MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

Hi everyone! Excited that this thread is finally here. Edited 10/19 to add test scores and a school list.

Undergrad: Northwestern University
Major: Psychology
GPA: 3.89
GRE: V - 169(!!!), Q - 156, AWA - 5.5. I did a bunch of math prep and was hoping for a better score, but this is above average for everywhere I'm applying (with verbal way above average). Perfectionist me is pouting, and sane me is so happy to be done.
Experience: *2+ years as lab manager of a child psychology lab that studies children's social cognitive development (i.e., how they think about group membership, intergroup relations and real-world social categories like race, gender, SES, etc.), lab located at a top-5 university
*1 year as lab manager in undergrad for social psych lab studying body image, sexuality and the media
*1.5 years as research assistant in an infant cognition lab
*10-month internship at a crisis hotline for runaway and homeless youth
*2-month internship at a national non-profit dedicated to mental health advocacy on college campuses
*Helped found a chapter of the org mentioned above on my college campus, served on its executive board (including as president) for three years
*Spearheaded campaign to get mental health programming included in my alma mater's freshman orientation programming, succeeded & helped develop programming
Other: *First-author on poster presentation for project examining kids' expectations about a gender pay gap
*First generation college graduate

LOR: Professor in undergrad (also was head of the body image & sex lab), call center supervisor at runaway hotline, current boss

Interested in: Berkeley - MPH (Health and Social Behavior), Columbia - MPH (Sociomedical Sciences, Social Determinants of Health cert), University of Washington - MPH (Health Services, Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale - MPH (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Applied: Columbia (11/19), Berkeley (11/22), UW COPHP (1/14), donezo!
Accepted:
Waitlist:
Rejected:

Best of luck to everyone else!

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MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

Hi, everyone!

To my surprise, nobody has created an MPH Fall 2016 thread yet! I joined this site just to start one because I think they were valuable resources to applicants in previous years. So, let the fun, anxiety & night terrors begin! Best of luck to you all, entering class of 2016!!!!

I'm copying stuff over from previous years because I lack originality (and why invent the wheel twice?)
And let's try keep this strictly about the application process for simplification. If information changes, please come back to the thread and keep us updated.

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Undergrad School:
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:
Major/Minor:
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable):
Experience/Research (please, be brief):

Interested in:
Applied:
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

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Me first, yay!

Undergrad School: Private liberal arts in California
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.55/3.86 (butchered my first year grades, came back strong)
Major/Minor: Neuroscience and Psychology double major/Philosophy minor
GradGPA: n/a
Grad Studies: n/a
GRE: Taken in 2014 with minimal studying, so I'm scheduled to take it again in a couple of months with adequate preparation. Either way, my scores from last year are 160V/157Q/4.5W. (Yes, I realize that these are moderately good scores. I just want to challenge myself and feel like I did my best.)
Experience/Research:

• 2.5 years as psychology research lab manager
• 1 year as president of academic psychology club president
• 1 independent summer research project on stress hormones funded by research grant
• multiple volunteer experiences in mental health settings (special ed. classroom, autism behavioral training, at-risk youth mentoring)
• multiple poster publications and a 1st place research presentation prize for work on stress hormones at regional conference
• Misc. - member of a few honor societies in psychology and science, studied abroad with Semester at Sea, and received highest achievement award for a graduating senior in my academic department

No work experience or journal publications or extensive international experience

Interested in: If you can't tell by now, I really like studying mental health. My interest in public health is very specific in global mental health. (Please wish me luck that I'll somehow find a job in the future in this nearly nonexistent, poorly funded field.) So, the schools I'm applying to specialize in this field, and some of them aren't even MPH programs. Oh well, let's just go with it!
Applied: Johns Hopkins (MHS), NYU (MPH), Columbia (MPH), UCL (MSc), LSHTM (MSc), Duke (MSGH), U of Glasgow (MSc), U of Melbourne (probably going to drop this one), U of Denver (MA), McGill (MSc)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

Your turn!

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MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

Hi, everyone!

To my surprise, nobody has created an MPH Fall 2016 thread yet! I joined this site just to start one because I think they were valuable resources to applicants in previous years. So, let the fun, anxiety & night terrors begin! Best of luck to you all, entering class of 2016!!!!

I'm copying stuff over from previous years because I lack originality (and why invent the wheel twice?)
And let's try keep this strictly about the application process for simplification. If information changes, please come back to the thread and keep us updated.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Undergrad School:
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:
Major/Minor:
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable):
Experience/Research (please, be brief):

Interested in:
Applied:
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Me first, yay!

