MHA Fall 2017: Accepted, Waitlisted, Rejected

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This site has been incredibly helpful in my grad school preparation process...it's nice to be able to hear from people who have already/are also going through the same process. That being said....new year-new thread! Post away!
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I guess I'll start!

School: Medium sized ACC School
GPA: Cum-3.56 Maj-4.0
GRE: 158V (80th) 153Q(51st) 4AW(59th)
Major: Public Health
-TONS of campus involvement in leadership positions (ie, Student Government President, RA, IFC exec, Athletic Department, etc.)
-Lots of Community Service/Fundraising
-Administrative intern in the C-Suite of a large post-acute care provider for over 1yr.
-Research experience in population health at a school of public health (6mo)
(Also applying to the Navy's HSCP! The plan is to stay in military medicine and eventually move into post-acute care quality improvement, specifically for veterans.)

Applied: JHU (9/29), GWU (9/29), Minnesota(10/4) [int offered 10/20]
[Last LOR received 10/18]

Interview: Minnesota (11/18), JHU (11/15-Skype),

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: JHU (11/23), GWU (12/9)-scholarship, Minnesota (12/14)-scholarship

Attending: Hopkins!
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School: Large State School
GPA: 3.65
GRE: 162V (90%), 164Q (87%), 5W (93%)
Major: Exercise Physiology
Currently a full time clinical research assistant at Hopkins School of Medicine (1.5 yrs)
2 years volunteer coaching Spec. Olympics
Hospital volunteering experience

Applied: UMD, PSU, Ohio State, JHU, Minnesota, GWU

Interview: Minnesota, JHU, VCU (declined), Ohio State, PSU (declined)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: JHU, GW, Minnesota, Ohio State, UMD
Attending: The Ohio State University
 
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Let'sGoO's said:
School: Large State School
GPA: 3.65
GRE: 162V (90%), 164Q (87%), 5W (93%)
Major: Exercise Physiology
Currently a full time clinical research assistant at Hopkins School of Medicine (1.5 yrs)
2 years volunteer coaching Spec. Olympics
Hospital volunteering experience

Applied: UMD, PSU, Ohio State, JHU, Minnesota, GWU
Could potentially have another backup if anyone has any suggestions...
Interview:

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending:
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Why would you need a backup? You're stats are above average for almost all schools.


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School: Texas Tech
GPA: 3.4/3.4
GRE: 306
Major: Cell and Molecular Biology
- I've worked in a hospital for the past 8 years and have had plenty of shadowing in a majority of departments

Applied: Trinity (2/28)
Interview: Trinity (3/23)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: Trinity (3/31)
Attending: Trinity
 
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School: UT Austin
GPA: 3.387
GRE: V- 156 (72%), Q- 157 (67%), AW- 4 (59%)
Major: Public Health w/ concentration in Health Policy & Management
Minor: Business

Applied: JHU, Columbia, USC, Trinity, Georgetown
Interview: JHU (1/10), Columbia (1/17), Trinity (2/2)
Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: JHU, Columbia, Trinity, Georgetown, USC
Attending:
 
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School: Large West Coast University
GPA: 3.4 Cumulative, 3.55 Major
GRE: V-147, Q-152, AW-5
Major: Finance

Applied: Minnesota (11/21), Michigan (12/5), UNC (12/5), VCU (11/21), Utah (11/14), Washington (1/12) , USC (12/14)
Interview: Utah (11/28, 12/12), Minnesota (1/9), VCU (1/20)
Waitlist: Minnesota, Michigan, UW
Rejected:
Accepted: Utah (12/21), USC (2/21), VCU (3/24)
Attending:
 
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School: BS: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Master's: University of Cambridge
GPA: BS - 3.79; Master's - 3.82 (WES Translation)
GRE: V - 155, Q - 154, AW - 4
Major: BS - Chemical Engineering; Master's - Technology Policy

Applied: University of Washington (12/7), Columbia (11/7), St. Louis University (11/7), UTHealth (MPH-HCM) (11/7)

Interview: Columbia (12/29), SLU (1/20), UW (2/24)
Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: UTHealth (11/22), SLU (1/20), Columbia (2/8), UW (3/1)
Attending: UW!
 
