EpidemHopeful

Congrats, I got rejected from UMich today, but got a tentative yes from MSU, but I would need to seek out funding.

Don't worry about your major too much. I think having an Anthropology degree would really bring something novel to your background. However, I would encourage you to double major instead, as it sounds like you would be a really great fit as a biostatistician within epidemiology. If you are interested in an epidemiology Ph.D., I would consider looking into biostats as a Master's as well, or as a concentration. There is a need for biostats currently, too, so you could potentially be more employable.

Undergrad School: Michigan State University Undergrad GPA: 3.65 Majors: Animal Science, BS / Spanish, BA Grad School: Michigan State University Master’s: Public Health, Food Safety, and Pharmacology/Toxicology Grad GPA: 3.85 GRE or Other Test: GRE: 95th verbal, 51st quant, 93rd writtenExperience/Research: 2 years undergraduate biology research, summer internship with Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2 years animal welfare research, 1 year dairy science / human resources research. Nothing published. ): Applied: University of Michigan and Michigan State University For: Epidemiology, Ph.D. Accepted: Rejected: Waitlisted: Hopefully my quant GRE and my letters won’t hold me back. I certainly wish I had known about this resource prior to applying! If accepted I would like to focus on infectious disease epidemiology, particularly on zoonotic diseases.

Larky, I am waiting to here back from the Epidemiology departments at MSU and UMich. Congrats on the acceptance to Michigan! How did they notify you?