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I never thought of that! It's possible that some of us will be at the same schools even. Maybe we need some secret signal...

Glad you're feeling well enough to join us today!

Congratulations, Texasgrad! Are you the Health Services Org and Policy on the results board?

I dunno about epi, but I saw some health policy results that were both interviews and direct admits. I wonder which department the results listed as simply "public health" were? I think I'm hoping against interviews, myself. Obviously, I'm hoping we're still in the running! No results up yet, which is a good sign for us. There are a couple of masters decisions on the board. I predict I'll wake up Thur morning to a decision (i.e. they'll notify Wed am). If the person whose application got transferred between departments at Mailman is reading, I'm sure I'm not the only one very curious to know some more details...I understand it would be easy to identify you though, maybe you could make up a new username just for that? Pretty please?

The results page from previous years has both.

Well, we're all budding researchers - someone should set up a study! Seriously, the reason it hasn't been done is that it would be near impossible to get a denominator. THe only way I can see to get every applicant is to get data from every single programme and do some kind of data matching to get a list of applicants. So maybe not IMPOSSIBLE, but incredibly labour intensive. And I think actually having the numbers would be more depressing!

There have been a couple of Public Health PhDs on the results page. U Arizona, UPitt, UNC, UMich. I'm waiting for Columbia and Hopkins too. In previous years, the results page has had notices from these programmes mid-Feb onwards.

Sadly making my first post on this thread. Someone was accepted to UMich Health Services Organisation and Policy today. I thought it was one of my stronger applications in terms of writing sample and SoP, probably less of a good fit for matching research interests than other places. I have been mentally preparing myself for 100% rejection, but I'm still disappointed.

OK, my first implied rejection: someone has heard from U Mich. Sigh.

Ta! I'm hoping for JHU too, but I don't think that's very realistic. Do you know if (expenses paid) visit days are the norm for health policy?

Where does one find these rankings? I've seen US News but everything is just "public health" - I can't find health policy specific rankings anywhere. So you think you'll go to UNC? Are you still waiting on other results?

Yay, Rutabaga!!!! Now I wish I'd applied to UNC (it wouuld have been a very poor fit) just to have a result by now. Same for Pittsburgh, Arizona, and Harvard.

OTT=over the top. I don't think it's an internet specific acronym though.

I live several time zones away from where addmission decisions are trickling down, and it should be to my advantage. When I get up in the morning, it's mid-late afternoon the previous day. By late morning, normal business hours are over. So that's a very short window for obsessively checking my email, applicaiton status, etc. Of course, I actually spend nearly every waking minute either doing those things, or on grad cafe. As someone else said, who actually needs to write a thesis?

Indeed it is nopm. At least, the situation as described is almost identical. To be fair, I don't think it's a troll. I think the tone of lots of the posts under the nopm moniker were borderline hysterical and generally a bad reflection on the OP. Seems the OP, recognising this, is trying to reinvent him/herself minus the OTT-ness.

Just because you change username does not mean this is your first posting here. Some people would be annoyed at answering several questions, having the OP deleted, and then having the exact same situation presented looking for answers to the same questions under a different username. 26 is not old. You can feel however you want. Admission committees aren't going to not admit you because you're 26. You are understandably looking for reassurance, but no-one here is prescient or omniscient. It is common for people to improve their study habits/find their niche late in their studies and admissions committees take this into account.

So is the person who heard from Columbia here? What department did they transfer your application from and to?

"Your application has been sent to the Admissions Committee for review. Please note that the length of review can vary; a representative from the Department will contact you and notification will be posted on this page when a decision has been made. If you have questions during the review process you may contact the Academic Coordinator within your Department / Program. The Admissions Office does not release decision information. Note: Incomplete documents below are still required."

I was surpired to not be ticking the $1000 box. But, my currency has lost a bout 1/3 of its value against the US$ in the last few months, so I still feel very broke!

So, it's a good thing to make it into this list, right?

Yup, I'm pretty subversive.

Yip, by far THE weirdest poll I've ever seen :wink:

I went to add new options, didn't realise it would lose the existing votes. Doh!

I'm thinking it's not a good idea to be on the prowl in your own department. Personally, I'm hoping to find a Prince Charming who isn't a student at all. That would necessiate getting a life, of course, which isn't seeming particularly likely!

See if they have an online status checker, though they are often unreliable. When is the deadline? Lots of places don't send "you're missing XYZ" info till the deadline has passed.