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Marie1287 said:
School: Bachelor's: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Master's: University of Cambridge
GPA: RHIT - 3.79; Cam - 3.82 (WES Translation)
GRE: V - 155, Q - 154, AW - Waiting
Major: RHIT - Chemical Engineering; Cam - Technology Policy

Applied: Texas Woman's University, University of Washington, Columbia, St. Louis University
Interview:

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending:
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What department?


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School: Loyola
GPA: Cumulative - 3.7 and Major - 4.0
GRE: V - 153 (60%); Q - 158 (70%); W - 4.0 (59%)
Major: Health Systems Management
-tons of leadership experience (sorority, Global Brigade leader, pre-health club, student mentor)
-1.5yrs administrative/insurance experience in health clinic, practice development intern for large heath system

Applied: JHU, Georgetown, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Rush, SLU
Interview: Cornell (11/17), SLU (12/2), Rush (12/16), Columbia (declined)
Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: Cornell (12/2), SLU (12/2), Georgetown (12/12), Rush (12/28)
Attending:
 
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Has anyone heard anything from George Washington yet? They got my full application about 3 weeks ago. I know it's still very early but I wasn't expecting to hear from Minnesota before them! haha.
 
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Agreed, was actually shocked to hear from Minnesota so early
As for GW, they sent me an email a few weeks ago saying my application was complete but I wouldn't hear back for 6-8 weeks... Fun
 
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@Let'sGoO's I also wasn't sure if GWU means that they'll give us a decision on whether we get an interview by the end of the 6-8 weeks or if that means the whole process will be finished within 6-8 weeks.

@werunthis That quant score is definitely low and isn't doing you any favors... I won't say you're completely ruled out if you can provide examples where you've been very successful in prior quant areas(ie research/biostats/etc) because they do review applications holistically... If I were dead set on Columbia/JHU and I were you, I'd probably retake... but that's just one opinion based purely on observation!
 
School: University of Iowa
GPA: 3.0/3.3
GRE: V-156 Q-155
Major: Business: Marketing

2.5 years work experience at a marketing agency working on clients such as: St. Jude's Children Research hospital, University of Minnesota M-health, and Children's Hosptials and Clinics of Minnesota

1.5 years volunteering in an Adult ER and Pediatric Med Surg Unit

Applied: University of Washington, Columbia, BU (MPH: Healthcare Managment), Ohio State University, NYU, GWU

Interview: Ohio State, GW, Columbia, UW (Declined)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: Boston University, GW, Columbia, OSU, NYU
Attending:


I'm worried my gpa will rule me out of most of these school. Any thoughts on if you agree or not?
 
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@miniMarathoner52 I'm assuming that's for an interview decision, it's still really early, some of the places I applied said they really won't even look at apps until mid-November

@Toss235 ; Could depend on the quality of the classes you took. When I met with Hopkins they said they don't just look at GPA but also how strenuous your workload was; i.e. were you involved outside of class and were you taking challenging courses with a heavy credit load.
 
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School: UC School
GPA: Cum-2.74 (Yes, I know low GPA)
GRE: 153 V 152Q 4AW
Major: Public Health Sciences
-Assistant at an Pharmacy Management and Consulting Company
-1.5+ yrs Clinical Research Coordinator at a UC Medical Center
- 5 classes at Community college after graduation
Applied: GWU, USC, Cornell, Baylor, NYU, Columbia, U Mich, U Minn, Xavier, Trinity

Interview: Cornell (10/19), Xavier (10/24), Baylor (11/7), Trinity (Declined), GWU (12/12)

Waitlist:
Rejected: U Minn, U Mich, Columbia
Accepted: Cornell, Xavier, Baylor, GWU, USC, NYU

Attending: Cornell
 
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U Grad School: Mid tier
MD School: Upper tier
GPA: 3.95 undergrad; good grades in medical school
MCAT: top 10%
- 10+ publications, research, committee work in academic medicine, 4+ years in clinical practice
Applied: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, Michigan- all one year programs

Interview:

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:

Attending:
 
Decicco said:
U Grad School: Mid tier
MD School: Upper tier
GPA: 3.95 undergrad; good grades in medical school
MCAT: top 10%
- 10+ publications, research, committee work in academic medicine, 4+ years in clinical practice
Applied: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, Michigan- all one year programs

Interview:

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:

Attending:
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Why the transition to admin?
 
