From everyone i've talked to in programs, jobs just aren't falling into your laps like program recruiters are saying. Just like every other field, you have to seek them out, network, get your name out there. I don't think the market is as rosy for fresh MS and MPH graduates either because their old jobs are being taken by freshly graduated PhDs. Though if you believe that the healthcare industry is going to explode in the next few years because of retiring boomers, then maybe the market will expand!
Whatever you do don't wait another year to apply. From the department people i've talked to this year was by far the most competitive, even for masters programs, and it's only going to get more competitive next year!
Wow. Are these applicants domestic or international? Or has there just been some kind of explosion this year in applicants? I can't believe someone with a 4.0 and perfect Q score got rejected!
Aspiring Masters Biostats applicant:
Domestic
3.66 GPA from top 50 university
166 Q, 164V, 4.5W
3.9 average in Calc I/II/III + Linear Algebra + intro probability
2 years clinical research
2 good recommendations, one great one
Applied to UW, Michigan, UNC, Berkeley, Columbia, Emory, and Boston.
Haven't gotten any emails or calls yet, did I overreach??