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  1. My gut tells me you're not in at the other schools that have yet to respond to you. It's pretty late in the game, and well past the April 15th date by which nearly all schools use as a cutoff date for notifications. Contact the other schools to see where you stand.
  2. I wouldn't go for a unfunded PhD, particularly in the humanities because there aren't a whole lot of job opportunities outside of the academic world. It doesn't make much financial sense. Also, is the PhD in English your ultimate dream? If not, I'd reconsider. There are plenty of fulfilling jobs you can have which you can still get involved with as a person possessing a master's degree.
  3. I didn't get into UCD's PhD program for Epidemiology, but got into several other highly reputable schools. Go figure. I don't know much about the MPA program, though.
  4. Great statement of purpose, great research experience, and great recommendations will get you into more programs than a great GPA or GRE score. Fact. That said, there can't be ANY glaring weak parts of your application, otherwise you won't even merit a second look.
  5. The big advantage that Harvard has that it's in Boston. Boston has a ridiculous number of public health government opportunities (state and city), non-profits, and educational (BU, Harvard, Tufts all have PH schools or programs). So there's plenty to seek out right in the city. The city of Boston also funds a TON of public health initiatives and Governor Deval Patrick is a big proponent of public health programs as is Boston Mayor Tom Menino (Boston Medical Center ER is named after him).
  6. To be fair, when you're looking at an issue like water, there is never going to be an end of issues with it. I really think this article is trying to focus our future academic pursuits on true life applications of whatever courses of study we assume. It would appear that there's a decreasing utility of a philosopher in the field of religion since the audience it reaches is limited and cannot be utilized to solve many of societal issues. He proposed a topic such as water so that many disciplines work in an interconnected way to resolve any issues surrounding it. The topic could very well become "War" or "Cancer", in which case he'd want resources in fields which might not even think about either topic to connect to solving the issues in those two fields.
  7. I think you made a fine choice. Don't let other's opinions bother you. It'll only ruin your experience. So what if you're not coming out of an Ivy? You get out of the program what you put in, remember that.
  8. Are a good fit with research interests? If not, you wouldn't get in with a 4.0 and 800V/800Q/6AQ GRE.
  9. That's interesting. In Epidemiology (a field of Public Health), I've noticed that the faculty at Harvard, Yale, and Boston University are largely composed of many of their own graduates. This might be the case because there are not a lot of schools of public health across the country (around 40), so you can't diversify THAT much. And as a point: I got my BA and MPH from the same school (Boston U). I'm doing my PhD at another (Yale).
  10. This op-ed is clearly aimed towards the arts and humanities since he complains about folks who get training in a field there's no professional field for. Not such an issue in sciences since half (or a little more) end up working industry. It makes me wonder, since he's chairman at Columbia's religion department, how many doctoral students they have that come in unfunded. That was a point he raised that students incur debt of over $100k (which only happens if you're unfunded). I think this op-ed could have been a bit more directed since generalizing these statements to all fields of study is clearly wrong.
  11. Relax and read some novels and magazines for pleasure. That's what I'm doing. You'll work hard enough when you're in school, don't stress yourself out when this is your last true summer off.
  12. If you're interested in a MPH degree, Boston University offers a concentration in Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights. Not many Schools of Public Health offer this concentration. If you look outside SPHs, I can't really help you there.
  13. Interesting. More credence to the GRE won't get you in logic. I had a distinctly average GRE score (520V, 730Q, 5AW) and I got into 4 schools.
  14. Depends on the school. Some schools will only offer spots to students if they can fund them (Yale is one of those). Other schools will accept students even without funding. Obviously, there's less funding available this year than in past years, so I would guess that admission #'s are down.
  15. Rescinding is not an option, it's something you have to go out of your way to find and do. That's why it's frowned upon.
  16. Weird. Wonder how the heck that happened. I'd be weirded out if a school that rejected me in January (that was my first rejection) accepted me now.
  17. I had a poor uGPA (2.85), average gGPA (3.45), average GRE scores (520V, 730Q, 5AW), but a great SoP and LoRs. I got into schools just fine.
  18. Backing up what most other folks have said. The math section is high school math. If you know algebra and geometry, you should score well into the 700s. Verbal is a bit trickier because it's dependent upon how well you know your vocab. Study adequately and you should post a reasonable score.
  19. You've made a decision and it'll be good. Now go out and get a friend to feed you some tough love.
  20. The difference between being an admitted student and accepting an admittance is completely different. As an admitted student, you're not taking up anyone's spot. If you don't respond by the deadline date, you're assumed to be not attending. The department takes a person off the waitlist. If you accept an offer and rescind your acceptance, you've already eliminated someone's chances of coming off a waitlist because the school had already sent the waitlist folks a rejection letter (since the spot is no longer available). Universities expect undergrads (where the are thousands of students) to drop out of commitments. Not graduate programs where the incoming class is 4.
  21. Big thing to remember is, it'll happen when it happens. If it's in grad school, great, if it's some time after, awesome. Nobody is destined to be alone forever
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  23. I worked exactly 40 hours a week. If I had class, I made up for lost work hours by adding hours elsewhere (either earlier in the day or stay late other days).
  24. BU rules. BU was my undergrad and master's. Lovely place. Hockey is sports culture there. But there's not a lot of sports culture.
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