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Haha oh okay well then who knows what the real answer is.

Found out I am second on the JHU HSR waitlist. They had over 100 apps to the HSR track alone. Whoever else got accepted please decline! Lol. This seriously complicates my life. I don't really want to go to Minnesota but I will if I have to.

Just an email

Update: Was rejected from the Health Econ track but waitlisted for the Health Services Research and Policy track lol

Rejected from Hopkins as I expected - will be attending Minnesota next year!

I couldn't have said it any better! Haha

I believe they interviewed everyone, including myself, but something tells me I'll be attending Minnesota next year....

That's awesome! I'm hoping for the Health Econ track so we'll see lol

Congrats! Which concentration was this for?

If you already got into your top choice, not sure what the utility is of putting yourself through that haha.

JHU decisions for the HPM department supposedly come out this week. I believe they interview everyone who they are shortlisting to accept.

I realized that my top two choices are Minnesota and Hopkins - Minnesota because of ResDAC and their strong health econ / biostats departments, and Hopkins because its in my backyard (would allow me to stay close to my family), and because I did my MPH at Hopkins and enjoyed it. As for why I withdrew - BU's process is super drawn out for the caliber of the school and didn't seem worth it to continue, and I didn't feel like I vibed with Brown during interview day at all. Add to that I felt like they wasted our time selling us on the school when they were planning to reject 80% of us anyway haha.

Yea its honestly pretty frustrating that they don't advertise this info on their website or on SOPHAS before people apply, because they know if they did post the bit about limited funding, very few people would apply and thus they wouldn't get their app fees. Dishonest AF. It just rubbed me the wrong way.

Best of luck!

I just followed up with them and asked what the status was, and they shared an unofficial acceptance with me. I actually just withdrew due to the funding issue and the fact that I'm not a fan of DC's cost of living (I've lived here for many years but on a six-figure salary haha). I can't imagine doing it on 1/5th of my salary.

Rejections, Confirmed: UPenn Wharton Health Econ Ph.D Rejections, Silent: Harvard Health Policy Ph.D, Yale Health Policy Ph.D, Michigan Health Policy Ph.D Interviews, In Running: JHU Health Econ Ph.D Interviews, Withdrew: Brown HSR Ph.D, BU HSR Ph.D Acceptances, Withdrew: GWU Health Policy Ph.D Acceptances: UMN HSR Ph.D Down to two programs: UMN and JHU. Confirmed I'll likely hear about JHU sometime this week. *Crosses fingers*

Congrats! Which JHU program did you interview for?

Wasn't trying to be insensitive. DrPH programs are generally intended for working professionals and are more practice-based than research-based overall, and thus follow regular tuition like masters programs eventhough there is a dissertation component. Ph.D programs in public health are inherently research-based, and the assumption is that you're doing research with professors at the school to further their grant goals and thus the university should be expected to pay you and provide full tuition-remittance in return. If you receive a Ph.D offer of admission without a guaranteed funding package, or a partial funding package, it is implied that the university doesn't really want to invest in you / doesn't want you there. Usually funding packages are what tie you to the department you're working towards your Ph.D in. Here is a decent reddit thread on the subject:

Update: Received a separate email from the chair of the UMN HSR admissions committee that the program does offer full funding for four years, which contradicts what is on their official website haha.

Yes I noticed the same thing in the offer letter haha. I likely won't attend unless they can guarantee funding.

110% do not do an un-funded Ph.D. You will regret it foreverrrrrrrr

Nice!! Best of luck to you! I will say that there was no mention of funding so I dunno what that looks like.

Update: Received official admission to University of Minnesota Health Services Research, Policy and Administration Ph.D a few minutes ago. Rejections: UPenn Wharton Health Econ Ph.D Interviews: JHU Health Econ Ph.D, Brown HSR Ph.D, BU HSR Ph.D, GWU Health Policy Ph.D Acceptances: UMN HSR Ph.D, GWU Health Policy Ph.D Silence: Harvard, Yale, Michigan

Update: Received notification of recommendation for acceptance to GWU Health Economics and Policy PhD this morning.

You should have received an agenda from Catherine Leopold on Monday.