Hi everyone
I'm set to graduate with my Bachelors of Science in Public Health this upcoming December, and the grad school question is looming- do I go or do I wait?
When I started this program, my intention was to go onto nursing (I was just finishing up a bachelors from another school-long story). I am still interested in the nursing field and intend on applying everywhere, but I have truly fallen in love with the public health field. I have become so passionate about what I am learning about, it's like a wild fire has been ignited inside of me and I love going to class, whereas I barely attended class as a psychology major.
I have not worked in the public health sector yet, although I will have an internship this summer. I am fortunate enough to work for a huge healthcare organization in my area and I volunteer as a nursing aide at the local nursing home. I've got a 3.9 major GPA and a 3.4 overall GPA. One of my professors has said she will write a letter of recommendation as well as one of the physicians I work for.
I am still unsure of which path to follow and I probably won't figure it out for a while, but do you think I would be able to get into MPH programs? I would still have to take the GRE of course, but I feel inadequate compared to everyone else here! I don't have much time to really gain a lot of experience in the field other than a summer internship, and I'm worried I won't be taken as seriously because "I don't really know what the profession entails"
I have taken and earned an A in epidemiology, social determinants of health, intro to us healthcare, women's health, migrant health, and research methods; as well as earning a B+ in biostatistics. I have also written a research proposal and will be conducting the research in the fall. I have a pretty good feel for what it's all about and such, but I don't know if inexperience will pose a problem :/
Thanks for the help!!
