ec86 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Some MPH admissions decisions went up on results page today... still no PhD decisions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I went and had a look around the studentdoctor forums. Looks like the average GPA (based on whatever skews that sample, of course) is lower than I would have expected - plenty below 3.5, even. Of course, I couldn't always distinguish the MPH and PhD applicants. Still, gives me hope when everyone here (the GradCafe as a whole) seems to be 3.9 or thereabouts. I just want one solitary acceptance. And for the waiting to be over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 haha, well it's good to know that we dominate the student doctor people at least! I am getting so, so antsy waiting. Really, even a rejection at this point would at least be news. It's really the uncertainty that is driving me up the wall. But it's almost Feb when I'm sure the floodgates will open and then we will all be admitted with full fellowships!! (huzzah!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec86 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 The worst part about admissions in our field seems like acceptances are sent out first followed by rejections. So not hearing when other people are getting accepted spells certain doom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Actually does anyone know if UNC-CH does interview for PhD programs? I saw some for the masters level policy track mentioned on the student dr forum, but nothing about PhDs. I mean it seems odd that they would interview masters level people and not PhD applicants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Actually does anyone know if UNC-CH does interview for PhD programs? I saw some for the masters level policy track mentioned on the student dr forum, but nothing about PhDs. I mean it seems odd that they would interview masters level people and not PhD applicants! I don't know specifically if UNC does. But looking on the results boards from previous years, it seems that the same programmes and the same years interview some and directly admit others (I'm thinking of JHU in particular, but also some of the UC schools I think). Maybe it depends on your potential advisor - whether your application gives enough of an impression or they need more info? Or what other schools your applying - to whether they think you'll accept a place if offered? Who knows? Actually, that is probably the most unhelpful reply I've ever written. Sorry. Blame the waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec86 Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 First Berkeley result up, but for MPH. Unfortunately past PhD results for UCB have all been rejections and they came in March... looks like it's going to be no news in February=bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 So is the person who heard from Columbia here? What department did they transfer your application from and to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec86 Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 I'm surprised the coordinators are kind enough to do that, hehe. I'm curious to know from what department to what as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracecao Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 applied for Epi and no news yet!! guess this year Epi gonna be really competitive, at least at Columbia, so many MPH applied to the PhD program, more than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec86 Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Really? Darn, that's bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Wow, just got admitted to Chapel Hill this morning! Really excited! Recuitment day is in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Congratulations! Have you heard from anywhere else? Near as I can tell, acceptances seem to go out on Thursdays and Fridays... Anyone received an acceptance on a different day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Yay, Rutabaga!!!! Now I wish I'd applied to UNC (it wouuld have been a very poor fit) just to have a result by now. Same for Pittsburgh, Arizona, and Harvard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Two years funding for UNC! Seriously, I'm sort of having a panic attack about the whole thing. I'm really, really happy, but it all feels very different when you actually start thinking about the moving and stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec86 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Congrats Rutabaga for getting into one of the top schools of public health! I'm jealous, a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 lol, if it makes you feel any better the health policy and management ranking is technically not in the top 10 for the PhD (which is sort of weird!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 lol, if it makes you feel any better the health policy and management ranking is technically not in the top 10 for the PhD (which is sort of weird!) Where does one find these rankings? I've seen US News but everything is just "public health" - I can't find health policy specific rankings anywhere. So you think you'll go to UNC? Are you still waiting on other results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Here, they are under public affairs for some reason instead http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... lth_policy Well, I'm still waiting for JHU and GW (and Harvard, but I had a phone interview today and they are only admitting 2 people). It's really between JHU and UNC and I honestly can't decide at the moment (assuming I have a choice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ta! I'm hoping for JHU too, but I don't think that's very realistic. Do you know if (expenses paid) visit days are the norm for health policy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 OK, my first implied rejection: someone has heard from U Mich. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec86 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Do any of you know if JHU send out interview invitations or do they have direct acceptance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Do any of you know if JHU send out interview invitations or do they have direct acceptance? The results page from previous years has both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ec86 Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 I guess for health policy there are interviews. But for epi and public health there does not seem to be any. I was just wondering because I'm expecting decisions to be made in the next couple of weeks and hopefully we're still in the running. :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgey Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I dunno about epi, but I saw some health policy results that were both interviews and direct admits. I wonder which department the results listed as simply "public health" were? I think I'm hoping against interviews, myself. Obviously, I'm hoping we're still in the running! No results up yet, which is a good sign for us. There are a couple of masters decisions on the board. I predict I'll wake up Thur morning to a decision (i.e. they'll notify Wed am). If the person whose application got transferred between departments at Mailman is reading, I'm sure I'm not the only one very curious to know some more details...I understand it would be easy to identify you though, maybe you could make up a new username just for that? Pretty please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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