When did you apply and when are you hearing back?

[FreeRadical]

Congrats everyone. I'm still waiting on 5 out of 6 PhD programs in epidemiology. It sounds like master's programs are decided first.

 

For my part, the University of Washington deadline was December 15 and I got notified about being waitlisted on February 5. The rest of the schools' deadlines (in my signature) were either December 1 or 15, except for UIC which was February 1.

 

Question for Johns Hopkins applicants: What's the deal with the phone interview? This website says that interviews aren't required, but... "an interview may be required prior to an admissions decision." The Grad Cafe results page shows that several people had phone interviews in the last 2 weeks. Can you tell if it's supposed to help them decide about people on the fence, or is it to make more solid plans with their top applicants?

Edited February 10, 2014 by FreeRadical

[sharonnyc]

Hey FreeRadical, welcome to the epi PhD waiting game... It is definitely not fun!

 

Congrats everyone. I'm still waiting on 5 out of 6 PhD programs in epidemiology. Seems like master's programs are decided first.

 

For my part, the University of Washington deadline was December 15 and I got notified about being waitlisted on February 5. The rest of the schools' deadlines (in my signature) were either December 1 or 15, except for UIC which was February 1.

 

People have been reporting rejections from Michigan and Johns Hopkins in the last two weeks. So far so good...

[Jokenberry]

Hello. 

 

Stats:

3.4-3.45 GPA

162-164v, 160-161q, 5W

Roughly 4 years of work experience

 

Applied (All HMP): Michigan, Minnesota, UNC, Johns Hopkins, MUSC, USC, Columbia (All between November 19th and November 27th)

Accepted: Michigan (Interview Jan. 22, accepted the following week), Minnesota (interview early Feb, accepted 3 days later)

Withdrawn: UNC (invited to interview in early Jan, scheduled for late Feb), MUSC (invited to interview in early Feb, scheduled for late Feb)

Waiting: JHU (nothing from them), USC (according to SDN Forums, we should hear late feb/early march), Columbia (informal interview in late Jan)

 

For those asking about Columbia interviewing. I applied to the HMP program in late november and receiving an email informing me that I would be contacted by a current student in the coming days. I was contacted between Jan 29-Jan31 (only a few days later) and participated in a brief interview (goals? why columbia? etc...)

 

If anyone wants more info from me, please feel free to ask. 

Edited February 10, 2014 by Jokenberry

[123hardasABC]

Emory's admit package is a leather-bound notepad. I almost feel bad for turning them down.

[Joan_bunny]

Congrats everyone. I'm still waiting on 5 out of 6 PhD programs in epidemiology. It sounds like master's programs are decided first.

 

For my part, the University of Washington deadline was December 15 and I got notified about being waitlisted on February 5. The rest of the schools' deadlines (in my signature) were either December 1 or 15, except for UIC which was February 1.

 

Question for Johns Hopkins applicants: What's the deal with the phone interview? This website says that interviews aren't required, but... "an interview may be required prior to an admissions decision." The Grad Cafe results page shows that several people had phone interviews in the last 2 weeks. Can you tell if it's supposed to help them decide about people on the fence, or is it to make more solid plans with their top applicants?

Shake hands, FreeRadical, I'm also on UW's waitlist....

[faithfullywaiting]

Just heard from UW---I'm also wait-listed.

 

And I also checked Johns Hopkins admission website out of impatience and found out about my rejection :/

 

One more school to hear from. 

 

Accepted: 1/6

Waitlisted: 1/6

Rejected: 3/6

[GradSchooler]

Has anyone heard from BU's MS in health services research program? I saw some phd results come out on the results search but no masters.

[kbui]

Typically the emails come from webadmit.org - it's an organization that sends out acceptance/rejection/waitlist emails for schools and all the email addresses are "donotreply@webadmit.org". 

 

Afterwards I've been getting some personal emails from admissions officers/heads of departments/faculty/potential advisors/students and those necessitate some response (and a thank you!). 

 

Oh, I didn't realize that we should email back to say thank you. Should I do that now? Is it necessary?

[long_wait]

It's never too late to say thank you! 

[wiggy1325]

New to this site, this is awesome!

