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I got an email with travel info, the day's schedule, and my list of individual appointments/interviews. The day looks packed. Here's hoping I have the stamina to be "on" from 8:30-5:00 and then rally for dinner/drinks that evening.

My bad! I confused @EpiPhD831's epi acceptance for an HSR acceptance. I've only seen an HSR acceptance on the result page.

I am pretty sure that if anyone hasn't heard back from Yale yet, that's a silent rejection because I was invited to interview on 2/11 for Social Behavioral Sciences as well. Re: Brown-- I haven't received an official acceptance for BSHS yet. I spoke to someone in admissions and was told they are still deciding on several people and will release decisions only when they have the whole cohort determined. Since people can see manual applications to the ScM on SOPHAS, my guess is that they've decided who is accepted to the PhD and are working on outright rejected vs. sent to ScM vs. waitlist. I'm not sure how this is shaking out in other departments... I think Health Services Research sent official acceptances out? Either way, if you didn't interview, it's assuredly rejection or ScM at this point.

Gave me a little smile on a rough day too For a good time, try giving your dog a small can of green beans (or a handful of frozen ones). Mine loves nothing more on this earth than canned green beans but then is scared of her own green bean farts after

Nope, Harvard's the only school I haven't heard anything from at this point. I'm predicting a rejection in March.

100%! Congrats!!

Anyone hear anything from Pittsburgh BCHS? There's one rejection on the results page but nothing else.

CONGRATS! Did the letter come from a POI, staff, or someone else?

Ugh ok. I think I'm gonna assume I've been rejected then.

I could be totally wrong about this, but my understanding is that individual POIs contact applicants for interviews at Harvard. Does anyone know if this is true? Do they have a mass interview day or go about it some other way? Is this just a story I'm telling myself to lessen the blow of hearing nothing at all from them since I submitted my application in November?

looks like Stanford missed out on a real winner here folks

I regret not having the foresight to build relationships with professors during undergrad for the purpose of recommendation letters. Thankfully, I'm an older grad school applicant now so it doesn't totally matter, but it would have made my job searches easier. I would definitely take the class if you feel this person has the potential to eventually write you a strong letter. Go beyond just doing well in the class, though-- demonstrate leadership, go to office hours, establish a connection with the professor, etc. You want your letter to be more than "Hasspurple earned a [grade] in [class 1] and [grade] in [class 2], which is in the [X percentile] of students."

I'm not Epi, but here's the beginning of the email I got inviting me to interview day: Everyone: As Administrative Director of the Graduate Program for Public Health, I have been asked to invite you to campus for an interview for the PhD program. You will be working with me and [redacted], administrative assistant for the program, for your travel arrangements to Yale University for our recruitment day on Monday, February 11, 2019. Both the person who sent the email and the person mentioned in it are part of admissions, and recruitment day is from 8:30am - 9pm. They're reimbursing travel and arranging hotels, so I assuming they want everyone to interview in person. Since there have been posts from SBS and Epi applicants, I'm also assuming this is the only email going out for those programs, and possibly other Yale SPH doctoral programs as well. Soooo hopefully I'm wrong but I think if you didn't get an email today, it signifies waitlist/rejection.

Not sure, but maybe this means multiple PIs were interested in working with you, so they will each contribute to your stipend? Or that you'll be partially funded through the department with the rest made up by specific PIs? UNC is weird about funding sometimes

Welp, I think it's after 5 on a Friday in the time zones my schools are in. Would love to know whether people have heard from the following-- Harvard SBS Yale SBS Michigan HBHE Idc if it's over PM, on the Results page, or here-- I'm dying for info. I've heard nothing. I've been invited to Brown's interview day next week and heard from Minnesota that I've passed the first stage of the application. I've personally heard no news from Pittsburgh but that seems expected based on last years' timelines.

Has everyone accepted to Pitt had an interview? I applied to BCHS and not Epi but I'm still getting a bit nervous.

Nope, because I had no idea that program existed. Just looked at their website now-- looks fantastic. If I don't get in anywhere this year, I might send an application next year. Good luck!

Thanks, great advice!

Has anyone ever interviewed with a POI or department that they already know very well? I've been invited to an all-day interview for a PhD program with the department I'm currently doing my MS in and don't know what to expect or how to conduct myself in this situation. My main POI knows me very well already (and wrote me a rec letter), and my secondary POIs, the department head, etc. already know me to some degree as well. Also, any tips for questions I could ask in interviews? I'm having trouble coming up with authentic ones since I already know people's research, the climate of the department, etc. well

I think the backpack vs. shoulder bag question doesn't really matter so long as the bag is professional. Clean, no pins/buttons/patches/keychains, and a neutral color.

I applied to Yale, Brown, Pitt, and Michigan for social/behavioral and Minnesota for epi. I'm currently finishing my MPH. Before this, I had a career in education. I don't have much research experience, but I have a lot of experience in health education and program development that I'm hoping helps me. Also, you should check out the Public Health forum here. There's a thread for 2019 PhD applicants already.

I applied for Social/Behavioral and haven't heard anything either. From the results page from last year, it looks like interviews go out by track/department. I wouldn't panic just yet.

Aww, buddy!! It's ok. Don't give up from one bad application cycle!!

They definitely don't interview everyone. Celebrate!

Not really-- I reached out a couple days ago and was told that recruitment day (interviews) will be Jan 25 and that all candidates being considered for admission will be invited (so no invite = rejected). They wouldn't say when invites were coming out but it looks like maybe tomorrow or early next week based on the results page?