SocialPubHealth

WOW! Thank you!!! That is so kind of you to share. I hope everyone benefits from it. I always wonder what to talk about in those pre-application emails to POIs. I did it a couple times before and it seemed to go okay but I haven't heard back from one of them (the other was an app I did three years ago for a PhD that was a long shot and I got rejected as expected). At the end of the call the POI said "good luck with your application" and it sounded kinda like he had no faith in me...

Could you share with us any feedback that you received on your applications that helped you get in to so many more schools this time around? UCLA is my top. And thank you for the words of wisdom!!

Haven't heard from UCLA (Community Health Sciences--which dept did you apply to??). Here's the message I received from them when I inquired: Application decisions will be released between mid-February to early March. Thank you, -- Jennifer O'Brien Student Affairs Officer Community Health Sciences | UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Also just got rejected!

So I've emailed CUNY, NYU, UCLA, Hopkins, Harvard and Pitt and they've all either said that admissions decisions will be made by late February to early March or to wait for an email notification. Guess that means no freaking out until mid March...

Haven't heard anything from Columbia or Johns Hopkins or UCLA or Harvard either...

Which track did you interview for? Planned Social Change or Social Determinants? I haven't heard anything from them either. Thank you!

From Harvard GSAS: Applications are presently under review. You will be notified by email when a decision has been made on your application. Decisions will be available to view by logging into your application using your login and password. All decisions will be made by early March. Not all departments in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offer interviews. If your department offers guidance about interviews it will be included on the Programs of Study page for that program: https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs-study/degree-programs

Mental health

Just got rejected from Emory! Yes! I got that email too.

Social & Behavioral Sciences, you?

Hi all, curious to know how many folks out there applied to the same programs as I did? Harvard - Population Health Sciences UCLA - Community Health Sciences Pittsburgh, Hopkins, Emory, Columbia, CUNY, NYU - Similar depts.