Admissions Blog

We’re back from our holiday working harder than ever.

Please be aware of the following rapidly approaching deadlines!

January 15, 2013

• Biostatistics doctoral programs

February 1, 2013

• Biostatistics master’s programs
• Epidemiology master’s programs
• Health Policy and Management MSPH, MHA and MPP
• International Health final deadline for all programs
  (except MHS in Health Economics)

Once again, we recommend the following:

• DON’T wait until the last minute. Submit your application and supporting materials now.
• Your application and materials should arrive to our office before the deadline.
• Familiarize yourself with our process. Know what happens next.
• Check your application regularly and be aware of its status by logging back into your online account.

Question about the application requirements? Visit How to Apply, review our FAQs, or email us admiss@jhsph.edu.

Did you intend to apply to a doctoral program in epidemiology, but missed the December 1 deadline?

The Department of Epidemiology is still accepting doctoral applications!

If you wish to apply, your application and
ALL supporting documents,
MUST BE RECEIVED
by Admissions Services no later than
DECEMBER 28.

Supporting materials include:

• Statement of goals and objectives
• resume or CV
• three letters of recommendations from faculty or supervisors
• official domestic academic transcripts or official credentials evaluation report for international academic records
• GRE test scores
• TOEFL or IELTS test scores if appropriate

Best wishes to you and your application!

The next thirty-two days include THREE application deadlines for the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Remember, we have fourteen different deadlines for degree programs. Make sure you know which one applies to you!

Coming up:

December 15, 2012 (tomorrow!)

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology doctoral programs
• Environmental Health Sciences priority deadline for doctoral programs
• Mental Health doctoral programs

January 2, 2013

• Health, Behavior and Society:
  - MSPH in Health Education and Health Communication
  - ScM in Genetic Counseling
• International Health priority deadline for all programs except MHS in Health Economics
• Molecular Microbiology and Immunology doctoral programs
• Population, Family and Reproductive Health doctoral programs
• Part-time/Internet-based Master of Public Health, June start

January 15, 2013

• Biostatistics doctoral programs

A few words of advice we can’t say enough:

• DON’T wait until the last minute. Submit your application and supporting materials now.
• Your application and materials should arrive to our office before the deadline.
• Familiarize yourself with our process. Know what happens next.
• Check your application regularly and be aware of its status by logging back into your online account.

Question about the application requirements? Visit How to Apply, review our FAQs, or email us admiss@jhsph.edu.

Our first application deadline fell over the weekend and we’re still printing the applications!

Other deadlines are on the horizon.

December 15, 2012

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology doctoral programs
• Environmental Health Sciences priority deadline for doctoral programs
• Mental Health doctoral programs

January 2

• Health, Behavior and Society:
  - MSPH in Health Education and Health Communication
  - ScM in Genetic Counseling
• International Health priority deadline for all programs except MHS in Health Economics
• Molecular Microbiology and Immunology doctoral programs
• Population, Family and Reproductive Health doctoral programs
• Part-time/Internet-based Master of Public Health, June start

Remember, the Schoolwide policy is all your materials should arrive to our office before the deadline.

If you’re applying to one of these programs, DON’T wait until the last minute. Submit your application and supporting materials now!

Question about the application requirements? Visit How to Apply, review our FAQs, or email us admiss@jhsph.edu.

As we mentioned in an earlier post, the first of our application deadlines is Saturday,
December 1.  Historically, our office is swamped with applications and materials the days immediately before and after this deadline.

So, as we stack the proverbial sandbags in preparation for this flood, we wanted to remind you of the following.

Need to call us?

Our number is: 410-955-3543 and our posted phone hours are Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to noon (Eastern).  

We often answer phones in the afternoon, but during the height of the application season we reserve this time for the concentrated processing of applications.

If you call us and we’re not able to answer, please leave a message. Someone from our office will return your call the next morning.

Want to know the status of your supporting documents?

Once your application is submitted and application fee paid, we will create your official application file, begin processing your supporting documents, and enter those documents in your online record.

You can log into your online application at any time and view the status of your materials.

Please note, our admissions staff works hard to process materials as quickly and accurately as possible, but we do ask for your patience.  It may take up to two weeks to process your materials and post them to your online account. 

One final note about your application status - we do our best to contact you if we have any problems or are missing components from your file, but in the end, it’s your responsibility to make sure we’ve received everything. We can’t encourage you enough to regularly log in and check your application.

What happens now?

We wrote a series of posts about our application process a few months ago. One post detailed what happens when you hit submit.  Another talked about the admissions review. If you’d like to know more about our process, those posts are for you.

Once your application is deemed complete and sent for review, there isn’t much more to do.

Sit back, relax and try to enjoy the December holidays!