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Hey Mona. From what I understand, most schools inform of their decisions electronically but there are a few that use postal mail. It doesn't necessarily mean it's a rejection.

Yeah, I'm hoping we'll start hearing from other schools soon. It seems like second half of January is when a lot of them send out interview invites.

Hey gnarls_barkley! I applied to a BUNCH of places: Emory, UW, Tulane, Drexel, Wisconsin, Rochester, Yale, Boston, Brown, SLU, and VCU. I'm an international student and I've heard the competition is even tougher so I wanted to get out there! So far I've gotten a rejection from Emory and an interview from Rochester.

How specific should you be in stating your research interest for an Epi program? For example, is it ok to say that you're interested in cancer epi or chronic disease epi or should you be more specific than that?

Thank you! That was very helpful and gives me a place to start .

Yeah, I know most of these schools are quite a reach. That's why I wanted to get some other ideas (I honestly don't know what schools are good or bad beyond the top 10 that you can find through a quick google search). I originally wanted to do a PhD in Epidemiology (and probably will end up applying to a few programs still) but my mentor who is a Biostatistician suggested getting a Biostats PhD and then do a post-doc in Epi. It makes sense career-wise too because I'll have more options beyond academia if I want to go that route. As far as the DrPH program at Harvard goes, turns out it's just a year old and interdisciplinary, so I won't be applying there anymore. I got confused between that and the PhD (which I realize is wayyy beyond my reach, so not applying).

Hi Noco7. I made a separate post with my profile but I haven't really gotten many opinions on it . But I'll copy it here: Undergraduate: BS in Biology 3.2 GPA (top tier State school) Relevant courses: Calc 1: B, Calc 2: B-, Calc 3: B, Stats for Life Sciences: A- Graduate: MPH 3.66 GPA (WashU) Relevant courses: Intro to Biostats: A- , Applied Linear Modeling: A-, Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling: B Currently taking an online Linear Algebra course GRE: 164 Quant, 156 Verbal, 4 Writing Research Experience: Currently working (will be 1 year full-time and 1 year part-time by Fall 2015) in a public health research (health disparities) lab. No publications yet. I use SAS at work (beginner) and have some experience with R (used in MLM). My recommendations will likely be: 1. My PI who is has a PhD in Biostatistics (from a top 5 school in Biostats) and is published (and gives talks) often 2. Another PI I work with. Also has a PhD in Biostatistics (same school as other PI) but seems to have fewer publications 3. My Epidemiology from grad school professor. I took two courses with her and was her research assistant for a few months 4. (if required) My supervisor at the job I worked at during undergrad. In terms of "knowing me", she'll be a better option than the 1-2 jobs I took during grad school.

What are some top tier, mid-level, and safety schools to apply to for an Epi PhD/DrPH? I honestly have no idea where to start!

What are some good mid-level and safety schools to apply to for a PhD (or DrPH) in Biostatistics?

Undergraduate: BS in Biology 3.2 GPA (top tier State school) Relevant courses: Calc 1: B, Calc 2: B-, Calc 3: B, Stats for Life Sciences: A- Graduate: MPH 3.66 GPA (WashU) Relevant courses: Intro to Biostats: A- , Applied Linear Modeling: A-, Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling: B Currently taking an online Linear Algebra course GRE: 164 Quant, 156 Verbal, 4 Writing Research Experience: Currently working (will be 1 year full-time and 1 year part-time by Fall 2015) in a public health research (health disparities) lab. No publications yet. I use SAS at work (beginner) and have some experience with R (used in MLM). My recommendations will likely be: 1. My PI who is has a PhD in Biostatistics (from a top 5 school in Biostats) and is published (and gives talks) often 2. Another PI I work with. Also has a PhD in Biostatistics (same school as other PI) but seems to have fewer publications 3. My Epidemiology from grad school professor. I took two courses with her and was her research assistant for a few months 4. (if required) My supervisor at the job I worked at during undergrad. In terms of "knowing me", she'll be a better option than the 1-2 jobs I took during grad school. I'm wondering what type of schools I should be reasonably applying to. Right now my list is very top heavy (my mentor is my main source of information about programs and she's really only given me top tier suggestions) so I would love to hear more realistic suggestions as I don't want to waste my money on schools I have 0 chance with. UW-Madison (PhD Stats) Harvard (DrPH) SLU (PhD in Public Health with concentration in Biostats) Emory (PhD) Vanderbilt (PhD) Georgia Southern (DrPH) NC State (PhD Stats) UMich (PhD) UCLA (DrPH) UC Berkeley (PhD) Rutgers (DrPH) If the school offers PhD and DrPH, I will apply to DrPH.