PhD Applicants Fall 2017

[mph2phd2017]

Apparently OHSU doesn't have a waitlist. Is this the norm?...

OSU said mid-April.

Still nothing back from Colorado.

[mph2phd2017]

5 hours ago, light10491 said:

LoL lucky you. I've been rejected by 5 PhD programs and 1 masters program, waitlisted at 1 PhD program.

Waiting to hear back from 3 PhD programs (one of them said I was likely better suited for their masters).

Got into 1 masters program (JHU Health Economics).

I hope I get off my 1 waitlist.

Where all did you apply? What are your "stats"? I'm feeling super insecure because even though no news is better than bad news, it feels like I'm slipping away slowly....

[anthrostudentcyn]

this NYU thing is crazy. its been almost a month since our interviews. 

[joshre01]

Yale Epi said decisions will be out this week, if any one is still waiting for this. Although I'm almost certain I didn't get in, since I didn't even get an interview! 

[marcphoenix]

3 hours ago, SDOHEpi said:

Anyone able to claim the post from the results page about Columbia's PhD Epidemiology program?  Did they give any indication of why it would take 2-3 more weeks for a response?

This is so messed up. They promised admissions decisions by the end of February. 

[epi-PH_PHD_2017]

25 minutes ago, marcphoenix said:

This is so messed up. They promised admissions decisions by the end of February. 

Columbia Epi is clearly conducting a study of how chronic inflammation related to email-induced stress affects major life decision making ability, and need an extra three weeks.

[bellson]

5 hours ago, SDOHEpi said:

Anyone able to claim the post from the results page about Columbia's PhD Epidemiology program?  Did they give any indication of why it would take 2-3 more weeks for a response?

Hmmm. I spoke to Liliane today (I believe she's director of academic programs for Epi) and she said decisions would "definitely" be out this week. 

[SocialPubHealth]

I mean, has anyone at least received notification from being rejected by UCLA's Community Health Sciences PhD? Just so I know that I could possibly have a sliver of hope...

[chaosveg]

15 hours ago, joshre01 said:

Yale Epi said decisions will be out this week, if any one is still waiting for this. Although I'm almost certain I didn't get in, since I didn't even get an interview! 

Thanks for the update. Same here...expecting another rejection letter...

[joshre01]

2 minutes ago, light10491 said:

Anyone get rejections from Yale HPM PhD yet? I know they had interviews and also their acceptance day already ... but wondering if they plan to release patients or just consider everyone non-accepted to be waitlist.

Hey light10491, I'm not sure about the specific program but the person I contacted (who told me decisions would be out this week) is the general administrative director for the school of public health. So it's possible she meant for all programs in the school? 

[StillWaiting9999]

15 hours ago, bellson said:

Hmmm. I spoke to Liliane today (I believe she's director of academic programs for Epi) and she said decisions would "definitely" be out this week. 

Same--she said this week.

 

Not sure who that person talked to.

[thetemp]

I was just waitlisted at Johns Hopkins HSR&P. Maybe that means they're sending out the last batch of waitlists/acceptances today.

Edited March 8, 2017 by thetemp

[epigrl2017]

23 hours ago, anthrostudentcyn said:

this NYU thing is crazy. its been almost a month since our interviews. 

Have you contacted them to get an exact estimate when we will hear?

[anthrostudentcyn]

they said end of last week. don't know about epi though, they might make acceptances by track. have you conacted? @epigrl2017

[epigrl2017]

7 minutes ago, anthrostudentcyn said:

they said end of last week. don't know about epi though, they might make acceptances by track. have you conacted? @epigrl2017

Nope i have not

[EpiNYC]

Just got my official decision from Columbia - EPI PhD program. 

 

Best of luck to all!!!

[SocialPubHealth]

1 hour ago, EpiNYC said:

Just got my official decision from Columbia - EPI PhD program. 

 

Best of luck to all!!!

And?!

[epi_08]

anyone want to claim the UNC Epi PhD acceptance on March 6th? Just wondering what your research interests are? Thanks!

[EpiNYC]

2 hours ago, SocialPubHealth said:

And?!

Oh, my bad, 100% rejected! lol 

I was expecting it, but I'm not too bummed, I had a great informational interview with someone in my interested field of research who really gave me the direction that I didn't have during this round of applications.  

[melvina]

4 hours ago, EpiNYC said:

Oh, my bad, 100% rejected! lol 

I was expecting it, but I'm not too bummed, I had a great informational interview with someone in my interested field of research who really gave me the direction that I didn't have during this round of applications.  

Really awesome that you can already see the silver lining!  Are there any general tips that you can share about the "direction" that this person gave you that might be helpful for others...?

