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JoeShmo

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  1. I have been at USF in Public Health for 2 years. I live in downtown St. Pete on the edge of the USFSP campus. I love being 2 blocks from the water, walk to the grocery store, bars, restaurants, parking isn't awful, always things to do. Tampa, near the university, kinda sucks. Its busy and stripmall after stripmall. And traffic can be ridiculous, granted commuting across the bridge can be a nightmare. I would think if you need to be on campus 4+ days a week, I would tend to live in Tampa somewhere. You will not lose 45-60 mins twice a day and you can go to more social stuff. I chose to live in St. Pete because my girlfriend got a job at the local hospital and I knew people here. The weather is awesome coming from Ohio. April-September expect it to be very humid, hot (90-95) and rain daily. Heavy rain. September-Dec (60-70s) cools off and humidity drops out. Jan-March is similar to Sept-Dec but cooler (coldest has been 36, high has been 88). Sun nearly every day. Add 5-10 degrees if you live near the university and away from the water. And there are lizards, ants, cockroaches, mosquitos, noseeums, and spiders everywhere. Its a fact of life here. I have a newer apartment and I havent seen any of the aformentioned pests inside. I lived in a house last year and we had minor roach and ant problem (they are naturally occuring in the sandy soil). We mitigated by keeping it clean, and taking out trash often and using traps. I havent seen a ton of spiders, but when I do, those things are huge! I would worry most about lizards (outside) and roaches (inside).
  2. No chance my friend. You are too great a risk, and clearly aren't doing your own work. Save your time and money and skip the app.
  3. I would highly recommend you reconsider applying to a doctoral program sans masters. I entered my current PhD program with an MPH; however one of my cohort-mates did the direct entry with only a bachelors. She has been behind in coursework, knowledge and experience. There have been a number of issues that have come up that I think you may want to consider. 1) Her fellowship (like most fellowships) only covered 2 years, which meant that she used her two years of paid tuition taking the masters courses she needed as prerequisites. So she had an additional 2 years of unfunded work, plus dissertation. 2) She lacked the necessary background knowledge (aka coursework and research readings) necessary to excel in PhD coursework and even discussions. 3) She was held to the same standards as others with masters degrees, which is mostly a disservice to her. Even if you are an above average writer and thinker, it doesn't make up for those two years of experience. 4) The faculty implicitly respect her less. 5) You are significantly less competitive when applying, because you haven't shown yourself to be successful in grad school as those with a masters have. I am relatively sure that this is not situation specific. The chair has said plainly they will never admit another student sans masters because it is a huge burden and disservice to the student. I am not saying it cannot be done, but skipping the masters for the sake saving time is really not a good idea. That is perhaps the reason you see almost no programs. I wish you luck in your application!
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