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Congrats to you all!!!! How exciting

Awesome!! How did they notify you?

Congrats!! What concentration and when/ how did you find out?!

I just had a really awesome opportunity where I advocated to one of the Top 10 largest grocery stores how their product placement affects the ability of food allergy sufferes to buy groceries safely. Due to that advocacy, they are rolling out a new company wide policy change that will better serve over 50% of their allergy sufferers safely grocery shop without the risk of airborne particles causing reactions and mitigating croos-contamination on packaging!

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I'm pursuing MAP. I have two areas of focus (of course that could potentially change). I want to advocate at the intersection of policy, legal advocacy and direct care for survivors of Domestic Abuse. I would like to do program development for preventative measures (such as education and awareness), and I would like to improve direct care surfaces to survivors by reforming some of the practices an policies and advocating for increased legal rights. My second focus is to advocate for those (like myself) who suffer from severe food allergies. I would advocate for their rights in the workplace, government appropriations, and increased awareness of disability status. Im not sure what that all looks like yet! I'm hoping to learn a lot during grad school and grow as an advocate and policy reformer/program developer! There is a long journey for that and I don't expect to be able to tackle it all at once after grad school, but that's my life passion.

Wow, that sounds great, and there is definitely a need!

What's your goal with CFS?

Awesome!! good luck!!

I applied to MAP. What do you want to use the Health concentration for?

I honestly don't think Berkeley will take funding into consideration, although I could be wrong. I have heard that they are primarily looking for students with enough experience to have a foundation, but still be open to learning more and growing that foundation. I think your lack of experience will hurt you the most. I think the grades they could look past if you had great experience, but without that I don't think they would highly consider you unless you can bring something completely unique to the program.

It was also uncool that for 2 days in a row I got 2 huge white envelopes in my mail not admissions-related...the only time I was disappointed by getting Benefits information lol

Congrats!

Im glad I'm not the only one constantly re-checking my email! I added a shortcut to the application status login website for my iPhone so now it's like an app button! lol ....I just wish we could get it over with!!! The anticipation is worse than Christmas morning when I was 6 lol!!

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Let's take a poll! Who thinks we will find out: A) today tommorrow C) Thursday D) Friday E) Never

@annibinani... What were your stats/ experience when you applied, and when was your app complete?

Me too! I keep checking and make an angry face at my phone when I see the SAME page over and over again, lol.

Wow! Who did you receive the application status email from?

Does anyone feels like March days are painfully long?

Did you receive an email letting you know to check the status of your application, and that a decision had been made, or did you just continually check on Wolverine Access?

Also consider the Financial state of your employer. Hiring and training new employees is one of the most expensive items companies face. It's one thing to hire someone, and a completely other for that person to be proficiently immersed in SOP, knowledge of company contacts, insider knowledge, and the ability to accurately represent the brand of the company (even of not-for-profit). It sounds like your employer will need someone adequately trained if you're going throug a transition (and will be still during your departure). If that is the case, I would budget enough time you think it would take them to hire and allow you 1-2 weeks to train that new-hire. Just don't give them extra time that they can utilize to hire someone else and then let you go before you're ready to leave.

I work at a large instituition with a lot of bureaucracy. I plan to give 6 weeks notice because it will take that amount of time to interview and hire someone through the various processes. This will also allow me to train them, as I stepped into my position with no training and had to completely overhaul how things were done through developing and implementing new policy and procedure. I say that the most important factors are: 1). Can someone do what you're doing? 2). How big is your department? How many employees will be burdened by your departure if no one is hired to replace you immediately? 3). How long will it take to train someone to be as proficient as you currently are? 4). How long is the hiring process generally for your position? 5). Are their major events/conferences/meetings/etc planned around the time of your departure? If so, account for that as time your employer will be unable to search for a replacement.

It's March! Yay!

Is your application listed as complete?