Let'sGoO's said:
School: Large State School
GPA: 3.65
GRE: 162V (90%), 164Q (87%), 5W (93%)
Major: Exercise Physiology
Currently a full time clinical research assistant at Hopkins School of Medicine (1.5 yrs)
2 years volunteer coaching Spec. Olympics
Hospital volunteering experience

Applied: UMD, PSU, Ohio State, JHU, Minnesota, GWU
Could potentially have another backup if anyone has any suggestions...
Interview: Minnesota, JHU, VCU

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending:
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@Let'sGoO's: How long did it take for you to hear back from JHU regarding your interview?
 
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School: University of Central Florida
GPA: Cumulative - 3.68, Major: 4.00
GRE: Verbal - 157 (75%), Quantitative - 158 (70%), Writing - 4.0 (59%)
Major: Psychology

- President of Global Medical Brigades
- Studied abroad in Nicaragua
- Orientation leader
- 300+ hours volunteering at local hospital

Applied: JHU, Yale, UNC, USC, UF, UCF, USF
Interview: USC (Invited 1/17, scheduled for 1/20), UF (Invited 1/24, scheduled for 2/3)

Waitlist:
Rejected: JHU (12/14), UNC (3/13)
Accepted: USF (12/9), UCF (1/11), Yale (1/19), USC (2/3), UF (3/7)
Attending: UCF!
 
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School: University of Central Florida
GPA: Cumulative - 3.68, Major: 4.00
GRE: Verbal - 158 (80%), Quantitative - 157 (67%)
Major: Psychology

- President of Global Medical Brigades
- Studied abroad in Nicaragua
- Orientation leader

Applied: JHU, Yale, UNC, USC, UF, UCF, USF
Interview:

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending:
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What department?


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Due to the way Sophas vs my undergrad school round, my gpa when from a 3.0 to a 2.99. Since this is now below the minimum for many school, any advice on decent schools with no mi minimum gpa?
 
Toss235 said:
Due to the way Sophas vs my undergrad school round, my gpa when from a 3.0 to a 2.99. Since this is now below the minimum for many school, any advice on decent schools with no mi minimum gpa?
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If 3.0 is the cut off, then I would not use SOPHAS to apply. Most schools allow you to apply directly to the university. Just a thought to getting around this requirement...
 
School: Centre College (Small Top 50 Liberal Arts School)
GPA: Cum and Major 3.13/3.21/3.5
GRE: Q-161(79%) V-160 (85%) W-4.5
Major: Double Major, Economics and Finance and Political Science
-Internship Experience in Population Health and Marketing Departments
-Campus Leadership (Fraternity, Tennis Team/Athletic Department/Other Campus Groups)

Applied: JHU, UK (SOPHAS Verified 11/17), , UNC (10/30), UNC Charlotte (10/30), University of South Carolina, Indiana
Interview:

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending:
 
School: UCLA
GPA: 3.47 (hopefully a 3.5 by the end of this quarter)
GRE: Verbal 163, Quant 165, W 5
Major: Microbiology, minor in Global Studies
-Intern in qualitative improvement/internal consulting department of hospital
-2 international development oriented internships: USAID Health Research Program, International Rescue Committee
-VP of on-campus CPR certification program
-Research in 2 labs: stem cells, microbiology
-Work at a tutoring center

Applied: JHU (10/25), Yale MPH in HPM (10/26), GWU (10/31), U of Michigan MHSA (11/7), NYU (11/9), Columbia (11/17), U of Minnesota, Ohio State
Interview: JHU (11/16), Minnesota (1/13), Columbia (1/9), Michigan (1/23), Ohio State (turned down)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: Yale, GWU, Minnesota, Michigan MHSA, NYU, Columbia
Attending:

I'm pretty unsure about this whole process because I am still in my senior year and therefore have zero full-time work experience, which I know is pretty valuable in MHA/MPH programs. So if anyone else is also applying straight from undergrad, or has any thoughts on this, it would be great to hear!
 
