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    Seems like this year is taking longer than usual just for interview invites. :-/
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    I am with you on getting antsy!! I feel like this year is a bit delayed. Seemed like a good chunk of ppl last year knew something.
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    Yes! I applied! I'm so nervous. Thank you for the tidbit! I do hope waiting this long is good news. Iwas able to get in contact with a faculty member I'm really interested in working with. She seemed very interested in my research and my interests. I was able to meet her and a few students in the program at APHA. It was great! I attended their 10th anniversary reception and met even more faculty in the department as well as the Dean (had a whole convo with him). It was a great time and I hope that made an impact. My GRE scores were horrible!!!! And my undergraduate GPA is atrocious (multiple community colleges and didn't know what I wanted to do). Since being admitted to a BSPH program and working in healthcare, I really changed my grades and graduated with a 3.66 from the institution and have gotten limited research experience (hence why I'm in this thread). Ill be completing my MPH in January with a 3.8 so I hope that really boosts my chances. Most of my experience is in healthcare though (8+ years). How awesome would it be if we both are accepted!?
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    I applied to Maryland but the maternal child health concentration in the family science department. I've been going crazy over here!! I haven't heard anything from them.
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    It was only 4 days. Well I submitted Nov 27 12pm and verified Dec 1st 438am. I was freaking out because last year it took only 1-2 days. my deadline to have sophas and supplemental application this year is Dec 15! And they take about 1 week after.being verified to send the supplemental. So yeah... I was getting impatient and just emailed.
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    I was worried as well..I sent them an email through sophas asking what's the waiting period for verifications and it was verified in like 1-2 days after the email. This was just like two weeks ago.
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    Hey all, my stats are not that great but I did make meaningful relationships with many faculty in the department. A few of them want to work with me if admitted and I've been in constant contact with my future faculty advisor/mentor. I attended their open house, research presentations at APHA, and their anniversary reception. Hoping this is enough to get me in. I do have very strong recommendation letters from my director at work and my research advisor. Undergrad Institution: State public University Major: public health-community health Minor(s): health services administration GPA: 3.66 Grad Institution: same as undergrad Grad GPA: 3.66 (should be 3.8 or higher by the time I graduate in January) GRE: 146V, 150Q, 4.0 AW (horrible, I know) Research Experience Graduate Research Assistant Undergraduate research assistant Research assistant at a prestigious University as part-time job Publications/Presentations None Work experience: 8+ years of health care experience. (Variety) Health educator Project coordinator for diabetes grant Applied to: University of Maryland-Maternal & child health Accepted Waiting Rejected and/or Waitlisted: Waiting
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    Hey did you apply for umd-mch program?
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    I'm applying to UMD in maternal and Child Health as well! Did you happen to attend their Open House this past Friday? I was there but they put in with the Behavioral and Community Health Cohort and I wasn't able to spend any time with their Maternal Child Health Program. I would love to talk with you further if you'd like! I haven't looked at GW, maybe I should (I got denied for my masters there). If you did not attend their open house at umd, we met with a panel of PhD students at all different levels, and let me tell you, lack of research experience was not a problem. I specifically ask each of them (about 6-7 students) what their background was before getting accepted, and there was a wide variety of masters degrees, an international student with no public health or research background at all (was on her way to be lawyer), someone who didn't even have a masters degree, straight from undegrad. When I visited University of South Florida, one of their students was a dietitian prior. I think as long as you know why you want to pursue a PhD and explain that in your SOP, that's all that matters. Every school I spoke to has said that the SOP is the most important thing.
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    I am finising up my MPH in December and have the same problem. I've visited two different schools and spoke to some of their students. Depending onthe program, extensive research experience isn't an automatic denial. You should contact programs you're interested in.
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