 

Congrats to those that have gotten accepted. I'm still waiting because my apps got out about a month later than they should have. 

 

Any applicants to:

Saint Louis University

IUPUI

San Diego State

Texas-Austin

Iowa

UIC

 

I'd love to chat!

Good luck to everyone

[Jokenberry]

Received an invitation to interview (yesterday by phone) with USC. Hardly even an interview, really, more like a telephonic meet & greet with the program director. Went really, really well. 

[katethekitcat]

New to this site, this is awesome!

 

Congrats to those that have gotten accepted. I'm still waiting because my apps got out about a month later than they should have. 

 

Any applicants to:

Saint Louis University

IUPUI

San Diego State

Texas-Austin

Iowa

UIC

 

I'd love to chat!

Good luck to everyone

 

I applied and was accepted to both UIC and Iowa. I visited Iowa - they have a GORGEOUS new school of public health and incredibly friendly faculty and students.

[KennedyAM]

Sister was admitted to NYU  (NYU - International & Community Health)
I was admitted to UT-Houston (Healthcare Management)

[wiggy1325]

I applied and was accepted to both UIC and Iowa. I visited Iowa - they have a GORGEOUS new school of public health and incredibly friendly faculty and students.

Congrats. What did you think about UIC? I'm still waiting on my admission decision to be given but hoping for the best obviously. Are you going to attend one of those? And what's your concentration?

[katethekitcat]

Congrats. What did you think about UIC? I'm still waiting on my admission decision to be given but hoping for the best obviously. Are you going to attend one of those? And what's your concentration?

 

I did not visit UIC nor will be attending - they were a safety school for me and, since I work in the Chicago area, I planned to visit post-acceptance had I not gotten into my top choice. I am attending UMichigan for Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology. There's a small part of me still holding out for Iowa, since they have a training grant that covers tuition and gives a living stipend, but Michigan is just a better fit for what I want to concentrate in (antibiotic resistance).

[Celestina]

I have accepted by Emory and Tulane for epidemiology of master degree. Emory give me the offer in Feb.7th. It takes a long time. I think Emory is good because CDC is near that school so that It is a great opportunity for me to find a suitable job. Although I am waiting for other universities' notifications, I feel very satisfication and excited with Emory's acception. 

[FreeRadical]

It's February 13 and I'm still in that awkward no-acceptances-no-rejections phase. Wait list at UW, and interviews at Michigan and BU.

[mittensmitten895]

Has anyone heard if the Epidemiologic Methods interview notices and/or acceptances have gone out for the Harvard Epidemiology ScD already?  (Feel free to PM me if you'd rather not announce it to the whole world but feel okay telling one stranger.)  I'm nearly certain I won't get an invite, but I'm waffling about whether I should bother meeting the priority financial aid deadline.  Honestly, the thought of having to fill out another FAFSA makes me ill.

[FreeRadical]

Has anyone heard if the Epidemiologic Methods interview notices and/or acceptances have gone out for the Harvard Epidemiology ScD already?  (Feel free to PM me if you'd rather not announce it to the whole world but feel okay telling one stranger.)  I'm nearly certain I won't get an invite, but I'm waffling about whether I should bother meeting the priority financial aid deadline.  Honestly, the thought of having to fill out another FAFSA makes me ill.

 

I applied to the Epidemiology ScD and haven't heard anything yet. Based on Grad Cafe results from previous years, I'd expect to hear something not long after February 15. Maybe they just don't want to ruin people's Valentine's Day! 

 

I'd do the FAFSA before the deadline because they really are more likely to give you financial aid. If you don't care about financial aid, well, that's a different story

[sharonnyc]

I haven't heard anything either -- it doesn't seem that they do interviews.  The FAFSA isn't so bad, as long as you did your taxes last year - it only took me about 15 minutes, I just had to look up results from a few different lines and my bank account balances.

 

I applied to the Epidemiology ScD and haven't heard anything yet. Based on Grad Cafe results from previous years, I'd expect to hear something not long after February 15. Maybe they just don't want to ruin people's Valentine's Day! 