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School: UCLA
GPA: 3.47 (hopefully a 3.5 by the end of this quarter)
GRE: Verbal 163, Quant 165, W 5
Major: Microbiology, minor in Global Studies
-Intern in qualitative improvement/internal consulting department of hospital
-2 international development oriented internships: USAID Health Research Program, International Rescue Committee
-VP of on-campus CPR certification program
-Research in 2 labs: stem cells, microbiology
-Work at a tutoring center

Applied: JHU (10/25), Yale MPH in HPM (10/26), GWU (10/31), U of Michigan MHSA (11/7), NYU (11/9), Columbia (11/17), dear god I need some safety schools
Interview: JHU (11/16)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending:

I'm pretty unsure about this whole process because I am still in my senior year and therefore have zero full-time work experience, which I know is pretty valuable in MHA/MPH programs. So if anyone else is also applying straight from undergrad, or has any thoughts on this, it would be great to hear!
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It depends on the program, but both schools I interviewed at so far have talked about valuing diversity in terms of the professional background of their applicants and will always take some students straight from undergraduate to add to the mix (including Hopkins), I think if you have solid stats and good reasoning as to why you want to go straight into your master's program you'll be fine.

Also I think you're going to find you have an easier time than you think getting into those schools you listed, your stats are about the same as mine and I've already gotten interviews at all 4 top ten programs I applied to. Wouldn't bother with backup schools tbh, it's just a lot of money lost on applications.
 
Let'sGoO's said:
School: Large State School
GPA: 3.65
GRE: 162V (90%), 164Q (87%), 5W (93%)
Major: Exercise Physiology
Currently a full time clinical research assistant at Hopkins School of Medicine (1.5 yrs)
2 years volunteer coaching Spec. Olympics
Hospital volunteering experience

Applied: UMD, PSU, Ohio State, JHU, Minnesota, GWU

Interview: Minnesota, JHU, VCU (declined)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: JHU
Attending: JHU
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When you applied to VCU, what did you select under "Please select your intended program of study"? I am only seeing "Health Administration MSHA - Professional Online"
 
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When you applied to VCU, what did you select under "Please select your intended program of study"? I am only seeing "Health Administration MSHA - Professional Online"
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Don't recall. Is this on HAMPCAS or their secondary? If it's the secondary I never actually filled it out, it's only necessary if you get accepted
 
Let'sGoO's said:
School: Large State School
GPA: 3.65
GRE: 162V (90%), 164Q (87%), 5W (93%)
Major: Exercise Physiology
Currently a full time clinical research assistant at Hopkins School of Medicine (1.5 yrs)
2 years volunteer coaching Spec. Olympics
Hospital volunteering experience

Applied: UMD, PSU, Ohio State, JHU, Minnesota, GWU

Interview: Minnesota, JHU, VCU (declined), Ohio State

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: JHU
Attending: JHU
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I was just invited for an interview at Minnesota in the beginning of January. Do you have any insights into the interview process? Thanks!
 
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I was just invited for an interview at Minnesota in the beginning of January. Do you have any insights into the interview process? Thanks!
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It's fairly straightforward, if you go to their website and look through it they'll tell you some of the stuff you should know/prepare for in your interview.

Also for interview prep I would just google how to prepare for a medical school interview, most of those questions can be converted to an MHA type question and it's a fairly similar process
 
Let'sGoO's said:
It's fairly straightforward, if you go to their website and look through it they'll tell you some of the stuff you should know/prepare for in your interview.

Also for interview prep I would just google how to prepare for a medical school interview, most of those questions can be converted to an MHA type question and it's a fairly similar process
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I will take a look at some of that material and I'll let you know if I have any other questions. Thanks for the help.
 
