Hello, I'm a MPH graduate from India and I want to apply for PhD programs starting in Fall 2019. I'm due to take the GRE in the first week of September. I want to ask a couple of things -
1. Is formal work experience a necessity? I have over 12 months in internships and 2 months of freelance work, but does that leave me at a disadvantage for PhD?
2. I am currently in the process of getting my master's thesis published. What is the best way to put that across to the POI or in the CV? If I'm not published by the time of the application, do I not have a shot?