PhD / DrPh Fall 2022

[smellycat]

10 minutes ago, as410tro said:

The thread seems so quiet this year..!?

I see that some received an invite to an interview for Harvard PHS- EH track, Congratulations! I wonder which specialisations received emails so far, and if I should consider myself rejected if I haven't heard anything back until now? Can anyone kindly share some information in case of an invite? i.e., if it was from a PI or the department, international/domestic, which other schools applied to etc. I asked how the interview process goes, but haven't heard anything back from the office.

I applied to Harvard, Columbia, Brown, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford. All EH or Epi.

Saw the same and was curious. I applied to Clinical epi in PHS at Harvard and haven't heard anything. Can't tell if it's a bad sign or just gotta wait haha

[eltee]

On 1/7/2022 at 12:53 PM, fingerscrossedphd said:

Hi, I haven’t heard back from JHU. From their info session online, review timeline is Dec-Feb, decisions will come March for DrPH apps. All decisions will come out the same time a with no rolling admissions. 
 

You can view the webinar here.  

I believe Harvard is releasing decisions at the end of this month. Hopkins is a bit later as mentioned. 

[as410tro]

3 minutes ago, smellycat said:

Saw the same and was curious. I applied to Clinical epi in PHS at Harvard and haven't heard anything. Can't tell if it's a bad sign or just gotta wait haha

I think it's hopeful in your case since clinical epi is under a different field from EH! Fingers crossed !?

[eltee]

4 minutes ago, eltee said:

I believe Harvard is releasing decisions at the end of this month. Hopkins is a bit later as mentioned. 

Nevermind - I just re-read the Harvard confirmation and they say they will release decisions mid-February to mid-march!

[Howisit2022already]

From last year's thread, it seems that first round interviews for Harvard's DrPH were sent out in early Jan, second round in early Feb, and final decisions were made by mid-Feb. I'm hoping the admissions team is taking longer because they were on a well deserved break over the holidays, and not because all interview invitations have been sent! ? 

 

[dulce923]

Has anyone heard back from Browns Health services research phd program? 

[eltee]

8 hours ago, Howisit2022already said:

From last year's thread, it seems that first round interviews for Harvard's DrPH were sent out in early Jan, second round in early Feb, and final decisions were made by mid-Feb. I'm hoping the admissions team is taking longer because they were on a well deserved break over the holidays, and not because all interview invitations have been sent! ? 

 

I wonder if they might have replaced interviews with the Kira Assessment? I attended several of the info sessions run by the admissions department and don't recall anyone ever mentioning an interview phase beyond what was required by the kira assessment... Unless anyone else here knows differently?

[XXXXXXphd2021]

On 1/7/2022 at 6:38 PM, XXXXXXphd2021 said:

Received an email today to talk from POI at UNC Health Policy and Management. I am an international student and my research interests might or might not fit with the program, so this could be for clarifications etc. (especially given the challenging funding situation for international students?)

I don't know if interview is a required component. Based on my understanding UNC tends to have a long stream of admissions etc.and different departments run differently. Last year I knew someone who didn't get interviews that get in UNC epi in March. 

Had the meeting today and I guessed right. It was mostly for clarifying my interests and training needs. POI said it’s still early in the review process and usually would hear back in 5-6 weeks or more. If nominated and awarded a fellowship then will hear back 2 weeks

[HopefulPhDinEPI]

Hi all,

I just found this wonderful thread. 

I was wondering if anyone knows when any news will come from any of the following - Columbia, BU, Pitt Public Health, NYU, Rutgers, Umass Amherst, UatAlbany, George Mason or Rochester?

I have applied for the PhD in Epidemiology program and have already received 3 rejections so I am freaking out right now?

Thanks in advance!

[smellycat]

22 hours ago, Howisit2022already said:

From last year's thread, it seems that first round interviews for Harvard's DrPH were sent out in early Jan, second round in early Feb, and final decisions were made by mid-Feb. I'm hoping the admissions team is taking longer because they were on a well deserved break over the holidays, and not because all interview invitations have been sent! ? 

 

It seems to not be following the same order this year as there have been very few invites from Harvard in PHS, especially in epidemiology... 

[as410tro]

5 minutes ago, smellycat said:

It seems to not be following the same order this year as there have been very few invites from Harvard in PHS, especially in epidemiology... 

oh did they already sent out invitation for Epi this year?

[smellycat]

4 minutes ago, as410tro said:

oh did they already sent out invitation for Epi this year?

not that I've seen, so it seems as though invites are not happening early Jan this year as we are already mid Jan..

[Howisit2022already]

15 hours ago, eltee said:

I wonder if they might have replaced interviews with the Kira Assessment? I attended several of the info sessions run by the admissions department and don't recall anyone ever mentioning an interview phase beyond what was required by the kira assessment... Unless anyone else here knows differently?

Hmm good point. I know they had the kira assessment for all applicants last year as well. I would be surprised if there were no additional interviews for such a competitive program. I guess the only way we'll know is if we hear from Harvard or if someone posts on gradcafe that they received an invite. 