[EpiNYC]

6 hours ago, melvina said:

Really awesome that you can already see the silver lining!  Are there any general tips that you can share about the "direction" that this person gave you that might be helpful for others...?

Well my general way of approaching 'failure' in life is to just keep trying, especially when it's something that I'm passionate about. Sure it sucks not getting into any programs this year around, but it's not the end all be all. 

As for the general tips, it was more specific to my little niche of interest: epidemic modelling. The person I talked to is a prominent modeler in the field, and actually made a great point that most of the schools I applied to don't have any true modelers in their program. Secondly, she mentioned that I should take up computer programming/coding for a year, because modelling involves a lot of coding. She said that would make the world of a difference because it saves prospective PIs/advisers from having to take time away (sometimes almost an entire year) in teaching one how to code/program in R or Python or related programs/consoles. 

All in all, it just made me realize I should have really found someone who does what I want to do in the future and sort of have them lay out the different skill sets I need to aqcuire or highlight. This is especially true when other pieces of my application were already strong (I have a dozen publications, strong LORS, competitive GRE scores). 

[SocialPubHealth]

10 hours ago, EpiNYC said:

Oh, my bad, 100% rejected! lol 

I was expecting it, but I'm not too bummed, I had a great informational interview with someone in my interested field of research who really gave me the direction that I didn't have during this round of applications.  

Go you. You really sound like you've made the most of this application cycle. I'm really glad that you have such a positive outlook. It's inspiring!! I too feel the same way. I gained so much knowledge from just this thread alone and if I don't get into my top choice, then I'll be better prepared for the next time around. My advisor said its always hard the first round of apps and a lot of people get rejected from everything. Made me feel a little better lol. But also, what if we end up being the "strong" applicants next year? Even better, right?!

[tre__]

1 hour ago, EpiNYC said:

Well my general way of approaching 'failure' in life is to just keep trying, especially when it's something that I'm passionate about. Sure it sucks not getting into any programs this year around, but it's not the end all be all. 

As for the general tips, it was more specific to my little niche of interest: epidemic modelling. The person I talked to is a prominent modeler in the field, and actually made a great point that most of the schools I applied to don't have any true modelers in their program. Secondly, she mentioned that I should take up computer programming/coding for a year, because modelling involves a lot of coding. She said that would make the world of a difference because it saves prospective PIs/advisers from having to take time away (sometimes almost an entire year) in teaching one how to code/program in R or Python or related programs/consoles. 

All in all, it just made me realize I should have really found someone who does what I want to do in the future and sort of have them lay out the different skill sets I need to aqcuire or highlight. This is especially true when other pieces of my application were already strong (I have a dozen publications, strong LORS, competitive GRE scores). 

Thanks for this post! Did she give any insight about some good ways to pursue programming / coding over the year? I am in a similar boat (though my interests are more related to global health / health systems) but I am interested in cost-effectiveness modelling and received feedback that it would be useful to gain more experience in R/ Python/ Stata. 

[EpiNYC]

1 hour ago, SocialPubHealth said:

Go you. You really sound like you've made the most of this application cycle. I'm really glad that you have such a positive outlook. It's inspiring!! I too feel the same way. I gained so much knowledge from just this thread alone and if I don't get into my top choice, then I'll be better prepared for the next time around. My advisor said its always hard the first round of apps and a lot of people get rejected from everything. Made me feel a little better lol. But also, what if we end up being the "strong" applicants next year? Even better, right?!

Exactly! My one friend (different field of academia) applied to PhD programs three times! She was beyond qualified, but finally the last round she got accepted into an Ivy program with full funding and even managed to win a very prestigious fellowship all at the same time. So I think it just goes back to continue to pursue your dreams and not letting rejections hinder your drive to pursue them.

49 minutes ago, tre__ said:

Thanks for this post! Did she give any insight about some good ways to pursue programming / coding over the year? I am in a similar boat (though my interests are more related to global health / health systems) but I am interested in cost-effectiveness modelling and received feedback that it would be useful to gain more experience in R/ Python/ Stata. 

Not yet, she is actually getting back to me. But I took the initiative to enroll in one of those online programs that teaches you Python and you sort of end up with a list of projects at the end. So EDx or Udacity are good examples. Also Codecademy has a good Python class I'm currently taking. I'll let you know!

Luckily I'm quite skilled in STATA already from my MPH, but I would say STATA is the easiest among the programs you mentioned. I think EDx may have some course on STATA. If not, you could certainly self teach and use some public dataset. 

[anthrostudentcyn]

How many times is it appropriate to follow up with an admissions coordinator? I haven't heard back from my last email on a timeline for decisions