Grad School Update

What the heck is wrong here? It isn’t changing my font or size or color? ok, well now it is working…..really? So the interview with John Carroll was interesting and I felt I did ok in it but within the first 5-7 minutes the woman interviewing me ignored my desire to do research and possibly go on to get a doctorate! She claims that ‘you don’t need a doctorate’, this coming from a woman who claims to have read my letter of intent! So while I like the school and the program, I am not thinking it will be a good fit for me if I wanted to do something other than counseling with my life and I do!!!!!

Yeah, it was a disappointment for me and so now I’m kind of in a state of confusion about what I should do and my biggest thing is to just make a decision and be done with the uncertainty of where/what I’m doing after graduating with my Bachelor’s. I did however, get an official email from one of the Master’s in Public Health Policy saying that I have been accepted to start this fall!!!! No interview! The pluses of a Master’s in Public Health are many, I would be able to look for jobs in a warmer climate without the hassle of trying to figure out how to take state boards in other states…….the school that has the master’s program does have a PhD program if I were to decide I wanted to do that after my master’s. It is an associate program with the CDC and I could apply for a fellowship there after getting my master’s another great thing plus I have a link somewhere that says were I to take a lower paying job I could apply for loan forgiveness of up to $46000 and that would be a big help. The school is also a public school so tuition will be cheaper and I can apply in August for an assistant ship for next year, again another plus. I just have never thought about going into public health until about this time last year and wasn’t sure that was where I would end up.  At least 3 other people think that Pubic Health is a great option for me and has lots of benefits. I have a bit of time to decide, I won’t know for at least 2-3 weeks if I was accepted by John Carroll so I will probably put off telling Kent my decision until then. I would like to finish my app to Case for their MPH as well before I make a decision. 

Oh the joys of decision making and graduate school and I never truly believed that I would get to this point and it is still a surprise that I’ve been accepted to a master’s program and had an interview at a prestigious university here……