I am starting to FREAK OUT

juillet
Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:04:31 +0000

First of all, hooray for public health! This is my field, too, so I’m glad you’re in love with it.

MPH programs have ranging acceptance rates. The ASPPH 2010 data report shows those rates:

http://www.asph.org/UserFiles/DataReport2010.pdf

Boston: 48%
Drexel: 53%
GWU: 46%
UMass: 44%

Brown is not listed because at the time, it was not a member of the ASPH (which is now the ASPPH).

I think the only thing that can help you here is time. A 2.5 GPA is still pretty low even for a ~50% acceptance rate, and you have average GRE scores and only 7 months of experience. There’s a possibility you can be accepted, but what will make the probability go up is working. Even students with good GPAs in my class averaged 2-5 years of work experience before starting the MPH.