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Updated GRE Score: 153V 154Q So glad that's over with!! what a relief

Hi All, I'm hoping to get some insight on programs. I have been teetering between MPA and MPH programs for the past few years and finding a program that offers a happy medium would be ideal. I am looking for a pretty interdisciplinary program, but I plan on working in stakeholders engagement, facilitating multi-sector partnership, coalition building, and collective impact projects. Applying to: NYU Wagner MPA and Boston Univ MPH, any other recommendations? Undergrad Institution: UC Irvine Undergrad GPA: 3.5 with lower grades in calculus courses Undergrad Major: Public Health Policy, BA GRE: Haven't taken it yet, but projected to be around 50% percentile. Standardized testing is not my strong suit. Age: 24, though I will be 25 by the time the Fall 2019 semester starts. Work Experience: Student government in college and served on advisory board (1 year), community engagement and health policy at University of California, San Francisco (2 years), department of public health (1 year) LORs: Good! 1 from college professor who nominated me for community service and engagement award when graduating. 1 from Department of Family Medicine Chair at UCSF. 1 from Executive Director of CBO and co-chair of ethnicity-based coalition. Essays: haven't written them yet. Thoughts: I am feeling pretty late in the game in terms of meeting Fall 2019 deadlines. Priority deadlines for both of these programs are in December, though they have rolling admissions up until April/ May. I am hoping to get everything in by February, with NYU being my first choice. Reading all of these posts is giving me a sense of imposter syndrome, so I am wondering if I should postpone to applying in Spring 2020? Also, math is really not a strong suit and it may be reflected when I take the GRE later this month. What other programs would you recommend for an interdisciplinary program? These programs are fairly different, but they have aspects of management, finance, needs assessment, and policy. Though my background is in health, I have always focused on more upstream interventions. I have reached that stage in my life, where I am ready and really willing to move out of San Francisco.