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Yeah it's odd how certain programs have websites that allow you to check your application status while others do not. Among my schools, the ones that used SOPHAS did not have anything that I could check, while the others did.

mmajum01- I noticed you up-voted your own post in order to balance the down-votes of myself and Burkis. I think that action speaks for itself so I won't get into the ethics of it, but I do want to let you know why I down-voted it in the first place since it clearly bothered you. It is evident from your posts that you believe you are a very qualified individual. Seeing that others in this forum have been posting for weeks how much anxiety they are having about getting an acceptance and recent posts about funding cuts due to sequestration magnified this tension, I found it vainglorious and insensitive that you felt the need to publicly remind us that you have a fully-funded offer from your top choice, if I recall correctly.

I totally understand this reaction haha. I would read into it exactly as you are doing. Best wishes!

I just thought of the one where Joey is filling out Ross's hospital admission form after he gets hit with a puck at the Rangers game. "Occupation: [pause, thinks] ...Dinosaurs."

VBD- that's good to know that Nor'easterners manage to adapt well to Phoenix. Congratulations on U-Dub! I'm jealous!

Thank you for the encouraging and informative comments! I am very much into hiking and camping and I hadn't considered that the Phoenix area is good for that. One of the things I've missed most about California since I moved to Philadelphia is easy access to a huge amount of great mountain hiking. There is a lot of beautiful nature to enjoy in PA, but the only "mountains" are quite a drive. Congratulations on the great news from UT-Houston!

This may or may not be of interest to anyone in here, but I spoke with the Director of the Department of Global Health where I was accepted yesterday. She wanted to give me a personal welcome, which was nice, but more importantly we talked about funding. She said that while no offer can be made until they know what funding they have to work with, "We typically have a lot of external grant funding as well as some additional in-house support available, and all of the PhD students I’ve helped supervise over the last 6 years have had full funding during their time at ASU." I am certainly looking forward to hearing back from my remaining three programs but this was reassuring. Throughout this process I have gotten the best feeling from the faculty at ASU out of the programs to which I've applied, so if I can count on full funding there I won't be too disappointed if I don't get any other offers. My only reservation is that living in Arizona does not sound appealing at all. Conversely, Washington's faculty have been far less engaging in their communication with me but I love love love Seattle. Does anyone have any experience living in the Phoenix/Tempe area? Am I placing too much weight on where I actually live? (I've lived in a wide variety of places both in the US and internationally, but I seem to have an affinity for northern, cooler, greener places)

You are absolutely not the only one haha! I even click over to it once or twice during the day at work. Shh.

Thanks for the input and well wishes, erzi. I'm still highly hopeful!

The more I hear you all talk about UNC the more I find myself wishing they had had a Global Health PhD program to apply to! I hope that BoilerEpi, MammaD, et al. are able to join VBD for what sounds like a great experience in Chapel Hill!

MammaD, I hadn't even thought of that possibility. That's really pathetic if an aspiring professional resorted to doing something like that, but I can't say that it would especially surprise me. Oh bother! (Winnie the Pooh)

I brought this up in the Public Health forum but wanted to post a new thread here also in hopes of addressing this issue. This program is my top choice but I was left feeling uneasy after reading a Results post this evening. This person said they were accepted over the phone and, "WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING. I made a major mistake in applying to this program. If you think this program is truly global health you are grossly mistaken! There is no actual global health experience, you are just a data monkey doing systematic/meta analyses. If you want to do real global health and community based research and you want to attend UW I suggest you get a PhD in Epidemiology or Health Systems. This program is a joke!" I am hesitant to buy this as the program told me they have just finished initial reviews and that they will begin final review of the applications which pass in late February with decisions announced around the first of March. I have also never heard anything negative about this program, and there is an entire year of international fieldwork/data collection explicitly laid out in the curriculum for those whose area of emphasis is Implementation Science. The other area of emphasis, Metrics, doesn't include this and shows completion in four years rather than five. Perhaps this is what this individual is alluding to? It seems pretty strange to me that this individual was accepted before the department has begun final review and that they subsequently chose to lambaste the program in the Results section. Does anyone have any thoughts on this particular issue or insight on UW's Global Health PhD program generally?

On another topic, did anyone see that results post for University of Washington's Global Health PhD program? I might start a new thread asking about it because it has me somewhat concerned, albeit skeptically. This program is my top choice and I'm waiting on a decision myself, but the individual posted some bizarre comments. This person said they were accepted over the phone and, "WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING. I made a major mistake in applying to this program. If you think this program is truly global health you are grossly mistaken! There is no actual global health experience, you are just a data monkey doing systematic/meta analyses. If you want to do real global health and community based research and you want to attend UW I suggest you get a PhD in Epidemiology or Health Systems. This program is a joke!" One, I am hesitant to ascribe credibility to this individual as the program told me they have just finished initial reviews and that they will begin final review of the applications which pass in late February with decisions announced around the first of March. Two, I have never heard anything negative about this program, and there is an entire year of international fieldwork/data collection explicitly laid out in the curriculum for those whose area of emphasis is Implementation Science. The other area of emphasis, Metrics, doesn't include this and shows completion in four years rather than five. Perhaps this is what this individual is alluding to? It seems pretty strange to me that this individual was accepted before the department has begun final review and that they subsequently chose to lambaste the program in the Results section. Does anyone have any thoughts on this particular issue or insight on UW's Global Health PhD program generally?

You should definitely do it if you have the chance! I co-presented our study at the conference in San Francisco last October and, in addition to the excellent experience, numerous faculty members of both prospective PhD programs and at my current institution have made positive remarks on it.

Super exciting news about Hopkins! Are they your top choice or are you waiting to compare with other offers?