this backfire though? Any thoughts on this? I appreciate your inputs. Thanks, Mo