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School: Penn State
GPA: Cumulative and Major cGPA: 3.65 mGPA:3.74
GRE: V: 154 Q:156 Writing: 4
Major: BioBehavioral Health

Applied: Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Temple, Minnesota, South Carolina, Ohio State, Pitt
Interview: Minnesota, South Carolina, Ohio State (declined), Columbia, Hopkins

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: Temple, South Carolina, Columbia, Minnesota $, Pitt
Attending: Pitt
 
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School: Penn State
GPA: Cumulative and Major cGPA: 3.65 mGPA:3.74
GRE: V: 154 Q:156 Writing: 4
Major: BioBehavioral Health

Applied: Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Temple, Minnesota, South Carolina, Ohio State
Interview: Minnesota, South Carolina, Ohio State, haven't heard back from the rest yet

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: Temple
Attending:

Anyone have insight on specifics of the Minnesota interview/how long it takes for Hopkins to change one's status from "being sent for review"?
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My app for JHU was sent for review on Oct 25, and I was emailed for an interview on Nov 8, if that helps! On a similar note, how long did it take for you to receive an interview for Minnesota after they sent your app for review?
 
It took 12 days after Minnesota said my application was complete (November 11th to November 23rd) to get back to me.
 
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School: UC School
GPA: Cum-2.74 (Yes, I know low GPA)
GRE: 153 V 152Q 4AW
Major: Public Health Sciences
-Assistant at an Pharmacy Management and Consulting Company
-1.5+ yrs Clinical Research Coordinator at a UC Medical Center
- 5 classes at Community college after graduation
Applied: GWU, USC, Cornell, Baylor, NYU, Columbia, U Mich, U Minn, Xavier, Trinity

Interview: Cornell (10/19), Xavier (10/24), Baylor (11/7), Trinity (TBD)

Waitlist:
Rejected: U Minn
Accepted: Cornell, Xavier, Baylor

Attending:
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Did you submit your GRE scores to NYU? I have the same scores and debating on if i should send them
 
First acceptance! USF w/ an invitation for a Graduate Assistantship!
 
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Anyone else get an acceptance to GWU with no interview? I found that kind of odd...especially since they were pretty adamant about it at the Open House. Oh well! haha

I'm leaning pretty heavily towards Hopkins though... thoughts?
 
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Anyone else get an acceptance to GWU with no interview? I found that kind of odd...especially since they were pretty adamant about it at the Open House. Oh well! haha

I'm leaning pretty heavily towards Hopkins though... thoughts?
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Lol I also got the acceptance email. Haven't really looked at their program that much tbh just applied because of location. But I'm definitely picking Hopkins over it unless I get some kind of solid scholarship offer
 
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School: Murray State University
GPA: Cumulative - 3.69, Major - 3.65, Concentration - 4.0
GRE: 149 Verbal, 151 Quant, 4.5 AW
Major: Public & Community Health ~ Healthcare Admin concentration

Applied: SLU & UAB
Interview: SLU (12/2), UAB (1/26)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: SLU (12/2)
Attending:
 
School: Medium sized state school
GPA: cumulative- 3.49/major-3.7
GRE: 149 Verbal, 152 Quant, 3.5 AW
Major: Exercise Science
-internship with administrative department at multiple hospitals
- student worker for health information management at university
- practicum with schools physiology lab
- president of one student organization, actively involved in two other organizations, fraternity, only student chosen to represent university at ACHA national conference,

Applied: Rush (12/6), Iowa (11/30)
Interview: Rush (1/6) Iowa (1/12)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted: Rush (1/16), Iowa (1/17)
Attending: University of Iowa (1/26)

If anyone has any recommendations for good programs that use the HAMPCAS application portal please let me know, many schools I was interested in only use SOPHAS :(
 
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School: Medium sized state school
GPA: cumulative- 3.49/major-3.7
GRE: 149 Verbal, 152 Quant, 3.5 AW
Major: Exercise Science
-internship with administrative department at multiple hospitals
- student worker for health information management at university
- practicum with schools physiology lab
- president of one student organization, actively involved in two other organizations, fraternity, only student chosen to represent university at ACHA national conference,

Applied: Rush (12/6), Iowa (11/30)
Interview: Rush (1/6)

Waitlist:
Rejected:
Accepted:
Attending:

If anyone has any recommendations for good programs that use the HAMPCAS application portal please let me know, many schools I was interested in only use SOPHAS :(
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VCU, and I think Ohio State may also do HAMPCAS
 
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Has anyone heard back from Rush from December 2nd interviews?
 
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