oncearunner

I recently had an additional paper placed under review for peer-reviewed publication. I simply emailed the graduate admissions coordinator for the department with an email explaining the update. I attached a more formal letter to the committee stating the update (in my case, paper title, journal, etc) and also attached an updated version of my CV. All of the individuals who I emailed were prompt in response and were able to add the updated information to my application package. It was very simple and none of the admissions coordinators seemed to mind. I hope this helps.

Adding to those who have not heard from Emory, yet. Yesterday does seem a bit early. From looking at last year's results, they released interviews on January 9, which would be the equivalent of this upcoming Monday. Perhaps, they are doing it somewhat staggered this year though. I also saw someone put in an interview for JHU International Health. Has anyone else heard from JHU IH?

I had a mixed bag when contacting faculty. Some emailed me back quickly or after one "resend". Some, I never heard from. I ended up applying to all of my original schools, save one. As you stated, I found a few people at each of the schools (usually a main person and then some faculty whose research is somewhat tangential to mine) and mentioned them in my SoPs. In the end, it all works out. My wife applied for PhD History programs in 2015 (she's a 3rd year now, finishing up comps!). She was both accepted at and rejected from schools that she had great conversations with. Sometimes, there are things going on behind the scenes that we don't know about. All we can do is fill out the apps, do our best on the GRE, write a decent SOP and hope for the best. But, those little things (attempting to contact, solid LoRs, mentioning POIs in SoPs) can make a difference. Good luck! I'm already anxious with waiting!

Well, I figure it's time to get off of the sidelines and start contributing to this forum. Good luck to all! Just submitted a few days before Thanksgiving. Now the waiting begins... Here are my stats: Undergrad Institution: small liberal arts college in GA Major: Biochemistry Minor(s): N/A GPA: don't remember, ~3.1-3.2ish? Post-Bacc: University of Florida, Certificate in Public Health Foundations GPA: 3.80 Grad Institution: Brown University, MPH, Global Health focus Grad GPA: 3.96 GRE: 166V, 162Q Research Experience Graduate Research Assistant (1 semester) Graduate Research Intern (2 semesters) Current job: Research and Data Specialist for a small non-profit (2 years) Publications/Presentations 1 First Author, peer-reviewed journal article 1 co-author, peer-reviewed journal article ASTMH Poster (2014) APHA Poster (2015) Brown University Global Health Day Conference Poster (2015) Runner-up, Master's Poster Presentation Applied to Emory (Epi); Univ of GA (Epi); Univ of NC (Epi); Virginia Commonwealth (Epi); Johns Hopkins (Int Health- Global Epi); Yale (Epi of Microbial Dis); Brown (Epi); Boston Univ (Epi); Harvard (Pop Health Sci- Global Health and Pop)