DrPH2025
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For posterity, at this time UNC doesn't do any financial aid for the DrPH. However, occasionally we get emails for smaller scholarships that can be a nice gift but are small compared to the total cost. The most common form of financial assistance is employer tuition assistance (or none). I'll DM you my email.
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UNC has 15 spots for the DrPH. Most people accept but if people decline then they would get someone else to fill the spot. It's an amazing program.
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It means you got on their mailing list
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I know this may not help with anxiety but I'll share the info. I was accepted into a DrPH program last year and rejected at some. Now that I've started the program it's very clear that it was the best fit for me, which is why I got in. Interviews are not a reliable measure of acceptance. Some people get accepted without interviews. Some programs say they aren't required but they interview everyone anyway. It's just hard to know so don't torture yourself by guessing. One year ago this week I was OBSESSIVELY hitting refresh on my phone looking for news about my applications. I told myself it was bad for my mental health but I couldn't resist. I really wish I let it go and wait for the response to come to me without obsessing over it. I was on the trip of a lifetime in late February, at the literal end of the Earth in Ushuaia, Argentina. And yet every time I got service I hit refresh on my applications. I got one rejection during that time. I let this take some really good days from me where I wish I was enjoying myself more. I returned, just as the pandemic was hitting the US. Work got turned upside down and then I got a wonderful acceptance. I'm not going to offer platitudes of "let it go and what will happen, will happen." I will just say that obsessing doesn't change the outcome, it only makes the process more painful for you. If you can, truly let it go when you can no longer control the outcome. Good luck!
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The ones that have the hybrid on site + remote that I remember are UNC, Hopkins, UIC, and possibly Texas. I'm sure there are others. This was a requirement for me since I couldn't do a program in residency, except the one program near me which was PhD not DrPH.
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Last year I heard back from UIC, JHU, and UNC in mid Feb-March
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Have you considered non-residential programs? Some of the programs have occasional travel for a week on site, and then you go home. In the grand scheme of things the cost of travel is not huge compared with tuition.
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I only know the applicant numbers because I am currently in the program and have heard through the grapevine.
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UNC is still going through apps. They received almost double the number of applicants from last year, and last year was already a record year. They have 15 spots available and probably approaching 300 applicants. It's a great program (UNC is ranked the top DrPH program, but Hopkins is ranked the best public health school). I trust that if you apply to a few schools of interest and work hard on your essay being honest you will get accepted to the program that fits best. Good luck!
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Last year I heard from Hopkins first and then UNC. Both were in late February.
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For what it's worth I think my interview was terrible and I got in
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They don't tell you what goes on behind the curtain and what I think got me accepted or rejected is just my guess. The interview is definitely crucial though. Although I think if you get an interview it's yours to lose. If you make it that far your odds are good. In the program where I got accepted they were creating a very specific collage of diversity - diverse backgrounds, interests, race, gender, and expertise. It wasn't clear to me until I joined that I was a missing puzzle piece in what they were making. So this is the catch..lean into what makes you special. If you are the right fit for what they need you'll get in. I wasn't the right fit for some programs and got accepted at the perfect program for me. I just didn't know it at the time. So you've got to have decent grades and GREs (at least used to, guess they are waived a lot now). It seems the verbal GRE favors English first language folks. Anyway, once you get past the hurdle of grades and GREs your essay has to be poignant and real. I'm not going to get into that because there are tons of resources on that, but it's very important. Show purpose and passion for what you want to do. Then if you make the interview relax, be honest, and if it's meant to be it will be.
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I am in my first year of a DrPH program. I can tell you that I learned about my rejection/acceptance during Feb and March before COVID really hit I was in Chile as it was unfolding, on the trip of a lifetime. Hiking Patagonia, touring Argentina... and obsessively refreshing my phone at the hotel so much that I was hiding it from my wife because I was crazy. It's a tough type of torture. I wish I had advice but it was like that until I accepted my offer. Breathe deep and know it is out of your hands until an interview. Let go, if you can. Hope you can maintain your mental health better than I did. Good luck and see you on the other side!
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I'm at UNC. PM me if you have questions or if you get in. It's a fantastic program and they have the distance part dialed in.