Undergrad School: Private liberal arts in California
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.55/3.86 (butchered my first year grades, came back strong)
Major/Minor: Neuroscience and Psychology double major/Philosophy minor
GradGPA: n/a
Grad Studies: n/a
GRE: Taken in 2014 with minimal studying, so I'm scheduled to take it again in a couple of months with adequate preparation. Either way, my scores from last year are 160V/157Q/4.5W. (Yes, I realize that these are moderately good scores. I just want to challenge myself and feel like I did my best.)
Experience/Research:

• 2.5 years as psychology research lab manager
• 1 year as president of academic psychology club president
• 1 independent summer research project on stress hormones funded by research grant
• multiple volunteer experiences in mental health settings (special ed. classroom, autism behavioral training, at-risk youth mentoring)
• multiple poster publications and a 1st place research presentation prize for work on stress hormones at regional conference
• Misc. - member of a few honor societies in psychology and science, studied abroad with Semester at Sea, and received highest achievement award for a graduating senior in my academic department

No work experience or journal publications or extensive international experience

Interested in: If you can't tell by now, I really like studying mental health. My interest in public health is very specific in global mental health. (Please wish me luck that I'll somehow find a job in the future in this nearly nonexistent, poorly funded field.) So, the schools I'm applying to specialize in this field, and some of them aren't even MPH programs. Oh well, let's just go with it!
Applied: Johns Hopkins (MHS), NYU (MPH), Columbia (MPH), UCL (MSc), LSHTM (MSc), Duke (MSGH), U of Glasgow (MSc), U of Melbourne (probably going to drop this one), U of Denver (MA), McGill (MSc)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

Your turn!

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MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

Hi, everyone!

To my surprise, nobody has created an MPH Fall 2016 thread yet! I joined this site just to start one because I think they were valuable resources to applicants in previous years. So, let the fun, anxiety & night terrors begin! Best of luck to you all, entering class of 2016!!!!

I'm copying stuff over from previous years because I lack originality (and why invent the wheel twice?)
And let's try keep this strictly about the application process for simplification. If information changes, please come back to the thread and keep us updated.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Undergrad School:
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:
Major/Minor:
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable):
Experience/Research (please, be brief):

Interested in:
Applied:
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Me first, yay!

Undergrad School: Private liberal arts in California
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.55/3.86 (butchered my first year grades, came back strong)
Major/Minor: Neuroscience and Psychology double major/Philosophy minor
GradGPA: n/a
Grad Studies: n/a
GRE: Taken in 2014 with minimal studying, so I'm scheduled to take it again in a couple of months with adequate preparation. Either way, my scores from last year are 160V/157Q/4.5W. (Yes, I realize that these are moderately good scores. I just want to challenge myself and feel like I did my best.)
Experience/Research:

• 2.5 years as psychology research lab manager
• 1 year as president of academic psychology club president
• 1 independent summer research project on stress hormones funded by research grant
• multiple volunteer experiences in mental health settings (special ed. classroom, autism behavioral training, at-risk youth mentoring)
• multiple poster publications and a 1st place research presentation prize for work on stress hormones at regional conference
• Misc. - member of a few honor societies in psychology and science, studied abroad with Semester at Sea, and received highest achievement award for a graduating senior in my academic department

No work experience or journal publications or extensive international experience

Interested in: If you can't tell by now, I really like studying mental health. My interest in public health is very specific in global mental health. (Please wish me luck that I'll somehow find a job in the future in this nearly nonexistent, poorly funded field.) So, the schools I'm applying to specialize in this field, and some of them aren't even MPH programs. Oh well, let's just go with it!
Applied: Johns Hopkins (MHS), NYU (MPH), Columbia (MPH), UCL (MSc), LSHTM (MSc), Duke (MSGH), U of Glasgow (MSc), U of Melbourne (probably going to drop this one), U of Denver (MA), McGill (MSc)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

Your turn!

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MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

Hi, everyone!

To my surprise, nobody has created an MPH Fall 2016 thread yet! I joined this site just to start one because I think they were valuable resources to applicants in previous years. So, let the fun, anxiety & night terrors begin! Best of luck to you all, entering class of 2016!!!!

I'm copying stuff over from previous years because I lack originality (and why invent the wheel twice?)
And let's try keep this strictly about the application process for simplification. If information changes, please come back to the thread and keep us updated.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Undergrad School:
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:
Major/Minor:
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable):
Experience/Research (please, be brief):

Interested in:
Applied:
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Me first, yay!

