PhD/DrPH (Public Health) Fall 2024 - The Grad Cafe Forums

[aDrPH]

On 3/3/2024 at 11:12 AM, Maydayx said:

How are my JHU DrPH comrades holding up?

Anxiously awaiting!! Hopkins and Tulane are the last 2 schools from which I’m waiting to hear. 🤞🏼

[onelastshot]

Hello all fellow JHU DrPH applicants.....suffering. I feel you. I can't focus and am a bundle of nerves. Applied in 2020 (for 2021) and made it onto the waitlist- that was as far as I got. I feel like this application is significantly better this time round, but I've resided in the idea I'll be rejected. Have seen some people were interviewed, and I am guessing this might be specific per chosen stream/school. I've applied to the health security track, and just wondering if there is anyone else that has as well? Any further intel/progress- get an interview? I just want this to be over already.

[Mamitis]

15 minutes ago, aDrPH said:

Anxiously awaiting!! Hopkins and Tulane are the last 2 schools from which I’m waiting to hear. 🤞🏼

Samesies. What a ride. 

[dragonfly2024]

47 minutes ago, onelastshot said:

Hello all fellow JHU DrPH applicants.....suffering. I feel you. I can't focus and am a bundle of nerves. Applied in 2020 (for 2021) and made it onto the waitlist- that was as far as I got. I feel like this application is significantly better this time round, but I've resided in the idea I'll be rejected. Have seen some people were interviewed, and I am guessing this might be specific per chosen stream/school. I've applied to the health security track, and just wondering if there is anyone else that has as well? Any further intel/progress- get an interview? I just want this to be over already.

Also wondering which tracks did interviews and which didn't.

[Maydayx]

Does anyone have any idea how many folks they admit per track? I tried to get an idea by going over the basic admissions info but it’s pretty vague. 

[EpiCurvesandCrochet]

8 hours ago, dragonfly2024 said:

Also wondering which tracks did interviews and which didn't.

When I reached out to admissions to get an idea of timeline and next steps, they told me that an interview is not required. I don’t know if they looked at what track I applied to before they responded but that was the information they gave me in their response email. I applied to implementation science for context. 

[Patiently__Waiting]

Hi! Has anyone heard back from UCSD? I checked the portal but still nothing...

[_kita]

10 hours ago, onelastshot said:

Hello all fellow JHU DrPH applicants.....suffering. I feel you. I can't focus and am a bundle of nerves. Applied in 2020 (for 2021) and made it onto the waitlist- that was as far as I got. I feel like this application is significantly better this time round, but I've resided in the idea I'll be rejected. Have seen some people were interviewed, and I am guessing this might be specific per chosen stream/school. I've applied to the health security track, and just wondering if there is anyone else that has as well? Any further intel/progress- get an interview? I just want this to be over already.

Interviews are rare and in the minority across all the tracks, I believe. Likely there's a fit question, or clarification the admission committee wants, that they didn't garner from the application itself. So it's really a "let me double check that specific candidate." The Bloomberg Overdose Prevention candidate I spoke to was never interviewed, nor was she aware of anyone in her cohort who was. She said, "maybe one or two?"

[Ologyswan]

I got notification that I'm waitlisted for JHU DrPH this morning 

[DelaineTheBrain]

Someone on the Results page (https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php) has stated they've been waitlisted for JHU DrPH. 

Edited March 5, 2024 by DelaineTheBrain
Oh nevermind! The person has shared above!

[PublicHealthSLP]

No notification on my end yet from JHU. Good luck to everyone!!!

[Ologyswan]

12 hours ago, onelastshot said:

Hello all fellow JHU DrPH applicants.....suffering. I feel you. I can't focus and am a bundle of nerves. Applied in 2020 (for 2021) and made it onto the waitlist- that was as far as I got. I feel like this application is significantly better this time round, but I've resided in the idea I'll be rejected. Have seen some people were interviewed, and I am guessing this might be specific per chosen stream/school. I've applied to the health security track, and just wondering if there is anyone else that has as well? Any further intel/progress- get an interview? I just want this to be over already.

I also applied to health security - although I've been waitlisted. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

[123_DrPH]

Did you receive the JHU DrPH waitlist notification via email or saw it on the portal? 

[Ologyswan]

5 minutes ago, healthequityMImi said:

Did you receive the JHU DrPH waitlist notification via email or saw it on the portal? 

I got an email at 7:38 CT this morning with subject "there has been an update on your application" then had to go into the portal and click through to see the new status.

[Maydayx]

11 hours ago, dragonfly2024 said:

Also wondering which tracks did interviews and which didn't.

I applied to health equity and social justice and did not interview. 

[wurtzite]

1 minute ago, Maydayx said:

I applied to health equity and social justice and did not interview. 

I applied to the health security and addiction overdose fellowship. No interview. No notification this AM.

[_kita]

Health Policy and Management Track - Overdose Prevention Fellowship. No interview. I did meet with a faculty member and, then later on, with a member of the Bloomberg Overdose Prevention Initiative project back in August though to share my goals and see if it would be a fit.

[123_DrPH]

5 minutes ago, Ologyswan said:

I got an email at 7:38 CT this morning with subject "there has been an update on your application" then had to go into the portal and click through to see the new status.

Oh okay, I guess it’s good to know they are starting to send out notifications…Best of luck to you!

[dragonfly2024]

I also got a notification from JHU this morning at 7:38 CT. I was accepted into the Environmental Health DrPH track. Good luck everyone!

[aDrPH]

Has anyone received a decision update from the Hopkins DrPH Health Equity and Social Justice concentration yet? 

[Taytou]

received a positive answer for the DrPH in Global health (Hopkins) - 1 hour ago. 

[DelaineTheBrain]

5 minutes ago, aDrPH said:

Has anyone received a decision update from the Hopkins DrPH Health Equity and Social Justice concentration yet? 

Not yet  My husband sent me to a spa for the day where they are locking up my phone because I'm losing it...  Hopefully, we'll all know something by my return tonight 🫠

[aDrPH]

Just now, DelaineTheBrain said:

Not yet  My husband sent me to a spa for the day where they are locking up my phone because I'm losing it...  Hopefully, we'll all know something by my return tonight 🫠

That’s so thoughtful of your husband!  Wishing all of us the best!!

[_kita]

2 minutes ago, DelaineTheBrain said:

Not yet  My husband sent me to a spa for the day where they are locking up my phone because I'm losing it...  Hopefully, we'll all know something by my return tonight 🫠

I know that feeling! After every result, I'm refreshing my phone 🤣Spent the morning filling out birthday cards for my son, and trying to get my head back in the game for meetings this afternoon. Refreshing data spreadsheets is not a cognitive intensive enough task right now to distract me.

[MDA24]

Has anyone heard from USC since the prospective student day on Feb 5th?