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I just wrote a long reply and lost it accidentally clicking on an ad. Oof. Here's the summary of what I wrote and if you're interested I'm happy to share more. I applied to Hopkins and UNC. GRE was 96V/64Q/98W%. I have 20 years in healthcare, 15 in leadership, and the past 8 years at C-level leadership for a good sized health organization. I was rejected at Hopkins and accepted at UNC which turned out to be a WAY better fit for me. I didn't know it early on, but the lockstep format at UNC and the senior level of students is a much better fit. Perhaps Hopkins saw that and maybe the schools even talk (if that's allowed) and steered me to UNC. If I had to guess, I would say my essay was hyper focused on one area of practice, which aligned with the Bloomberg Scholar program which I was also trying to get into. So maybe I screwed up on trying so hard to get into the Bloomberg program that I didn't demonstrate my other interests. And I also think they lacked professors with my particular interest (they were hiring at the time). Or maybe they didn't like something else. I share this to say that the data you shared should not make you confident that you'll get in. Those numbers get them to look at you, but the qualitative part is very important. Clearly it was the qualitative part that got me rejected. I was shocked and crestfallen when I didn't get in, but whether it was by design or dumb luck I ended up in the perfect program for me. I don't mean to be a downer in the least. Quite the opposite. If you are a good fit you should get in, but it won't be your gmGRE and grades that decide it. Good luck!
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I received unofficial notification of admission on March 10, and then official acceptance was processed about a week later. They gave us until April 15 to pay the $250 deposit to guarantee a spot in the program. If anyone else is starting the UNC DrPH please direct message me. We have a Whatsapp chat going with the current cohort members that we know and we can add you.
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That's great! I think schools are a bit terrified right now of getting enough students. The ratio of offers to acceptance has to have gone down recently with COVID and a recession. Also, on the undergrad side a lot of students are saying they will defer if the COVID shutdown continues, dealing a huge financial hit to universities. My daughter is a graduating HS senior and her friends are looking forward to going to school on campus for freshman year, but many will take a gap year if it's online still in the fall. Glad they came back and recognized your qualifications. Good luck!
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Congratulations! Good luck on making your choice. I accepted at UNC Gillings and have been impressed with their organization so far. It's a cohort of 15 people and they said that they had a 50% increase in applications this year - a record. It sounds like it was a very competitive year for all the public health programs.
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I am doing the DrPH / Executive Doctoral Program in Public Health Leadership. It's a 2 year lockstep cohort model for classes with 3 on-campus visits a year and the rest is remote. After 2 years is dissertation work. I believe classes are live once a week for three hours online, perhaps recorded. Working is actually a requirement of the program.
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I got the official UNC offer and accepted. Just sharing for anyone wondering about timing. Good luck on the UIC interview and apps that are in process.
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I'm not too familiar with the Arizona DrPH since it is an on-campus program and I couldn't do that. The application is through SOPHAS so you can probably check there to see if they are still accepting apps.
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For anyone getting rejections or starting to sweat about not get into programs: there are still some options out there accepting applications. I got an email today from UTHealth saying that they extended their DrPH application deadline to May 1 for both summer and fall 2020 admission. They are in SOPHAS. If a Doctorate in Healthcare Administration (DHA) is of interest I know that MUSC is seeking applications and others are still accepting applications as well. What a time to be in public health. The world needs you! Good luck!
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@drphlongshot I'll send you a PM regarding UIC. My status has not been updated on the web portal.
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I learned today that I was recommended for admission to UNC with the official offer coming in the next week or two from the admissions office! I plan on accepting the offer and am excited about the program. I work full time in an executive leadership position so this is a perfect fit. The news came just in time as I just heard in the past week that I am not getting into UIC or Hopkins. I have to say I spent the last week in a bit of turmoil worried that I wouldn't get into UNC either, but it all worked out great. It seems that the best program for me found me through the selection process. While I was excited about Hopkins because they have some specific focus areas that are of high interest to me, I think the UNC program will be a better fit with the cohort model and I can use the dissertation to delve into my areas of interest.
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I bet you are a rock star and that's why you got the early acceptance. They didn't give you much time to decide so that they can send out more acceptances based on your response.