1 hour ago, smellycat said:

It seems to not be following the same order this year as there have been very few invites from Harvard in PHS, especially in epidemiology... 

Yeah I noticed that too.. although one Epi interview just got posted on the results board today! Fingers crossed for all who applied.

[NervousPotato]

Just finished an interview with Duke Pop Health. Not very thrilled with how I did and I wouldn't be surprised to be rejected. Very basic questions (but the basic ones are the more difficult ones, aren't they). Twitter threads on PhD interviews were helpful in my preparation, but you can't be prepared enough I guess. One down, a lot of waiting to go.

All the best to everyone. We got this.

Edited January 11, 2022 by NervousPotato

[smellycat]

43 minutes ago, Howisit2022already said:

Hmm good point. I know they had the kira assessment for all applicants last year as well. I would be surprised if there were no additional interviews for such a competitive program. I guess the only way we'll know is if we hear from Harvard or if someone posts on gradcafe that they received an invite. 

Yeah I noticed that too.. although one Epi interview just got posted on the results board today! Fingers crossed for all who applied.

Just saw. 

Very curious as to who that was and must know their stats. hahah

[ScholarlyBaddie]

56 minutes ago, NervousPotato said:

Just finished an interview with Duke Pop Health. Not very thrilled with how I did and I wouldn't be surprised to be rejected. Very basic questions (but the basic ones are the more difficult ones, aren't they). Twitter threads on PhD interviews were helpful in my preparation, but you can't be prepared enough I guess. One down, a lot of waiting to go.

All the best to everyone. We got this.

Hi there! Sorry to hear you were not thrilled about how it went! But sending you some good vibes!

[al23224]

12 hours ago, XXXXXXphd2021 said:

Had the meeting today and I guessed right. It was mostly for clarifying my interests and training needs. POI said it’s still early in the review process and usually would hear back in 5-6 weeks or more. If nominated and awarded a fellowship then will hear back 2 weeks

Can I ask which concentration you applied to?

[XXXXXXphd2021]

53 minutes ago, al23224 said:

Can I ask which concentration you applied to?

I chose organization and implementation science. In my statement I listed two faculty, one in IS and one in Economics, so the POI wanted some clarification and said the one in economics was too busy to be a primary mentor, I didn’t mean to choose him to be a primary mentor anyways, so I think this interview was mostly for clarifications and may not be the norm. 

 

55 minutes ago, al23224 said:

Can I ask which concentration you applied to?

 

[PhD2022Fall]

Happy new year everyone!

I saw one person received an invite to an interview for Harvard PHS- Nutrition track. Has anyone received any interview invites from that track as well?

[PH2022FALL]

Hi all, I just wonder so far which school has already sent out decisions?

[A0315]

19 hours ago, NervousPotato said:

Just finished an interview with Duke Pop Health. Not very thrilled with how I did and I wouldn't be surprised to be rejected. Very basic questions (but the basic ones are the more difficult ones, aren't they). Twitter threads on PhD interviews were helpful in my preparation, but you can't be prepared enough I guess. One down, a lot of waiting to go.

All the best to everyone. We got this.

I also interviewed for Duke Pop health PhD yesterday! Definitely got some questions I wasn’t expecting but we will see what they think. Should be finding out final decisions for them before the end of the month, right? Any clues on how many ppl got interviews? 

[al23224]

19 hours ago, XXXXXXphd2021 said:

I chose organization and implementation science. In my statement I listed two faculty, one in IS and one in Economics, so the POI wanted some clarification and said the one in economics was too busy to be a primary mentor, I didn’t mean to choose him to be a primary mentor anyways, so I think this interview was mostly for clarifications and may not be the norm. 

 

 

Thanks for sharing! They said an interview was not required in the information session last November... I hope I still have a chance.

[eecjbear]

Hi everyone, 

I just had my first interview yesterday at UT for the epi program! I am very excited about it and got a non formal acceptance during the interview! I am still waiting to hear from Tulane (where I got my masters), Colorado, Boston, JHU, NYU, George Mason, Brown, Colombia, UNC, and Vanderbilt 

[EnviroEpi2022]

55 minutes ago, eecjbear said:

Hi everyone, 

I just had my first interview yesterday at UT for the epi program! I am very excited about it and got a non formal acceptance during the interview! I am still waiting to hear from Tulane (where I got my masters), Colorado, Boston, JHU, NYU, George Mason, Brown, Colombia, UNC, and Vanderbilt 

So exciting!!!!! I also applied for Epi, this waiting game is killing me. I have all my fingers crossed for hearing from Brown. I read on their school website that their Fall 2021 cohort was 2 students....

[HopefulPhDinEPI]

1 hour ago, eecjbear said:

Hi everyone, 

I just had my first interview yesterday at UT for the epi program! I am very excited about it and got a non formal acceptance during the interview! I am still waiting to hear from Tulane (where I got my masters), Colorado, Boston, JHU, NYU, George Mason, Brown, Colombia, UNC, and Vanderbilt 

Congratulations!!!!

Hopefully you will get all the other good news soon!