Undergrad School: Private liberal arts in California
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.55/3.86 (butchered my first year grades, came back strong)
Major/Minor: Neuroscience and Psychology double major/Philosophy minor
GradGPA: n/a
Grad Studies: n/a
GRE: Taken in 2014 with minimal studying, so I'm scheduled to take it again in a couple of months with adequate preparation. Either way, my scores from last year are 160V/157Q/4.5W. (Yes, I realize that these are moderately good scores. I just want to challenge myself and feel like I did my best.)
Experience/Research:

• 2.5 years as psychology research lab manager
• 1 year as president of academic psychology club president
• 1 independent summer research project on stress hormones funded by research grant
• multiple volunteer experiences in mental health settings (special ed. classroom, autism behavioral training, at-risk youth mentoring)
• multiple poster publications and a 1st place research presentation prize for work on stress hormones at regional conference
• Misc. - member of a few honor societies in psychology and science, studied abroad with Semester at Sea, and received highest achievement award for a graduating senior in my academic department

No work experience or journal publications or extensive international experience

Interested in: If you can't tell by now, I really like studying mental health. My interest in public health is very specific in global mental health. (Please wish me luck that I'll somehow find a job in the future in this nearly nonexistent, poorly funded field.) So, the schools I'm applying to specialize in this field, and some of them aren't even MPH programs. Oh well, let's just go with it!
Applied: Johns Hopkins (MHS), NYU (MPH), Columbia (MPH), UCL (MSc), LSHTM (MSc), Duke (MSGH), U of Glasgow (MSc), U of Melbourne (probably going to drop this one), U of Denver (MA), McGill (MSc)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

Your turn!

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MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

Accepted, but might get a C in Post Bacc Class

Hey guys, I was really really stupid and decided to take a few classes in my gap year to pick up some computer science skills. Turns out I absolutely suck at it and withdrew from two classes and looks like I might get a flat C in one. A's in the other two.

I've already been admitted to two schools, I emailed them but one didn't respond and the other said I have to "finish" my courses.

Does that mean pass cause a C is passing....anyone have experience in this, or does it not matter?

FWIW, I already have a degree, and a 3.93 cumulative GPA 3.95 SGPA.
The class Im in is stats for programmers and is UL.

Thanks.

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Accepted, but might get a C in Post Bacc Class

MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!

Hi, everyone!

To my surprise, nobody has created an MPH Fall 2016 thread yet! I joined this site just to start one because I think they were valuable resources to applicants in previous years. So, let the fun, anxiety & night terrors begin! Best of luck to you all, entering class of 2016!!!!

I'm copying stuff over from previous years because I lack originality (and why invent the wheel twice?)
And let's try keep this strictly about the application process for simplification. If information changes, please come back to the thread and keep us updated.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Undergrad School:
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA:
Major/Minor:
GradGPA (if applicable):
Grad Studies (if applicable):
GRE (including date taken) or Other Test (if applicable):
Experience/Research (please, be brief):

Interested in:
Applied:
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Me first, yay!

Undergrad School: Private liberal arts in California
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.55/3.86 (butchered my first year grades, came back strong)
Major/Minor: Neuroscience and Psychology double major/Philosophy minor
GradGPA: n/a
Grad Studies: n/a
GRE: Taken in 2014 with minimal studying, so I'm scheduled to take it again in a couple of months with adequate preparation. Either way, my scores from last year are 160V/157Q/4.5W. (Yes, I realize that these are moderately good scores. I just want to challenge myself and feel like I did my best.)
Experience/Research:

• 2.5 years as psychology research lab manager
• 1 year as president of academic psychology club president
• 1 independent summer research project on stress hormones funded by research grant
• multiple volunteer experiences in mental health settings (special ed. classroom, autism behavioral training, at-risk youth mentoring)
• multiple poster publications and a 1st place research presentation prize for work on stress hormones at regional conference
• Misc. - member of a few honor societies in psychology and science, studied abroad with Semester at Sea, and received highest achievement award for a graduating senior in my academic department

No work experience or journal publications or extensive international experience

Interested in: If you can't tell by now, I really like studying mental health. My interest in public health is very specific in global mental health. (Please wish me luck that I'll somehow find a job in the future in this nearly nonexistent, poorly funded field.) So, the schools I'm applying to specialize in this field, and some of them aren't even MPH programs. Oh well, let's just go with it!
Applied: Johns Hopkins (MHS), NYU (MPH), Columbia (MPH), UCL (MSc), LSHTM (MSc), Duke (MSGH), U of Glasgow (MSc), U of Melbourne (probably going to drop this one), U of Denver (MA), McGill (MSc)
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted:

Your turn!

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MPH Fall 2016: Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected!