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I see some activity here. Happy for you guys that got interview invites, admits! That is how you start a sweet year!

Nice update @2016Epi I am turning in my applications next week. I'm chasing a health systems policy doctoral degree, preferably global health. I am applying to Tulane, Tufts, Texas-CS, UMinnesota, Ohio State, UIC, PennState, UCLA, Boston. So this should be fun! Good luck everyone.

I wanted to say that you guys are ahead of the line. I have just started! Which is uncool, since most of the cool programs have deadlines back in Dec on early Jan, which I can't meet. I couldn't apply because I was busy (i'm in full time school!) and because I was conflicted....whether to work full time first for a year or two, or whether to go to the phd. It's a tough choice. So, apply to the phd programs, in addition to interviewing for full time jobs. Hopefully sometime in march/april, I will have to choose.

Good luck guys.

Congruts to everyone!

Typically, you can't. Requirements for DrPH vs. PhD are usually slightly different. For example, the adcom demands some kind of work experience in the field to be admitted to the DrPh, which is not the case with the PhD. This is just one factor. However as I always say, don't take anybody's word....check for yourself. I mean, for many people DrPH transfer to PhD impossible, but that situation might be different for you.

Columbia is a winner, it gives many additional prospects than BU, both long term and short term. Go to Columbia.

Not sure what the debate is here. More job prospects trumps all other factors. Columbia gives more options that UPitt. Go to Columbia, son.

certainly, cost is an issue with new york city. In the long run, say you save $10k, but if you end up having a bad experience, or have limited job/internship prospects, then saving that $10k will hurt you in the long run. My point? Cost should not be the overriding factor. On my part in my pursuit of the best schools/the best job prospects, cost is not an issue really....I mean, of course I care about scholarships etc, but nickle-dmining myself at this point, not useful in the long run. So, if I get into the phd program at Emory/BU/Columbia in 2016, my choice of school mostly based on program fit to my plans, not cost. All things being equal, then definitely Columbia it is!

The MBA opens up a lot of options for you. Do it, not the MS in accounting.

3 years experience is enough, more than enough. I don't understand where the hold-up is here. There people who get into Standford with two years of experience. I started my MBA with 5 years of experience...only because the Idea to chase the MBA came to me two years into my working career, spent two years fixing my resume/academics, etc. If I had the good grades, I would have started the MBA with two years experience....

I choose A. You are young, everything you want to do, you do them in time. pocketing the mba now, means that the rest of your like you are free to do great things etc.

Not that and HR masters won't do you, its just that the MBA with an HR concentration will do you more good. So, yes, do the MBA.

I got into a top 35 (US News) b-school with 156 (quant) and 163 (verbal), 5 writing. They also me cash, a little cash I mean.

UNC is great, but in terms of more opportunities, Columbia wins. Go to Columbia young man, go!

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congrats kng229

I don't look at it as 'where you get the MHA' degree, but 'where you want to use it' = which companies you targeting. So, with an MHA, you are probably talking about jobs at hospitals, non-profits, govt., etc....these places, have no time to sponsor visa job seekers, unless you have high experience/qualifications and they want you to be a vp or this or that. What i'm trying to say is that, it's impossible to find a job in a hospital with an MHA, a job that needs Hb1 sponsorship, even if you got the degree from the toppest of schools.

I'm giving u a subjective, emotional based advice: 1. Columbia. Why? They hv nyc, which means many internship chances. Plus... '100 Girls' the movie was made at columbia 2. Emory. CDC around the block! 3. BU. best program. Boston has many options for jobs, etc. Plus, I have never been there, but I love New England, summers in Cape Cod, etc. So....I would choose Columbia, then BU then Emory last.

I think that anti-Americanism is goegraphical. In Africa, people don't hate America or Americans. If fact, you will be surprised that President Bush (43) is more popular than the Pope in most parts of Africa. The Canadians I lived with in South Africa, they didn't outwardly tell me or do things that showed they are anti-America. They were cool guys. The Aussies seemed neutral.

Yep, agreed. I was going to say I would take umass over drexel.

I'm not sure about these schools, but most schools give interviews. However, there is a fair share of schools that don't give interviews. Curious...I think whether a school gives interviews or not is the first sentence in the program application FAQs? Have you checked at all? Let me spend two minutes checking mt. sinai.... Zero! I got nothing. I even checked mt. sinai's mph handbook, nothing. They do say that their admission process is rolling, so based on that I can conclude that they don't care about interviews! Download their program handbook[pdf] for the year 2012-2013. Good luck!

The CDC is a huge selling point for me. The disorganization is the defining character of small programs. I guess, that is not a huge negative, I like to think I do well when the chaos factor is involved .

That is sweet news. Thanks for clarying that. I'm sure I will come across more details on the funding topic as my school research activities reach their peak later this year..., since theoretically the application deadline for most programs is Dec 1.

I don't think that it's a long short. I mean, the main concern for international students is funding...but that is not an issue at the PhD level since typically funding for phd programs are merit based and administed by the school involved. I used to be an international student My point is that, as long as you have sweet GREs, sweet GPA, sweet recommendations, sweet SOP, sweet that, sweet this, you have the same chance of getting in as everyone else. Actually, delete that. Your probability of getting in is actually higher, schools/departments love international kids, you know to increase diversity etc? So, relax and wait for the admission committees to make their moves... Declare your place a panic-free zone!