 

I'd do the FAFSA before the deadline because they really are more likely to give you financial aid. If you don't care about financial aid, well, that's a different story

[mittensmitten895]

I applied to the Epidemiology ScD and haven't heard anything yet. Based on Grad Cafe results from previous years, I'd expect to hear something not long after February 15. Maybe they just don't want to ruin people's Valentine's Day! 

 

I'd do the FAFSA before the deadline because they really are more likely to give you financial aid. If you don't care about financial aid, well, that's a different story

 

I guess I'm a little confused as to why we need the FAFSA at all -- is aid need-based for the ScD?  That seems... crazy.  My other offers have been completely independent of need, and I would not consider accepting loans for a PhD.  I do not qualify for any "quirky" scholarships for things like graduating from a big donor's high school, living in a specific county, etc, so I just wonder whether it would even make a difference.  It seems more applicable for those who are considering doing partially funded master's degrees.

[sharonnyc]

It seems that some of the scholarships are meant specifically for people whose parents earned little money, or are from famillies where people haven't gone to college (so for instance they ask if you were eligible for a Pell grant in college)... So that's probably why they want the FAFSA

I guess I'm a little confused as to why we need the FAFSA at all -- is aid need-based for the ScD?  That seems... crazy.  My other offers have been completely independent of need, and I would not consider accepting loans for a PhD.  I do not qualify for any "quirky" scholarships for things like graduating from a big donor's high school, living in a specific county, etc, so I just wonder whether it would even make a difference.  It seems more applicable for those who are considering doing partially funded master's degrees.

[FreeRadical]

I guess I'm a little confused as to why we need the FAFSA at all -- is aid need-based for the ScD?  That seems... crazy.  My other offers have been completely independent of need, and I would not consider accepting loans for a PhD.  I do not qualify for any "quirky" scholarships for things like graduating from a big donor's high school, living in a specific county, etc, so I just wonder whether it would even make a difference.  It seems more applicable for those who are considering doing partially funded master's degrees.

 

I didn't think I would qualify for any scholarships either, but there was actually one for people doing work related to the environment. I'm applying for the environmental epidemiology concentration, so I thought I'd give it a shot. You might be surprised. It's not only rich people and secret societies giving the scholarships (although there is plenty of that).

[mittensmitten895]

I didn't think I would qualify for any scholarships either, but there was actually one for people doing work related to the environment. I'm applying for the environmental epidemiology concentration, so I thought I'd give it a shot. You might be surprised. It's not only rich people and secret societies giving the scholarships (although there is plenty of that).

 

Sorry -- I didn't mean to sound dismissive!  I meant that I reviewed the list of research/discipline-oriented awards and found that none applied to me, and I also couldn't honestly check any of the niche boxes (some of which are very strange indeed).  Since this is a huge multi-year commitment for the applicants, I just feel like it should be more... dignified, maybe?  It seems uncomfortably risky for the funding situation to be so in flux that we have to rely on scholarships instead of funding arrangements such as training grants.  None of the other schools I applied to (including another department at Harvard) asked me to apply for aid before hearing back about admission, and it seems like it would end up being a waste of time for most applicants since the vast majority get rejected.  Anyway, it sounds like the Epi Methods offers have not gone out yet, so I may as well just fill out the FAFSA and be done with it.  Best of luck to all of you!

[FreeRadical]

Sorry -- I didn't mean to sound dismissive!  I meant that I reviewed the list of research/discipline-oriented awards and found that none applied to me, and I also couldn't honestly check any of the niche boxes (some of which are very strange indeed).  Since this is a huge multi-year commitment for the applicants, I just feel like it should be more... dignified, maybe?  It seems uncomfortably risky for the funding situation to be so in flux that we have to rely on scholarships instead of funding arrangements such as training grants.  None of the other schools I applied to (including another department at Harvard) asked me to apply for aid before hearing back about admission, and it seems like it would end up being a waste of time for most applicants since the vast majority get rejected.  Anyway, it sounds like the Epi Methods offers have not gone out yet, so I may as well just fill out the FAFSA and be done with it.  Best of luck to all of you!

 

Ah, of course you would have checked the list. I misread your post. It is pretty strange that the priority deadline is before the first acceptance letters go out. But then again it's only an extra burden for the applicants, and it makes things easier for the admissions office. I guess you can do that if you're Harvard and have plenty of people begging to get into your school.