PhD / DrPh Fall 2022

[Photo Light]

4 minutes ago, RMSK said:

Have you heard anything from them? Are you a domestic or international applicant?

Not yet, you? International (US) and you? Did you also apply to Toronto and if so, what concentration?

[RMSK]

1 hour ago, Photo Light said:

Yes I applied to UToronto - Epi

 

13 minutes ago, Photo Light said:

Not yet, you? International (US) and you? Did you also apply to Toronto and if so, what concentration?

No nothing yet, I also applied for the epi stream. I’m a domestic applicant 

[Photo Light]

31 minutes ago, RMSK said:

 

No nothing yet, I also applied for the epi stream. I’m a domestic applicant 

Good luck to you!

[RMSK]

12 minutes ago, Photo Light said:

Good luck to you!

Thanks! You as well!

[PH2022FALL]

The waiting game is so tough  

[Billowack]

47 minutes ago, PH2022FALL said:

The waiting game is so tough  

It is! It was easy to put out of my mind before the New Year, but now I can't stop obsessing about it. 

[PH2022FALL]

22 minutes ago, Billowack said:

It is! It was easy to put out of my mind before the New Year, but now I can't stop obsessing about it. 

I really think the community here is really precious! At least we know we are not alone! The best is yet to come! 

[Howisit2022already]

I wonder if admissions committee panels ever check gradcafe and see us all panicking ?

Can anyone who has heard back from Harvard DrPH about interviews please put me out of my misery

[EpiHopeful22]

Hi everyone! I have been lurking for a while, but haven't posted yet. I was wondering if it is normal to have more than one professor interview you for a PhD program? I had an interview with a PI for the Harvard Population Health PhD program this week, but had another PI reach out to me to interview with them next week. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks and good luck everyone! ?

[Ehphd]

24 minutes ago, EpiHopeful22 said:

Hi everyone! I have been lurking for a while, but haven't posted yet. I was wondering if it is normal to have more than one professor interview you for a PhD program? I had an interview with a PI for the Harvard Population Health PhD program this week, but had another PI reach out to me to interview with them next week. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks and good luck everyone! ?

Wow congratulations!! I would say the more interested supervisors the merrier!?
May I ask which track you applied to and PIs that contacted if you'd be okay with sharing?

Edited January 14, 2022 by Ehphd

[studyepi]

2 hours ago, EpiHopeful22 said:

Hi everyone! I have been lurking for a while, but haven't posted yet. I was wondering if it is normal to have more than one professor interview you for a PhD program? I had an interview with a PI for the Harvard Population Health PhD program this week, but had another PI reach out to me to interview with them next week. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks and good luck everyone! ?

From my understanding, the way harvard epi phs works is that subcommittees meet first (so, the specialization/tracks) and then they have PIs reach out to people to gauge you research interests/fit, and then the whole committee meets to discuss further and decide on who/best fit later on. So, if your application is sort of at the intersection of more than one specialization in epi, it might just be two different specializations/subcommittees trying to see which faculty in their area you might fit best with

 

[hsr21_]

Received interview invitation from GW health policy.

Edited January 14, 2022 by hsr21_

[Photo Light]

Hi everyone,

I saw that JHU and UPenn sent out interviews for Epi PhD today - I'm super happy for those people, but am also worried because I haven't heard anything yet and I applied to both schools! Anyone in the same boat? 

[HopefulPhDinEPI]

Just received my 4th rejection!

Bye bye Pitt Public Health!

Feeling very gutted right now!!!

8 more to go!!!! Fingers crossed

[ScholarlyBaddie]

Hi ya'll. I interviewed yesterday with Oregon State University for their PhD program. I think I could have done better but my nerves got the best of me. Hoping they did not notice as much as I did haha. But we shall see. ?

[genepi22]

Hey everyone, just wanted to share that I interviewed with Harvard PHS-Epi earlier this week (got an email from a PI I'd mentioned on my app), and it seems like they're still a few weeks out from sending decisions. 

[smellycat]

If we haven't heard from Harvard or JHU re: interviews for the epi tracks, should we be worried? 

[Photo Light]

1 hour ago, smellycat said:

If we haven't heard from Harvard or JHU re: interviews for the epi tracks, should we be worried? 

I am in the same boat! Wondering if I should lose hope about JHU yet lol. Based on last year's results, it looks like a bunch of JHU interviews were sent out around Jan 20-21 2021, so maybe there's still hope for us? 

[smellycat]

Man I'm starting to lose all hope. One rejection from Oxford and doesn't look good for these either haha. It's my first time applying so this is a nice reality check

[smellycat]

11 hours ago, Photo Light said:

I am in the same boat! Wondering if I should lose hope about JHU yet lol. Based on last year's results, it looks like a bunch of JHU interviews were sent out around Jan 20-21 2021, so maybe there's still hope for us? 

Oh hmm.. Here's to hoping!! I assume if nothing next week then it's a no go

[h1n1_]

Has anyone received news for DrPH applications? I put all my eggs in one basket (JHU - Health Security) and the anticipation is killing me!

[Purpley]

6 hours ago, h1n1_ said:

Has anyone received news for DrPH applications? I put all my eggs in one basket (JHU - Health Security) and the anticipation is killing me!

All my eggs are in JHU's basket too. 

They will not be sending out decisions until March and you will only be contacted for an interview if there are points in your application that need clarification. I am not expecting to hear back until March. 

It's easier said than done, but nothing good will come out of stressing. The way I see it, I submitted the best application I could and if I get rejected, it just means that there were better people out there. 

I hope this helps ?

[Photo Light]

12 minutes ago, Purpley said:

All my eggs are in JHU's basket too. 

They will not be sending out decisions until March and you will only be contacted for an interview if there are points in your application that need clarification. I am not expecting to hear back until March. 

It's easier said than done, but nothing good will come out of stressing. The way I see it, I submitted the best application I could and if I get rejected, it just means that there were better people out there. 

I hope this helps ?

Do you know if the same applies to PhD applicants? 

[PH2022FALL]

it looks like it was a radio-silence week for most of us...I wonder if we will hear back soon from major epi/public health sciences programs?

[publichealthnerdd]

23 minutes ago, PH2022FALL said:

it looks like it was a radio-silence week for most of us...I wonder if we will hear back soon from major epi/public health sciences programs?

Brown’s interview day for all programs is next Friday so hopefully at least those waiting on them it should be soon