Haven't submitted my applications yet but leaving this here for now! ![Cross Fingers :xf: :xf:](/smilies/crossfingers.gif)
Also, are my chances really slim? Super passionate about pursuing this field and career path, but worried my GPA (and lack of any formal business/econ education and experience) will hinder me from being accepted anywhere...
Undergrad: Reputable public university
GPA: 3.1
Degree: BS in Molecular Biology, BA in a language
GRE: Taking next month, but anticipating a good score from practice tests?
Special Factors: life-threatening illness when I was a teen (was hospitalized for a year), 1st gen American, worked all through college to financially support myself...
Experience:
-grant-writing intern at local women's health center (6 months)
-sexual education teacher for local middle/high school students (1 year)
-research, lab work in drug development (2 years)
-internship at an environmental sustainability non-profit (3 years)
-management position at a non-profit museum (2 years)
-college radio (leadership, talked about sexual/community/women's health) (4 years)
Applying:
Community Health/Women's Health MPH -- UCLA, Boston |
MHA(MPH equivalents) -- USC, GWU, NYU, Columbia, Cornell, JHU
Interview:
Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending: